Leadership

How to set and achieve smart goals

You know why your goals aren’t getting met? They’re dumb. You’re probably making a handful of mistakes: not writing them down, not assigning them a home and almost certainly not reviewing them, outside of at the end of the year, when you get all depressed about how little you actually got done this year while…

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When to quit serving

I’ve always been told that the best way to do business was to serve people. “Find a need and fill it,” they always said. It’s a great formula on the surface. It tends to make you a more sensitive person, more observant to the needs of those around you. It also builds up your faith…

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Procrastination is the Worst

Procrastination. Some of us are really good at it. I struggle with it almost daily. I’ve found that when something is difficult, I’ll default to procrastination if I’m not careful. I’ve also found that procrastination can be cleverly hidden in a couple of different ways, as well.

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Why Planning (Too Far) Ahead Can Hurt You

“Change is the only constant in life.” —Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher Have you ever spent months on a project of some sort that had to eventually be scrapped for reasons that were beyond your control? Personally, there’s not much in life that’s more frustrating than for me to dedicate my time and energy into something and…

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How to Step Up Your Game in Goal-Setting with One Change

Goal-setting is a weird paradox. It doesn’t sound like it’s a difficult thing to do, but every January people get serious about it, trying to figure out some magic fix or shortcut. Well, this isn’t a post that will give you a shortcut, but it will give you tools and techniques to help you set and…

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The No. 1 Way to Stay on Top of Your Goals This Year

This post is publishing the week after Valentine’s Day. Many of you may have already forgotten about your New Year’s Resolutions. By this time, more than 35% of us have abandoned them altogether. Statistically speaking, only 8% of those who set goals for the new year actually reach them.

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The Five Words That Radically Changed My Time Management

Five words. That’s all it took was five words to completely change the way I looked at my productivity. For literal years I’ve struggled. I’ve been running my own business since 2003 and during all that time, it’s been a constant tension to manage: the limits of my time versus the people who all wanted a piece…

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Meet Our Client Of The Month: Lance Lang

Most ministries are not exactly the prime target clientele for freelancers. As a category, they have a reputation for short-changing you and wanting a free lunch every other day. It’s a harsh description, but in my experience, it’s been the absolute truth. That’s why meeting Lance Lang was a refreshing change of pace.

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This is Your Most Important Point

This is your product cycle. Your marketing plan. Your shelf-life. Your marriage. It’s your time with family, your rest and relaxation, your all-nighter to finish the big project. This is what that image represents.

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Hire For Passion, Not Experience

Years ago, when I hired my first team member, I remember making the same mistakes I’ve seen so many others make. My major questions about the candidates really came down to these two: Could they do the job? Could they do it cheap enough that I could still make a profit? From there, it was…

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