Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent Lectionary: 239 “‘And now, Israel, listen to the laws and customs which I am teaching you today, so that, by observing them, you may survive to enter and take possession of the country which Yahweh, God of your ancestors, is giving you.’” …

In 1865, 71 days passed between the surrender of Confederate General-in-Chief Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House on April 9, and the announcement of General Order №3 by Union Army General Gordon Granger on June 19, proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas, now known as Juneteenth. Today, 71 seconds…

Spend 10 minutes online or watching the news, and you’ll see that we are a nation of make-believe people inventing issues and traumas and drama to justify our sins and our sloth because it has become monetarily profitable to be a victim, but it comes at the expense of our…

Incompetent, insecure, frightened fools with no brains, balls, or backbones surround themselves with like-minded nincompoops to assuage what little guilt their little brains allow and to hide their incompetencies and fragilities. It’s how gangs are formed…and government gangsters are created. Case in point, William “Bill” K. Lietzau was a Deputy…

Start something new today. First, it will feel stupid, futile, impossible. Then it will feel hard, uncomfortable. Then you will only feel alive when you’re doing it. Then doing it will bring you freedom. You went through these phases as you learned to feed yourself, crawl, walk, run, ride a bike, ski, play an instrument, sing, speak, write, compose, play sports, be a good spouse, be a good parent, sell, code, design, draw, juggle, tell jokes, juggle, ride a unicycle, build a business.

When you learn a new language, the last thing you learn is how to tell a joke in that language because it requires mastery of nuance and irony, timing, and subtlety. Most comics/funny people you meet are quite smart. They are attentive, quick, and know how to read a room. …

You think you need a 5-star average review to compete, but the reality is 85% of us scroll down to the 1-star and 2-star reviews to see what’s really going on with your business because we don’t trust “perfection,” and rightly so. In my second interview with Todd Caponi, a…

Ever feel like you “nailed that presentation,” yet didn’t get the sale? Ever wonder why that keeps happening to you? Here’s how to stop giving free consulting and only meet with serious buyers. I call it “Close First. Then Present.” “WTH do ya mean, Wes? If you get their money…

After dozens of comments and likes, I woke up to a Facebook suspension for the following post: “But Easter is a pagan sex ritual, you stupid Christians.” Ugh. I’ll say this slowly for those who have to read out loud and Google the multisyllabic words. In sales — and religion…