Are you following through? If so, good for you! That places you within a very small club of people who make “it” happen. To stay in it this far, you probably (knowingly or not) did certain things differently than those who haven’t followed through.
Most leaders struggle with getting it all done. Here are three principles that I find to be enormously helpful.
Knowing the pace at which you take action as a leader is often as important as the action itself.
Do you wonder if you have margin in your life? Here are 10 signs that may indicate you lack margin and 5 steps to gain more of it.
One of the most important questions you can ever answer about yourself is, what is the one thing for which I’m really living?
Here are 10 life lessons learned I’ve learned during the past several months of my very busy season of life.
Ending your day well might be the key to beginning the next day well.
It has been said, "If the devil can't make you bad, he'll make you busy." Someone who is too busy to do the right thing is almost as bad as the person who does the wrong thing.
This process to improve personal productivity seems so simple that it seems simplistic. But, that’s its beauty. Less is often more. Simple is often better.
Hurry sickness is highly contagious and it has the curious side-effect of the sick thinking that they are well, whilst those without the disease are given the impression, from those infected, that there is something very wrong with them.
Self-leadership requires self-evaluation. Leaders must be able to end their day, look back, and know with certainty whether or not this was a good leadership day.
Being a workaholic can destroy your marriage. Whether you own your own business or you work for someone else, there is a danger. That danger resides in the fact that we all love to work. And frankly, dealing with work and succeeding at work is easier than working on your marriage.
So over the years I’ve developed these 5 vacation rules that, if observed, make shutting off all the devices and truly taking a break easier. The first three help you prepare before you take a vacation. The final two work any time—even in the middle of a vacation that’s challenging you.
We all struggle with this at one point in our lives. God has laid out a pretty clear line for what those priorities should look like. He wants to be first because if He's first in our lives, everything else seems to fall into place. What's that look like?
In this post, we'll explore the Christian perspective on goal-setting and accomplishment, and consider how our approach to these areas of life can bring glory to God. As leaders, it is crucial that we are intentional about seeking God's will and fulfilling the assignments He has for us.
Effective leaders know that there are at least 4 often-overlooked disciplines that are essential to well-balanced leadership.
When you attempt to do two things simultaneously that requires the focused attention of the executive center of our brain (the pre-frontal cortex), like listening to a podcast and answering email at the same time, it's not good for your leadership.
Some of our most important targets are related to emotions, feelings of well-being, and our inner thoughts. How many of these goals go unspoken because they don't seem to honor the most popular goal-setting advice? Here are a few ways to measure those seemingly hard-to-quantify goals.
I have interviewed nearly 100 Christians who are world-class masters of their crafts. When I’ve asked these people to describe how they discerned their “calling” or their “one thing,” their responses are remarkably similar. Nearly all of these masters tended to ask three questions throughout this process.
Has busyness crowded your schedule? Are you needing some margin and rest? Maybe it's time to slow down.
