Friday

The 97 Percent Rule: Why Excellence Happens in Stages, Not Leaps

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-08-28 /

I used to think getting a task to excellence was a single handoff — explain it once, hope for the best, and if it didn’t land, chalk it up to poor onboarding. I built my whole approach to delegation on that assumption for years. I was wrong. Excellence happens in stages, not leaps, and skipping…

The Week I Could Not Make It Happen

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-08-21 /

The surgery to remove my pituitary tumor was a complete success. My neurosurgeon believes he got all of it, even after finding it had spread to unexpected places — and if anything remains, we’d have years to catch it and a precise way to deal with it. But the update I actually want to give…

The Support I Usually Give Away Is the Support I’m Learning to Receive

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-08-14 /

On August 12th, I had surgery to remove a pituitary tumor. I’m telling you not because I want this space to become about my health, but because for a long time I didn’t develop my own support. I was too busy working to invest in relationships that could carry weight. We’re so used to being…

The Encouragement That Arrived Right When I Needed It Most

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-08-07 /

I’ve been in a hard season for the better part of three years now — some of it pain I played a part in and have since repented of, most of it I had no hand in at all, including losing my father just days after a fall. I’m well cared for through it — a…

The Free Time I Didn’t Know How to Handle

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-07-31 /

Claire and I had just spent the last stretch of the project refining what we affectionately call the sizzle level — the final 15 percent that turns competent work into something worth talking about. She’d been an active partner the whole way through, unafraid to flag what would sharpen the process, and only a couple…

The Last Ten Percent — What My Body Would Not Let Me Fake

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-07-24 / Comments Off on The Last Ten Percent — What My Body Would Not Let Me Fake

Ninety percent of the eating turnaround happened when I stopped medicating stress with food. Ten percent would not move — no matter how disciplined I got. That last ten percent was not spiritual sin. It was biology I could not out-repent. God finishes what He starts.

Repentance Is Sweet, But God Coverage Is Priceless: Looking Back Across My Son’s Life

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-07-17 / Comments Off on Repentance Is Sweet, But God Coverage Is Priceless: Looking Back Across My Son’s Life

Looking back across my son’s life, I keep bumping into a Father who was fathering him in every gap I did not close.

One Year of CHEWing All Day: What Moved from Head to Heart

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-07-10 /

After 365 days of CHEWing, this is what changed. Not what I learned. What God’s love did in my heart.

The Next Obedience Is His Finishing Work in You

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-26 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s love from head to heart for Christian professionals Here is what I am learning this week. The next obedience in front of me is not my project. It is His. He is the One finishing what He began in me — and the way He is finishing me is through the…

What I Thought Blew Up My Word for the Year

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-06 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals My word for the year was simplify. I lowered client-facing hours. I got back to the gym. I increased family time. I went all-in on helping Christian high performers get the love of God from head to heart. Essentialism and I became close friends again. I was,…