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My Failure Resume company culture keynote speaker leadership mindset personal development undivided life Mar 17, 2025

“I wish everything I tried always worked out like it does for you, Jeff.”

I’ve heard this ridiculous statement many times over the past 25 years, and it drives me crazy. Not only is it fundamentally ...

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Your Daughter’s Impact was Profound leadership mindset personal development undivided life Mar 03, 2025

“I have to meet with you tonight to tell you how deeply your daughter has impacted me.”

In 2010, Todd and Tara Storch found themselves in a nightmare. What started as an exciting family vacation for ...

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A Golf Club to His Head Saved My 3-Year-Old’s Life keynote speaker leadership undivided life Feb 24, 2025

On this day one year ago, I was having the best day ever. We had a new baby and a new home, and there was overall excitement about the adventures God had in store for our family. With so much change h...

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Does Helping Others Help Yourself? keynote speaker leadership mindset undivided life Feb 16, 2025

We circled each building at the intersection, looking behind the dumpsters and down the alleyways, but still no signs of my new friend. Only hours earlier, I had encountered him at a nearby gas statio...

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The Unforgettable Apology communication leadership undivided life Feb 10, 2025

“I’m sorry. The last time we talked, I lost my cool. There is no excuse for that behavior. I was reacting from a place of stress and was far from acting my best.”

He sat and watched the river flow by...

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The Smartest Marketing Move of My Career company culture leadership strategy Feb 02, 2025

How do you get someone to give your technology platform another shot after they’ve already convinced themselves that it isn’t good enough?

At First Choice Power (FCP), we had the best technology in t...

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GIFT-OLOGY Founder John Ruhlin Gave Incredible Presence company culture leadership personal development undivided life Jan 19, 2025

John Ruhlin passed away at 44, leaving behind a wife and four daughters. He was a business hero of mine, and his legacy continues today through the GIFT-OLOGY concepts taught to so many of us.

GIFT-O...

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Overcoming The Impossible Mindset company culture keynote speaker leadership mindset personal development strategy Jan 12, 2025

Well, it’s 3:00 o’clock, so you have about five hours to convince me this cannot work. Until you successfully demonstrate that we cannot combine all seven of our existing online experiences into one m...

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Workplace Burnout Nearly Killed Me company culture keynote speaker leadership personal development strategy undivided life Jan 06, 2025

I heard the car horn and the screeching brakes. Then I looked over just in time to see that I was about to be t-boned by someone from the cross traffic at an intersection.

My life didn’t flash before...

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Strategy, Culture, and Babies company culture leadership recruiting strategy undivided life Dec 16, 2024

I couldn’t figure out why my Wednesday morning alarm sounded just like my ringtone.

Ring, ring.
Ring, ring.

I cleared my eyes to see the clock.

3:50 am.

Then I grabbed the phone. Oh wow, this was ...

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Their Last Christmas company culture leadership undivided life Dec 08, 2024

Kathy was slow to answer the door and appeared caught off guard by my kids as they shouted, “Merry Christmas!” before handing her a round tin box. The kids had spent the previous day in the kitchen ma...

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Kenneth has special needs… and special gifts. leadership mindset personal development undivided life Dec 02, 2024

As a teenager, I tried to defend the underdog but did very little to help my classmates who had special needs. What’s worse, I would go along to get along - If friends were making fun of these kids, a...

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Would You Like To Fight in the Parking Lot After Work? company culture leadership strategy Nov 24, 2024

“I can’t believe your team is attempting to automate part of my job. Meet me in the parking lot after work, and I’ll show you what I think of your plan.”

I was reading an email invitation to an after...

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He Didn’t Even Qualify for the Race but Persevered and Won It All leadership mindset personal development Nov 18, 2024

He didn’t wait to see what part of his body might be aching after crashing to the ground halfway through the 300-meter hurdle event. He knew this fall would cost him, but how much distance could he ma...

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I Wish I Would Have Skipped That Accounting Test... keynote speaker leadership mindset undivided life Nov 11, 2024

I could hardly believe the guest list as I scrolled through the names:

George W. Bush, then President Bill Clinton, Gerald and Betty Ford, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Rev. Billy Graham, ...

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Daisy Loves Pepe company culture keynote speaker leadership undivided life Oct 28, 2024

It’s 98 degrees outside, and once again, I am drenched head to toe in sweat as I reinforce yet another section of our fence. This is the third time I’ve been called to the pasture to retrieve our mini...

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Look, Ma, We Bought a Construction Company company culture leadership strategy undivided life Oct 21, 2024

“I don’t get it. Why would Undivided Life purchase a construction company?”

That is the second most common response when people hear that Undivided Life acquired McKnight Construction. The other resp...

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Atypical Approach Leads to Atypical Results company culture leadership recruiting strategy undivided life Oct 14, 2024

I never expected to see his name on the calendar when the team was preparing for my two-day marathon test of a new concept we called Open Interviews. Our initial post announcing that anyone could book...

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My Failure Resume

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