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The Habit of Continually Learning: Why is that when most people finish their formal education they tend to think, “well that’s it, I am done, no more school or classes for me”, I know that’s how I was. The unfortunate truth is that the way in which many formal education systems are structured is so…

In my youth, I loved to ‘run rivers’. Whitewater canoeing was a passion. One of my favorite memories is a trip down the Eagle Fork in the Ouachita Mountains. It was raining and the small tributary was fast and mean. We fell down a waterfall, crashed into stumps, narrowly missed barbed wire and stayed soaked…

They called it a miracle. But was it really? On January 15, 2009, the sun rose like any other day, and 155 people awoke, packed their bags, said their good-byes, and headed to the airport expecting nothing unusual. Minutes later the plane raced down the runway and became airborne. Only ninety seconds into the flight,…

D – IS FOR DEVOTED Welcome to the final part of my mini-series – What does it take to really lead? So far we have looked at: L is for Learning E is for Example A is for Availability Last but not least: D is for Devoted Have you ever wanted to give up? Have…

This article begins a series on transformational leadership. We will examine what transformational leadership is, why it is needed, and develop 12 distinctive attributes of transformational leaders using biblical characters. At the end we will make application to business owners looking to impact their communities. In his book “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”, author…

John Maxwell gave us The Law of Priorities in his revolutionary book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. This fabulous “law” applies to every area of our lives when it comes to priorities: leadership, career, and relationships. So how can we apply The Law of Priorities to our marriages?

A few years ago I stopped setting New Year’s resolutions. What was the point? Myself and others hardly kept them. Depending on the resolution, we may have lasted until the end of January. Or if we were realllyyyy good, we may have even lasted until March or April. Then typically life would happen, routines would…

What if you could “shape shift” time to meet your needs? I learned how to do it, let me explain: A decade ago, with shortness of breath, a heavy chest and irregular heartbeat, an emergency room doctor told me I was in good health but far too stressed out. She suggested I drop 20 pounds,…

Dave was disengaged, unaccountable and resistant to change. He was one of eleven direct reports in my very first management job. My company didn’t have a formal training program at the time and I was both untrained and uncertain where to start as a new leader. I was too inexperienced to know what a big…