One of the things I’ve learned from my years of being a Disney enthusiast is that at the foundation of all success is a great storyline.  Disney is a master at that.  Aside from the cartoons, movies, musicals, and other presentational devices that they utilize, everything they do begins and ends with a great story.  […]

I recently read a very interesting book by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile.  The Road Back to You is all about self-discovery, but not just finding who we want to be, rather finding who we were originally created to be.  It, and other books, utilize a fourth century model called the Enneagram developed by […]

I came across a great quote today from Nelson Mandela that I believe all leaders can put into practice immediately.  When asked how he survived the many years he spent in prison, he replied, “I didn’t survive, I prepared.”  Wow, that’s a seminar right there.  All of us go through difficult times and challenging experiences, […]

Joe McKeever of crosswalk.com aptly stated, “The war to remain humble must be fought on many fronts every day of our lives.  Even then, pride will slip up on us and enter from our blind side.  Before we know it, we will start sounding as though we deserve more from God and others than we […]

In the book Teams that Thrive, by Hartwig and Bird, the authors state it well, God’s way of leading his people is through a profound humility.  I see that as a model for how we should lead with humility—that intentional recognition that God is everything to you, and that you are nothing without him.  Humility […]