The words you choose matter more than you think. In last night’s Mindful Monday talk, I told a group of 20 teenage boys that the words they choose will impact their mindset. I specifically highlighted the word “can’t”. I hate the word can’t and have tried to abolish it from our family’s vocabulary. Saying you can’t do something is a guarantee that you won’t do something. Instead of saying "can’t," I encouraged the boys to think about saying that they haven’t discovered how to do it YET—with...

Yesterday, while driving home from South Carolina, I caught a glimpse of the blue skies hiding behind the clouds. That small glimpse reminded me that blue skies are always there, whether we can see them or not. Our Authentic Life is just like blue skies. It’s always there, even if we can’t see it. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC

Last night I went to the opening night of J.Cole’s Fall Off Tour by my Self. The stars aligned and I just happened to be in Charlotte for an AAU tournament with Roman, J. Cole has the first two nights of his tour in Charlotte, and an Instagram post yesterday morning made me aware of the concert. I asked Roman if he wanted to go with me since his only game today wasn’t until later in the afternoon, so a late night wouldn’t affect his play. He said no. I immediately thought that I would go by...