Competition vs. Cooperation, does it Have to be One or the Other?
Finding the Balance of These Two Things is Like Walking a Tightrope On the surface, competition and cooperation seem to be opposites. I think they are two different things pulling in opposite directions providing the tension needed to keep the bridge of negotiation held up and safe to cross. Most people see negotiation as a […]
Questions Lead to Thinking and We Could Sure Use More of That
Never Stop Asking Questions You know how kids go through that stage in life where they ask why…why…why…why… Parents get so tired of this non-stop asking they find ways to subdue these questions. Ultimately this squelches the appetite for learning. Then at some point we just quit asking. This suppression of questions has led to […]
It’s That Time of the Year Again and I Don’t Mean Football Season
The Importance of Having a Plan and Executing it It’s September. Labor Day has come and gone. And the 2021 football season is underway. It’s hard to believe that Fall is less than a couple of weeks away, with temperatures in the nineties. You don’t think football teams just show up to the first game […]
Doing YOUR BEST is More Important Than Being “The Best”
It Takes Radical Commitment to Accomplish Excellence Doing our best requires attention to detail. Pastor Lee told a story of a restaurant that was striving for excellence in the workplace. They had a regular customer that ordered the same soup every time he came in. One day after his soup was brought, he asked the […]
There’s a Reduced Level of Commitment…What Happened to it?
Not Keeping a Commitment is no Different Than Breaking a Promise This past week, we discussed “confirmation” at a meeting at church. This is the process in the United Methodist Church where young people (early to mid-teens) publicly confirm their intention to live the vows made on their behalf at their baptism. This process requires […]
Tradition is Important, but be Careful to not Lose Sight of the Why
It’s a Building Block in the Foundation…Not the Complete Project Tradition, rituals and heritage seem to be the only things that matters…or don’t matter at all. It seems to be an all or nothing perspective. I think these opposing positions explain a lot about what’s going on in the world today…actually, ever since the beginning […]
Action is the One Thing Required if Anything is Going to Get Done
We Can Think Until Our Head Hurts, But Nothing Gets Done Until We Do It If you’re like me…you have more ideas than you do time to do them. I’m always thinking of new and different ways to do things. These thoughts are bouncing around in there all the time. Having a desire to use […]
Why You Should Put on Your Armor Before the Battle Begins
Preparation is Important, But Only Goes So Far Every day of our life is a battle…some bigger than others. The important thing is to be ready before we are in the middle of one. Preparation is the act or process of preparing. The state of having been made ready beforehand. What does, being prepared for […]
There is a Limited Amount of Time, Don’t Spend it All Worrying
When it Rains it Pours…More Times Than Not, We’re the Ones Holding the Pitcher What is worry? To feel uneasy or concerned about something; to be troubled. To cause one to feel anxious, distressed, or troubled. In our weekly mastermind meetings periodically, each members gets the opportunity to ask questions of or present situations to […]
“Things” Will Not Make You Happy…No Matter How Much You Have
What is True Happiness and How Do You Get it? In today’s world we are more connected than ever before. We can instantaneously be bombarded with information. This can be good or bad. It depends on what you do with it. This information “firehose” requires a heightened awareness. It is easy to be pulled into […]