A Peek Behind the Curtain (And Who’s at the Table With Me)

It’s a Tuesday morning, the coffee’s hot, and the calendar’s open. Four or five things are looking back at me, and every one of them has a story.

People sometimes ask what I’m working on. The short answer is, quite a bit actually. The longer answer is the reason I’m writing you today, because none of it is happening alone, and that’s the part worth pulling back the curtain on.

So pull up a chair.

The book that’s still becoming. Wired to Connect is in the final stretch. I’ve been wrestling with chapters about loneliness, about the table, about what it actually takes to build the kind of community all of us were designed for and almost none of us experience. Elizabeth reads every draft. My coach pushes me harder than I’d like. And a small circle of friends keeps checking in to ask if I’ve finished the chapter I said I’d finish two weeks ago.

The book that just launched. 30 Questions Coaches Should Ask Every Client is now available on Amazon, co-authored with my friend Dr. Joshua Schumm. Even if you’re not a coach, get the questions and ask yourself. Josh sharpened me through every page, and the book is ten times what I would’ve written alone.

Colorado on the horizon. I’m heading back this summer to lead our annual intensive with Josh and Derick Kopp, for the fifth year in a row. Coaches and leaders flying in from Florida, Oregon, California, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and points in between. We pour into each other for a few days, and I always come home sharper than I went.

The Round Table. A couple of times a month, men gather at a restaurant north of Houston. What began at a table with Randy and me has grown into a full room of men. They show up, sit down, get real with each other, and walk out different than they came in. Watching it grow has been one of the most encouraging things I’ve been part of in years.

There are also a few things on the front burner I can’t discuss yet. Stay tuned.

Notice anything?

Every one of those has a person standing in the frame with me. Someone in my corner, cheering me on, pushing back, checking in, sitting at the table.

You can’t--more--alone. Nobody can. Find your people. Find your table. You can do--more--because you’re not done yet.