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  • Lessons From Furniture Shopping

    Lessons From Furniture Shopping

    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…

  • The One Key Thing Most Communicators Overlook

    The One Key Thing Most Communicators Overlook

    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…

  • Why I Often Think About Quitting My Blog

    Why I Often Think About Quitting My Blog

    …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,…

  • 3 Signs of A Good Critic

    3 Signs of A Good Critic

    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…

  • Do You Have to Tell People You’re A Leader? Then You’re Probably Not

    Do You Have to Tell People You’re A Leader? Then You’re Probably Not

    Being a young leader, I know that one of the greatest things I can do right now is observe more experienced leaders and the situations they act in. To survey what happens, how they react, and how they lead. As I do that, I’ve come to notice… If you have to tell people you’re…

  • 22 Of My Favorite Tweets from The 2012 Leadership Summit

    22 Of My Favorite Tweets from The 2012 Leadership Summit

    Last week, I had the chance to attend my first ever simulcast of the Global Leadership Summit. I tweeted a bunch over the 2 days, but wanted to share my absolute favorite quotes and tweets. This is leadership twitter gold!