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Posts Tagged ‘man’

The Self-Made Man

There once was a man who worked in the fields. He worked with farm machinery and had great knowledge of all things that grow. A tough man. Calloused hands. Sweaty brow. Soaked flannel shirts and long pants in spite of summer heat. He could accomplish more on a given [...]

Purple Cow

I’ve been reading Seth Godin’s work of art over the past few weeks.
What has really grabbed me is that many people feel as if they don’t have the time to be totally remarkable. The only way a business or organization will succeed in the future is by embracing and amplifying [...]

Live to Work, or Work to Live?

A wise leader and I were talking about this other day. He shared that his (he is in his fifties) and many previous generations have seemed to live to work. In other words, much of their identity lies in their “job.” People who place their identity in a job or position sometimes forget [...]

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 [...]

calculations

correct calculations that i’ve made

- There is only one type of mayonnaise
- Sumo didn’t take off in the U.S.
- My wife
- Trusting God.
- choosing to become Awestruck with my life
- and mom, my face didn’t get stuck that way….sort of.
miscalculations i’ve made

- The Braves didn’t win ….
- Just because I am over the racial divisions [...]