Its okay and totally helpful to do some things right the first time. Some things are just better done right the first time around. Think surgery, landing a plane, or defusing a bomb. These are things that we need to be trained to do flawlessly well on the very first try. But there are so [...]
There are always winners and losers. These days, we try to minimize loss for the maximization of self-esteem of children or for those who are extremely competitive. Loss hurts if your heart is in the game. There must be losers, and one day you will be one, too. Hurts, right? (No worries… you’ll also be [...]
1) Write until people notice you. Every day. Every week. This will take time. You have to be good. It may have a tipping point. You will have to share things that aren’t vague. You must have opinions. Strong ones. People must find it beneficial to read what you have to say. 2) Write to [...]
Pick the three things to do, today, that if you accomplished them … they would make the biggest impact. Don’t try to do five big things…. or ten. Pick three. Focus on them. Make them excellent. Go the extra mile and do these three right! Go make a dent. Be a laser, not a flashlight. [...]
(Note: We=myself and others) I was thinking of this in terms of my marriage and realized the applications for every other type of relationship. When we are wrong, we have a powerful opportunity to build credibility. (see 3 types of credibility). I/we have this incessant need to avoid being wrong. This is probably because we [...]
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 learn are also [...]
Here are Clayton King’s thoughts on alcohol. Do you agree? What are your thoughts? Do you believe there is a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ here for followers of Christ? Is it a gray area? or not? love to know your thoughts. (i love the gluttony thing. totally agreed there.)
At the heart of this movement of Liberation Theology, which has been around for a few thousand years in one form or another, is the self. It is self-centered. The reason I say this is that Christian theology should be focused upon making Christ the center of all life, all reasoning, all purpose. Case in [...]
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