The leader sets the tone. Ever been around a negative person? It's not much fun. It is tiring and annoying. A negative organization is worse. When an organization or group turns negative, they are on the sliding track downward toward…
Tag: Motivation
The Power of the Opportunity
This morning, I was in two different conversation with two different friends about transitions they are each going through. Both of them are changing jobs. For one, it is the same career in a different place and means selling a…
Discipleship
There was a quote making the rounds of Twitter and Facebook recently that got my attention. I don't normally write about what I disagree with, but this time it has been rolling around in my head for a couple of…
Staying Focused
My last post gave a run down of last week and some of the unexpected it entailed. Let me tell you, it is very easy to get off track when things get busy and surprises happen. How do we stay…
The Go-Giver
Earlier this week I read a book entitled "The Go-Giver" by Bob Burg & John David Mann. In fact, I read it in a couple hours one evening. Once I started, I wanted to finish it right away. This book…
Choose
Don't know where this came from as I am sure it is not original.You cannot choose your birth.You cannot choose your death.You MUST choose your life.I have always been a proactive person and followed the carpe diem model of living.…
Unique
I am sitting here going through my notes from Thr3e this past Tuesday. One of the statements made by Steven Furtick was, "The thing that makes you unique makes you powerful." I have heard this concept espoused in various forms…
More Thr3e
I am still processing everything from Tuesday and what God was/is speaking to me.I mentioned in my last post about THR3E that the level of transparency was unusual coming from a church and pastor hosting a conference. Many conferences will…
Spring Game
I have more I am going to post about the Thr3e event yesterday, but that will come later. I planned this post before yesterday and want to get it online.We had some friends in for the weekend. On Saturday, the…
Motivation – part 3
To please God - this has to be our motivation in everything! If that is our motivation for life and for our obedience, we don't have to be specifically motivated for the immediate task in front of us.When I played…
Motivation – part 2
How do we walk the line of motivation when we don't want to do something, but know it is the right thing? This line of obedience can get quite blurry in life. This is especially true as we navigate life…
Motivation – part 1
Let me ask you a question. It is one question, but I'm going to ask it more than one way...What keeps you going? What is your motivation? Why do you do what you do each day?Ultimately our true motivations will…
