Bringing Light to Life
When placed under oath a witness swears to, “Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” The middle phrase is a problem if someone wants to minimize what they’ve done. Most of us are okay admitting we did something wrong, as long as we can withhold the details. It’s one thing to […]
Dale Carnegie once said, “No man gets rich without enriching others.” Carnegie lived that philosophy, as evidenced by the 43 millionaires who worked for him. One day a reporter asked Mr. Carnegie how he was able to hire so many rich men. “I didn’t hire them,” he said. “They got rich working for me.” Turn […]
Leaders sometimes face intractable opposition. The resistance seems too strong, too entrenched and too organized. Resources seem too limited. That’s how Moses felt when God appeared to him in the burning bush and said, “I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt” (Ex.3: 10). Moses responded to […]
Values aren’t practices. A practice is an activity or action. A practice that works in one situation may not work in another. Why? because practices apply to specific situations. Since my second son, David, loved hanging out with friends, sending him to his room when he misbehaved was an effective form of discipline. If I restricted […]
When I open the door for someone at the grocery store, I appreciate a friendly, “Thank you.” Don’t you? I pretty much feel that way about any act of kindness I perform. In fact, it annoys me when I’m denied appreciation. After all, I’m not a doorman hired by the store to greet people. I’m […]