Tag: Potential

  • I Work For Your Organization. And You Can’t Stop Me.

    I Work For Your Organization. And You Can’t Stop Me.

    In Mandarin there is a phrase that goes, 水涨船高 (shuǐzhǎngchuángāo)–literally water rise boat high–which basically comes down to the often expressed wisdom that we hear in American economics, “a rising tide lifts all boats”. A lot of people attribute the saying to John F. Kennedy. But it turns out he got it from his speechwriter,…

  • Mother, Minister, Manager: The 3Ms of Leading People Successfully

    Mother, Minister, Manager: The 3Ms of Leading People Successfully

    As a former pastor, I feel tempted to call these 3Ms of leading people, “The Holy Trinity of Leading People Successfully”. But maybe, I’ll call it the “Wholly Trinity” because when leading people it is best to see us as whole people and that is what the 3Ms encourage us to do. I must acknowledge…

  • Lightworkers and the Unrelenting Voice

    “To the unrelenting voice in my head that will never allow me to stop.” These are the first words you will read in the dedication of retired Navy Seal and ultramarathon runner David Goggins’ best-selling self-published memoir, “Can’t Hurt Me”. In certain circles, Goggins has earned the reputation of being the toughest man on the…

  • Christ Is A Demonstrable Verb

    Christ Is A Demonstrable Verb

    Lately I don’t feel that comfortable in my skin. And that is a good thing. In some ways, I feel like what I imagine a butterfly or moth must experience when they are making their way out of their cocoon or chrysalis. I’m trying to spread my wings, but I am coming up against some…

  • The Firstborn of Many – The Man of Steel as a Messianic Metaphor

    ***WARNING*** THERE WILL BE ALL KINDS OF MAN OF STEEL SPOILERS IN THIS POST.  IF THAT KIND OF THING BOTHERS YOU…. WELL JUST SKIP THIS POST.  AS A MATTER OF FACT, EVEN IF YOU ALREADY SAW THE MOVIE I MAY STILL SPOIL YOUR MEMORIES OR THE DVD RELEASE.  DEPENDING ON YOUR OUTLOOK, THIS POST MAY…