Laying in bed after the first night of an awesome leadership conference, I'm imagining a picture in my mind that one of the speakers mentioned... and I would like to share it with you very quickly. The Biblical parable of a sower who goes to plant seeds can be a parallel metaphor for a speaker … Continue reading Your Mental Soil
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What Do You Do with It?
In the Bible (specifically, in the book of Matthew), Jesus tells a story about a man going on a journey and entrusting some of his estate to three different servants. To one servant, he gives 5 talents (a unit of money in Jesus' day), to another he gave 2 talents, and to another he gave … Continue reading What Do You Do with It?
Be Careful Little Mind What You Think…
All too often, we take offense to things we read. I think back on our blog posts here and wonder how many people are reading the points of the post rather than latching on to the examples we use to illustrate those points. I remember when I first heard Chris talk about how video games … Continue reading Be Careful Little Mind What You Think…
95% vs 5% (part 3)
So the question for the final part of this mini-series is HOW would someone increase their 5% thinking so that they are able to change their 95% results? We talked about in previous blogs that if someone is looking to change the results that they are experiencing in an area, they must change their thinking. … Continue reading 95% vs 5% (part 3)
Distress and Eustace (Wait…)
NOTE: The following blog post contains spoilers for the 2010 Walden Media production of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Stress is so prevalent in our lives that we tend to respond to any question, pressure, or mistake with "Well, I'm stressed" and call it a day. There's a problem there. What kind of stress … Continue reading Distress and Eustace (Wait…)
95% vs 5% (part 2)
(Make sure to read Part 1, for disclaimer and basic premise) I wanted to split this blog post into multiple parts because there is too much here for one blog (and we're trying to keep our articles in bite-size chunks so you can digest easier). We're going to assume that if you're actively learning and … Continue reading 95% vs 5% (part 2)
10,000 Hours… of What?
There is a common rule that flies around about how much practice it takes for someone to become an expert at anything. It's often called the "10,000 Hour Rule" and it was made famous in the book Outliers by Malcom Gladwell. This came from a paper by Anders Ericsson, a professor of psychology at the … Continue reading 10,000 Hours… of What?
Echo… Echo… Echo…
Have you ever stood in a big room and yelled a word to hear the reverberations bounce back to you? Each repeat of the word gets slighter and slighter until you can't hear anything. Then, if you're anything like me, you probably just shout the same word to hear it all over again. This is … Continue reading Echo… Echo… Echo…
Bloom Where You’re Planted
I'm the son of a preacher man and he gave a sermon once that challenged everything I was taught by church culture in America. In fact, I would later realize that it challenged everything we are taught in today's culture at large. His sermon was titled "Bloom Where You're Planted."* I'm sure you can find … Continue reading Bloom Where You’re Planted
Give Yourself Grace
As we all know, however, not all decisions work out to be the right ones, regardless of the amount of data we collect. Sometimes, the impact of those wrong decisions is minor, and sometimes it can be catastrophic. Whatever the result, we make decisions based on a perception of the world that may not, in … Continue reading Give Yourself Grace
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