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Three People

Howdy! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe by email or RSS feed. Thanks for hanging out! Leave a comment…Our lives are not about us.
Three encounters on Monday proved to me, once again, that my life is not my own. Frankly, your life is not your own. [...]

One of the Greatest inventions…

… is the t-shirt. The (printed-on) t-shirt probably advertises better and more frequently than money could buy. This team’s logo, that cause and its sponsors, this crazy piece of art, or that company that makes clothing to print on.
They print on the shirts and we advertise for them. Simple. [...]

So, people actually dig substance?

One of the reason’s I read Bill Seaver’s MicroExplosion Media is that he seems to always bring substance. He shares that people are looking for valuable content in a blog, in a conversation, in their world. Simplicity and valuable content trump style and flashiness any day.
In a wordy, over-hyped, [...]

Posts that may potentially knock your socks off!

This week’s great conversations:
•Ben Arment on being a sponge
•Perry Noble on Kissing a Toilet
•Anne Jackson Shady motels and Prostitutes
•Craig Groeschel on doing the small things
•John Piper is about to cause a stir. Good!
•Steven Furtick on Moving Deep Quickly
•Bil Cornelius on obedience and honesty… very good!
•Pete Briscoe on his struggle with being the best… best [...]

3 types of Credibility

I had a conversation the other day with a friend, who spoke about the three types of credibility:
•Educational Credibility- This doesn’t always look the same. Could be seminars, colleges, conventions, conferences, online training, books you’ve read, etc. Doug Fields says ‘leaders are learners’… That is powerful. People who are willing to [...]

3 things you can’t overdo

Here are three things that you could do today, that are very difficult to overdo:
1) Give Encouragement/Support
Think of what someone has done exceptionally. Everyone has something. Let them know! People often don’t realize that others notice or care about the simple things. Authenticity is important here, because a fake is easy to [...]