Good morning. It’s Sunday, September 21st, 2025. There are 101 days left in the year. In college, I had the greatest writing professor one could ever ask for—Reynolds Price. An A.B. Duke and Rhodes Scholar, Faulkner Award winner, and arguably one of the finest Southern voices of his era. To my amazement, I was the first student to ask if I could do an independent study of his work. Maybe smarter students, already familiar with his bard-like cadence (especially when he read Milton aloud), knew better. Let me confess something: I’d had more than a few papers returned to me bloodied with red ink over typos and grammar. But I’d never had one come back with the note Reynolds Price once scrawled in the margin: “I stop here, defeated.” My crime? Misusing the word lie. He later told me no professor worth his salt should let a student graduate without knowing the difference between the transitive lay and the intransitive lie. To this day, I’ve never forgotten it. But the real lesson came later. I was with him in Asheville, North Carolina, where he was giving a reading of his novel The Tongues of Angels. An audience member asked: “Professor Price, how did you decide to become a writer?” His answer was simple, elegant, and life-changing: “I simply followed the praise.” ⸻ The Takeaway That phrase has been echoing in my mind ever since. In wealth, wellness, and life itself, you and I are constantly faced with two questions: 1. Where are you receiving consistent unsolicited praise? Not the perfunctory kind, but the type that people can’t help but give you—because in that arena, you shine. 2. Where would a teacher or coach worth their salt stop you, defeated? Where are you committing a crime against your craft, your health, or your wealth that must be addressed before you go one step further? These aren’t little questions. They’re the big ones. They shape what you accomplish, how you contribute, and the kind of legacy you leave. So I ask you: 👉 What praise should you follow?

Good morning. It’s Saturday, August 16th, 2025. I don’t know about you, but every now and then I just run out of gas. Yesterday was one of those days — wall-to-wall busy, and by the time I had a chance to pause…I had zero energy left to post anything. Not even here — which, between you and me, is my number one priority each day. Years ago, that would’ve bothered me. I would’ve been disappointed in myself and maybe even questioned my discipline. Not anymore. Today I interpret it for what it really is — a signal. Not weakness. Not failure. A signal that rest is overdue. Athletes get this. I was fortunate enough to play basketball for the winningest coach in college basketball history. He used to say that the right way to play our style of basketball made it impossible to go a full 40 minutes without being subbed out. The intensity required was beyond what the human body and mind can endure. Same is true in the wealth and wellness game… and definitely in the entrepreneurial space. There are limits — and that’s not just okay… it’s by design. The correct response isn’t to wave off the sub. It’s to embrace the pause. ☑️ The pause that lets lactic acid settle ☑️ The pause that takes cortisol down ☑️ The pause that allows you to come back BETTER Saturdays were literally invented for this. People forget that one of the Ten Commandments is about REST. Think about that — out of all the things God could include in a Top-10 list for building a new nation… He made room for Sabbath. Not as a restriction, but as an invitation. So if you’re tired today? Take the hint. Accept the invitation. Rest is a strategic move — not a sign of weakness. I hope you’re embracing it today. That’s my goal too. 👊 #HappyHealthyWealthyWise #SabbathReset #MillionaireME #UnleashYourInnerTBA millionaireME | Happy • Healthy • Wealthy • Wise 🐷🪽