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What if “getting stuck” is not such a bad thing? We all get stuck in a moment–sooner or later–and often quite frequently. These moments could be crossroads in life, projects at work or school, or decisions involving other people. Perhaps you get stuck in deciding among the many choices at the supermarket or the video [...]
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Earlier this week, I was talking with a friend about servant leadership and realized I haven’t written about it on my blog. Servant leadership is core to my philosophy of life, work, leadership, and ministry. I first heard about servant leadership at the Leadership Summit conferences years ago and discussed it much during my graduate [...]
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Many have asked about our team. I was part of a team of 17 people led by Pastor Jean Pierre Milleroy from (BBC) Beraca Baptist Church in Brooklyn, NY. BBC is a predominantly Haitian community with 800+ members. BBC has been serving and ministering in Haiti for many years. When the earthquake struck, they quickly [...]
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Excuse the cliché, but words are not enough to describe what we saw, what we did, and what needs to get done. Haitians refer to the earthquake as “the event” and I am starting to understand why. Events change us and I feel that deep within, what I saw, smelled, heard, touched, and tasted, has [...]
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Here is a concise and powerful definition on entrepreneurship. A couple of years back, I received an MBA brochure from the FW Olin’s School Graduate School of Business at Babson University in Boston, well-known for their strength in entrepreneurship. The brochure included the following definition:
“Entrepreneurship is, ‘A way of thinking and acting that is opportunity [...]
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Ever since High School, December has been an introspective month where I usually spend most of my time reflecting on the past 11 months. I look at my work, family, relationships, community, faith, decisions/choices made, etc. Yet most of my time investment goes into taking a sincere look at myself. I revisit personal goals to [...]
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Once again, raising the bar and pushing people to think out of the box, Seth Godin has gathered 70+ thinkers across all industries and asked them to share a big idea. These ideas are all packaged in a nicely designed eBook you can download for free (links at the end of this post). Few people [...]
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Unemployment is a tough reality of 2009. Job seekers, career movers, entrepreneurs, sales executives, and bloggers, among others, need to exercise their networking skills to be noticed.
Successful networkers take other people’s needs seriously. They know the value of giving and receiving. They are not afraid to give and receive nothing in return.
Successful networkers actively involve [...]
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A couple of months ago, I wrote an article, “Dare to Follow Your Heart.” In this similar topic of overcoming your fears and daring to be different, I think the following video illustrates the power of being first or among the first. There is a lot to be said about being the first in life and in business. I think this short video may inspire others to be the first. Who knows, maybe you can start a movement! See what happens near the end of the video.
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The best from the Leadership Summit – Day 2 below. If you missed my previous article (Gold Nuggets – Day 1), please click here to read it. To get all my notes from Day 1 and 2, email me.
The Leadership Summit, hosted by the Willow Creek Association, is the largest annual leadership event [...]
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