…. Because he’s on the edge of something quite large.
He tweets “I just wanted to play the guitar for people. Everything else just sort of popped up and I improvised, and kept doubling down on it…”
Some of his lyrics and actions are debatable, but his music is solid. This is a guy with incredible influence [...]
There are millions of silly stereotypes that we choose to either perpetuate or eliminate. The problem with stereotypes is that they are, at best, only partly true. They are often completely wrong. They don’t tell the whole story.
I find it so interesting when people break stereotypes successfully. Usually it takes [...]
One of the shortages in real life is in those who choose to give others permission to follow their dreams. I’ve watched person after person become overloaded and burnt-out because they don’t have the oil of encouragement in their engine. Very few people spend time buying another person a ticket to follow their [...]
One area that I’ve noticed is lacking: people offering sincere help. It’s tough to get volunteers. It’s a rarity to find businesses who authentically want to help others. Even non-profits and customer service centers whose job it is to help, sometimes have trouble offering the help that is needed.
I love thinking [...]
You’ll have a better chance of succeeding if you only do incredible stuff. Advertising doesn’t always work, but if you do something awesome, people love it! Just thought you’d like some examples of this at work.
Our church doesn’t do much advertising. We spend most of our time on making what we do [...]
This past week we have been working diligently to build an audience on a new web community, Splodea. We have had successes and not-so-successes! While the economy is not great for selling anything, the economy is never bad for creating an audience.
One thing that is great about releasing a trial-run [...]
Be glue-like.
Building a sticky anything involves you… involving other people. It has to be intentional.
A sticky community involves letting go; letting others step up. I was told at one point by a leader that, when we delegate, others may never do it as ‘well’ as we do. We [...]
I get caught up in details. I end up debating endlessly about color choices, 15 minutes here or there, and the order of doing things. You and I are probably alike in that we over-think things….
Sometimes we can bury the things that we could get done, with the small stuff. It [...]
…includes other people.
My leader and I recently had a conversation that led me to think about this. He employs these practices very intentionally.
If you are worthy of leading…
If you have a passion….
If you have a vision….
It will all be worth nothing if you don’t include others.
Ways to include others:
• Ask someone (not a ‘yes’ [...]
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 [...]
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