Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. (Joshua 1:7 ESV) In his book The 17 Essential Qualities of a…
Today kicks off NFL free agency. There are many big name players in the market: Peyton Manning, Vincent Jackson, Reggie Wayne, Mario Williams. Here are some leadership questions I believe are healthy to ponder when considering any free agent prospect, whether an athlete, a business hire, your church leadership, or any organizational development. 1. Do…
1. Unbroken – Laura Hillenbrand 2. The Cause Within You – Matthew Barnett 3. Beautiful Outlaw – John Eldredge 4. The Score Takes Care of Itself – Bill Walsh
“One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.” ~E. M. Forster Experts spend a lot of time trying to figure out what makes people successful. In his book The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, John Maxwell asserts that passion is what makes the difference, pointing out four truths about passion and…
Brad Lomenick has compiled a list of excellent leadership books. I’ve read many of these titles. I love Brad’s list, so here they are… 40 leadership books to read:
One of the greatest lessons we can learn from Joseph’s life is that there will always be more opportunities to quit than there are opportunities to conquer. Our dreams are always filled with detours and surprises, setbacks and hardships. But we can be assured that if our dream comes from God, the dream holds us when we feel unable to hold it.
Just read a powerful post from John Maxwell. Check out his blog and be sure to catch the story about the four monkeys. I love one of the comments to the post: “Dreams are the language of the Holy Spirit.”
“Just the very act of letting go of money, or some other treasure, does something within us. It destroys the demon ‘greed’.” – Richard Foster Nothing speaks more loudly in a person’s life than generosity. When it comes from the heart, true generosity permeates every area of our lives, overflowing in obvious manifestations of benevolence…