Sole in the Soil

Coming off the PGA Show, I explored how r esilience and renewal sustain us until reward comes in due season . But growth demands more than endurance. It requires change. The habits and strategies that carried us this far may not be the ones that will carry us forward. Marshall Goldsmith once wrote: “What got you here won’t get you there.” It’s a phrase that stings because it’s true. The very strengths that earned today’s opportunities can become tomorrow’s ceiling if we cling

Last time, we considered how balance, boundaries, and being protect what matters most in ordinary seasons. But when life presses us beyond ordinary, when pressures pile up gradually and then break suddenly, we discover our need for resilience. Ernest Hemingway captured that pattern in The Sun Also Rises . One character asks, “How did you go bankrupt?” The answer: “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” It’s not just about money. Careers shift this way. Burnout creeps in this w

In my last article, we explored the alignment of calling and career, and how that convergence produces contentment . But once we discover that peace, the challenge becomes keeping it. Balance and boundaries are what protect calling from being crowded out. Without them, contentment evaporates into exhaustion. This time of year, the world is buzzing with resolutions. New diets, new routines, new checklists. But if we’re honest, those commitments often pile on more activity with

After sacrifice, saving, and the pursuit of significance , we’re left with a deeper question: why? Why do we give up what we love for something greater? Why do we steward carefully what’s been entrusted to us? Christmas reminds us that these questions aren’t new. They echo in the story of Christ’s coming; purpose lived out in humility, calling expressed through obedience. And they surface again in our own lives when we ask how calling and career fit together, and how their al

Last time, we looked at how Vision, Vocation, and Vitality give us clarity, direction, and strength. But seeing clearly is only the starting point. What we choose to do with that clarity is where the real work begins. Sacrifice, saving, and significance turn ideas into action. Sacrifice always costs something. Sometimes it’s time. Sometimes it’s comfort. Sometimes it’s letting someone else shine. Working with PGA Members, I’ve noticed something over and over. The leaders peo

In our last reflection, we talked about how passion, purpose, and pursuit give life its flavor. But passion alone fizzles when it doesn’t have direction. That is where vision, vocation, and vitality step in. Vision points us toward where passion should go. Vocation reminds us that our gifts are not random but part of a calling. Vitality keeps us steady enough to finish what we start. Working with PGA Members, I have seen how careers can lose definition. One Member told me it