On April 11, 1945, a Kamikaze pilot attacked the U.S.S. Missouri battleship. Although the pilot succeeded in reaching the target, he failed in his mission, the only casualty was the pilot himself. The crew was about to drop the pilot’s body into the ocean, along with his shattered plane, when Captain Callaghan stopped them. He told his men that this ...
Calm Under Fire Audie Leon Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army. Murphy single-handedly held off an entire company of German soldiers for an hour in France, then led a successful counterattack while wounded and out of ammunition. I remember ...
The responsibilities of a mother are incredible! My wife, Kathy, serves her grown children, her mother, and manages our household while launching an Unconventional Business Women’s ministry for Integrity Resource Center! But all this is nothing compared to when our children were very young and she was also working as a nurse. According to the US Department of Labor, in ...
As my friend, Roger, pulled into the Ritz Carlton, he noticed that his tire pressure was falling rapidly. He asked the valet to keep the car close due to his tire problem. Later he received a call from the valet. He wanted Roger’s permission to take Roger’s car to a repair shop to get the tire repaired! Roger was amazed! ...
My friend, Larry, was interviewing for a position to run the operations of a large privately-owned business. They also wanted him to mentor the CEO’s son, with the intent that this CEO’s son would eventually preside over the family business. During the interview the CEO’s son pointedly asked Larry, “Can you train me to eventually lead this organization?” Larry responded, ...
The Seventh Key to Financial Success – Turnover Ratios Profit is important, but cash pays the bills. If your inventory, or monies owed to you, grow significantly, you can be profitable, but cash poor. A past bank customer of mine was profitable, but had a cash flow crisis. By calculating how frequently his inventory was turning over, we discovered his ...
The S in the TRUST acronym we’ve been exploring is for “Serve.” Serving others at their points of need requires that we be observant, then look for creative ways to serve. Peter and Andrew were professional fishermen who had fished all night without catching anything. Jesus realized they probably felt like they failed and were frustrated. Jesus served Peter in ...
My daughter, Megan, recently led a Young Life team in Colorado. One of the campers had a dream of making it to the summit of the nearby mountain, but he was in a wheelchair with cerebral palsy. Working together with great pain and sacrifice, a dozen high school boys, carried this young man to the top of the mountain. As ...
George was the owner of a machine tooling business who years ago hired me to develop a financial plan for his business. As I led his team through the planning process I asked George, “Why do you think God has placed you in this business?” George’s answer surprised me when he said, “I hire unskilled laborers, train them in this ...
As a young man I had a demanding boss who abused his staff. After weeks of promised weekends off that never materialized, I finally had a scheduled night off. While preparing for a date, my boss called and demanded that I come to work. When I balked, he snapped, “Come to work now, or you’re fired.” Out of anger, I ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
