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Category: Ideas

  • In Google We Trust

    It is the first place that many people go.  Google answers.  It has an opinion.   It’s a search engine that sooo many people rely on.  When you pray to the Google god, there’s always an answer.  The answer is trusted – Google said it. There are those that worship…

  • The Geeks are In

    I don’t know if you’ve seen this lately, but the past few books that I’ve bought lately have been written by geeks.  The blogs and books have been written by the geeky kids and gamers of the past few decades.  I mean, I bought a book tonight for 25 bucks…

  • What was Once Private is Now Public

    On a recent flight, I was on a layover in DFW.  I had flown all morning.  You know that feeling where you’re so tired already, but you’re only halfway there – that’s what I was feeling.  I had tried to get wifi on my laptop but I wasn’t able to…

  • Anticipation

    I wonder what I could learn about you if I understood the psychology of anticipation.  I wonder what I would learn about myself if I understood anticipation.  There is an intrinsic motivation or power about the future.  Anticipation pulls you along.  Anticipation pushes you forward, and the thing is, no…

  • Can I Trust You?

    I guess a questions that is as equally important is can you trust me?  I mean, how do you know know that you can trust me and what I write.  Maybe you trust me because you know me in real life.  Maybe you’re just a trusting person.  Maybe you want…

  • LL20: What Prevents You from Leading

    If leadership was so easy, more people would do it.  Recently, a student asked me what I taught our leadership program.  He wanted to know what leadership principles I would teach.  I could definitely teach MY leadership lessons that I’ve shared in this blog, but I told him that I…

  • Nelson Mandela’s Leadership Lessons

    For a guy that has been around for over 90 years and has led some very interesting and awesome things, I think that Nelson Mandela knows a thing or two about leadership.  Here are his lessons, and I’ll post the link at the end of this. Here are his lessons:…

  • What Are You Buying?

    I saw this on my friend’s blog (check out his blog)- Thanks Josh.  Are you buying?  You gotta check out this site.

  • Things Move Slowly

    That’s what I was telling myself – especially when the people around me want and need something from me.  Sometimes it’s me, but many times, it’s just busy.  But that’s not the focus of this post. You may have noticed that I entitled the post “Things” which communicates that some inanimate object…

  • Is the Customer Always Right?

    I just read S. Godin’s blog from a few days ago.  He says that “The customer is always right” doesn’t mean that they’d win in court or a debate. It means, “If you want the customer to remain a customer, you need to permit him to believe he’s right.” I…

  • Useless Illustrations

    I have been speaking for many years.  I have studied education and the different learning styles.  I have studied developmental psychology and identity formation.  I understand the importance and value of a well placed and timeless illustration.  But there are so many lame ones. If I was a bridge operator…

  • Facebook = Missions

    You don’t have to be in another country to do missions.  I just went to a conference on missions and it drove me absolutely nuts to hear speakers talk about it is this thing that somehow is in the future; it is this thing that happens in another country; it…