WOW… this is a great logical video from a teenage girl who is disgusted by the riots by the youth in London. Very powerful statement!
Way to lead!!!
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What Is Your Purpose?
Have you ever been in a place where you give judgement on someone before you fully look into who they are, you simply look on the outside and judge? I am sure none of you have done that and I am in the minority (insert sarcasm)! Early on, I didn’t like Rick Warren. I can’t even tell you why I didn’t. I am not sure other than I was a dumb 20 something that knew nothing. But you know, that with age can tend to come with more maturity.
Well, most of the time it should.
Over the course of the last few years, I have grown to respect and look up to the wisdom that Rick Warren holds. I know he is far from perfect and quite frankly I don’t want to be around perfect people. Why? because they are not perfect and they think they are perfect. They are annoying.
I have yet to read Purpose Driven Life. Some day, I will need to read it to grasp the wisdom that Rick Warren has put into that book, but for now I glean from his twitter posts, on-line articles, and videos. Today’s TED Talk comes from Rick when he spoke at TED in 2006. This is an incredible message and I am pretty sure that he is the same way in this video as he is in his church, and you can see why Saddleback Church is doing some incredible things. As goes the leader, as goes the followers.
Too Big To Change?
Are You Willing To Come Around & Help?
I am one of those nerds who enjoys watching the Tour de France. What can I say! As someone who enjoys biking (mt. & road), this race has always been exciting to watch what happens. It is one of the greatest tests of the riders and lets be honest one of the greatest tests of any athletic event out there. Yes, the Iron Man triathalon is crazy hard, but that is over in a day, this goes for 21 Days!
The whole country rally’s around the race and it welcomes in the riders and tourists with open arms. Now, I know you are saying “NOT EVERYONE welcomes them in” and I am sure you are right, but from what I have seen on TV and heard, a lot do! Some go to large extremes to welcome the riders and those of us watching from thousands of miles away. Like these farmers
Now.. what do you do to rally around the local events in your area? I live in Rochester Hills, MI and I hear more complaints each year around the Brooksie Way 1/2 Marathon than I hear excitement from the residents. Yes you are inconvenienced, but I challenge you to step out of your normal routine and ask, How Could I Help! You’d be amazed at how giving a few hours out of your normal routine on the first Sunday in October could impact you!.
What is going on in your city that you could support?
TED Talk of the Day.. A Future Beyond Traffic Gridlock
Today’s TED Talk of the Day features Bill Ford. Are you wondering if there is a link to the Ford Motor Company? If you are wondering that then your wonderings are completely correct! He is the great grandson of the inventor of the Model T and the assembly line, Henry Ford.
Mr. Ford does a great talk about the involvement of the environment and the automobile industry!
TED Talk of the Day!
I have taken a short hiatus from the TED Talk of the Day.
I needed to view a few videos and prepare for the next stretch of the videos. Today we launch out with Tim Ferriss. Tim wrote the book “The 4-Hour Work Week”.
Greatest Generation? Colbert Has An Opinion.
This year seemed to be a strong one for celebrities to give commencement addresses at major universities. Harvard, Dartmoth, Stanford, and the list goes on of universities who had a major name in the entertainment industry dawn a graduation gown to address the students who were stepping out of college life and into “real world”.
I have watched a few of them myself and none of them overtly impressed me like Stephen Colbert’s speech at Northwestern University. Not only was he addressing the graduating body, but he was doing so as a graduate of Northwestern. Carrying out his true fashion with great humor, he also gave an amazing inspiring antidote to them as they take the next step in their journey!
Leadership Thoughts
The leadership role is an inevitable reflection of people’s needs and challenges in modern life. Leadership is therefore a profound concept, with increasingly complex implications, driven by an increasingly complex and fast-changing world.
Leadership and management are commonly seen as the same thing, which they are not. Leadership is also misunderstood to mean directing and instructing people and making important decisions on behalf of an organization. Effective leadership is much more than these.
Good leaders are followed chiefly because people trust and respect them, rather than the skills they possess. Leadership is about behaviour first, skills second.
This is a simple way to see how leadership is different to management:
Management is mostly about processes.
Leadership is mostly about behaviour.
Wisdom Comes to Those Who Are Bald
I am not entirely certain that the title is true, but I do know a lot of bald brilliant people. One that I would like to meet is Seth Godin. He is constantly learning and teaching. I think he is my yoda!
These were 2 great videos and both were a part of Chick-fil-A’s Leadercast movement. One is from their Leadercast event and the other is from a 1 on 1 interview with Seth Godin and Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-fil-A.
3 Great Views on Leadership
I wanted to share 3 great views on leadership that I found online today!
1. Jack Dorsey
CEO Square and Co-Founder and Chairman of Twitter speaking at the Catalyst Conference.
2.Jeremie Kubicek
CEO of GIANT Impact and Author of Leadership is Dead
3. Dan Cathy
“Customer Service” at Chick-fil-A
