Leadership

Generosity Principle #2:  Generosity is a Way of Life, not an event.   It’s easy to think of generosity as a singular event or decision, but the reality is, the most generous people on the planet understand that generosity is a way of life, not a singular act.   As leaders, we have a responsibility…

What I’m Learning about Generosity   I don’t know if you’ve ever had the experience where you know that God is growing an area of your life.  The kind where enough individual, unrelated circumstances all converge at once, and when you pause to reflect on it, you realize that there is a similar theme at…

Thought #5: Great Friends say the hard things. The Bible says, “Faithful are the wounds of a friend.” Nothing could be more true. For the past 4 days we’ve talked about laughing together, and bringing out the best in each other, and believing and trusting in our friendships. But truly great friends, don’t shy away…

Thought #4:  Great Friends bring out the Best in Us. There’s no question in my mind that one of the primary roles of a friend is to bring out the best in the other person.  It should be our aim to encourage and call out the best that lives within those closest to us. I…

Thought #3: True Friends Laugh together. I love to laugh. In fact, I tend to believe that funny things happen in our lives everyday, most of us are just too serious to actually see them. Anyway, one of the great unifiers of friendship is laughter. Laughter can breakthrough walls like nothing else can. The best…

Thought #2: I need more than negativity to establish a friendship. I often say that, “The least common denominator of unity is negativity.” In other words, if you want to get on someone’s good side, all you have to do is find what they don’t like and agree with them! It’s sad but true. Try…

This week is dedicated to friendship. The concept of friendship begins in Elementary school and supposedly continues through the remainder of our lives. However, the reality for most of us is that, the older we get, the fewer TRUE FRIENDS we really have. I am blessed to have some true friends in my life. This…

#5: I Revisit It. As we conclude this week’s blogs about How I learn, the final thought concerns revisiting that which you’ve learned. We human beings are prone to drift. Revisiting what you’re learning makes learning stick long term. 3 thoughts… 1. That which gets inspected gets done. We know this is true when it…

#4: I Apply it. A fourth thought on how I learn is to not miss the application. As humans, we’re addicted to information. The problem is not getting our hands on information. Because let’s face it, if we want to learn, we can get information anywhere. The more difficult part of learning is crossing over…

#3: I Ask Questions. This week we’re talking about How I have Learned to Learn in my leadership journey. The third thing I have learned to do is Ask Questions. Again, this may sound elementary, but the reality is the person who knows how to ask questions knows how to learn. 3 Thoughts… 1. People…