Have you ever looked at your week ahead and thought,
“Everything’s in place. I’ve got all the time, energy, and resources I need. This is going to be a breeze”?

No?

Yeah...me neither.

As a pastor and coach, I feel like I live most days just slightly beyond my capacity. And recently, I had a conve...

Have you ever felt guilty for wanting more?

Maybe you’re the kind of person who constantly sees potential—things that could be improved, goals yet to be reached, ideas waiting to be built. You feel the pull to push harder, go bigger, stretch further.

But then you wonder: Shouldn’t I just be conten...

We’ve all had those nights — the kind where your mind won’t shut off. You lay in bed thinking about what went right, what went wrong, what you wish you would’ve said, and that random thing from 2008 that somehow popped back into your brain.

That was me last week. I had one of those days and didn’t ...

What To Do After the Big Day

We all know what it feels like to gear up for a big day.

Maybe it was your company’s product launch.
Maybe it was a home renovation you finally finished.
Maybe, like me, it was Easter weekend—five services over two days, an incredible team, and a ton of heart and hard ...

The Real Reason You're Stuck (And What Great Leaders Do Instead)

by Gabe Kolstad | Leadership Coach | gabekolstad.com

Let’s get real for a moment:

You’re not stuck because you’re lazy.
You’re stuck because you’re solving the wrong problem.

Most leaders I work with aren’t struggling with apat...

📅 Easter Sunday is coming—fast. But you’re not too late. 

Maybe you’re a pastor or church leader. Maybe you run a nonprofit or are building something that matters. Regardless of your title, this post is designed to help you leverage a big moment—even with limited time.

Here are 10 rapid-fire Easte...

 Have you ever been swimming at the beach, glanced back at the shore, and realized you’ve drifted far away from your spot? You didn’t feel it happening—you just looked up one moment and were nowhere near where you started. Leadership can be exactly like that. If we’re not intentional, we can end up ...

Do you ever feel weighed down by a never-ending to-do list? You’ve got projects, meetings, people to lead, and goals you know God has called you to pursue. But there’s only one of you, and you need a strategy to lighten the load and develop those around you. That’s where delegation comes in.

This w...

Enemies of Excellence #3: Avoiding Burnout

We’ve been talking about the Enemies of Excellence—the pitfalls that can derail our best efforts and keep us from bringing our God-given dreams to life. In this third installment, let’s look at burnout. It often creeps in when we get so consumed with achie...

Inaction—the silent killer of progress. It shows up as procrastination, blame, or simple avoidance, and if you’re like me, you’ve dealt with it more times than you’d like to admit. It’s like this: an object in motion stays in motion, and an object at rest? Well, it tends to stay at rest. And that is...

Perfectionism has been a relentless adversary in my life. It’s a sneaky enemy that disguises itself as a quest for excellence, but in reality, it’s a fear-driven rigidity that shackles progress. At its core, perfectionism stems from a deep-seated insecurity, leading us to hold the ideal above the re...

 Do you ever look around at some of the great leaders in the world and wonder, "How did they get to be like that?" I know I have—probably a gazillion times! There’s something captivating about watching a person operate at such a high level of effectiveness, charisma, and influence. It sparks a desir...