Humility

Being Approachable

2023-02-11T10:40:36-06:00July 26th, 2022|Tags: , , |

One of King David’s best leader qualities was his willingness to be approachable. When David learned that his men had bravely fought and defeated David’s son, Absalom, David mourned Absalom’s death but didn’t praise his men for their victory.  Joab knew this would undermine David’s leadership. In 2 Samuel 19, Joab said to David, “Today you have shamed all your ...

A Shepherd’s Insights: Part III

2022-06-29T13:16:51-05:00July 8th, 2022|Tags: , , |

Kathy and I recently witnessed a performance on shepherding by a shepherd from Ireland. He highlighted three qualities about sheep that I found instructive.  The final quality is that sheep are humbly obedient. We watched as this shepherd used his staff to simply point in a direction.   The sheep would gather and begin moving in the direction in which ...

The Ironic Ethical Scandal

2023-02-11T11:47:34-06:00July 2nd, 2022|Tags: , , |

The Securities Exchange Commission recently levied a $100 million fine against the public accounting firm Ernst and Young. EY employees were found to be cheating on ethics exams and EY reportedly deceived the SEC about the cheating.  "It's simply outrageous that the very professionals responsible for catching cheating by clients cheated on ethics exams," the SEC said in a ...

One Step Away

2022-06-29T11:47:32-05:00June 28th, 2022|Tags: , , |

A friend of mine likes to say that we are all just one step away from stupid. For decades, King David had faithfully and humbly trusted God. But eventually, David’s pride opened the door for Satan to entice David to take a census.   God required that each person pay a ransom to God during a census as a ...

Impostor Syndrome

2022-06-15T13:42:36-05:00June 9th, 2022|Tags: , , |

The Harvard Business Review featured an article on some benefits of what’s called the Impostor Syndrome. The Impostor Syndrome affects those people who commonly feel inadequate and believe they are a fraud despite having success at work.  A professor at MIT Sloan discovered that those who felt like impostor’s were more “other-oriented” and humble than their peers. This resulted ...

Iron Sharpens Iron

2022-06-13T14:22:38-05:00June 8th, 2022|Tags: , , |

During a break at our Summit, a group of five of us were discussing my friend, Sean’s, new book. Although he had a proposed subtitle, he doubted it was compelling enough. So, Sean asked this group for their input.   Each of the five people were authors and had experience with subtitles. This group was a perfect group to provide ...

Our Own D-Day

2022-05-25T15:58:32-05:00June 6th, 2022|Tags: , , |

How appropriate that Kathy and I had the start of our marriage on D-Day 35 years ago. I’ve joked with Kathy before that we’ve had 33 good years of marriage.   The first two years felt like the start of our own D-Day battle as Kathy and I both pursued our own selfish interests. Eventually, Kathy and I put Christ ...

God Owns Everything

2022-05-05T19:47:31-05:00May 23rd, 2022|Tags: , , |

Recently, someone asked Kathy, if she and I could sell Unconventional Business Network when we were ready to retire. One misunderstanding about nonprofits is how the ownership works.  Kathy and I do not own the assets of UBN. The ministry is publicly owned. Our pay is limited to whatever our independent board of directors approve. We cannot sell or liquidate ...

Humble Beginnings

2022-05-05T19:17:14-05:00May 11th, 2022|Tags: , , |

As Unconventional Business Network celebrates our 20th anniversary, I reflected on our humble beginnings. In 2002, we started in the dreary basement of a bank building paying $343 a month rent.  With God’s help, we raised $58,000 in donations that first year, including an $18,000 donated car.  With that meager budget, we began publishing Integrity Moments, my first book, provided ...

Five Steps to Fruitful Networking: Part III

2022-04-04T15:09:13-05:00April 27th, 2022|Tags: , , , |

The third step to fruitful networking is Being Relational. If you’ve been to very many networking opportunities, you have likely met the people who are more transactional in nature.   They are the ones who are slinging cards to anyone who will take one and seizing every opportunity to promote their services. You won’t typically see them quietly talking with someone ...

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