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Category: Influence

  • People Will Believe What They See on a Website

    People Will Believe What They See on a Website

    Have you experienced this?  I have had people site websites and claim that “it has to be true because it was on a website.” What has happened is the the website gives it credibility.  The content becomes more true because it was “searchable” and proclaimed on a website. In a…

  • LL38: Teaching Leadership in a Classroom

    LL38: Teaching Leadership in a Classroom

    Is it possible to teach leadership in a classroom?  As someone that teaches leadership in the classroom, it’s been and probably always be a question that I ask myself.  As the saying goes, you either have it or you don’t have it – so that begs the question, can it…

  • Some Experience

    I don’t feel too old, but I spoke at a retreat/training this weekend. It was a retreat that I went on every year that I was in college. It was so fun to be there this weekend. I met so many new people. I hope to be friends with many…

  • The Web Makes Everyone a….

    …Photographer. Most mobile phones have a camera on them. It’s not that hard to share those photos with the world thru Flickr or Picasa. Everyone’s a Photographer. …Publisher. I heard someone say this morning that there are an infinite number of blogs out there. You can do so for free.…

  • 50 Bucks

    I have a cousin in the Philippines that I have never met.  Actually, I have a bunch of them that I’ve never met, but this particular one I just met on Facebook for the first time a few weeks ago.  She knows my parents because they have been there.  She…

  • The Right Answer

    The Right Answer

    My time in graduate school was all about having the right answer.  I studied hard so that I could win arguments.  I studied the theories so that I knew how to approach a subject.  I studied logic and thought long and hard about the questions of life and godliness.  I…

  • Seduction

    Seduction

    I recently wrote about Power.  I read a book on it.  Here’s the post.  Well, his next book is on seduction.  I’m not that far into it, but it is definitely connected to power and in many cases leadership. Here’s the book cover – If you do a Google search…

  • A Perspective on Ignorance

    A Perspective on Ignorance

    As a teacher and an educator, I want to educate against ignorance.  I get a picture of this super hero teacher that is fighting the crime of ignorance.  I tend to think that a good teacher is one that can fight ignorance.  I tend to think that a good teacher…

  • Power

    Power

    When you first think of this word or idea, what do you think about?  I just read a book about power, and it was quite interesting.  I really challenged my ideas of it.  Check out this webpage for the table of contents and the description of each of the chapters.…

  • Always Act With Dignity

    Always Act With Dignity

    dig·ni·ty n. pl. dig·ni·ties 1. The quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect. 2. Inherent nobility and worth Always act with dignity, not matter what.  That’s a line from the book that I’m reading.  It’s up to you to determine whether you deserve it or not.  You…

  • Professional Questions

    Professional Questions

    I was working through my Google Reader today and came across a post from Seth Godin entitled Running away vs. running toward.  Here’s the post. I love the question – Are you chasing or being chased?  Are you leading or following?  Are you fleeing or climbing?  Such great questions.  I…

  • 5 Years

    5 Years

    I was reading this article on unemployment.  Here’s the article.  According to the article, people are blowing their interviews.  Seven out of ten Americans, last month, could have landed their dream jobs if they had only known where they were going to be in five years.  The article also talked…