Much has been said this week regarding Florida preacher Terry Jones and his desire to burn a copy of the Quran. What resulted was a negative reflection of American Christianity because of an ill-advised decision by a single rouge pastor. As Rick Warren said, we are for the separation of church and hate. What these actions did was cause me to […]
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10 Lessons Learned From Bad Days In Leadership
Brian Dodd on September 11, 2010 in Character, Family
As leaders, we all have bad days. These are times when nothing goes right and everything we touch goes sour. We’ve all been there. You can’t be a leader and not have those type of days. The question then becomes how do we properly frame the days we wish would just end. Here is the truth […]
4 Ways To Impact A Man’s Life
Brian Dodd on September 9, 2010 in Family, Generosity, Relationships
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B300gQkgDS0] Recently, www.smedioi.com had a blog post entitled How To Market To Men On The Social Web written by Douglas Idugboe. There were several interesting findings including men spend more for online shopping than women. Churches are constantly looking for ways to impact the lives of men. The following are the lessons and quality insights from this post that pastors […]
If Your Marriage Is Failing…
Brian Dodd on September 5, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Generosity, Relationships
Unfortunately, there are several people in my personal life who have recently divorced or are strongly considering the idea. This is a devastating epidemic in our country that leaves negative consequences affecting multiple generations. What is always humbling is that even the most healthiest of marriages are only one wrong decision away from a lifetime of regret. David […]
Top 10 Most Popular Posts of August 2010
Brian Dodd on September 1, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Generosity, Great Teams, LeBron James, Most Read, Movies, NBA, Performance, Relationships, Sports Leadership
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 […]
Leaders, It’s Time To Take Out The Trash
Brian Dodd on August 30, 2010 in Family, Generosity, Increasing Capacity, Momentum, Relationships
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
Brian Dodd on August 28, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Generosity, Performance, Relationships
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
Brian Dodd on August 25, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Generosity, Great Teams, Performance, Relationships, Sports Leadership
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 […]
Top 15 Reasons Why I Love My Church
Brian Dodd on August 23, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Relationships
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
Brian Dodd on August 22, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Relationships
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 […]
5 Words That Haunt Leaders
Brian Dodd on August 21, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Relationships, Sports Leadership
Sunday August 15th, 2010 will always be the day in my life that the pepperoni fought back!!!  My family was having a relaxing dinner at our favorite pizza spot. We love this place because the pizza literally comes out of the oven and is placed right then on your table. It is very juicy, still sizzling, and VERY […]
Quotes and Why We Love Them So Much
Brian Dodd on August 20, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Great Teams, LeBron James, NBA, Performance, Relationships, Sports Leadership
Like many bloggers, I frequently will post something and just know that it will become the most popular blog I’ve ever written. However, statistics show that the most widely read posts I write are not my thoughts but rather compilations of great quotes or speeches by others. This is a reminder that we are significantly moved and impacted by the use of words and language. How a […]