“Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.” – Proverbs 24:27 You can irritate others either by making New Year’s resolutions, or not making them. For the resolution-making snobs, they don’t really...
How to develop new leaders: The Freedom to Fail
When was the last time you failed well? I mean, really bombed out on something? We never forget our spectacular failures, but more often than not, the fear, and regret, and embarrassment evaporate, leaving behind the residue of a humorous story and, after we have...
Make your goals, then let ’em go
I remember hearing one study about goals that has stayed with me. The concluding results demonstrated that if you articulated and wrote down a goal, your chances of reaching that goal jumped up ten to twenty percent. If you went one step further, and spoke that goal...
The variables you’re not planning for
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” - Prov 16:9 “If you’re failing to plan, then you’re planning to fail.” So goes the cautionary line against floaters, drifters, and the self-pitying apathetic. The trouble is for many people,...