I have a confession to make. There is something I am really bad at. Something I let get in the way time and time again. I am really bad about waiting for time. I’ll wait until I have time to write a blog post. I’ll wait until I have time to get to the gym. I’ll wait until I have time to work on my ebook. I’ll wait until I have time to call that person I know I need to call. More often than not, I don’t find the time. I won’t get around to doing the things I know I should be doing. And I lie to myself and say, “Well next week I’ll have the time.” The next week comes and goes and I still haven’t done those things. [Read more…] about Waiting For Time
Jon Acuff
The Big Picture Person
The busy life of summer camp training is in full swing. Last night I was leading a training on initiative and when I asked the counselors to define initiative one of them said, “Not being afraid to try something new.” It was a great answer that I think often gets overlooked when you think about taking initiative. When thinking about how to grow my blog, it was clear that doing the same thing I had done was not going to take me where I wanted to go. I had heard people like Michael Hyatt and Jon Acuff talk about these things called mastermind groups. [Read more…] about The Big Picture Person
Why I Bought Index Cards
Recently I started reading Do Over by Jon Acuff. I have a goal to read a book a month, and it is my book for April. I do not enjoy reading fiction, so all the books I read are non-fiction. Sometimes the author will give you activities to do while you are reading the book. Something like “write down an answer to these questions,” or “take a few minutes and think about this.” When I get to those parts of the book, I always do the same thing. I skip it. [Read more…] about Why I Bought Index Cards