[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 […]
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3 Simple Leadership Lessons From Frank Beamer
Brian Dodd on September 6, 2010 in Character, Family, Generosity, Great Teams, Sports Leadership
Genius is making the complicated simple, not the simple complicated. Whether it is pride, insecurity, or our natural default mode as leaders, we tend to over-analyze things in our lives. The result becomes relationships and tasks that are needlessly complicated. As a ministry consultant, I spend much time talking leaders through a process that takes complex ideas and […]
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 […]
10 Things Every Husband Wants To Hear
Brian Dodd on August 15, 2010 in Character, Family, Relationships
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
Brian Dodd on August 15, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Generosity, Relationships
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 […]
He Is The Most Uninteresting Man In The World
Brian Dodd on August 11, 2010 in Character, Family, Relationships
I don’t drink alcohol but the Dos Equis Most Interesting Man In The World commercials are the most creative and well-thought out ads on television and radio today. The one I heard last week that stated “Sharks dedicate a week to him” was the epitome of marketing excellence to me. That got me thinking – if he is […]