What Makes a Company a Company?
Sometimes a company is built around a product, birthed from the creativity of its creator. Sometimes a company is built around a cause or social issue. Sometimes a company is built around an idea or p...
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It’s Just Math – Declining Home Prices Reflect Rising Mortgage Rates
At the Sunwest Bank Economic Forum in November, the CEO talked about the effect of interest rates on the mortgage market. Basically, he said that it’s just math. Rising interest rates have crushed demand for loans and it's going to have a neg...
What Has Been Entrusted To You?
All throughout history traditions, beliefs, and values have been handed down from one generation to another. When something is handed down to the next generation they are entrusted with that thing.
In the Bible, I’ve been reading through 1...
Leadership Series | Summary
It is my hope that the Leadership Series has been helpful in helping you identify ways to improve as a leader. Although the list is not fully exhaustive, it does provide a general overview of what it takes to be a successful leader.
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Self Inflicted Housing Wound – The Current Housing Collapse
The housing cool off is exactly what the Federal Reserves wants and they don’t care about the long-term ramifications.
That’s right, they don’t care about the average homeowners and whether or not they are losing equity.
They are tr...
When You Have No Money To Give
Americans just celebrated Thanksgiving and then went on a spending spree. Black Friday spending was a record $9.12 Billion and Cyber Monday spending hit $11.3 Billion! That’s over $20 Billion in spending this year. Immediately following Cyber...
Leadership Series | P =Plans
Planning is key to successful leadership.
Benjamin Franklin said, “By failing to plan, you are planning to fail.” He is right. You cannot succeed as a leader if you fail to plan.
At the risk of stating the obvious, you as the leader n...
Leadership Series | I =Integrity
Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, gave a sermon on integrity that I have never forgotten. In this sermon he defined the root word of integrity, which is integer.
According to dictionary.com an integer is a mathematical ter...
Leadership Series | H = Hope
The Training Director in one of my companies shared an image with me that said, “When you eliminate fear from your organization, very good things happen.” That truth is spot on! But how do you eliminate fear?
Leaders who lead well dispel...
Leadership Series | S = Servant
Jesus is the best example of servant leadership. Although He was God, He became a man to seek and save the lost. He served His disciples, widows, outcasts, diseased, and the lowliest of all criminals. He even served the one that would betray Hi...