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Have you ever met someone that was so afraid of CONFLICT that they missed out on LIFE?  Yeah, me too...

Here’s the uncomfortable truth most of us spend a lifetime dodging - Life isn’t about avoiding conflict.  Life is conflict management.

Join Dave for some thoughts on:

• Conflict Is the Price of Meaning
• Every Arena That Matters Has Conflict Baked In
• Five Areas Where Conflict Is Constructive and Necessary
• Five Ways to Address Conflict (Even If You Hate Conflict)
• Five Dangers of Avoiding Necessary Conflict
• Five Benefits of Embracing Necessary Conflict

Life isn’t asking you to seek conflict.  It’s asking you to stop running from it.

Freedom comes from facing what binds you. Control comes from managing what you can influence. Resolve comes from staying standing when things push back.

The life you want isn’t on the other side of comfort. It’s on the other side of the conflict you’ve been postponing.

And you’re more equipped than you think...

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever been told that someone is "A GOOD PERSON" and you know better or you have trouble trusting people because you've been BURNED?  Yeah, me too...

We throw the word good around like it’s obvious.

•  Good person.
•  Good man.
•  Good woman.
•  Good Christian.
•  Good leader.

We say it with confidence, as if everyone agrees on the definition.

Join Dave for some GOOD WORDS about:

• Judging Goodness
• Five Qualities of a Good Person
• Five Ways a Good Person Responds to Life
• Five Qualities of a Bad Person
• Why Good People Matter

Being a good person isn’t about being liked. It’s about being solid.

It’s about becoming someone others can lean on when life gets heavy. Someone who makes rooms calmer, not louder. Someone whose presence feels safe.

Surround yourself with good people.  They will sharpen you, steady you, and call you higher.

Because in a world full of noise, confusion, and shortcuts...good people still change everything!

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Have you every reviewed your email inbox and it was like a trip down memory lane?  Yeah, me too...

Join Dave for a few dozen emails with feedback, questions, and some REVIEW of topics that people found helpful...

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever noticed how animals on a farm are usually methodical and overall pretty happy?  Yeah, me too...

I didn’t learn love from greeting cards or romantic comedies.  I learned it standing in mud, holding a gate, watching animals that had zero interest in my feelings and absolutely no problem telling the truth.

Farm animals don’t read self-help books.  They live it. Loudly. Honestly. Repeatedly.

Join Dave for some rural observations like:

1. Love Shows Up on Schedule
2. Affection Is Earned, Not Negotiated
3. Boundaries Are Not Cruel
4. Love Can Be Loud Without Being Violent
5. You Can Care Deeply Without Hovering
6. Loyalty Doesn’t Require Constant Validation
7. Forgiveness Is Immediate or It Never Happens
8. Everyone Has a Job
9. Care Is Practical Before It’s Emotional
10. Sometimes Love Means Letting Go

Animals taught me this: Love is not poetic, Love is procedural.  Love is physical, repetitive, inconvenient, and deeply grounding.

If your definition of love wouldn’t survive a winter on a farm,  it probably won’t survive real life either.

Love doesn’t need polish.  It needs grit.

And sometimes the best relationship advice comes from something chewing grass
 and minding its own business.

Giddyup!!!

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Do you have friends or family that you truly LOVE, but haven't told them lately?  Yeah, me too...

We act like love is a pie. One more slice for you means less for me. One more child means a favorite. One more friend means an enemy somewhere else. One more relationship means someone else gets shorted.

That’s not love. That’s fear with better marketing.

Join Dave for some LOVELY words about:

• Love Is Serious Business
• The Many Forms of Love
• Five Ways to Truly Love (That Have Nothing to Do With Romance)
• Love Is Personal — Inward and Outward
• Five Ways to Start Giving 100% of Your Love
• Who Actually Deserves Your Love?

The greatest tragedy isn’t loving too much.  It’s loving too little because you were guarding yourself from being human.

Give 100% of your love.  Not because people earn it perfectly.  But because love was never meant to be measured.

