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Well, not completely. Here’s what I mean… There’s a lesson many leaders and people in general get told that goes something like, “You’ve gotta learn to say no.” I understand the sentiment behind that statement and it’s certainly a good practice in some cases… In a few cases. Sometimes, we have to say no…
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It’s hard being human. You know what I’m saying? In fact, it’s so hard that we’re really good at it. What I mean is it’s tough being human because we think things and do things that we have no business thinking and doing. It doesn’t take you or I long at our local Wal…
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Most of us that have been in church know the story of Peter. Peter was out finishing a long day of fishing when Jesus hijacked his boat and began to teach a crowd from it. After Jesus gets done teaching, he tells Peter to go out into deeper water. Peter, having just finished a…
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Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth. (Genesis 7:6) Imagine this… You’re 600 years old. You’re a stranger to rain. You’re asked to build a boat… A big boat. That seems ludicrous. Ridiculous. That’s where Noah was. He found himself in unfamiliar territory with strange instructions.
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“If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.” — Thomas J. Watson, Jr Growing up, my favorite sport was baseball. I was actually…
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Leadership is ultimately about partnership. So much of leading who you and I lead is about knowing how to partner with the people that have been placed around us. We have to learn to work together with these people, with different personalities, different likes and dislikes, and different ways of looking at the outside…