I'm going to try something brand new (for me)... and I am going to SUCK at it. Like… really suck. 😆 And I’m honestly so excited about it. Because in my mind, I can already see future me. Future me is smiling... Future me has new skills... Future me learned a bunch of cool stuff... Future me is proud that he started. But there’s only one way to get there. You have to be willing to walk through the part where you're not good yet. You have to embrace the sucky stage. That stage where you’re awkward... Where you make mistakes... Where you feel like a beginner (maybe even an imposter). That takes strength and courage. Because real growth requires something most people avoid: 👉 Being willing to admit you have weaknesses. 👉 Being willing to look a little foolish. 👉 Being willing to be bad before you're good. But here’s the truth... Growth lives on the other side of that moment. So here’s the question for the HuRU Crew: What’s something new you’ve been thinking about starting — even though you know you’ll probably suck at it at first? 👇 Vote in the poll and drop your number in the comments.

“Leadership is a service to be given.” — Simon Sinek Most people think leadership is about authority. Titles. Control. Recognition. But real leadership is service. It’s asking: 👉 Who can I support today? 👉 How can I make this easier for someone else? 👉 How do I leave people better than I found them? You don’t need a title to lead. You just need the willingness to serve. Let’s make this real: When do you feel most like a leader? Answer the poll and expand in the comments. Comment if your answer isn’t listed — I want to hear it. Leadership shows up in more places than we think.

There’s something surreal about walking through a house after the walls are bare. A space that once held laughter, hard conversations, quiet mornings, slammed doors, celebrations, and tears… suddenly echoes. And yet somehow it still feels full. As @Shannon Koss and I wrapped up this move, I kept hearing the song House Again on the drive from Los Angeles to Arizona. It hit differently every time. Because you realize a house isn’t emptied when the pictures come down. The pictures were never the memories. They’re just symbols. Little anchors we hang on drywall to remind us of moments that already live somewhere deeper. The trinkets, the frames, the worn-in corners of a room — they don’t contain the life we lived there. They represent it. The real memories aren’t stored on shelves. They live in consciousness. In the body. In the soul. In the heart. They’re accessible anytime, artifact or not. Close your eyes and you’re back in the kitchen. Back in the argument that made you stronger. Back in the hug that fixed everything. Back in the version of you that was becoming who you are now. That’s what makes a house a home: Not the walls. Not the decor. Not the address. It’s the invisible imprint of living. And the beautiful part is… we carry that imprint with us. Every time we leave one home, we’re not starting over — we’re expanding the story. We will miss the house on Mary Ellen Ave., but now it's on to building new memories in Gilbert, AZ! If you walked through an empty space that once meant everything to you... ...what memory would still be loudest, even with nothing left on the walls? 💬

This week we’re playing a simple game: 👉 Pick one word to live by. That’s it. One word that becomes your theme, your compass, your mini-mission for the week. It can be: ✔ A real word ✔ A made-up word ✔ A mashup word ✔ A word that only makes sense in your head But you have to commit to it. Every decision this week gets filtered through: “Am I honoring my word?” Examples just to spark ideas: ⚡ Momentum 🔥 TryAnyway 🌱 GentleGrowth 💥 Bold-ish 🧭 Recalibrating 🚀 SendIt 😌 Steady 👇 Mini poll — what KIND of word are you choosing? 👍 = Energy word (action, boldness, courage) ❤️ = Growth word (learning, patience, becoming) 🔥 = Confidence word (belief, power, identity) 😌 = Balance word (calm, grounded, aligned) Vote in the Poll. Then drop your emoji and your actual word in the comments. Let’s build a wall of intention for the week and steal inspiration from each other. You might see a word you didn’t know you needed. What’s your word? 🎯

So tell me… Who here is all about Valentine’s Day and who here could care less?