If you’ve been reading my blogs, you’ll know this is Part 3 of my series about the nine elements of love as written by Henry Drummond in his book The Greatest Thing in the World. We are on the fourth element, which is Humility. Drummond wrote: “Love as humility does not promote or call attention to itself, is […]
Defining Love, Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of my continuing discussion on love! The second element of love according to Henry Drummond is Kindness. In The Greatest Thing in the World, he writes: “Love as kindness is active. Kindness seeks to be useful. It not only seizes on opportunities for doing good, but also searches for them.” A lot of […]
Defining Love, Part I
Have you ever been to a wedding and heard someone read this message? “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love […]
Breakfast with the Ancestors
This past weekend my wife Margie and I participated in a fun event we call Breakfast with the Ancestors. Margie made a couple of egg casseroles, our friend Mike baked some banana bread, and we took our feast out to a little cemetery at the end of the lake. It all started many years ago […]
Mondays and Fridays Are All About Perspective
I was reading recently about how some folks are “Thank God it’s Friday” people and others are “So glad it’s Monday” people. Some might think that people who are thankful for every Friday must not enjoy their work—or that people who are excited about every Monday must be workaholics. To me, it’s not an either/or […]
It May Be Time To Revisit Your Vision
Multiple priorities. Duplication of efforts. False starts. Wasted energy. Do any of these working conditions sound familiar? If so, it may be time to revisit your three-part vision: What is your purpose? What will the future look like if you are successful? What values will guide you as you work toward your picture of […]
Happy Families Are No Accident
Years ago, Peter Drucker said “Nothing good happens by accident—put some structure around it!” So if you want something good to happen, put some structure around it. This doesn’t just apply to business; it’s also for family life. I can name several traditions that are perfect examples of Drucker’s line of thinking. Like many families, […]
The Precious Present
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift—that’s why they call it the present.” You may have heard this quotation, attributed to many different people including Eleanor Roosevelt. It reminds me of when I first met Spencer Johnson. He had just finished a manuscript entitled The Precious Present (Doubleday, 1984). It’s […]
Vulnerability in Leadership: A Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
Every day, one of my friends sends me a quote from a little book called Live and Learn and Pass It On, edited by H. Jackson Brown. Here is one I particularly enjoy: “I’ve learned that everything I truly value has been gained by vulnerability on my part. It is the secret to life.” (Anonymous, […]
You Don’t Need a Fancy Title To Be a Servant Leader
One of my favorite stories in our recent book, Servant Leadership in Action, comes from James Ferrell of the Arbinger Institute. The leader James writes about doesn’t have a fancy title, but he’s a living example of Robert Greenleaf’s definition of a servant leader as someone who “focuses primarily on the growth and well-being of […]
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