This week, I’m sitting down with one of my dearest brothers and longtime friend, retired USMC 1stSgt C.J. Santimaw, for a conversation about a virtue that shapes every corner of life: accountability. We talk honestly about what it takes to hold yourself to a standard when no one’s watching, how to offer accountability without shame, and how the people we love most often become the ones who refine us the deepest.

C.J. brings stories from his home, his students, and the leaders he’s walked alongside, and together we dig into the kind of accountability that grows character, strengthens relationships, and invites real change.