Category: Leadership
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Young Leader: Climbing The Ladder Shouldn’t Be Your Goal, Here’s Why
Every leader wants more. It’s part of what makes us a leader in the first place. The same thing that gives us the drive to dream dreams, cast vision, and go further is the same thing that makes us want more… want bigger. It’s not a bad thing. The pursuit of more. It’s just a…
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5 Simple Facebook Tips for Businesses and Churches
I see it all the time. A Facebook profile that should be a page. A Facebook page that is dormant or only posts things that are also posted on someone’s profile. For a lot of people, this may not matter that much. For a church or business that’s using Facebook as a key part of…
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3 Things Non Morning People Can Do To Get Going
I am not a morning person. There, I admit it. As a man, Dad, and leader, I guess I should be. I’m just not. Over the years, it may have gotten a little easier, but I’m still a zombie in the morning. I often joke around the office that I quit every morning for the…
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3 Practical Ways For Young Leaders to Grow
As a young leader, the best thing we can do is grow. Sure, we can lead well now and do great things while we’re young, but wer’re still growing. In fact, for experienced leaders, the best thing you can do is grow as well. We’re all growing and learning as we go. That being said,…
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2 Common Mistakes Young Leaders Make in Development
The world and church is in desperate need of young leaders…. good young leaders. We need senior leaders who are willing to begin passing the torch to the next generation. As I look at other young leaders and leaders in general, I see 2 common mistakes that seem to most often stifle leadership development.
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Things Great Young Leaders Tell Themselves
“You can talk to yourself as long as you don’t answer.” I’ve always told people that when I”ve seen them talking to themselves. The truth is, we all have conversations with ourselves from time to time. It may not always be out loud, sometimes it’s just in our heads. These conversations can help us throughout…
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3 Evernote IFTTT Recipes for Leaders
There are 2 tools that I’m using increasingly to get things done these days. These 2 tools have helped me be more productive day to day and with large projects. I’ve talked about one of them, Evernote many times on the blog. There’s one, though, that’s making the internet easier for a lot of people.…
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5 Evernote Notebooks Every Young Leader Needs
I am an Evernote fan boy. There, I said it. I’ve written about Evernote many times in the past. You can see those posts here. As I change the way I process information and as I lead more and more, I’ve adjusted how I organize just about everything I do. Right now, here are 5…
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Effort Is In Limitless Supply
Many things in life have a short supply. I can’t go shopping on a random spring day and slide my debit card over and over without realizing that, at some point, the thing is going to get declined. I can’t run and run without eventually falling down from being so tired I could no longer…
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A Quick Way To Spoil It All
It seems we live in a day in time when people want to say what’s on their mind. It also seems like we live in a day and time when less and less is becoming “correct” to actually say. I’ve seen it recently with athletes, entertainers, hollywood stars, pastors, and young leaders…