I got up this morning at 5:30 to catch a flight out to Lubbock. I spent the day there visiting my grandparents–ages 95 and 86. They’re both ailing and I wanted to see them before the summer ended. I’m about to catch my flight back to Tulsa. I grew up in West Texas, out in […]
Archives for July 2007
The Tyranny of Choice
This is from The Paradox of Choice. When people have no choice, life is almost unbearable. As the number of available choices increases, as it has in our consumer culture, the autonomy, control, and liberation this variety brings are powerful and positive. But as the number of choices keeps growing, negative aspects of having a […]
July 26, 2007 by 9 Comments
Storytime
No time to blog right now. . . I’m within a hundred pages of being done with Harry Potter. . . Can’t stop reading. . . Will be useless until it’s finished. . . Update: I finished last night/this morning at 1 AM. What a fantastic ending to a well told story.
July 24, 2007 by 12 Comments
Random Declaration #11
My favorite coffee at Starbucks is Komodo Dragon, followed by Italian Roast, followed by Sumatra.
July 20, 2007 by 8 Comments
Missio Dei
Check out this new book by my friend Fred Peatross. Fred is a great thinker and writer who knows how to challenge what we think we already know. By the way, Fred is the only person on my “A Few of My Friends” blogroll to the right that I haven’t met personally. We’ve been interacting […]
July 19, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Catching Up With Garnett
It’s been about six months since the Leadership Journal article that Greg and I wrote was published. If you haven’t read it yet, you might want to read it and then check out these follow-up posts to it. Anti-Megachurch?New Sign Coming One of the things the article did was let a bunch of people in […]
July 18, 2007 by 5 Comments
Tend Your Garden
A message based on one of the most important lessons my dad taught me while growing up.
July 17, 2007 by 3 Comments
Emusic Anyone?
I’ve really been enjoying emusic. For 9.95 a month you get to download 30 non-restricted mp3 tracks that will play on whatever type of player you have. You can pick up some really good music from artists you’ve heard of and from some you haven’t. This is a great place to discover new music from […]
July 16, 2007 by 8 Comments
What You Regret
Back in May I blogged a bit from The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz. I’ve found it to be a fascinating book that deserves more than one post. One of the reasons I’ve enjoyed reading it is because Schwartz gives me this kind of stuff to think about. One study of regret had participants […]
July 12, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Tolerating Pain
There are many keys to being an effective leader. Just ask John Maxwell. One that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is one that I don’t hear talked about much at leadership conferences. In order to be an effective leader you have to be able to tolerate pain. Your own pain as well as […]
July 10, 2007 by 12 Comments
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons