From time to time every leader has to deal with people on his or her team that are not performing up to expectations. Someone is dropping the ball and forgetting to do…
Category: Self-leadership
I need a fresh start today. How about you?
Yesterday sucked! Some of it was circumstances – lunch went long, an interview went long. And then there was the technical problem I was trying to resolve. After spending 2 hours implementing…
Things I Learned on Vacation: 1) Breaking Routine is Good… Sometimes
I spent last week with my extended family in Helen, GA – my two brothers, their families, and my parents. Whenever you take a trip of this magnitude you’re bound to forget something, and we forgot the worst of all possible things. The one thing that absent would make our entire trip miserable…
6 Tips to Help You Fail Better and More Often
A person’s success is directly proportional to the number and size of the failures they’re willing to risk. So, figuring how to fail better and more often will help us succeed.
Imagine
Setting goals is important, but what if before setting goals for the new year we start with a blank sheet of paper and… imagine.
Forget the Obama and McCain yard signs. This is what I want in my yard.
In the last couple weeks several of my neighbors have put up Obama signs in their yard. It’s given me the urge to put a sign in my yard, but not for…
Putting the Leadership Summit into action
It’s been a few days since the Willow Creek Association Leadership Summit and I’ve had some time to look over my Summit notes, reflect, and pray. Here are some of my reflections…
The Key to a Great Day Is in the First Half Hour
You’ve probably been heard many times that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. What you eat first thing in the morning helps to determine whether you’ll have the strength…
When to Quit
I tend to be a very determined person. I believe that often the difference between success and failure is the successful person just gets up one more time than he fails. One of my…
I’m Back
Thoughts on busyness, being busy.