ENCOURAGEMENTS Blog

“We bought a zoo!” I recently watched this movie on a flight from Chicago to Seattle.  It was great.  It’s the true story of a man with a teenage son and a young daughter who buys a run down, dilapidated zoo. He has spent his career as a newspaper writer engaging in unique stories which enable him to pursue his …

“Therefore, when we build let us think that we build forever.  Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone.  Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think as we lay stone upon stone that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our …

Do you think humility is a powerful leadership trait? I know many people would say “no”. Leaders need to be bold, strong, assertive, decisive, confident, wise, determined, etc.  “Humble” probably wouldn’t fit the most frequent responses to a Family Feud survey question.  “Top 5 responses to ‘What are the most important traits of a leader?’  Survey says…” Not likely “humility”. …

Leadership is a great privilege.  Leadership is a great gift.  Leadership is also a great decision. We are all leaders is some shape or form – the difference is the sphere of influence and authority in which we move.  There are various spheres of leadership in life:  personal, family, business/organizational and government.  Good leadership always begins with personal leadership.  All …