At the recent Chick-Fil-A Leadercast, Patrick Lencioni told us a story about Southwest Airlines that would cause many CEO’s to cringe or outright panic! Whether you would agree with then CEO Herb Kelleher’s method or not, you will certainly respect his adherence to his company’s core values! Single Greatest Opportunity Lencioni has recently written a [...]
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Why You May Not Like Tim Tebow!
I had the opportunity to attend the live event for the Chick-Fil-A Leadercast this past Friday. It was a fantastic chance to turn off my work mind for a day and learn from proven leaders. With a slate of 12 or more speakers, it was also easy to find plenty of leadership material for this [...]
What Kind Of Man Do You Want To Be?
One of my favorite role models in the world is Jim Elliot. I am not sure I know of a better example of a sold-out disciple of Jesus Christ than Jim. You cannot read his biography without being rocked by his total submission to his faith. Jim’s example is one I aspire to emulate, though [...]
5 Ways Prescription Drugs And Scripture Are Abused
Scripture vs. Prescription Drugs Let’s make this easy. Below is a list of ways you can misuse prescription drugs. In addition to the explanation for each misuse is a parallel misuse of Scripture. See if any of these abuses hit home with you. 1. You forget to take it. Prescription Drugs – You have the [...]
Are You Doing God’s Work or God’s Will?
Have you thought about this before? Is there a difference between doing God’s work and doing God’s will? If so, what is it? Is it really that important anyway? I think there is a huge difference and I think it is critical to know what it is. Let’s first take a look at Scripture to [...]
Unrealistic Expectations: “You’re Just Not That Good!”
You know how you can learn big ideas in the most mundane situations? If you pay close attention to life around you, you can usually pick up on truths that God is dying to share with you. It happened to me once when I was playing golf with a business associate, John, several years ago. [...]
Goals: Get A Bigger Frying Pan!
It is the first of the year and I hope you are thinking about what goals you want to accomplish in 2012. I hope you are making plans to do something new, make something better, or to stop doing something – maybe all of the above! The Frying Pan I want you to read this [...]
Reconcile and Forgive Immediately!
This post is based on material from Dave Anderson’s book, How to Run Your Business by THE BOOK. It is the final post in a series of five in which we will address common character issues for leaders. The character issue we are addressing concerns the ability to reconcile and forgive immediately. My Confession I [...]
Do You Give False Impressions?
This post is based on material from Dave Anderson’s book, How to Run Your Business by THE BOOK. It is the fourth post in a series of five in which we are addressing common character issues for leaders. The character issue we are addressing today concerns giving false impressions. False Impressions When it comes to [...]
There Is No Traffic Jam On The Second Mile!
This post is based on material from Dave Anderson’s book, How to Run Your Business by THE BOOK. It is the third post in a series of five in which we will address common character issues for leaders. The character issue we are addressing is going the second mile. One of my favorite people in [...]
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