For people who hate discipline     and only get more stubborn, There’ll come a day when life tumbles in and they break,     but by then it’ll be too late to help them. (The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 29, Verse 1, The Message, BibleGateway.com) Being a fool by nature, I need a daily dose of...

You don’t want to end your life full of regrets,     nothing but sin and bones, Saying, “Oh, why didn’t I do what they told me?     Why did I reject a disciplined life? Why didn’t I listen to my mentors,     or take my teachers seriously? My life is ruined!     I haven’t one blessed thing to...

When the country is in chaos,     everybody has a plan to fix it— But it takes a leader of real understanding     to straighten things out. (The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 28, Verse 2, The Message, translation by Eugene Peterson, audio by Kelly Ryan Dolan, BibleGateway.com) Does this get to...

If you care for your orchard, you’ll enjoy its fruit; if you honor your boss, you’ll be honored. (The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 27, Verse 18, The Message, BibleGateway.com) Jocko Willink really hammers away at this point on the Jocko Podcast and in Extreme Ownership: Serve your boss. Does...

I’m giving you thirty sterling principles—     tested guidelines to live by. Believe me—these are truths that work,     and will keep you accountable     to those who sent you. (The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 22, Verses 20 & 21, The Message, BibleGateway.com) Thirty Precepts of the Sages,...