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Image: Zach Dischner I have a major tendency in work and life to redline it or sputter around. It is a vicious cycle.  I work super hard and redline it on a major project, and then I am so tired and exhausted, I have to sputter around just to recover.  The adrenaline of focusing and [...]

This past Sunday, I had the opportunity to speak at NorthWood’s morning services.  I had a blast!  I taught on “Life Lived with God.”   If you are interested, feel free to go listen. Following the service I got a lot of great feedback. It is always super encouraging when people take time to give [...]

A few weeks ago I downloaded a new pinball app for my iPhone.   As I started playing, here is what happened… Hit the pinball as hard as I could when it came to near the flappers and happened to luck into a really high score. After getting a low score the next go, I realized [...]

Working with Bob Roberts means that you get nuggets of wisdom all the time. A few years back I remember him saying, “Most people spend all their time and energy trying to find a way to get to the table of influence and power.  Don’t worry about the table.  Sweep the streets and do it [...]

One of the best books  I read in 2008 was Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, by Seth Godin.  Quite frankly, it was 1 of 3 books that created the perfect storm that helped me gear up to release  EXAMEN.me. If you haven’t read the book, or don’t intend to, make sure you check [...]

There is a HUGE difference between professionals and amateurs. Experiences over the last couple of weeks have reminded me of at least two. Professionals know how to recover. We all drop the ball, but the pro knows how to pick it up with grace and keep running.  An amateur looks like a deer caught in [...]

Ministry is built on volunteer leaders.  Chances are, if you lost one of your major volunteers, life would be hectic for a while.  Mike Reed, our Executive Pastor, just gave the NorthWood staff some wisdom I needed to hear.  I am sure you need to hear it as well. Treat your current leaders like they [...]

Bobb Biehl has had a huge impact on the whole NorthWood staff, especially our pastor Bob Roberts.  Bobb Biehl is known for his questions and Bob Roberts shares some of them on his blog. These are great questions to ask yourself and others as 2008 ends and you look forward to 2009. What is it [...]

Carla Pullum. Using random.org Carla was randomly selected as the winner. Thanks for all who entered. If you didn’t win, you should still check out the book, it really is a great motivator to get up and lead the people around you. Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

Make sure you enter today before 2:30 to win Seth Godin’s new book Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us. Go here to for an explanation and to enter.