It’s hard to believe I have been blogging for the majority of 2017. I’ve learned a few things along the way. You can read the first one here. Here’s my second thought: Social Shares Rule (disclaimer: this is not intended to guilt you into social sharing) If I were to …
wes Lessons Learned about Blogging, pt 1
Last December, I bought a domain and published my first post. Then, in February, I fully launched this blog. It has been an interesting journey, and I’d like to finish out 2017 by sharing a few things I’ve learned along the way. 1. Blogging takes time, both mine and yours. …
Flint-Like Friends
Proverbs 28:18 says “as iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” Over the years I have been fortunate enough to build some key relationships with some great people. Many of those relationships are ones which I try to keep fresh on a regular basis. Some of them, however, go …
Keeping Vision Out Front
A few weeks ago I met with my student leadership team. These kids have been walking with me through my 3 Question journey since August of 2016. The 3 Questions shape so much of what we do. So I was somewhat surprised when I asked them to tell me the …
Confusion Breeds Chaos
When I was an 8th grader, we didn’t have enough boys in 7th and 8th grade to field a football team, so the school decided to let 6th graders play. This was both good and bad. It was good because we had enough kids to be able to play football …