The Tallest of the Smalls by Max Lucado

The Tallest of Smalls is a book about a little boy who was desperate for the praise and adoration of the people around him.  When he finally got it, he realized that being looked up to wasn’t as easy as it appeared.  When he fell, there was no one to catch him, except Jesus who [...]

The Noticer by Andy Andrews

Jones.  Not Mr. Jones.  Just Jones.  He comes seemingly from nowhere and disappears just as quickly from this small sleepy Gulf Coast town.  Somehow Jones seems to come at just the right time.  He carries with him a tattered old suitcase…  and a little “perspective.”  He has an ability to show people a different [...]

Find Your Strongest Life by Marcus Buckingham

Women are not as happy as they were 40 years ago.  Women are not as happy as they age.  The reason is that we’re trying to have it all, trying to balance everything.  The choices that the women’s liberation movement provided for us, the things that were supposed to make us happy instead have paralyzed [...]

Go Put Your Strengths to Work by Marcus Buckingham

Go Put Your Strengths to Work by Marcus Buckingham is a follow up to his earlier book Now, Discover Your Strengths, which I reviewed a couple weeks ago.  After discovering what your strongest temperaments are, the next logical step is to figure out how to use those strengths.  For most of us, that means determining [...]

Raising the Leadership Bar | Scott Wilson | The Nines

The was my absolute favorite video from The Nines.  Sorry to all the other speakers…  There were lots of great videos and I plan to continue to post and share my thoughts on those, but this one won the prize for me.  It hit on a couple of my personal passions: learning/research and equipping people.
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