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  • The High Price of Constantly Checking Your Email

    Ron Friedman writing on the Harvard Business Review blog has a beef with people who constantly check their email. And you know what? He’s got a point. Friedman says, “Shifting our attention from one task to another, as we do when we’re monitoring email while trying to read a report or craft a presentation, disrupts…

  • Why Changing Perception Is Critical

    “Action is not the result of intentional reasoned thought but passion.” – James K A Smith. Smith who is a philosopher and theologian is making the point that we are primarily shaped more by the imagination than the intellect. Therefore it is the stories that we inhabit and not the arguments we believe that give…

  • Artist at Work

    This post was first shared on Jamesclear.com There is a interesting story about how Pablo Picasso, the famous Spanish artist, developed the ability to produce remarkable work in just minutes. As the story goes, Picasso was walking though the market one day when a woman spotted him. She stopped the artist, pulled out a piece…

  • 5 Tips For Great Customer Service

    “Build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.”-Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon.com If you attended a party where the host snarled at you, reluctantly offered you a drink, looked past you to greet someone deemed more important and basically couldn’t wait until you left–chances are you would as soon…

  • Daniel Coyle on Achieving Mastery

    Daniel Coyle on Achieving Mastery

    Daniel Coyle is the author of some of the best books on getting better at anything: The Talent Code and The Little Book of Talent. Dan knows that the “10,000 hour rule” is nice, (it takes 10,000 hours to become great at something) but you need to align your effort with the way your brain was designed to…

  • You Are What You Tweet

    I have adapted what follows from an article I read called How To Manage Your online Persona. I have included the authors names at the bottom as much of the material comes from them. There’s no doubt about it, this matters more than it did one year ago and in one years time it will…

  • How to Coach: Ask These 5 Questions And Listen!

    I think the leadership world knows that coaching is in. When it comes to developing and empowering leaders nothing is has powerful as a great coach who knows their craft. One of the biggest mistakes we make when it comes to coaching is our mental model. We think that coaching means me (the expert) telling…

  • 7 Ways The Leader Sets The Bar

    The leader sets the bar for the organization. If you are a leader of an organization then you have the awesome responsibility of establishing the parameters by which your organization will be successful. Now, as I feel the need in every post like this, Jesus sets the bar. Period. He is our standard. But, it…

  • Staying Sane In A Busy World

    I’m a busy person. I interact with busy people all the time. Chances are, you’re a busy person (which is why you’re not even reading this introduction…you’re already skimming my four points below). Busyness is just in the air in our society. Not many of us like it, but few of us have managed to…

  • 4 Essentials For Staying Relevant

    This Sunday a visitor to Church asked me this question. How come this church is so alive and vibrant? I visit so many Churches were there’s no life, there are no young people, why is this church so different? I’m not sure I answered the question very well., after all, I think it needs a…