A Crazy Fan and the Power of Focus

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORA2TX3fF90&feature=related] If you watched the French Open Men’s Final yesterday, you likely saw the crazy fan that leaped over the stands and onto the courts to taunt Roger Federer.  As a spectator it’s easy to watch that, kind of chuckle and then cheer as security tackled him and hauled him off the court.  But I […]

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Pick up the Pace – Part 2

Last week I wrote a post entitled “Pick Up the Pace” where I likened my leadership growth to my tennis game.  I loved the analogy so much I’ve continued to process it.  Here are some more of my thoughts: ********************** When my tennis coach forces me to pick up the pace, I’ve discovered that I […]

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A Little Bit of Focus

One thing I know of leaders is that they are wired to constantly be learning and to relentlessly be evaluating their lives and their leadership.  But as a leader, sometimes it’s easy to get stuck.  Sometimes you are so busy asking the questions of everyone else that you fail to ask yourself the challenging questions […]

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Defining your passion

Since Pete‘s message on Sunday I’ve been really giving some thought to more clearly defining what is my driving God-given passion.  There have definitely been seasons in my life where I have been more in tune with this than others and it seems that the timing of this reminder was important for me.  I’m an “achiever” by nature (see […]

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