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Curiosity didn’t kill the cat… Comfort Did
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One of the fundamental requirements of a leader is to stay curious. – Bill Hybels Bill Hybels made this statement at this year’s Global Leadership Summit. Now, at first glance, it feels likes another one of those tweetable and catchy quotes that leadership types like to quote. If you think about it more, though,…
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Jigsaw Puzzles, Identity, and Finding Your Place
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Around last Christmas, my wife talked me into sitting down and doing a jigsaw puzzle with her. I’m not a huge fan of puzzles, I don’t have the patience to spend hours looking for the corner of a tree that the box top tells me has to be in there. This night, though, I…
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Lessons From Furniture Shopping
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A few weeks ago, Melissa and I moved into our new home. It’s our first house purchase (still a little overwhelmed with that debt deal) and we wanted to make it as nice as we possibly could for our budget. Of course, one of the major ways to make a home comfy is the…
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The One Key Thing Most Communicators Overlook
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Communicating as a whole can be a very tedious and tiring process. Communicating publicly and speaking publicly is difficult for even the most experienced people. However, with some solid prep (as you probably know), it can become a much less nerve racking experience. Most communicators (good communicators) overlook one very important part of their…
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Why I Often Think About Quitting My Blog
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…because the things I often write about, I fail to practice… Caring too much about what other people think About acting instead of talking About removing distractions from our lives About helping the millennial generation understand Christ Those are some of the things I’ve blogged about in the past 3 months. At the time,…
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3 Signs of A Good Critic
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We all have those people in our lives that like to tell us how what we’re doing isn’t quite up to par. You know, these are the people that often begin sentences with statements like… “That’s not how I’d do it, I’d…” “What if you did this…” “That’s all you’ve got?” The problem? Some…