I came across a wonderful statement which I believe all leaders should adopt as their mantra.  Chris Sacca, a recurring guest on the show Shark Tank, stated, “Be your unapologetically weird self.” This is great advice for entrepreneurs, teachers, poets, pastors, artists, motivational speakers, and leaders who need to inspire their audience to get on […]

I learned a good leadership lesson this past week through two very different  sources – an animated movie and a textbook.  In the movie, a little girl has been desperate to discover a real-life unicorn.  She waits and waits in the forest where she had been told a unicorn would appear if her heart was […]

In 2011 Ben Witherington III wrote a deep, intense book about the spiritual significance of the work we do, whether that work is in the ministry, as mine has been, or in the secular marketplace.  The book is called Work: A Kingdom Perspective on Labor.  It’s a good read, but not light reading!  Here is […]

Recently I came across a short  account of a huge mistake studio executives made when dealing with George Lucas while making the first Star Wars movie.  According to the story I read, one of the things Lucas asked for when negotiating his deal with the studio was the exclusive rights to “toys,” which the executives […]

Marc Andreessen is considered a legend in Silicon Valley because he is said to be one of the founding fathers of the modern internet.  He has a few great things for leaders to remember: On excellence:                  “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” On self-confidence: “Everything around you that you call life was made […]