New Year’s Self Evaluation and Introspection
When we don’t take time to reflect on our previous season, we miss opportunities to grow into new seasons that life affords us.
The Hard is What Makes it Great
Nowhere in the Bible do we see that following God is easy. World changing is hard work. Restoring hope is not for the faint of heart. Rebuilding lives from the rubble of sin is no easy task.
10 Challenges for the New Year
This New Year, get comfortable with your own skin. Stop trying to be someone else. No one else can be you. Only you can.
15 Statements to Get You Unstuck
1. By God’s grace I am what I am. 2. I’m not finished growing, I keep moving forward. 3. I’m not a victim. I’m privileged to glorify Christ through suffering. 4. I refuse to make excuses for my failure. 5. I own my mistakes, learn from them, and become wiser. 6. I can’t make everyone…
Your Passion and the World’s Greatest Need
Theologian Frederick Buechner noted that, “vocation is where our greatest passion meets the world’s greatest need.” I believe all of us have the capacity to live out our passion in a manner that serves others – and ultimately changes the world in our own small way. The same God who created our lives for serving…
The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
I’ve been reading The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. They collected stories from ordinary people — the experiences they recalled when asked to think of a peak leadership experience. Despite differences in culture, gender, age, and other variables, these “Personal Best” stories revealed similar patterns of behavior. They found…
Have you hijacked Christianity’s greatest virtues?
Our gifts mean very little to God without real commitments to people. Wow! Please let that sink in for a moment. We all want to feel unique and gifted… and we are. We all want to feel like we have something special to offer God and the world… and we do. But the truth is,…
Great Leadership Moment: Green Bay Packers Slay the Victim Mentality
Mike McCarthy had a great leadership moment this week. The Green Bay Packers’ head coach often says that among his highest priorities is setting an optimal mind-set in the locker room. So on the heels of the team’s bitter and controversial loss to Seattle on Monday night, the coach’s charge when his players returned to…
Leadership Lessons Behind Coca-Cola’s Immortal Success
Coca-Cola is the most recognizable brand on the planet. The soft drink empire has survived two World Wars, one Cold War, one Great Depression, “Cola Wars,” and a marketing blunder of the century.
In the end, your passion will have more influence than your personality or talent.
“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…