Category Archives: Reflecting

The benefit of tough questions

The benefit of tough questions
Athletic competition is fun to watch. More fun to watch than to do. That’s because athletic training is hard, relentless work. Those who want to be at their best continually push themselves to perform better. They measure weights, distance, ...

How to think slowly

How to think slowly
Do you intentionally think slowly? Take your time and think about it. We tend to judge the rightness of something by how quickly we can think about it. Decisiveness, in our “just do it” culture, is more valued than ...

What’s with that name?

What's with that name?
I often get asked about the unusual spelling of my name. More and more, it seems, I meet others with unusual names too. Recently I met a terrific one. At a board meeting I was leading a few months ...

The casualty of exactness

The casualty of exactness
I can be a stickler for detail. More than once my wife has called me “Mr. Exactitude” after correcting a detail in a conversation we might be having. She even bought a replica of the famous Exactitude poster by ...

Honing a takeaway habit

Honing a takeaway habit
Do you remember the last conference you attended? What was your takeaway? What ONE THING did you learn or change because of it? What about the last book you read? Sermon you heard? Movie you watched? Person you visited ...

Why what you do matters

What you do matters. Sure, that sounds like one of those nice sentimental thoughts you’ll find on a motivational poster at the office. It’s much easier to say than to believe. But that’s only because we cannot not see, ...