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The UnAmerican Dream is available now for a reduced price - that’s until June 24. If you'e an #Entrepreneur or in #business this book is meant for you.
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I’ve flown @SouthwestAir for years. This is the first time since they changed to assigned seating and the first time I’ve been told I have to check my bag because of my boarding group.
This may very well be the last time I fly Southwest. There is no differentiation and I pack a carry on for a reason.
#customerexperience #cxfail #cx
I am thankful to @cedarville for giving me the opportunity to share the story of God’s peace and grace over these last months.
cedarville.edu/news/2026/fro…
#peace #strokerecovery #healing #godisincontrol
Pretty excited about our new venture Simple Hats.
Check us out at
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15% off preorders for a limited time.
#hats #lakelife #SimpleJoys #simplife #BeachVibes
One of the things that I have found that robs people of joy is their choice to live in the past.
Choosing to forgive and letting go of hurt is one great first step to living a fulfilled and joyful life.
More thoughts in my latest edition of The Life Design Newsletter
hidalgoc.substack.com/p/lett…
#forgiveness #lifedesign #letitgo #values
Carlos Hidalgo retweeted
President Trump asked anybody to stand up who agrees that American citizens should be prioritized over illegal aliens.
Every single Democrat remained seated.
This is the moment that should lose Democrats every single election until the end of time.
The idea of “self love” is so prevalent today and, while it sounds great, it’s a farce.
There are 2 times in scripture where the concept is mentioned.
The first in the Matthew 22 where we are told to “love your neighbor as yourself” this is after Jesus says to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
Jesus implies that we already love ourselves so we should love others the same way.
The second time in in 2 Timothy 3 where Paul states “For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy.”
We need no practice loving ourselves. Jesus said that if we want to follow Him we must first deny ourselves before we pick up our cross and follow Him. It’s not about “self love”, it’s about putting Christ and then others first.
Don’t fall for the “self love” advice being pushed. It’s not the way of Jesus.
Just approved my latest speaking reel. Very pleased with it and would be glad to bring my speaking to your audience and help you have a great event!
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#publicspeaking #motivationalspeaking #inspiration
I was so glad I had the opportunity to share my story of failure and redemption with The Bold Journey's Podcast.
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#failure #redemption #lifedesign #learning #wisdom #salvation #value #grace
Love and tolerance are not the same-not even close! Yet, I’ve read and heard people say the following-
“If you love me you will ….”
- affirm me
- vote a certain way
- support my choices
- not challenge me
It’s mind boggling and nonsensical.
When my kids misbehaved I did not tolerate their bad behavior. I did not affirm their poor choices. Because I loved them, I disciplined them. Because I wanted them to learn and grow, I corrected them.
Jesus never affirmed sin, He never tolerated those who rejected the truth of the Gospel, but He still loved them.
Let’s not confuse or buy into the idea that love and tolerance are the same. It’s a lie!
#truth #Wisdom #tolerance #thegospel #love
What I learned about life from renovating a home in the Adirondack mountains.
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#lifedesign #homerenovation #lessons #life #wisdom #values #beauty #adirondacks
Lonliness - It is an epidemic, and it is tragic.
According to various studies, up to 70% of Americans report feeling lonely or isolated. It is in isolation where we struggle most, where shame roars the loudest, and when we often make the worst decisions.
For all of our "connection" via social media, it is clear that it is no substitute for personal, human connection.
We were not made to live in isolation; we are hardwired for community - this is where your life can come alive!
#lifedesign #loneliness #community #thriving #joy #connection
𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭.
This was my workout yesterday.
At first blush, you may think it is not much of a workout.
When you compare it to the 5 miles I ran at a 8:47 pace on Thanksgiving morning, it pales in comparison.
However, I am more excited and thankful about what I achieved yesterday than on Thanksgiving.
Why? Context!
This was my first workout since my stroke. Nine weeks after an event that nearly took my life, I was able to get on a treadmill for 27 minutes!
Don't let people tell you what success looks like; they are not walking in your shoes. In life and in business, view success in context and then determine how you are going to achieve it!
#lifedesign #success #goals #focus #life #achievement
Carlos Hidalgo retweeted
Neo-Feminism Has Trapped Women Into New Demeaning Gender Roles
I need to get something off my chest because this has been eating at me for a while now.
There is ONE THING that five years ago nobody in their right mind would have disputed. Not your neighbor, not your professor, not the person arguing with you at Thanksgiving dinner. Women are THE BEST at giving birth to new humans. Period. This is biological reality.
This is the one superpower that no man can replicate, no matter how hard he tries, no matter how many hormones he takes, no matter what surgeries he undergoes.
And yet here we are in 2026, watching OBGYNs testify before Congress that men can have babies. I cannot make this up. The very thing that should be celebrated as woman's unique biological gift is now being diluted, erased, and handed over to anyone who claims it.
Let me tell you what Neo-Feminism has actually accomplished.
