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Leap Year Lesson #310: Don’t Expect Those With Different Values To Be Or Act...
I suspect that many of us prefer to live in a world where the majority of others agrees with us on significant matters. Unless you’re unusually driven by conflict and controversy, you have a strong...
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Leap Year Lesson #317: Don’t Shoot the Messenger; You Might Miss the Message
Most of us don’t like being the bearer of bad news. On the contrary, we would rather be associated with the verse from the prophet Isaiah: “How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings...
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Leap Year Lesson #347: Humble Pie Tastes Bad, But It’s Good For You
I had a kind, good person at work send me an email today concerned about some things I had said recently. She feared that my remarks could be harmful if taken in a way that pitted one group against...
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Acknowledge the Elephant in the Room
How many times have you been in a conversation with others and wanted to bring up some obvious topic, but failed to do so? How many times have you sat in meetings, heard proposals, watched...
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The Worst Mistakes I’ve Made As An Employee
I believe in the value of sharing mistakes I’ve made in the hope that others may benefit from my experience and avoid making those same mistakes. To that end, I thought it might be good to reflect on...
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Wag More, Bark Less
Earlier this week I shared a book review of Seth Godin’s Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us as well as another post inspired by the book about leading from the bottom. Today’s post has its genesis in one...
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I’m Tired of Conflict
I’m tired of so much of daily life and experience revolving around conflict. It dominates a disproportionate share of the news and far too much of our personal and professional lives and experiences....
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Christians, Talk More About What You Are For Than What You Are Against
This post is for my fellow Christian believers, but anyone is welcome to read and respond… I wrote in a recent post that I’m tired of conflict, especially of all the public arguing, yelling, protesting...
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Good Advice From Someone You’ve Never Heard Of
Around the year 1627 a German Lutheran theologian named Rupertus Meldenius wrote a small tract on the subject of Christian unity. The tract was written, according to an article by Dr. Mark Ross,...
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Leap Year Lesson #314: Be a Safe Place for Others
You’ve probably seen one of the yellow and black diamond “Safe Place” signs on businesses and other locations. The one shown here is their latest logo. It is the symbol for National Safe Place – a...
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