10/12/2026
Sometimes You Win. Sometimes You Learn.
This morning, I was scheduled to host the first WHERE ARE YOU GOING? — A Roundtable for Businessmen in Lynchburg.
I'm cancelling it because we didn't receive any registrations.
I could quietly move on and never mention it again. But integrity is one of my core values, and I believe in being transparent about both successes and disappointments.
Over the past few weeks, I've been asking businessmen some important questions:
Where are you going?
Do you have a personal Vision for your life, or only one for your business?
Are your personal and business Values, Vision, and Mission supporting one another?
I still believe those are questions worth asking.
James Allen wrote about how people often desire to improve their circumstances without being willing to improve themselves.
That observation has stayed with me for years.
But today, I'm also turning that challenge toward myself.
What do I need to learn? What needs to change? And what am I willing to do differently?
Eight years of working with business leaders have taught me that good intentions, good ideas, and even hard work don't automatically produce the results we hope for.
Sometimes we need to reconsider our approach.
What you do matters. Why you do it matters more.
My commitment to helping businessmen become more intentional about their leadership, their lives, and the businesses they build hasn't changed.
But I'm taking a serious look at how I deliver that value and who I'm best equipped to serve.
I have another Roundtable scheduled for November 16. I'm evaluating what that experience should look like, and I'll share more when I've made that decision.
For now, I'm taking my own advice.
Actions speak louder than intentions.
And sometimes the most important action is being willing to learn and change direction.