Love doesn’t divide - It multiplies.

And the more you give it away, the more of yourself you become.

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever wanted something, but instead of getting it, you had to WAIT?  Yeah, me too...

If you’re anything like me, WAIT feels like a four-letter word.

Join Dave for some impatient talk about WAITING:

• The Problem With Hurry
• Five Things That Failed Because They Were Rushed
• Five Things That Succeeded Because Someone Waited
• Five Reasons to WAIT
• Five Ways to Know Waiting Is Necessary
• Five Rewards of Waiting Well

WAIT isn’t a stop sign...It’s a yield sign.

It doesn’t mean no...It doesn’t mean never...It means not yet.

And sometimes, the wisest thing you can do is let time finish the thought you started.

Because what’s meant to grow...needs time.

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever been called a name or label that was considered derogatory?  Yeah, me too...

We live in a world where we love labels. We stick them on people fast, confidently, and usually without knowing much about them. 

Join Dave for some unsophisticated sophistication about:

Categories Happen

Rednecks

Hillbillies

White Trash

A Little Perspective

What We Assume (Usually Wrong)

What We Rarely Credit

Why Underestimating People Is Expensive

Five Things I Try to Remember

Sometimes the person who saves the day shows up late, says less, and leaves quietly…because they’ve got work to do...

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever anticipated something, been so close to it, but that last little bit drove you crazy?  Yeah, me too...

There’s a strange stretch of calendar real estate wedged between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Some people treat it like a second childhood. Others treat it like a walk across a minefield. It’s joy for some, heaviness for others, and usually a mix of both for most.

Join Dave for some SEASONAL talk about:

• The Season Between Seasons
• Five Things to Notice - In Ourselves and in Others
• Five Ways to Use These Observations for a Strong Next “Season”
• Five Ways to Flush the Bad, Keep the Good, and Prime Yourself for Success
• The Importance of Your Circle
• Five Ways to Use Every Experience

The SPACE BETWEEN may feel short, but its lessons last all year. Use them well.

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever though some life changing even could never happen to you?  It's the kind of thing that only happens to other people?  Yeah, me too...

We all walk around with a quiet superstition:  “These things happen to other people...not me.”  We say it with confidence, like we’ve been issued some private insurance policy against reality.

Join Dave for some TIMBER TALK about:

• The Negative things that only happen to other people
• The Big Five - Negatives
• FIVE WAYS TO PREPARE BEFORE THE BAD ARRIVES
• The Positive things that we think could never happen to us
• FIVE WAYS TO RAISE YOUR ODDS OF POSITIVE BREAKTHROUGHS
• FIVE MENTAL PREPARATIONS FOR BOTH THE GOOD AND THE BAD
• THE CHINESE FARMER PRINCIPLE - NOTHING IS FULLY GOOD OR BAD

Things that feel horrible today might be saving you.
Things that feel fantastic today might challenge you.
Nothing is final. Nothing is fully defined.
Perspective takes time.

Don’t live in denial.  Don’t live in fear. Don’t count yourself out.
And don’t pretend you’re the exception.

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever laughed so hard that you wet yourself and or worse?  Yeah, me too...

You ever notice how you don’t have to speak the same language to know something’s funny?

• A man slipping on ice 
• A dog wearing sunglasses 
• A fart in a crowded elevator 

You could drop any of those moments into any country on Earth, and the reaction is instant: that quick inhale, that stifled snort, that helpless laugh you try to hide because it’s too human to control.

Join Dave for some flatulent inducing observations about:

• What is Funny Everywhere
• 10 Things That Make the Whole World Laugh
• 5 Ways to Bring “Funny Everywhere” Into Your Life
• 5 Things Laughter Proves About Humanity

We can’t always understand each other’s words, politics, or gods.  But one good laugh - one honest, shoulder-shaking, snorting laugh - breaks every border.

And if you can still laugh when life trips you up -
you’re not losing your balance... you’re finding your rhythm.

Giddyup!!! 

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