The lost art of “NO”

It seems like more and more business people have lost the ability to say no. See if this experience doesn’t sound familiar.  I had met with an individual, talked with him personally, and invited him to a small group meeting.  He came, interacted positively, and...

Spirit Planning

 (c) Morris E. Ruddick Making God your Senior Partner is a lot more than lip-service. It entails proactive planning with the Holy Spirit. That means input and guidance from the Lord on decisions. That requires consciously hearing from God. One of the distinctive...
What Hinders You?

What Hinders You?

Over lunch, one of my clients asked me one of the most profound questions I have ever been asked.  “In your training,” he asked, “do you focus on instilling new skills into people, or do you focus on removing the internal hindrances to the use of those skills?” Wow. ...

On the noble pursuit of high expectations

By Dave Kahle For the better part of my working life, I have been taught to create “challenging goals.”  The idea is that if some work is worth doing, it is worth doing well.  And, that means to conceive of the end result as higher and better than that which an...