What are the three best values for success and happiness?It’s simple.Just live three values: Seek Wisdom, Practice Love and Get Results until they become habits, part of your very being, so you naturally develop the high trust, high perform

How to Start a Conversation in Any Situation

Jun 28th, 2021 4m 40s

https://youtu.be/hZaWFsV32HIA lot of people get anxious because they don't know how to start a conversation with someone new.With Covenant Leadership, if you can remember just 3 things, you can master a simple approach to starting great c

Do This Today and Change Your Life Forever

Jun 11th, 2021 5m 25s

There's something you can start doing right now that will profoundly change your life and the lives of those you love.It will give you the best chance for happiness and success in life, and it will change the world while you're doing it.It

How to Achieve Happiness and Success, and Change the World

Jun 3rd, 2021 7m 56s

How can you achieve happiness and success in life?Some people say happiness is all about how much money you have. Other people say happiness is about your social status or education level.The best science tells us something very different.

What is the Meaning of Life?

May 18th, 2021 2m 52s

What is the Meaning of Life?What's the meaning of life? What's your purpose in life?Some people say there is no meaning to life. Other people say that the meaning of life is whatever you want it to be.But I think there's a much better ans

7 – Why The Most Important Relationship Is The One You Have With Yourself

Oct 31st, 2020 6m 39s

From our earlier episodes, we know that happiness in life comes from good, high-trust, covenant relationships.To develop good relationships, practice the three Covenant Virtues: Seek wisdom, practice love, and get results. The more people tru

The Power of Three: Why More Than 3 Core Values Doesn’t Work

Oct 23rd, 2020 4m 35s

We’ve all read dozens of articles giving us eight things we can do to be a better leader or parent or person.Most of them seem like good tips. By the time I read three or four articles, I have a list of 25-30 things I am supposed to do to be

6 – How Practicing Love and Getting Results Will Change Your Life

Oct 16th, 2020 7m 32s

Welcome to the sixth episode in our series on how you can achieve happiness and success in life.From our earlier episodes, we know that Happiness and success in life come from high-trust, covenant relationships.In our last episode, we said

5-Wisdom: Why It’s Critical for Your Success

Oct 8th, 2020 7m 38s

It’s simple. Happiness and success come from high-trust, covenant relationships. We know that from our previous blogs-podcasts.So, what is the best way to develop good relationships?Just do three things:Seek WisdomPractice LoveGet

Learning From Mistakes: Leadership Lessons From Buckwheat and The Cow

Sep 22nd, 2020 6m 3s

I am one of those people who sometimes learns things the hard way—by making mistakes. Many of the best leadership lessons I have learned came while I served as an AV-8B Harrier pilot in the Marine Corps.Sometimes the leadership lessons came i

4–Seek Wisdom, Practice Love, Get Results: Happiness and Success Part 4

Sep 17th, 2020 9m 30s

In our last blog, we talked about how happiness and fulfillment come from good, high-quality relationships.In this piece, we'll talk about the three basic ways to understand relationships, and find that covenant relationships give us the best

How Postmodern Critical Race Theory Will Destroy Your Organization and Our Nation

Sep 9th, 2020 7m 37s

Recent events have put Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the headlines. Companies, government and organizations are engaging CRT without any idea of where it comes from, what it believes or why it is profoundly dangerous.CRT is one of many theori

3–Seek Wisdom, Practice Love, Get Results: Happiness and Success Part 3

Sep 8th, 2020 8m 7s

HAPPINESS AND RELATIONSHIPWe’ve got an 80-year Harvard study that says happiness comes from good relationships. There’s a good reason for that.As human beings, we are biologically wired for relationship. Relationship is a fundamental part of

2–Seek Wisdom, Practice Love, Get Results: Happiness & Success Part 2

Sep 2nd, 2020 6m 15s

HAPPINESS COMES FROM GOOD RELATIONSHIPSHarvard University has been conducting the Study on Adult Development for more than 80 years. It includes Harvard undergrads from the 1930’s and disadvantaged Boston youths from the early 1940’s—and their

1–Seek Wisdom, Practice Love, Get Results: Happiness & Success Part 1

Aug 25th, 2020 4m 43s

Life can be intense, fast-paced, and complicated.Everywhere you turn, there’s pressure to be successful.At work, we’re supposed to have cool jobs that pay well, and are socially relevant and fulfilling. We’re supposed to be ambitious, enthu

Shut Up, We Don’t Care About You: More Lessons from the Covid-19 Crisis

Apr 28th, 2020 14m 19s

By Pete Bowen and Bailey BowenSON OF A SHARECROPPERIn mid-February—just two months and a lifetime ago—my wife and I were in her hometown of Dothan, Alabama, for her high school reunion and to spend time with her father.My father-in-law is

Wisdom Through Humility: Lessons from the Covid-19 Crisis

Apr 20th, 2020 12m 41s

By Pete Bowen and Bailey BowenI learned a few important lessons last week that some might find helpful.On March 17, government-ordered Covid-19 shutdowns reduced my consulting business income to $0 overnight.The same week, two of my three

9 – Wisdom vs. Power: Postmodern Paradigm Part 2

Apr 7th, 2020 12m 28s

Welcome back to our series, Wisdom and Love vs. Postmodern Power. We’ve been talking about why we have so much conflict in our society and unhappiness in our lives.In this session, we’ll discuss postmodern ideas about relationships, power, ru

8 – Wisdom vs. Power: Postmodern Paradigm Part 1

Apr 2nd, 2020 14m 52s

Welcome back to our blog series Wisdom and Love vs. Postmodern Power. We’ve been talking about why we have so much conflict in our society and unhappiness in our lives.The primary reason is that we have three conflicting understandings of lif

Crisis is an Opportunity to Develop Wisdom

Mar 23rd, 2020 6m 47s

We’re in tough times right now.Two of my three daughters were laid off last Friday.After a well-worded inquiry, my oldest daughter avoided a lay off and transitioned to a new role in her company. Manager of the 3rd shift disinfecting team.

7 – Wisdom vs. Power: Modern Paradigm Part 2

Oct 11th, 2019 20m 5s

Welcome back to our second session talking about the Modern Paradigm.Let’s start with a review of what we learned in our first session on the Modern Paradigm.For thousands of years, the Wisdom Paradigm was the dominant way of understanding

6 – Wisdom vs Power: Modern Paradigm Part 1

Sep 28th, 2019 19m 37s

Welcome back to our ongoing series about the history of the ongoing conflict in America—and how we fix it.In our last three blogs, we discussed the basics of the Wisdom Paradigm—the dominant way of understanding life for thousands of years—fo

5 – Wisdom vs. Power: Wisdom Paradigm Part 3

Sep 21st, 2019 16m 2s

Wisdom Paradigm Part 3Welcome back to our third and last session talking about the Wisdom Paradigm. The better you know the Wisdom Paradigm, the more successful you can be in all aspects of your life—at work, at home and with your family.For

4 – Wisdom vs Power: Wisdom Paradigm 2

Sep 11th, 2019 19m 7s

Wisdom and RelationshipsIn our last blog, we talked about the basics of the Wisdom Paradigm. The better you understand the Wisdom Paradigm, the happier and more successful you’re going to be in life.Let’s review some of the anchor points fro

3 – Wisdom vs. Power: Wisdom Paradigm Part 1

Sep 4th, 2019 16m 39s

With all the wealth and education and technology that we have today, why does life feel disorienting and confusing?Why are supposedly smart people saying and doing things that are absurd and contradictory?Why do we feel like basic morality