I am not a micro-manager, nor do I try to do everything. I have learned (sometimes in humiliating fashion) that there are many who have far more knowledge and much greater ability than I do. And so I have also learned the value of asking questions and letting other people do what they do well. […]
“The mind can absorb no more than the seat can endure.” (Pastor Jack McMaster on why he didn’t preach long sermons)
This week’s episode builds on Monday’s article on the same topic: the importance of giving people the opportunity to try. Here is the transcript of the podcast: Have you ever thought, “If only someone would give me a chance”? I have, and on today’s episode, that’s the question we are going to explore. Whether it’s […]
I vividly remember one particular day in my 8th grade math class. I don’t remember what concept the teacher was teaching, and I don’t remember many of the details, but I remember the specific experience. The teacher was reviewing concepts from the previous night’s assignment and called me up to the chalkboard to work out […]
“Given the right circumstances, any one of us is capable of any failure”
Have you ever seen someone’s spirit get crushed? I have. I can remember sitting in a fast food restaurant when I was young, when a boy at a nearby table spilled his soft drink. His mother immediately reacted by loudly and harshly belittling him with her words, and by publicly humiliating him. He was visibly […]
I recently had the opportunity to answer a few questions on leadership with Jonno White, from Clarity, in the “7 Questions on Leadership” series. Take a look at my interview questions and answers here! These interview questions give a small picture of what I have learned in my leadership experience.
Life, you’ll notice, is a story.” John Eldredge
“Life, you’ll notice, is a story ” (Eldredge, 2004). This brief statement by #JohnEldredge, at the beginning of his short book Epic, seems to have captured in six words the realization for me that my life is a story. This was not always my perspective or viewpoint. In fact, when I first entered my journey […]
Leadership is hard, often overwhelming, and even intimidating. There are so many different approaches and views on how to do it well, and so many different contexts, organizations, and issues in which it is happening. Added together, this can result in significant struggle. Often, we can feel like Solomon when his father David passed away, […]