Dear Monday
Dear Monday is a podcast about the decisions that change the shape of your life. Most people talk about opportunity in terms of upside — growth, freedom, financial potential. But far fewer conversations sit with what lives underneath those decisions: the obligations, the constraints, the commitments that are difficult to unwind once they're made.
This show exists in that space.
Each episode explores the realities behind ownership — business ownership, franchise investment, career exits, and other high-stakes commitments that reshape financial and personal life.
I spent years inside franchise ownership and deal advisory — walking prospective owners through the discovery process and watching how the industry was designed to move people toward decisions, not through them. Dear Monday is what I built for the moment in between.
The conversations are reflective, structured, and grounded in one principle: Clarity before commitment.
Rather than motivation or hype, Dear Monday offers disciplined thinking about risk, responsibility, and the long arc of a decision. The kind of thinking that belongs in the room before a contract is signed.
Because once it is — the real work begins.
Dear Monday
S1E11 Foundations: Gratitude
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This episode is part of Season 1 of Dear Monday—the foundation of the show. These conversations centered on facing life’s demands with courage. As Dear Monday evolves, newer episodes focus on clarity before commitment and the decisions that shape what Monday requires.
Every vision needs: GRATITUDE!
Many of us have what I call a 'gratitude hit list'. When asked what we're grateful for, we say:
- I'm grateful for my family, my home, my car, my health, my career/business, food on the table, my circle of friends, being able to pay the bills, etc. etc. - - these are generally on the gratitude hit list.
- Here's what the Bible says about gratitude:
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ~ Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
In today's episode, I'm killing two birds with one stone. I'm sharing the will of God for your life (because everybody wants to know what that is)! I'm also sharing 3 unconventional things that should be on your gratitude list right now. Listen in, open your heart, and allow God to speak to you through this message.
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