Here are the things that stood out to me about day 2 of the Summit. Again, not exact quotes but my best attempt at capturing some of the profound things they said. Click here to see my thoughts from day 1. Jeff Manion “The wilderness is fertile ground for God’s provision.” Terry Kelly “One of the important roles of a leader is to figure out how you should divide in order to multiply.” Blake Mycoskie “Giving not only feels good,…

Central is again hosting Willow Creek’s Global Leadership Summit, and here are some of my takeaways from the first day. (Note that most of these aren’t exact quotes, but are my best attempt at capturing what they are saying as they say it). Bill Hybels “The first play is not to describe how good ‘there’ is, but to describe how bad ‘here’ is.” “4 C’s of staff selection: character, competency, chemistry, and culture.” Jim Collins “If you don’t have the…

Whenever I get notified that someone new is following my twitter account, I look at their Twitter stats and I draw some conclusions. To begin with, you might assume I’d check how many Tweets you’ve actually posted yourself… but I don’t care about that as much as how many people you are following. If you follow more than 100 people, you don’t actually read your tweets. At least not with any sense of efficiency. You probably view Twitter more as…

I just finished the book Rework, by Jason Fried. It was an extremely easy read, but that’s not to say it has surface level content. It is written in an artistic way, yes even including graphics, but it takes a look at business and challenges some commonly shared beliefs. In that regard, it reminds me of my favorite leadership book, The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership. Whatever your business is, it could probably be improved by rethinking and reworking some of…

I got this picture from a friend who was able recently to tour the Navy Seals training facility in San Diego. Notice two things in the picture: the row of helmets and the bell. This is the bell they must ring if they decide to quit during the intense qualification time (think Lone Survivor). After they ring the bell, they lay their helmet down in this row as a monument to those who didn’t make it. My friend was being…