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I am on the board of a local non-profit; recently the board met to discuss a sensitive topic. A topic that had been danced around for years. Whenever it ha

If you found out you had a week to live what would you do? Would you go to work, or spend time with loved ones, or pursue some hobby that interests you? Wo

Quote from Warren Buffett You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and o

Mark Twain once said that if the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that th

Have you heard of the Pareto Principle? It is sometimes called the 80/20 Rule because it states that 20% of the effort brings 80% of the results. 80/20 spa

It is impossible to be in work mode all the time. Make sure you take time to relax. Play a game. Get a coffee. Go to lunch. Do something that is fun with y

Years ago, my friend and missions director at Churchome, Joanne Ramos, was speaking to a crowd on raising children when she said something that has st

World-renowned leadership expert, John Maxwell, says: Good leaders ask great questions. He even wrote of a book by that title that I highly recom

Never shoot down an idea from your team! An idea may not make sense to you, but your team has boots on the ground. They are daily in the trenches. They see

The Oxford Dictionary defines “persevere” as“continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success.” Accor

“Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.” – H. Jackson Brown, American author In the military, soldiers train hard for battle. During

The high road, the path less often traveled. Taking the high road with people requires acting in ways that may seem counterintuitive. We naturally want to