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Building Bikes with Customer Connection

March 21, 2012 in Leadership with 0 Comments

Today we can do a lot of our tasks online. We can go grocery shopping. Do our banking. Shop for furniture. Essentially, most tasks in life can be done so without the true human interaction. Even buying a bike. I love “window shopping” online for bikes, but I have to be honest, as I go back to the times of managing a bike shop, I loved the one on one interaction with people to help them find the right bike for them. Nothing can take away the true, genuine human interaction.

718 Cyclery in Brooklyn, New York has found this touch to connect in with people and help them find the perfect bike for their needs. Their approach to open communication as they go through the process is inspiring and we could all learn a bit from them! Check out this video featuring their shop!

The Inverted Bike Shop from Show Love on Vimeo.

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Tony Romo & Matt Chandler

February 22, 2012 in Leadership with 0 Comments

This is a great dialog between Tony Romo and Matt Chandler at the Catalyst Conference in Dallas.

 

You can check out where Matt pastors at .. The Village Church

How To Be Successful

January 25, 2012 in Brilliance, Leadership with 0 Comments

Here is a little look from Tyler Perry on “How to be successful”

 

What do you think?

Ditch Resolutions

January 1, 2012 in Brilliance, Leadership with 3 Comments

We all know resolutions are as good as the paper that they are written on. However you cave into your aspirations, I still think that resolutions are a joke. I would challenge you to ditch the resolutions and set goals. I have set some pretty lofty goals for this year and I plan to hit every single one. Right now I won’t share them publically but those closest to me will know what they are because I want them to hold me accountable.

Here is why I won’t share with you; I am going to ignore criticism. It is so easy to hear it then second guess yourself so I won’t even go there! Each of my goals will elevate my abilities professionally and push me to lead the path. It comes from Jim Collins book Built to Last, but I have set a BEHAG. (Big Harry Audacious Goal).

Raise your glass.. Here is to goals.. Not resolutions!

 

Using Your Strengths

December 30, 2011 in Leadership with 0 Comments

“In the minds of great managers, consistent poor performance is not primarily a matter of weakness, stupidity, disobedience, or disrespect. It is a matter of miscasting.”
― Marcus Buckingham

 

Learn about what your strengths are by taking the StrengthFinders Test

 

 

 

How Is Your Company Culture?

December 29, 2011 in Leadership with 0 Comments

What is your company culture like? Does your culture drive the companies direction and interaction or does something else drive it?

Look at what Tony Hsieh has to say about Zappos company culture. Do you agree or disagree? Would the same philosophy work in your company?

8 Year Old Girl Providing Clean Water to Africa

December 8, 2011 in Leadership with 2 Comments

You are always proud of your own kids. The moment that you realize that they are making decisions on their own, you can often feel nervous about the decisions that they are making. We have recently been extremely impressed with our kids and what they are doing. We showed them a video from our church where they are challenging people to spend a little less on ourselves this christmas and take that money to give it to those in need.

We shared this video (see it above) and they made their own decisions on where to send some of the money that would normally be spent on them. We were proud of them for their decisions, but they were not done yet. Our middle daughter set a goal to raise more money than just her Christmas money, but to pull in her friends. She has set the goal to raise $200 to give fresh, clean water to the Pokot people of Kenya.

She is collecting money from her friends who want to help, and when they do, she gives them some duct tape bracelets that she made. It is truly awesome to see people rally around her. Her teacher gave her money today and her principle said that she would be helping out too. And of course, her family is jumping on board, but I’d like to ask you all to help her get to her goal. On the right side of this blog you can see a widget that will give you the chance to give. If you can that is awesome, but if you can’t it isn’t a big deal but I always carry the mentality of “you never know unless you ask”.

Here is the widget as well!

See more about Christmas Revolution

Quotable!

October 11, 2011 in Brilliance, Leadership with 0 Comments

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark Twain

One Event With Many Messages

September 21, 2011 in Brilliance, Creativity, Leadership with 0 Comments

October has been an amazing month for me the last few years. Why October? I have had the unique opportunity to travel to Atlanta, GA to attend the Catalyst Conference. Catalyst is a conference focused towards church leadership that also encompasses on leadership outside of the church. Where the Willow Creek Leadership Summit hits a similar target, it focuses primarily on the age range of 45+ year old people, Catalyst seems to be geared towards the younger crowd.

In this post, I wanted to simply inform you of Catalyst (because it is coming up and worth your investment to go) and the impact it has had on myself. This last year was one where I saw change coming in my future and knew I was in a place of re-assessing a lot in my work life. While I was doing all of this, I learned a lot about various areas.

I don’t believe that I will be going this year, but thanks to technology I’ll get to catch up at a later date and watch twitter feeds!!

Putting Yourself Aside to Help

Scott Harrison shared about the roots behind the start of Charity Water. How would a single trip change the course of your life?

 

You Will Encounter the Rough Times

Perry Noble hit home with me on this one because he really zero’d in on the dry times in life and how we see this handled in the Bible.

 

The Master of All Genius

Seth Godin was as masterful as always in his talk on transformation and being a Linchpin.

 

A New Experience Can Rock Your World

Have you ever run into a new product, band, television show, or something; and you were initially critical? This was my experience with Gungor. Their initial sound wasn’t striking with me, but all of a sudden this song happened and it blew me away. When I moved outside if my own thought process, I was entered in with some new music that expanded my world and gave me an experience like no other.

 

Catalyst in Pictures

If you get a chance, enjoy the surprise around every corner that takes place at Catalyst!

 

 

Think Crazy

August 30, 2011 in Brilliance, Leadership, Thoughts with 0 Comments

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” by Henry Ford

We don’t need more pleasers, we need more innovators that change history. How are you doing your part?

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