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Monthly Archive for: ‘January, 2016’

Give Your Money and Your Time

It charged at us with a ferocity no one in this group of leaders had experienced ever before. “What is it? What is it? What should we do? Where should we go?”. Scores of questions raced through our minds in a nanosecond. Our varied responses belied a hidden personality we had yet to see in each other. This particular group …

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Vision Caster, Catcher or Killer?

How’s your vision? I’m not talking about your eyes, but the eyes of your heart.  Are you a visionary?  How far can you see? Every organization needs vision: they need to know where they are going, what they are capable of, what their potential is, what growth looks like.  If leadership is helping people be better, then vision is knowing …

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Focus Like a Champion

He stood on the track intently looking down his lane.  He was loosely shaking his legs one at a time to keep them warm, to keep them relaxed.  He was training, but he needed to approach every run, every race, as if it were the Olympic Games. Every time he stepped on the track he needed to be completely focused …

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Start and Stoke Some Fires

Do you like fires?  I love fires. There is something very soothing about basking in the warmth of a fire.  The sound of the crackling wood, the scent of smoke, the power of the fire contained in such a way that it brings life and not destruction…all very compelling. I’ve noticed something about guys in particular: we can sit for …

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Leading and Living on Purpose.