Kanye West shared a key insight that I discovered about leadership. I’m oriented towards the “Tell me” method of leadership. This method involves the least amount of effort but produces the lowest yield for the person being led. It’s been a process of learning the value of involving people but I will say that I’ve …
Improving your weekly productivity is entirely possible with some reflection and proactivity. I’ve found examining these three things to refine my weekly productivity and balance out the high and low weeks: 1. Important/Non-Urgent vs Important/Urgent How many important/non-urgent events/tasks do you accomplish on average? Compare that to the amount of urgent events/tasks and you get a …
…is a lie. Mentorship is messy but invaluable to my personal development. Larry Chiang, a friend of mine wrote “5 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make” in Gigaom recently that presented the realities and opportunities of finding and being mentored. Some great quotes: “For example, when I taught baseball camp, we never said to any 5- or 6 …
“If the game was a zero sum game, then Apple would lose (to Microsoft).”–Steve Jobs Thanks @destinoeric for this link on yesterday’s post. One of my fascinations with Christian ministry philosophy in the US is how often zero-sum thinking inhibits/de-empowers emerging leaders from realizing their God given call early enough in their career to make …
The zero-sum/either-or paradigm is becoming less and less relevant, especially to Gen-Y and lower. Just saw this commercial comparing the Kindle to the iPad. The thing for me is that I love the Kindle AND the iPad. I own an iPad (a gift), and I am definitely considering asking for a Kindle as a gift. …
80% of fatalities happen on the DESCENT from the summit of Mt. Everest. “The biggest lesson I learned from climbing Mt. Everest is that getting to the top is only half the challenge.” –a climber that had to turn back just 350 feet from the summit. A big part of leading change is seeing your …
Pursue people before/over skills. Skill development can be like a dog chasing his tail–there is a sense of efficiency from the point of view of the dog but the observer sees otherwise. If you are a young leader then there is a good chance you have not yet discovered your strongest skill/ability; you could be …
A Guaranteed Way to Develop as a Leader This Year Read More »
Two of the biggest changes I made that I was not only proud of but also increased my ministry’s effectiveness were the two most criticized decisions by others. I’m surprised when people seem to make an intentional effort to find and give you their opinion, even when these people often have no stake in the …
I’ve started using Evernote to remember the various sites I visit and Twitter favorites to archive links that I want to read or save for a later time. Evernote for Web Bookmarks Evernote has a Firefox add-on and a Chrome extension that make it super easy to save both the link and/or the entire page …
Thank you to those of you who read my blog regularly. I hope what I share continues to be helpful and encouraging. I struggle to celebrate Christmas. Part of it is my personality (INTJ): “INTJs may also be unresponsive and may neglect small rituals designed to put others at ease. For example, INTJs may communicate …
