Tag: personal
When Words Change Someone and You Don’t Even Know It
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@ journallisten to this John Townsend story about a throw away comment that changes the trajectory of someone’s life in a short elevator ride
How honest can you really be about your weaknesses?
In both my best and worst moments in life, I’m well acquainted with my personal weaknesses, so much so that I have darker moments when all I see are my weaknesses. As you’d be right to feel how bad that is. In today’s knowledge economy and personal career development world, having an appropriate confidence in…
It’s personal, oh so personal
A leading influencer of our time, Seth Godin, can do it both, short-form blogging, long form articles, speeches, books. Knowing how to mix it up is just one more dimension of his success and influence. Yet he doesn’t go super short-form aka microblogging with twittering and facebooking. That’s to say you don’t have to use…
A Year Later. Life after Father.
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@ journalHere in Rockville Maryland for a quick weekend visit to be with family, one year after my Dad’s death. Everyone seems to have made whatever adjustments to this new chapter of life. I used this new technology I just found this morning called Spreaker to capture a few thoughts — listen. I’m anticipating that we’re…
My Signature Themes from StrengthsFinder
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@ journalFound this old report of my StrengthFinders Top 5 Themes, one of the much more helpful personal assessment (aka personality test) for me. It’s the 1.0 version and I don’t think a 2.0 version is going to make much difference for my particular profile. What are yours? Many years of research conducted by The Gallup Organization…
Most Popular Posts in 2011 and ones that ought to be
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@ internetPulling some data from Google Analytics and here’s what bubbled up as most popular from 2011, from all time, and featured posts I believe to be valuable and important. Popular posts this year Least Churched Cities in America Top Church Pages on Facebook 30 emerging leaders listed in Outreach Magazine top 15 most popular varieties…
What can I say about this website and blog?
Found this set of 5 questions in my inbox from a new visitor to my website / blog. I have few questions that I would like to ask: 1. Who is your primary audience for the website? 2. What is the vision of the website? 3. What is the mission of the website? 4. Where…
how can people change and grow?
Change is possible. Absolutely. But not totally. And, personal change doesn’t happen alone. People can change for the better. No one is stuck. They aren’t just the way they are. I believe and I have hope. Essentially 2 questions determine someone’s possibility of changing and becoming a better person. 1. Does the person want to…
5 types of personal branding websites for web presence
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@ internetWhat happens when someone does a web search on your name? Are you telling your own story or is someone else? Don’t let others hijack your name as a top result on search engines and taint your reputation by presenting you in a less than flattering light. You have to have a web presence. Tell…
Anyone Can Publish
You’ve got a voice. You can publish. Anyone can publish. Having said that, this doesn’t mean everyone should publish. What I am saying is that more of us should publish. Posting something online no longer has to be only for business purposes. Set the plaguing questions aside and don’t worry about what to write or…
