Posts Tagged ‘counsel’
Good Advice
I have been blessed with some good advice and counsel over the years. I think people in positions of leadership have great influence in how they give advice and counsel to others. I’ve been given lots of advice over the years that wasn’t good. I’ve learned to discern between sound advice and someone’s opinion. Most…
Read MoreWar Is Complicated
I remember as a kid watching our army vets returning from Vietnam. It was a sobering scene. Even though we were trying to do good in that region, it felt like a defeat. I have read a good bit about World War II and the men and women who fought to stop the Nazi machine…
Read MoreDumb Decision
I searched online how many decisions we make in an average day and the number was 35,000! I’m not sure where that number comes from, but I do believe that the average person makes thousands of decisions per day. I think that averages just under 2,000 per hour if a person sleeps 6 hours. That…
Read MoreFinal Conclusion
I like getting to the end of a good book and the conclusion is “nail-biting”, yet it wraps up the entire book. I don’t like conclusions that are “open-ended” and the good guys loose. I also don’t like “to be continued”. I’m not sure I would like to be a judge. When I hear just…
Read MoreAccountable
I know that there are people who observe what I do and where I go. There are those who have formed an opinion of me without even knowing me. There are people who may think that I’m a weak business leader because of my faith. There are those that believe that I use my faith…
Read MoreGenerous Giving
I can still remember when I as broke as a joke and scrambled to have money for anything. I was not necessarily blowing my money, but I sure wasn’t smart with what I had. I’ve heard it said that “broke is about my bank account balance, but poor is a state of my mind”. I…
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