I am reading a very interesting book entitled Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Sinek Simon. In his book, Mr. Simon, writes about the importance of discovering the “why” behind the “what” you are doing. One of the tools Mr. Simon uses to add importance to the “why” is […]
Good Reads – Principle 2 From “How To Win…”
I am continuing my posts on the principles found in the book How To Win Friends and Influence Others. In my first post, I summarized the first principle Don’t criticize, condemn or complain. Mr. Carnegie was stressing how important it is to find the best in others and to not condemn them. His second principle […]
Good Reads
I love books! In fact, in my office I have three large bookshelves packed with them! I would have to have more bookshelves if were not for the wonderful invention called a Kindle. I absolutely having multiple books on one device. I can now take multiple books with me without the bulkiness of books. Fantastic! […]
Powerful Questions
In their book, Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others, authors Andrew Sobel & Jerold Panas list a number of very useful questions. Here is one of their questions “What would you like to know about us?” Use this question in response to this question, “Tell me about yourself?” When people ask the question, […]
Jon Acuff’s “Quitter”
I just finished Jon Acuff’s book entitled Quitter. It was a quick read that I found to be very encouraging and challenging. The main theme for this book is the pursuit and accomplishment of your dream. Jon uses his pursuit of becoming a writer/speaker as the foundation for this book. He is open and honest […]
“Cracking Your Church’s Culture” Review
I recently finished the book entitiled Cracking Your Church’s Culture by Samuel R. Chand. This book was an interesting read on how culture impacts everything that your church tries to accomplish. He uses this acronym as the seven keys to CULTURE – Control, Understanding, Leadership, Trust, Unafraid, Responsive, and Execution. I offer a quick summary […]