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Who Owns Your Portfolio?
Jockko Willink has become a leadership sensation in the past few years. His Ted Talks and podcasts are popular, and his book, Extreme Ownership has been a best selling book several years in a row. He gives solid leadership advice from the perspective of his background...
Beginning Again
The New Year is an important opportunity to start again. Many of you have taken stock of the last year, and have set some goals for 2019. Daniel Pink, in his book, When, demonstrates the tangible power of new beginnings. Significant days & markers have proven impact...
True Comm-unity
Unity. It is a thing which people speak of like world peace--something that would be nice to have, but naive to imagine we will ever achieve it. After several years of highly inflammatory public discourse, it seems like in many ways we are more divided as a country...
A Good Return on Investment
Risk is an important business concept. We are taught that in general as risk increases in investment, so does the possibility for reward. There are investments that offer a guaranteed result, like bonds. The payoff is typically pretty small. You sacrifice potential...
Character is Revealed in Crisis – But Develops Quietly
Character is of great value. Organizations want to harness the efforts of employees that have integrity and determination and trustworthiness. Society hinges upon people agreeing to do what is right. Most people would say they desire to have excellent character. But...
Doing the Impossible: Joseph of Arimathea – The Secret of A Camel who Passed Through the Eye of a Needle
“How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” But he said, “What is...
Your Business Plan & Jesus
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you...
Valuable & Vulnerable: Pondering Strength and Weakness
Socrates is famously recorded as having said, “Know Thyself”. Self-awareness is one of the most important pieces of knowledge a person can have; possessing accurate information in this area bears incalculable fruit in personal and professional life. It is astounding...
Do We Want Safe Spaces in the Workplace?
It appears that the concept of “safe spaces” has gained some traction in academia. In case you are new to the trend and conversation, here is the new definition from Merriam Webster: “A place or environment in which a person or category of people can feel confident...
Choose Wisely : Three Reasons Proverbs Ends with the Wife of Noble Character
There are a slew of men who are getting engaged in YBL small groups these days. This is an exciting time, and a good reminder of the high and important decision of choosing wisely in marriage. Proverbs has much to say both on decision making and marriage, and it...
Thinking Incrementally: How to Experience Your Life
There is a lot of needless worry in the world. I suspect you and I regularly contribute to it. The perspective we bring to each situation can greatly change whether our reaction is to worry and complain, or to rejoice and be thankful. That response is very important....
Seek Wise Counsel
For the sake of the gospel, YBL is passionate about mentoring. In recent years, this focus has harmonized with trends in culture. The marketplace has adopted the mentoring concept and promoted it as a means of growth and health. At YBL, we are excited about how this...
Gratefulness
From time to time, I find myself dissatisfied with the things I possess and discontent with my current station in life. I find myself wanting something new…something different…something more! As I've reflected on these attitudes-- I've seen that they are rooted in...
Three ways to Honor God With our Goods
One of the great blessings and dangers of business is that it requires you to deal with money. Money can do great harm, but also significant good. Whatever our resouces, they are a stewardship, a thing entrusted to us. Thinking rightly about our resources in relation...
Clearing Out and Looking Ahead
There is a reason that the first month of the New Year is dubbed, “get organized month”. January is a time for clearing out, taking stock of things, and making plans. This is true both for physical realities like old sweaters and refrigerators, and also for...
Looking Back, Looking Forward
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. -- Romans 15:4 There is a magnificent intersection of holidays every year in November and...
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