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Category: Ideas

  • Camp Follow Up

    I recently spoke at a camp a few weeks ago. I posted my presentation slides here.  We spent most of our time in Romans 12:1-2.  Check out the presentation slides if you want to see what we talked about. It was a great weekend of learning about our Identity in…

  • To My Students

    If you are one of my currents students, you at least have this semester to finish.  Some of you reading this still have many more semesters of school left.  Where ever you are in your college career (or even for those out of college), you need to watch this video…

  • Telling Stories

    There are so many things that we do that tell stories.  We can use words.  We can use images.  We can use statistics.  We can sing the story, but the most important thing about telling stories is understanding that the story matters.  The story that you’re living matters.  The story…

  • Linchpin by Seth Godin

    Just finished the book Linchpin by Seth Godin.  Typical of Seth Godin books – it’s pretty inspiring, but if you want to know how to do what he’s talking about-he ain’t going to tell you.  He can’t.  It’s impossible, but he’s brilliant enough to have studied it and shared it…

  • Amplify Your Ideas

    This is such a Seth Godin idea, but I wanted to share it here. As I have posted before, there’s not a shortage of ideas – check out my previous posts here and here.  We all have great ideas.  There’s not a shortage of them, but ideas in your head…

  • After CNN Has Left

    I read that in a blog post this morning.  Check it out here.  It’s from Gareth Evans, a friend of mind that does relief work.  He had posted about Haiti and their work there.  I’m so blown away by what they do.  Yes, it’s their job, but they have chosen…

  • The Semiotics of Clothes

    I read that line in a magazine, and it was used as an identity statement.  Semiotics as I understand it comes from the field of communication, and it has to do with the semantics of signs.  It asks the question, what does that sign say within a the accepted frame…

  • LL28: Passion and Skill

    Once again, this is one of my lessons in leadership – not one that I’m teaching, but the ones that I’m learning. When a person is able to connect their passion with one of their skills (ability), they can lead.   Nothing can stop them.  We can develop passion and grow…

  • Protected: Public Display of Awkward

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  • TED.com

    I know that some of you already know about ted.com, but for those of you that don’t – you should check it out.  Here is my profile – with some of my favorites.  I watch this stuff for inspiration for some of the stuff that I post on this blog. …

  • You and the Company That You Keep

    We’ve heard it growing up. We will become like the company that we keep. Inherent in identity formation is this idea of identity construction, and it’d be nice if the only type was self-construction; where I decided who I want to become. But don’t underestimate the power of a socially-constructed…

  • Dunbar’s Number

    I forgot where I first read this. It was probably in a book or a blog, but I just checked out wikipedia for the information. I’m just going to copy it here. Dunbar’s number is a theoretical cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable…