• StrengthsChat –

    Zora has “always been interested in psychology.” There are elements of her work that energize her and some that don’t. Listen in as she shares which activities make her feel weak and which make her feel strong.

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Huge FAIL for iBooks

Wow — after watching George W Bush on TODAY this week, I decided it would be a good idea to read his new book.**

So, having recently purchased an iPad, I thought it would be fun to buy Decision Points on iBooks – to compare the experience with that of Kindle.

Surprise – iBooks doesn’t

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Taking it easy on yourself

Today, a guest post from my friend Wayne Hastings who writes about the need to be patient not only with others, but just as importantly, with yourself:

I confess. Patience is not easy for me. I hate lines, long explanations, waiting on hold and driving in the slow/right lane.  Not surprising, most of

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SimplyStrengths® Intro Webcast

A lot of people are talking about strengths these days.

Search STRENGTHS on Twitter.

Type STRENGTHS into the search bar on Amazon.

You can:

Find your strengths,

Discover your strengths,

Play to your strengths,

Lead with strengths,

Put your strengths to work,

Live your

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The Crazy Ones

You’ve most likely seen this.

I have the page bookmarked.

Every time I need a lift or a pep talk, this does the trick.

Richard Dreyfus narrates. Can you name all the crazy ones?

More importantly – are YOU crazy enough to change the world?

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Twitter & Facebook – Observation 1-10

I’ve begun to think strategically about my social networking accounts and how to use each one most effectively.

People are most effective when they focus on their strengths. The social network tools also have unique strengths and it makes sense for me to develop a strategy to maximizes their effectiveness.

This is going to be

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Twitter and Facebook – The Basics

Here’s a very easy to understand and practical guide to getting started with Facebook and Twitter.

My daughter Noelle is Advertising Coordinator for Experts Exchange, an Internet problem-solving service for the tech industry. Part of her responsibility is to assess the value of social network marketing for the company and she wrote this overview as

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Yes, But will it kill weeds?

Christian Yard Signs – really no comment necessary.

Leadership debits & credits

Tim Addington writes about leadership primarily as it’s practiced in church and ministry settings, but his lessons transcend that focus and are also valuable for commercial organizations. His post today is particularly good, and he lands the post with a tricky little reference to a popular TV campaign. See if you can catch it.

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The future of golf

According to Wikipedia, the game of golf dates back to the year 1297 (not a typo). The fundamentals haven’t changed much. It’s still about hitting a ball (numerous times) with a stick until it (the ball) finally falls into a hole.

You’d think that something as venerable as golf would transcend the need for change,

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Leadership Re:Vision – promotion update

The publicist at Tyndale emailed a link to this great review from Christian Book Previews.

Leadership RE:vision by Jim Seybert is iconoclastic, radical, revolutionary, and, in more than one instance, illogical and dangerous. Seybert’s advice purposely flies in the face of traditional training in the areas of leadership, management, organization, and planning.

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