Archives For Impact

Vision and Impact

November 7, 2017

I’ve launched a new community called Follower of One. Check it out!

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Every Choice Matters

March 27, 2017

I can always avoid one mistake, the mistake of inaction. Every choice matters. Failing to choose is choosing inaction. Often failing to choose is a choosing to fail.

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A while back, I started writing my beliefs. Our beliefs drive us and shape us. The come from who we are and what we’ve done, but they also affect who we become. My first is…

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Disturbed

March 1, 2017

What bugs you? Are you bugged enough about it do to something? One man persisted in asking Jesus to heal him. Are you willing to upset your surroundings to make a difference?

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We have to take the first step as though there were no God. It is no use to wait for God to help us, He will not; but immediately we arise we find He is there.

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The Value of Vision

July 14, 2016

Vision is the miracle cure for many of our difficulties. A compelling vision pulls us through our circumstances, over and around our obstacles. What can a vision check do for you?

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Once, I made a foolish statement to a coworker out of anger and had another attitude adjustment. I learned a valuable lesson about respect. Don’t make the same mistakes I made. Character-based leaders understand genuine respect based on true humility is currency.

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13 Signs of Un-Leadership

October 31, 2015

What would you say are the most deflating activities made by your leaders? Check out my list of 13 and add any you think are missing!

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This is the 5th in a series of 6 articles on the attitude adjustments I had to make when I became a manager. With little management training and only a few managers to use for examples, my early management experiences were frustrating and demoralizing. I was drained, stressed and exhausted all the time. It seemed like everything was wrong.

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My first management job felt like boot camp or pledge week for 2 years. Almost everything I did was wrong or hard, and I used to say “half of what I know and everything I didn’t know was bad.” It was a draining and trying time.

My life returned and my development as a leader progressed only when I started to embrace new (for me) ideas for leadership.  I call those Attitude Adjustments.  You can read about the others here.  Today’s adjustment, the 4th in this series, is the idea that everyone leads.

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