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Reward your best. Move the worst out. Otherwise you keep the marginal. The marginal want you to keep the worst because the average worker looks good compared to them. Your best want to be challenged with other peak performers. I learned this in the Pepsi organization who adopted Jack Welch’s approach: promote the top 10%, terminate […]
Read articleDiscipleship: A Holistic View. Head, Hands and Heart Work In the beginning… We are born with joy and curiosity. Everything is new. Every encounter fresh. In this regard we are a lot like Adam and Eve. Their home was without flaw. As children, we see the world as blameless and pure? How then do we […]
Read articleOkay, so you are almost 2 months into 2016. How are you doing with those things you resolved to do at the beginning of the year? Are you rising early to get a great start to the day? Achieved that “Couch to 5K” running plan? Lost those 10 pounds? Stopped a bad habit? Started that […]
Read articleSloth – running from that which is hard. The aim is sweetness and good feelings. Perhaps the opposite of this is maturity. Maturity can be defined as delayed satisfaction. Sloth is simply putting off the thing that is difficult by doing the thing that is comfortable or easy or the thing we like to do. […]
Read articleEnvy – unhappy when others do well. Do you find it difficult when others succeed when you do not? Are you envious of others’ happiness or contentment. Do you cringe when you see someone who seems to have everything in life under control? Scarcity Mentality As with previous posts I think we can all relate […]
Read articleWrath – easily irritated, lacking sweetness, have little patience to wait. You may know this better as anger or frustration or impatience. Do you seek the truth? Or, do you always want to be right? Do you have a control problem? Are you easily irritated? Are you always in a hurry? Do you Think slowing […]
Read articleIn April 1968 Bobby Kennedy (Robert Francis) was traveling through Indiana on the Wabash Cannonball. Bobby was due to arrive in my hometown of Wabash. Hence, I decided to be at the train station to greet them him. The train pulled up and I jumped up on the caboose. I shook hands and Bobby rubbed […]
Read articleFame and Fortune or Humility and Service. Which will you choose? Awareness of this temptation is of particular interest to me. I have the idea fought fame and fortune for many years. One of the reasons I have been purposeful in choosing a position that operates in the background is knowing how fame and fortune […]
Read articleAvarice: extreme greed or need for material gain. They never have enough of anything. Their default is to compare their possessions or learning or “fill in the blank” with that of others. Their true desire is contentment and they are seeking it in all the wrong places. My Last Post In my last post I […]
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