Are you bored currently? I mean really bored – a deep discontentedness with everything in your life. Look at your spouse. Do they still excite you? Are you satisfied and grateful for the team you lead? Is your life in maintenance mode? Are you amazed everyday at the mercies of God? Do you remember the last […]
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12 Practices Of Apex Leaders Who Are The Very Best At What They Do
Brian Dodd on September 15, 2011 in Character, Church Leadership, Great Teams, Increasing Capacity, Performance, Sports Leadership
Apex leaders are the very best at what they do. The following are a series of quotes and principles obtained in recent publications that give us insights into why top performers are at the top of their profession. September 19th Sports Illustrated What we learn from Justin Verlander, baseball’s best pitcher: Evaluated Experience - “It’s hard for me to put a finger […]
What Passion City Church And How They Write Songs Taught Me About Writing On Leadership
Brian Dodd on September 7, 2011 in Character, Church Leadership, Relationships
Passion City Church Senior Pastor Louie Giglio gave those who attended this past Sunday evening’s service a glimpse into the songwriting process of Chris Tomlin, Christy Nockels, and the rest of the Passion City team. I’m paraphrasing but Louie basically said, “I walk into a songwriting session and what I see is open Bibles…They are reading their […]
29,000,000 Reasons Why Churches Should Care About Single Moms
Brian Dodd on August 29, 2011 in Character, Relationships
Tonight I attended a church leadership meeting where we discussed, among other things, the organic launch of ministries from within our church body. Within the last month, a woman who has a heart for single moms launched a ministry to serve them and has already recruited over 30 additional volunteers to serve alongside her. When […]
Top 10 Most Popular Posts Of July 2011
Brian Dodd on August 1, 2011 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Great Teams, Most Read, Movies, Performance, Relationships, Sports Leadership
July was an amazing month for this site!  I shifted to a self-hosted domain to give me greater flexibility and reporting which will hopefully serve you better moving forward. A special thank you goes out to everyone who was forced to renew your subscription. Thank you! Also, I now sell advertising space. I’m currently using Google AdWords […]
Is It OK To Thank God For Your “Smokin’ Hot Wife”
Brian Dodd on July 27, 2011 in Church Leadership, Family
Is it OK to thank God for your smokin’ hot wife? Is He offended by that? Should we be more cultured or reverent during our time before the throne? Or does God value genuineness and authenticity? Is God pleased that we still find our wives attractive? Here’s my answer – I thank God every day for […]
What Churches Need To Know About What Women Want
Brian Dodd on July 17, 2011 in Church Leadership
Leaders love learning. They have an insatiable quest for knowledge. With that as a backdrop, earlier this week I read an article on the behavioral patterns of women and I needed to more. Erica Eden wrote an article on FastCompany.com entitled Smart Design: Why Girly Designs Directed At Women Often Backfire. Her premise, developed from the […]
Ladies, How To Get Your Husbands To Do Anything You Want
Brian Dodd on July 7, 2011 in Character, Family, Relationships
“Forget it! I’ll just do it myself!” As a husband, I hear those seven words more than I would like to admit. But the good news is that I’m not alone. From what I hear, those words are repeated by wives all over the world.  The passivity of men is a global, systemic epidimec. So what’s a hard-working […]
8 Proven Ways Husbands Can Make Their Wives Feel Taken Care Of
Brian Dodd on July 1, 2011 in Character, Relationships
This past February, I had the privilege of celebrating my 20th wedding anniversary. One of the things I’ve learned during that time is that the top need a woman has is security. Something else I have come to realize is that one of the great things about our marriage is we still often pleasantly surprise each […]
What Infidelity Does To A Woman
Brian Dodd on May 21, 2011 in Character, Family, Relationships
Earlier this week, we learned that Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with his housekeeper forcing wife Maria Shriver to hire a divorce attorney. Every time I hear of something like this happening whether in the entertainment industry, political arena, my family, or at church, something deeply bothers me on the inside. It just makes me angry when the […]
Maxim’s Top 100 Hottest Women List Is Missing One Notable Individual
Brian Dodd on May 7, 2011 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Relationships
Tuesday evening I was in a Charlotte hotel reading the USA Today. In the Life section there was a snippet that mentioned Maxim magazine was coming out with their annual 100 Hottest Women edition. I am not a reader of Maxim but I was thinking that the list simply could not be accurate because as […]
Christians, Internet, And Porn
Brian Dodd on April 27, 2011 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Relationships
I’ve often said that talent can take you to places where your character cannot sustain you. Today I was speaking with Shawn Smith, Speaker Ministry Coordinator, for Pure Life Ministries. He gave me some alarming statistics about the state of Christian families in the United States. 50% of Christian men are addicted to pornography. 68% […]