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Travis Shelton 10/27/25 Travis Shelton 10/27/25

The Gatekeepers Are Dead

For generations, we lived in a world of gatekeepers. If you wanted to publish a book, you'd need a publisher to say "yes" to you and offer to publish it. If you wanted to be a radio or TV personality, you'd need a network to sign you. If you wanted to record an album, you'd need a label to discover you. If you wanted to start a business, well, there were a ton of barriers to entry.

Travis Shelton 10/26/25 Travis Shelton 10/26/25

Rock Bottom

"Okay is the worst place to be." There's nothing worse than being okay in xyz area of life. Okay isn't good enough to thrive, but also not bad enough to change.

Travis Shelton 10/25/25 Travis Shelton 10/25/25

Never Enough Income

This couple makes more money than ever before, yet at the same time, there doesn't seem to be enough. How can that be?!?! How is it possible to make twice as much as we once did, yet still not have enough?

Travis Shelton 10/24/25 Travis Shelton 10/24/25

Grateful For That Kid

Now, this couple will spend the next season of their lives creating an entirely new reality that will forever transform their family. All because that 23-year-old kid had enough awareness and respect for his future self to live with wisdom and discipline.

Travis Shelton 10/23/25 Travis Shelton 10/23/25

Turns Out Old Isn’t Old

My friend had a different philosophy of life. In his words, we might die tomorrow, so we might as well have as much fun as we can now. And even if we don't die tomorrow, why wait until we're 50 or 60 to have fun, since we'll be too old to enjoy ourselves by then anyway.

Travis Shelton 10/22/25 Travis Shelton 10/22/25

The Secret Sauce

When someone lacks humility, the ceiling is quite limited. With a high level of humility, there's nothing that can stop them. That's it, that's the secret sauce. If you ever want to know what sets some people apart from others, it's humility.

Travis Shelton 10/21/25 Travis Shelton 10/21/25

Just Imagine If You Did

He hates his job, but has a TON of meaning in his life. Between his family, friends, traveling, and hobbies, his life is full of meaning and he doesn't need a "f@#%ing job" to give him meaning.

Travis Shelton 10/20/25 Travis Shelton 10/20/25

Not Scary Anymore

An old friend, one I haven't seen in nearly a decade, sent me a text out of the blue: "It's not scary anymore!" My initial reaction was to brush off the seemingly errant text as a mistake. It's not scary anymore? That's a bizarre text from someone I haven't seen in a decade. Then, another text arrived.

Travis Shelton 10/19/25 Travis Shelton 10/19/25

Screwing Up My Own Recipe

In other words, I lived a "normal" life and fell right into the hands of our culture's toxic perspectives. I was the epitome of our modern materialism.

Travis Shelton 10/18/25 Travis Shelton 10/18/25

The Recipe

The biggest question I received since yesterday is what a series of good compounding decisions looks like in a real-life situation. The below sequence of events, in rough chronological order, is my idealized version of this recipe.

Travis Shelton 10/17/25 Travis Shelton 10/17/25

Compounding Decisions

I stumbled upon a brutal rant from an early 30-something. This man, self-identifying as a younger millennial, went scorched earth about the older generations and how they set up the younger generations for utter failure.

Travis Shelton 10/16/25 Travis Shelton 10/16/25

Exercise the Muscle

During my 10-year stretch as a youth group leader, I taught hundreds of high school students about generosity. It was always one of my favorite topics to engage students with! In one of my favorite talks, I discussed a concept I like to call "exercising the giving muscle."

Travis Shelton 10/15/25 Travis Shelton 10/15/25

I Like I Like Car

While I don't remember all the particular moments and experiences that triggered the generosity journey within me, I do remember stumbling upon a YouTube channel called I Like Giving.

Travis Shelton 10/14/25 Travis Shelton 10/14/25

Rich

I recently met with a new client. Right on cue, I opened the couple's spreadsheet and prepared to cast it onto the TV affixed on the wall. As I was about to start talking, the husband interrupted. "No matter what your spreadsheet says, we're rich."

Travis Shelton 10/13/25 Travis Shelton 10/13/25

Rewriting History

The entire concept of the movie is mind-blowing in and of itself, but at its heart is a concept that has long resonated with me: Our very human ability (and inclination) to rewrite history.

Travis Shelton 10/12/25 Travis Shelton 10/12/25

Hyperbole For the Masses

Plunged. Tumbled. Sank. Crashed. Tanked. The media has had no lack of hyperbolic words to describe what happened to the stock market on Friday.

Travis Shelton 10/11/25 Travis Shelton 10/11/25

My Collections

After much consideration, it dawned on me that I do, in fact, collect things. However, instead of collecting material things like I used to when I was younger, my collections look different now.

Travis Shelton 10/10/25 Travis Shelton 10/10/25

Collecting?

Travis Shelton 10/9/25 Travis Shelton 10/9/25

…..For Me

Whoa, I really stepped on a landmine with yesterday's post. I received countless e-mails and texts from people about my young friend's "irresponsible" coffee habit.

Travis Shelton 10/8/25 Travis Shelton 10/8/25

Don’t Miss the Big Rocks

One of my friends wants to get right with her money. She's sick of working so hard, yet feeling so little progress. She makes good money, but there never seems to be enough. She might as well be a hamster in a wheel. She's running fast, but not going far.

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