“Just because we increase the speed of information doesn’t mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.” Dale Dauten What’s concerning to me is not only the amount of information coming at us, but the pace and level…
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Go for consistency before you add complexity.
It seems that the intention to change occurs with something that resembles the following sequence: Frustration with current and past decisions A decision is made to make some different choices going forward An incredibly complex, impossible course of action is laid out This lasts for 48 hours Return to previous…
4 Lessons I Learned Preparing for a Half Marathon
Embrace difficult things not only to overcome them, but because they draw greatness out of you. This Saturday, I'm doing something I really do not want to do. I'm doing something that I'm pretty sure I'm not going to enjoy. I'm doing something mainly because it's difficult. I'm going to…
Expedience vs Excellence
It's easy to put something out quickly. It's easy to put something out too early. It is easy to choose expediency over excellence. All of us have experienced millions of those products, presentations, and ad campaigns (especially local ones) that we then QUICKLY forget. Unless they made such a incredibly…
Guest Post - When Christian Leaders Get Angry
Today's post comes from TJ Addington who writes at http://leadingfromthesandbox.blogspot.com. His blog is a wealth of wisdom for ministry leaders and I highly recommend subscribing to it. --------------------------------------- Few things are more destructive to God's work than angry Christian leaders. First, when God's leaders get angry, they…
Five values that I will base my decisions on today
I determine that the decisions I make today will be based on: 1) Adding value and not just trying to make myself look better. 2) Making a long-term difference not just settling for short-term gain. 3) Helping others win not just stepping on them so that I can win. 4)…