Trans ideology is now telling us that the best woman on the planet is a biological man. The very movement that was supposed to elevate women has decided that actual women are second-rate at being women. Lia Thomas swimming against biological women. That is what Neo-Feminism gave us. Biological males winning "Woman of the Year" awards. That is the crowning achievement of modern feminism.
They have convinced women that sleeping around is empowerment. That wearing revealing clothing is somehow fighting the patriarchy. That casual hookups are liberation.
Do you know who this is really liberating, guys over 6'3''.
Stop and think about this for just one second.
Remember The Man Show? The one with women bouncing on trampolines in bikinis? The one men watched specifically because it catered to MALE desires? Did @jimmykimmel and The Man Show secretly create the Neo-Feminist movement? Neo-Feminism has convinced women that TRUE freedom from men is to give men exactly what they have always wanted anyway. You cannot make this stuff up. The supposed path to female empowerment is now indistinguishable from what a frat house would design if you asked them to create their ideal woman.
The ONE unique thing a woman can do that a man absolutely cannot do is bring new life into this world. And how does Neo-Feminism celebrate this incredible power? By treating abortion like a badge of honor. By tweeting about terminations like they are proving their feminist credentials. By making child sacrifice the sacrament that proves you are a true believer in the movement.
I have seen the posts. I have watched the videos. Women announcing their abortions like they just earned a merit badge. It is almost as if you need to perform a ritual sacrifice to show everyone you are part of the tribe.
Here is what this movement has ACTUALLY given us.
Men who use and discard women because free sex has no consequences for them. This is only about 10% of men, so many of these are having multiple partners, so you wonder why there is so much cheating with this population. Why buy the cow when the milk is free has become Why commit to anything when hookup culture demands nothing?
Men under six feet tall who have completely given up on finding a partner because dating apps and Neo-Feminist standards have made them invisible.
Women who cannot find committed partners because good men do not want to build a life with someone who has double digit (or more) body counts, blue hair, and a septum ring. The good men either got burnt trying to date in this toxic environment, settled early, or found themselves in healthy, equally-yoked relationships with Christian or Jewish women who rejected this nonsense.
Neo-Feminism told women that careers matter more than families. That corporate ladder climbing is the path to fulfillment. That children are optional accessories that can be added later, maybe, if the timing is right, if the IVF works, if the biological clock has not run out.
Elizabeth Warren herself documented the "two-income trap" back in 2003. When you DOUBLE the labor supply, you do not double prosperity. You TANK wages through saturation. The feminist movement claimed to be liberating women. What it actually did was devalue female labor while destroying the single-income household that had provided stability for generations.
Now we have women working 50-hour weeks, coming home exhausted, raising kids who barely see them, trying to "have it all" while actually having less quality time with anyone. The second income after taxes, childcare, commuting, work wardrobe, and convenience spending because nobody has energy to cook? Sometimes it comes out NEGATIVE.
That is liberation?
I scroll through TikTok and X and what do I see? Women who fell for Neo-Feminism screaming into their cameras. Typing so furiously their screens look like they are about to shatter. Posting rants that drip with anger and resentment and profound unhappiness. The movement that promised fulfillment has delivered rage.
Meanwhile the women I know who rejected this ideology? The ones who chose traditional paths, who built relationships before jumping into bed, who prioritized family over the corner office? They seem remarkably... content. Strange how that works.
Here is the dirty secret nobody wants to acknowledge.
The 45 Communist Goals entered into the Congressional Record on January 10, 1963, included Goal 40: "Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce." Goal 26: "Present homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as normal, natural, and healthy."
ACHIEVED.
In the 1950s, Black Americans had the HIGHEST rates of intact two-parent families in America at around 80-85%. After Democratic welfare programs and the feminist revolution? Today, fewer than 30% of Black children live with both parents. Marriage penalties were BUILT INTO welfare systems. Benefits disappeared when women married. The government literally paid women to push men out of homes.
Neo-Feminism did not liberate women. It trapped them in new cages while calling the bars liberation.
Should we go back?
Should we return to a world where women respect their husbands? Not in some doormat, slavish obedience way, but in the actual biblical sense of honoring and valuing your partner?
Ephesians 5:25 tells husbands to "love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her." That is the standard. That is what men are called to. Sacrifice EVERYTHING, including your own life, for your wife. That is not oppression. That is protection. That is devotion. That is exactly what every woman actually wants if she is honest with herself.
Should we return to courtship? To actually building relationships on friendship, shared values, and emotional connection BEFORE sex enters the picture? Because here is a truth no one wants to hear: you can learn to be good at physical intimacy. There is a whole lifetime to figure that out together. But when that part fades, as it does in every long marriage, what is left?
If the foundation is sex, and nothing else? Then when sex cannot fix the relationship anymore, the solution becomes finding sex somewhere else. Relationships built on physical attraction without substance are calling cards for infidelity.
