Jesus Christ — the foundation of my faith and understanding of transformational love.
Kristy Davis — my wife and partner in life.
Lillian and Micah Davis — my children and continuing teachers in love, presence, and fatherhood.
My parents — foundational influences on my faith, values, and character.
Jonathan and Teresa Penner — Life App and its signature 3-Day Retreat; experiential work exploring identity, relationships, and personal transformation.
Dr. Timothy Jennings — Come and Reason Ministries; The God-Shaped Brain and The God-Shaped Heart.
Ty Gibson — Light Bearers Ministry; God's character and unfailing love.
Herb Montgomery — Renewed Heart Ministries; faith, love, compassion, and justice.
Graham Maxwell — The Picture of God in All 66.
Greg Boyd — ReKnew; God's character and the love revealed in Jesus.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church — my faith community, with an emphasis on service and whole-person well-being.
Ellen G. White — Steps to Christ, The Desire of Ages, The Ministry of Healing.
Bob Proctor and Sandy Gallagher — Proctor Gallagher Institute; Thinking Into Results.
Brendon Burchard — GrowthDay; High Performance Habits.
John C. Maxwell — The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership; The 5 Levels of Leadership.
Dr. Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan — The Gap and the Gain, Who Not How, 10x Is Easier Than 2x.
Dat Nguyen — Freedom Time coaching.
Dr. Justin Short and Dr. Steve Van De Graaff — The Lifestyle Practice and TLP Academy.
Eric Morin — Tower Leadership.
Jon Harris — Fortune Management.
Jay Geier — Scheduling Institute.
Stephen R. Covey — The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
Simon Sinek — Start with Why; Leaders Eat Last.
Gino Wickman — Traction, Rocket Fuel, and EOS.
Mike Michalowicz — Profit First.
Patrick Lencioni — The 6 Types of Working Genius.
C. S. Lewis — Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Four Loves, The Chronicles of Narnia.
Viktor Frankl — Man's Search for Meaning.
John Mark Comer — The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry.
Brené Brown — Strong Ground.
The Gottman Institute — relationship research and tools for stronger marriages.
Dan Purcell — Get Your Marriage On! podcast.
Sheila Wray Gregoire — Bare Marriage podcast; The Great Sex Rescue.
Emily Nagoski — Come as You Are; Come Together.
Darren Hardy — The Compound Effect; DarrenDaily.
James Clear — Atomic Habits.
Tony Robbins — Money: Master the Game.
Steven Bartlett — The Diary of a CEO podcast.
Alex Hormozi — $100M Offers; $100M Leads.
Mel Robbins — The Let Them Theory.
Dr. Andrew Huberman — Huberman Lab podcast.
Jordan Peterson — 12 Rules for Life; Beyond Order.
Jay Shetty — On Purpose podcast.
Michael Gerber — The E-Myth Revisited.
Dr. Justin Short and Dr. David Maloley — Titans of Dentistry.
John Doerr — Measure What Matters.
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin — Extreme Ownership.
Will Guidara — Unreasonable Hospitality.
Horst Schulze — Excellence Wins.
Dale Carnegie — How to Win Friends and Influence People.
Donald Miller — Building a StoryBrand.
Chris Voss — Never Split the Difference.
Ken Blanchard — The One Minute Manager.
Bill Perkins — Die with Zero.
Dr. Richard Swenson — Margin.
Dave Ramsey — The Total Money Makeover.
Robert Kiyosaki — Rich Dad Poor Dad.
Thomas Stanley and William Danko — The Millionaire Next Door.
David Goggins — Can't Hurt Me.
Nick Bare — discipline, consistency, and physical performance.
Angela Duckworth — Grit.
Ben Bergeron — Chasing Excellence.
Robin Sharma — The 5 AM Club.
Joseph Nguyen — Don't Believe Everything You Think.
Abraham Maslow — the hierarchy of needs and self-actualization.
Tony Dungy — Uncommon.
Grant Cardone — The 10X Rule.
The restaurant industry — service, teamwork, hospitality, and working under pressure.
Practicing dentistry — clinical judgment, patient relationships, and the responsibilities of care.
Building True Dental — from two employees to 34 and more than $4M in revenue; entrepreneurship, leadership, team development, and accountability.
Travel — much of the United States; Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, Belize, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Cambodia, Singapore, Brazil, and Timor-Leste.