Underdogs always win…eventually

The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team wasn’t supposed to beat the Soviets. They were college kids facing the world’s most dominant hockey machine. The Soviets had won four straight Olympic golds. Their players were essentially professionals in an amateur...

Velvet strength

The unwavering presence of maternal love isn’t about gender stereotypes or outdated roles. It’s about something more fundamental—a strength that combines nurturing with resilience. This strength appears as the midnight vigil beside a fevered child. It...

Crazy times

What’s normal anyway? COVID wasn’t normal. Neither was the 2008 financial crash. Or 9/11. Or the dot-com bubble. Or the Cold War. Normal is just the story we tell ourselves about the time between disruptions. We’re always living through something....

Embrace hard

Why fight what makes your role essential? The challenge you’re facing is precisely why you’re there. You stepped up because it’s hard. If it were easy, anyone could do it. Accept the difficulty. It’s not just part of the job—it’s the...

Light in dark

When rain falls, we forget the sun exists. When the sun shines, we can’t imagine storms. Success blinds us to future struggles. Crisis makes prosperity feel impossible. “When you’re in one, imagining the other is hard.” This oscillation...