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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Former Department of Defense head, Robert Gates, was featured on 60 Minutes recently. When Anderson Cooper asked him if he believed President Biden would ever admit to being wrong in how he withdrew us from Afghanistan, Gates laughed. He said, “I’ve worked for eight Presidents, and I’ve never heard any of them admit to being wrong.” When asked if they ...
In this series, we are looking at five traits common to successful entrepreneurs and how unconventional business leaders should approach each. Today’s focus is Complete Humility. Successful entrepreneurs recognize their weaknesses and gaps, look for partners that can fill those gaps, and negotiate to get what they need in a win/win approach. You might call this “humility,” but the Bible ...
When we host events, there are so many moving parts that inevitably we know there will be problems that surface the day of the event. That’s why when the event is over, it can be challenging for us to spend much time dwelling on the successes. Instead, we tend to dwell on our mistakes. Personally, I would like to do ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
