We all begin the week in much the same way. We have 7 days this week. Each day has 24 hours. Whether you are sitting in front of a computer all day, teaching first graders, or traveling across the country for meetings this week, each day has the same number of hours. Regardless, you have… Continue reading Learn to Get Intentional About Time
Category: Starting the Day
Ten Ways to Enjoy Life and Be Effective (Part 4 of 4)
This is the final post in this series. The ten practices listed in these four posts might be helpful to you or someone else toward enjoying life and yet being effective. These are practices that have been helpful to me. (You can read part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here.) The final… Continue reading Ten Ways to Enjoy Life and Be Effective (Part 4 of 4)
Ten Ways to Enjoy Life and Be Effective (Part 3)
Lately, I have been reflecting on some habits or practices that have been important to me in learning to enjoy life and be effective. (You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.) Please feel free to add, in the comments, some of the practices that have been helpful to you but I have… Continue reading Ten Ways to Enjoy Life and Be Effective (Part 3)
Ten Ways to Enjoy Life and Be Effective (Part 2)
The following are a few practices I have found helpful. They have helped me enjoy life and at the same time experience some effectiveness. You might give each one some thought. Perhaps some other practices have been or will be more helpful to you. This is great. We are all learning and perhaps what you… Continue reading Ten Ways to Enjoy Life and Be Effective (Part 2)
Ten Ways to Enjoy Life and Be Effective (Part 1)
You know that feeling don’t you? You work through the morning and now it is time for lunch. You look back at the last few hours and really don’t feel very good about it. Why? You wasted too much time on things that just don’t matter. Maybe you spent too much time in useless pursuit… Continue reading Ten Ways to Enjoy Life and Be Effective (Part 1)
An Interview With Lynn Anderson — (Part 1 of 2)
The following is the first part of a two part interview that I did recently with Lynn Anderson of MentorNetwork. Lynn Anderson has been a significant mentor to me for many years. From him I have learned so much about what it means to follow Jesus, live with authenticity, and live out my calling as… Continue reading An Interview With Lynn Anderson — (Part 1 of 2)
My Purpose in the Morning
Years ago, I read J. I. Packer’s Knowing God. For some reason when I think of that book, I think of cold weather. After all, it was winter, and we were living in North Alabama. For weeks, I waded through Packer’s work, chapter by chapter. It was a book that helped me see that my… Continue reading My Purpose in the Morning
Make a Difference: Five Important Expectations
I’ve been thinking this morning about expectations : I suppose some of this comes out of a week of watching the Olympics in Beijing. One athlete wins a bronze medal and is ecstatic! Another wins a bronze and tosses it away. So much of these reactions have to do with expectations. Saturday evening, I watched… Continue reading Make a Difference: Five Important Expectations
Do I Ever Cherish Do-Overs!
Just a couple of weeks ago, on July 20, I heard a piece on the radio from NPR’s "This I Believe." The segment I heard featured a man by the name of Dan Flanagan from Michigan. The portion of the interview that stood out was the following: I don’t know why I came to… Continue reading Do I Ever Cherish Do-Overs!
Pleasant — Caring — Engaged
I came across this description as I read a few posts in Tom Peter’s blog (business guru, author, world-wide speaker, etc.). He is quoting a commenter on his blog as this person speaks about Zimmerman’s (a family of food related businesses in the Ann Arbor, Michigan, area). The commenter says regarding this company: "They don’t… Continue reading Pleasant — Caring — Engaged