My heart genuinely breaks for women who fell for the Neo-Feminist lies.
You were told that keeping your legs closed until commitment meant you were repressed. The truth? That is strength. That is knowing your worth. That is demanding that someone prove they value you as a person before you give yourself to them.
You were told that wanting marriage and children meant you lacked ambition. The truth? Building a family is the hardest, most rewarding work any human can do. Raising good humans who contribute to society is a legacy that matters.
You were told traditional roles were demeaning. The truth? The roles existed because men and women are different, have different strengths, and complement each other in ways that create strong families and stable societies.
A real strong woman knows that her ability to create life is precious, not something to be terminated to prove a political point. A real strong woman demands commitment before intimacy. A real strong woman builds a relationship first and lets the physical follow.
But Neo-Feminism calls that weakness. Neo-Feminism calls that oppression. Neo-Feminism has convinced a generation of women that being strong means acting like the worst caricature of what bad men want.
And now we wonder why everyone is miserable.
Quinn's First Law states: "Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent."
Neo-Feminism promised empowerment and delivered exploitation. It promised freedom and delivered new chains. It promised happiness and delivered pharmaceutical-grade antidepressants. It promised equality and delivered women losing to men in their own sports.
At some point we have to look at the wreckage and admit this experiment failed.
But what do I know? I am only a teacher who has watched a generation of young women struggle with anxiety, depression, and relationship dysfunction that their grandmothers never experienced at these rates. I am only someone who notices that the women who rejected this ideology seem a lot happier than those who embraced it.
Maybe I am missing something. Maybe bouncing on trampolines in bikinis for the male gaze really IS female liberation after all...
Or maybe, just maybe, we were lied to.
One of the greatest gifts that I have received from my stroke has been quiet and stillness.
I am not traditionally one to be still; this ordeal has forced it upon me. But what I have found in the stillness has been wonderful.
It has been in the stillness and the quiet that I have been able to do some deep contemplation and, with the Lord's help, identify areas in my life that He wants to refine.
I have been able to think about my marriage and discover ways that I can be a better husband to Susanne and a better father to my kids.
I have been able to think and pray about why God chose to leave me here and what it means to "walk in a manner worthy of His calling."
I have been able to think about my friendships and identify those that I need to pour into more.
I have been able to think about my business and what I want to do over these next years, and who I want to do it with.
In a world that tells us that jam-packed schedules, calendars that are overflowing, and glorifies hustle culture, I have been able to find peace and joy in the quiet
I continue to be thankful for it and look ahead with great anticipation to what God will teach me in the days ahead!
#stillness #learning #stroke #adversity #lifedesgin #wisdom #life #understanding #recovery #contemplation
Righteousness exalts a nation,
But sin is a disgrace to any people. - Proverbs 14:34
I was profoundly struck by this verse this morning.
There is much in our country that is unrighteous, and it is heartbreaking.
-Professing a false "progressive" Gospel that neglects the sacrifice of the cross and anoints man as the greatest instead of Jesus as THE KING.
-Celebrating the assassinations of CEOs and those who seek to engage in civil discourse.
-Lauding and protecting criminals and making lawbreakers into sanctified martyrs.
-Tearing down and deriding those in office, rather than praying for them.
-Fighting for the perversion of God's creation of a man and a woman as distinct and different in their God-given form and gender, yet equal in the sight of our Creator.
-Killing our unborn children and advocating for the mutilation of children who are born, through satanic trans ideology.
-Fighting for men to invade women's sports and calling them women despite their biology.
-Forsaking the gathering of ourselves together as commanded and choosing to instead "worship from home".
-Tuning a blind eye to sexual immorality that is rampant in our culture.
As a country, we are a disgrace. Paul, in Romans 1, provides a clear picture of the progression of sin and it's conseuquences, and it would seem that Paul is describing our country today.
- God is known and His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen.
- Even though God is known, man has chosen not to honor him and, in doing so, thought themselves wise, yet have become fools.
- In response, God has given them over to what they wanted including "degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error."
- Paul continues and shows that God will allow the consequences of these actions: "God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them."
Now is the time to speak out and rise up, Christian!
If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, we are commanded to "speak the truth in love". Now is the time for the truth, now is the time to love our neighbor, but not acquiesce to the false Gospel that only wants to speak about God's love, but also make known His holiness and wrath because He cannot tolerate evil.
Now is not the time to affirm sin and chalk it up to trauma, our inner child, or any other excuse that is now mainstream. Now is the time for His church to be a light in the darkness and stand for His truth so that many may be saved.
Rise up, oh Christian, and let's focus on The King and His Good News as He will return and take an accounting of us all!
#truth #america #repentence #kingdomhearts #goodnew #thegospel #christians #speaktruth #society
Would love input from @MattWalshBlog and @mattvanswol, two men who I admire greatly for their boldness, conviction, and speaking truth.
“First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
- I Timothy 2:1-4
#truth #authority #prayer #thanksgiving
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