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Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." (Is.30:21)
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Despicable Me | Notes & Review
Illumination Entertainment. [PG] Cute. Funny. At times laugh out loud hilarious. And honestly, I cried more in this movie than in Toy Story 3. And most importantly, where can I get one (or a hundred) of those minions? They’re just hilarious. So, does this film speak to the “good” and the “tenderness” that lies within […]
In The Shadow of the Moon | Notes & Review
August 29, 2010
http://www.intheshadowofthemoon.com/ THiNK FiLM, 2008. DVD [PG] This is a fascinating documentary of the Apollo missions during the 1960s in which the United States was in a race to land a man on the moon. Ron Howard interweaves politics and culture into the narrative to bring in the broader context of this space endeavor (JFK, Vietnam, […]
21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader | Notes & Review
August 29, 2010
John Maxwell. 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want To Follow. Thomas Nelson, 1999. (156 pages) As you dive into the book, you may find that you are able to easily breeze through several chapters at a time. You may even be able to knock out the whole book in […]
21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership | Notes & Review
August 27, 2010
John Maxwell. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You.Thomas Nelson, 1998. (231 pages) As you read the following chapters, keep in mind: The laws can be learned. The laws can stand alone. The laws carry consequences with them. These laws are the foundation of leadership. 1 – THE LAW […]
Innovate the Pixar Way | Notes & Review
August 23, 2010
Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson. Innovate the Pixar Way: Business Lessons from the World’s Most Creative Corporate Playground. McGraw Hill, 2010. (208 pages) Collective creativity within a corporate culture never happens by accident. It begins with creative leadership that is trustworthy and in turn trusts others to accomplish big dreams. (x) Success doesn’t just breed […]
Conversations on Being a Heretic | Notes & Review
August 18, 2010
http://qideas.org/video/conversations-on-being-a-heretic.aspx by Scot McKnight and Brian McLaren [NOTE: My notes below is not an exact transcript.] If the gospel isn’t embodied as good news to the poor, it isn’t the same gospel that Jesus talked about. MCKNIGHT: It is common for a reader of yours to come away from your books wondering exactly what you […]
The TED Commandments
August 16, 2010
This is from Fast Company’s article, “How TED Connects the Idea-Hungry Elite.” (September 1, 2010) (.pdf) 7 easy steps for getting into TED: 1. Get In. Start in the minor leagues and try to get in. 2. Boil it Down. 18 minutes. 15 minutes too trivial. 20 minutes too long (and people would talk for […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | T.D. Jakes – Combustible Passion
August 5, 2010
“The challenge of the believer is to take the faith that you got in here and take It to the place out there.” SESSION 8a Church leadership is unique. People don’t come to follow you. They come to follow Jesus. And they come to follow Him, and then they get stuck with you. It’s a […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | Bill Hybels and Jack Welch – Leader to Leader
August 5, 2010
“My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.” SESSION 7b [very scattered notes and highlights] RESOURCE: Winning RESOURCE: http://www.welchway.com/Home.aspx When I think of Jack Welch, I think of four things: Authenticity, Energy, Candor, […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | Blake Mycoskie – Making Conscious Capitalism Work: The TOMS Shoes Story
August 5, 2010
“In the past three years I’ve discovered that passion and compassion can build a business.” SESSION 7a RESOURCE: www.toms.com RESOURCE: http://www.facebook.com/tomsshoes RESOURCE: One Day Without Shoes Giving is not just something that feels good, it is also good business strategy. All we have to do is focus on giving. Our customers will do our marketing […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | Daniel Pink – What Motivates Us: Not What You Think
August 5, 2010
“Effective organizations compensate people in amounts and in ways that allow individuals to forget mostly about compensation—and instead, focus on the work itself.” SESSION 6b RESOURCE: Drive | Notes & Review – VIAlogue.wordpress.com RESOURCE: Daniel Pink Amazon Page RESOURCE: http://www.danpink.com/ Are you hungry? Motivation 1.0: Biological Drives. Would you get paid to deliver these snacks? […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | Terri Kelly – When Leaders Emerge: The Story of W.L. Gore & Associates
August 5, 2010
