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 […]
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A Leader’s Diversion – College Football Preview
Brian Dodd on September 2, 2010 in Great Teams, Sports Leadership
Every leader needs a diversion, a healthy distraction. This allows them to get away and be placed in a replenishing, non-performance environment.  The diversion provides perspective. I’ll give you a peek into my life. One of my distractions is college football. With the season beginning Thursday evening, the following are my predictions as well as my leadership thoughts […]
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, […]