I wrote last week from Manila about the crazy amount of rain we experienced when a monsoon came through parts of Asia, hitting Manila and other parts pretty hard. I wrote about the idea of rain and floods that “knock us back” and how sometimes it feels like it will never stop raining. (read the …
I wrote recently about the fact that “Crisis Builds a Team“. This got me thinking as to how can we prepare ourselves to handle stress better. Success Magazine published an article on “5 Smart Ways to Handle Crisis” and they suggested a “personal protection” approach that included these 5 responses: 1) Don’t become a part …
I’m reading through a book called “The Leadership Challenge” by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. This book was written over 25 years ago, and has recently been updated. It’s a leadership manual for anyone that finds themselves in a position of leadership or authority, and it addresses many difference aspects of leadership that we’ll explore …
I sat down the other day to take a look at the coming weeks ahead of me, and as I begin to determine the things that I needed to do, I found myself in unfamiliar territory. The past 4 months have been a blur! I’ve been running from one thing to the next, and I …
Someone in the crowd said, “If you want to see God smile, just tell Him your plans!” The others laughed. I didn’t. I thought about people who have to plan every day, in many different areas, because of their responsibilities as “global leaders”. As leaders, we are expected to make, work and evaluate plans. Those …
In Zig Ziglars “Wheel of Life” he helps us to evaluate areas of our life where we are out of balance. When you look at this wheel, what areas jump out to you as being areas that you feel pretty good about, areas that you feel you have balance in? What areas are screaming at …