WHY WORDS?
Three words changed a young woman’s life. Her story saved mine. Mine was used to save a young husband and father I’ve never met.

WHY ME?
Not because I have all the right words. I don’t. ‍
I simply can’t unsee the weight we carry from the wrong ones. ‍‍
Mrs. Wilbur’s English class taught me how to use words. No one taught us words start “using” us.

“Sticks and stones…” really missed the mark.

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WHY KEEP READING?

Not because I have better answers. I don’t.
I’m not convinced we’re asking the right questions…and end up using the wrong answers.

EDUCATION: I followed my passion / skill for screwing up graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Failure Management, with a minor in WTH Happened. I followed it with a Master’s in Why do I keep Repeating This and continue to work toward a PhD in Dude…Seriously, Man. In other words, I’m just a guy. Nothing flashy, just blessed with the ability to ask questions, connect, listen, and see patterns.

‍ ‍ RE|stated: I attended Lawrence High School and University of Central Oklahoma where I earned a 3.92…It’s just not as funny.
‍RE|framed: The better conversation is how did I graduate in the top 10% of my high school (600 students,) and scored a 3.92 in college...while in between earning an impressive 0.25 G.P.A my freshman first semester? ‍

CAREER: Military police. Thirty years in corporate. Two major industries where words were commodities, serving, leading, and mentoring both operations and sales teams as well as leaders and future leaders. I’ve scaled national initiatives in Fortune 50 companies, grown customers and revenue, won awards and recognition. Failed, been stressed, burned out, and hated the ping and ring of my work cell. Just like everybody else.

RE|stated: I built strong relationships across the country by being proactive. I identified and solved small problems long before they became big ones. Our smallest controllable carrying lasting consequences? Words. Conversations end. Words don’t.
‍RE|framed: Favorite job? Repo’ing cars. I learned really, really fast how to talk to people. No, I never carried a weapon. I trusted my words. It was a blast.

CURRENT: I RE|connect people, teams, leaders, and organizations with relationships, vision, goals, and purpose. The question isn’t what you wanted to be…It’s who you wanted, or want, to become—-then finding distorted sentences preventing you. I have two directions: RE|visions is writing, posts, and comments, while WORDlabs are micro-labs of 1:1 conversations or WORDshops highly interactive group, team, and organization presentations.

‍ ‍ RE|stated: I’m an editor, not a therapist. Changing behaviors and habits is hard. Helping re|script words and sentences that choose actions…far easier. Upstream edits create better downstream results. It prevents our first draft from becoming the last word.
‍ ‍RE|framed: We can’t change history. We can revise the words we use to define it and the labels we use to define ourselves.

PERSONAL: Recent transplant to San Antonio from the Kansas City area. Married to Alyson, my “gorgeous gurrffrenn” with three wonderful kids, not only out of the house - spread across the country. ‍Don’t forget the dogs — Penny our pittie mix, and Fuji, our…something else.
‍ ‍Nicknames: Scoobo, The Word Guy
‍ ‍Favorites: Word? Freedom. There’s a great question in there…Sentence? “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” Movie? Braveheart — His last word? “Freedom!” Television? Ted Lasso, Big Bang Theory, West Wing Travel? Japan — also a great conversation. 3 trips. Sports? Football, KC Chiefs — of course. Grand Sumo (my wife introduced me to it!): I mean the original in Japan. Soccer: Played for 36 years. Volunteer? Red Cross, Prison Fellowship, Foster family system. Social Feed? Snoopy, sumo, soccer, dog and cat vids, whatever reels my wife sends, and a guy with a goat.

‍ ‍Best days? The day I turned my life to Christ, The days my kids were born. My wedding day.
‍ ‍The worst? The Oklahoma City Bombing. I worked it…‍‍ ‍