August was an amazing month! In July, we experienced 124% growth. With such a rapid increase, I was just hoping to simply break even or slightly grow during this past month. Well, thanks to you the readers and so many of you forwarding my posts, we grew an additional 97%!!! I am blown away and thank […]
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Leaders, It’s Time To Take Out The Trash
Does your life feel like the picture above? I am currently reading Bruce Feldman’s book Meat Market which is generally considered the greatest book ever written on the subject of college football recruiting. By the way, it is living up to its reputation. I was fascinated by then Ole Miss Rebels Head Coach Ed Orgeron’s evaluation […]
I Have Found The Perfect Leader
I was looking on WordPress today and saw a posting about a “perfect dessert”. My thoughts then began profiling the attitude, actions, and habits of the “perfect leader”. We spend a tremendous amount of time, effort, resources, and mental energy on the subject of leadership. We should because leadership matters that much. To that end, here’s […]
10 Practices Of Highly Successful Influencers
Alabama Crimson Tide Head Coach Nick Saban recently said, “You can’t really promote guys into leadership roles. I think that it’s something that sort of grows, develops and happens because of personality types and respect that other players have.” Coach Saban is right. There is a significant difference between leadership that is positional and the […]
Church Fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-QN5BeQC2Y If you hear the phrase “Reporting live from (insert your name) Church”, RUN!!! The attached video is definitely worth two minutes of your time. After watching this disturbing display, I began to think about How do you know when you’re in trouble as a leader or pastor? The following are the “leadership” principles we can learn […]
Top 15 Reasons Why I Love My Church
I have the privilege of attending the wonderful Fellowship Bible Church located in Roswell, GA. As I was driving to church this morning, I was thinking about how much I look forward to this time each week. I can’t wait to get up on Sunday mornings! The following are the reasons I love my church. Now please know, […]
Staying Faithful
Several weeks ago I wrote a very popular post entitled How A Sunday School Teacher Changed My Life. It was a collection of leadership principles I learned from my high school Sunday School teacher, Lenis Black. Through a series of events, I was reconnected with Mr. Black after 25 years and as a result, my family had […]
Two Men Making A Huge Difference In The Lives Of Others
Joe Sangl, Founder of I Was Broke. Now I’m Not., and Casey Graham, Founder of The Change Group, are two individuals making a profound difference in the lives of people. Because of their efforts, literally hundreds of churches and thousands of individuals are experiencing the joy that comes from financial freedom. Please check out their links. Tomorrow, […]
How To Build A Champion Part 2
As promised, the following are the second list of ten excerpts from Christopher Price’s book The Blueprint on how the New England Patriots built the NFL’s team of the decade. To read Part 1, click here. These lessons are applicable to any organization. “Scott (Pioli) is very detailed. He knows how to build a consensus in […]
How To Build A Champion Part 1
The New England Patriots were the NFL’s team of the decade. In Christopher Price’s book The Blueprint he uncovers the architectural design of the team that has become the standard for how to construct a NFL franchise. Regardless of your profession, these principles are transferable to building your organization. Some of Price’s many findings from the 2000 and 2001 […]
10 Things Every Husband Wants To Hear
In any area of a man’s life, his level of performance is in direction proportion to his wife’s confidence in him. I was reminded of that fact this morning as we were getting ready for the day and my wife said “I love my life!” As she said that I was filled with a healthy sense of pride. As a husband […]
Are You A Juicy Lucy Leader
This past week I was in Minneapolis and had the privilege of dining at The 5-8 Club where I enjoyed a world-famous Juicy Lucy. For those unfamiliar with the Juicy Lucy, it is a hamburger with cheese on the inside of the patty rather than on top. This local cuisine is so popular that is was recently featured on the […]