“We recognize the importance of fostering a work environment where people feel motivated, engaged, and passionate about the work they do.” SESSION 6a – Interview with Jim Mellado. [NOTE: Due to live blogging, this is not a full transcript, rather excerpts from the interview. Many statements are not exact quotes.] MELLADO: What were the founders […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | Jeff Manion – The Land Between
August 5, 2010
“You are not where you once were. You are not where you’re going to be. You are in a confusing zone. Welcome to The Land Between.” SESSION 5 RESOURCE: The Land Between (free chapter by Zondervan) RESOURCE: Numbers 11 RESOURCE: The Land Between (sermon audio, August 13, 2006) RESOURCE: The Land Between (sermon notes) What […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | Andy Stanley – The Upside of Tension
August 5, 2010
“Develop a healthy intolerance for those things that have the potential to impede your progress toward what could be and should be—those things God has put in your heart to do.” SESSION 4b RESOURCE: Andy Stanley Amazon Page One of the myths I came to regarding leadership was the issue of problems or tensions and […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | Dr. Zhao Xiao – Beyond Economy: China’s Transformation with the Cross
August 5, 2010
“Churches, and only churches, are Americans’ Center; they are the very core that binds Americans together.” SESSION 4a RESOURCE: PBS Frontline [NOTE: Due to live blogging, and some misunderstandings, even through the translation, this is not an exact transcript. Many statements are not exact quotes.] There are four primary world stages. One, the platform for […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | Adam Hamilton – When Leaders Fall
August 5, 2010
“Every leader knows the power of temptation and every church faces the possibility of a leader who succumbs. We must help our people resist temptation and at the same time be prepared in the event a leader falls.” SESSION 3b RESOURCE: Adam Hamilton Amazon Page [Hamilton faced a situation in which there was an affair […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | Tony Dungy – The Mentor Leader
August 5, 2010
“It’s about the journey—mine and yours—and the lives we can touch, the legacy we can leave, and the world we can change for the better.” SESSION 3a – Interview with Craig Groeschel RESOURCE: The Mentor Leader RESOURCE: Tony Dungy Amazon Page RESOURCE: CoachDungy.com [NOTE: due to the live blogging, this is not a transcription, but […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | Christine Caine – Leading on the Edge of Hope
August 5, 2010
“Imagine if we lived radical lives of faith that were in alignment with what we profess to believe!” SESSION 2b RESOURCE: http://www.thea21campaign.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150&Itemid=308 RESOURCE: Christine Caine’s Amazon Page If God is so good, why didn’t you come sooner? You’re right. God does love you. I’m sorry it took me so long to listen. — VIA — […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | Jim Collins – Never, Ever, Give Up
August 5, 2010
“Whether you prevail or fail, endure or die, depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you.” SESSION 2a RESOURCE: How The Mighty Fall RESOURCE: Jim Collins Amazon Page RESOURCE: JimCollins.com Through Build to Last and Good to Great we took a look at the positives of enduringly […]
Leadership Summit 2010 | Bill Hybels – From Here To There
August 5, 2010
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“Personally, I’ve never understood inactivity. Why a person would sit when he could soar, be a spectator when he could play, or atrophy when he could develop…is beyond me!” SESSION 1 RESOURCE: The Power of a Whisper RESOURCE: Bill Hybels Amazon Page Some fundamental reminders of leadership… Leaders move people from here to there: However, […]
Modify | Notes & Review
August 3, 2010
[NOTICE: Extremely Graphic] Modify. [NR] 2005. I’m extremely fascinated by human behavior…all of it. By perusing this blog, one will discover that I am a person of faith, which may seem as if to conclude that movies and documentaries like this are “off-limits.” To the contrary; they must be “within the limits,” for they, too, […]
Israel 360 | Notes & Review
August 3, 2010
Mordechai Naor. Israel 360. MOD Publishing. This photographic journal includes panoramic images from places like the Hula Valley, the landing place for hundreds of millions of birds on their migratory route, Kibbutz Degania, the very first Kibbutz in Israel founded in 1910, Beit She’an, Jezreel Valley, Caesarea, Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, originally called “Ahuzat Bayit,” Jerusalem, the Holy […]
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