1. Call yourself a “writer.” 2. Make a big cup of coffee. 3. Put on a scarf or jaunty cap. 4. Buy a big notebook and nice pen. 5. Sit and watch people. 6. Chew on pen. 7. Think a lot. 8. Angst. 9. Marry a writer. 10. Have a couple kids. 11. Go to […]
Boiled down goodness, for you to simmer in… We live in a world that’s crying out for better leadership. @billhybels Nothing rocks forever. @billhybels If you can’t predict the future, create it. –Len Schlesinger Little bets and baby steps make all the difference. –Len Schlesinger The world you see outside of you will always be […]
I’m totally shattered by these two days. I have a lot to think about: Bill Hybels and Henry Cloud: sometimes you need to deal with very hard management and personnel issues. Len Schlesinger: little bets and baby steps with people you want to work with end up as really big things. Brenda Salter-McNeil: we need […]
John Dickson spoke today at the Global Leadership Summit. Here’s what he had to say: Humility is the noble choice to forgo your status and use your influence for the good of others before yourself. Humility will not automatically make you great. And being great will not make you humble. Humility makes the great greater. […]
I posted this over at Take Your Vitamin Z. At the bottom of all of it, being a Christian boils down to saying, “I suck.” You need to recognize and admit painful truths: You’re a jerk. You act selfishly. You desire evil. You recognize you’re not able to fix yourself. In short, you say, “I […]
I guest posted on Take Your Vitamin Z: Yesterday I met Seth Godin, while blogging for the Willow Creek Association’s Global Leadership Summit. Godin’s a walking soundbite. One gem yesterday was, “If failure is not an option, you can be sure that success isn’t either.” Godin’s point is that rarely do you hit perfection right […]
Seth Godin spoke today at the Willow Creek Association’s Global Leadership Summit. I love his books, Lynchpin and Tribes. Here’s the goods: Average, average, average. Mass everything is built into our culture. But right now—on our watch—is a revolution. Books, newspapers, music–traditional pillars are crumbling. Now, there are new modes of media. This results in […]
From Len Schlesinger at the Willow Creek Association’s Global Leadership Summit: Here’s a summary: “Global poverty is unacceptable. Our failure to build logistics system means we produce too much food, and we can’t get it to people who need it. This is unacceptable. Millenials can’t look forward to a better life than their parents’. This […]
Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter-McNeil at the Willow Creek Association’s Global Leadership Summit: God convenes God’s people. Prayer: Thank you for bringing us here. Business leaders, academic leaders. From every sector! Kingdom come, will be done. Asking you to speak boldly and clearly. Derek and Brenda in England from Fuller, talking on experience in African American […]
