Short post today, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about mistakes and mishaps. I blog on this regularly, partly because it’s a fear of mine. I fear mistakes. I fear a mistake means I’m not good enough. I fear a mistake means I’m not valuable. Ultimately, I don’t fear …
wes Current Reads
I read a really good post from Carey Nieuwhof at the end of last week on 12 books every leader must read. Feel free to click over and check it out. I thought today I’d share a few books I’m reading through at the moment. Growing Young – I looked …
The Power of Shared Definitions
On Tuesday I wrote about the importance of shared definitions. (Click here if you missed it. So, what’s the benefit of a shared definition? I played basketball in high school. One year our coach drew up a play we called “Oklahoma”, and the play would end in a lob pass …
Defining Small Town & Leadership
One of the things that fascinates me is listening to people talk about small towns. In Texas, we have our fair share of small towns. But here’s the tricky thing: not everyone shares the definition of a “small town.” Don’t believe me, try it. If I were to walk up …
Red Pill or Blue Pill?
Have you ever seen The Matrix? You know, the Keanu Reeves movies from the late 90s and early 2000s where the world as we know it is all a computer program. Over the course of the movie Neo (Reeves) discovers he’s been living a lie. Everything he thinks is real …