Have you ever noticed you never realize how messy your house is until someone is coming to visit? Or, how after you drive by the same thing day after day, you start to ignore it? Except for stop lights. We always pay attention to stop lights. What about the decorations …
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Leaders Add Value
Confession time, again. I’ve been blogging about leadership for over two years now, and just recently read (listened to, actually) John Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. The laws Maxwell lays out are concise and incredibly insightful. I would encourage you to pick up a copy today and check it …
Learning to Ask for Help
I had a conversation with a student last night. It’s slowly becoming one of my favorite leadership conversations to have with teenagers. There are some changes in the future (I’ll post more about that in a few weeks), but this student runs the computer on Wednesday nights at church. He …
Check It Out: Start Somewhere
I’ve now been blogging for two full years. If you’ve just found me, or found me recently, I’d love for you to click back through the archives at the first 10-15 posts. Today, I’d like to share a post that’s been on my mind because of other situations and scenarios. …
Harvesting In Leadership
Each April I post a series about “Lessons from the Farm” where I reflect on leadership lessons I picked up along the way. Today’s post is a peak into my favorite series. I’ll never forget the strangest harvest we ever had on the farm. In the fall we planted wheat. I saw the bags, saw the seeds, and knew the drill (pun intended). We waited patiently for the first of the crop to break through the ground. I’ve always said there …