Brad Lomenick is the author of 3H Leadership and the visionary behind the Catalyst movement for young leaders where he served for over 12 years. He is passionate about equipping, inspiring and releasing the next generation of young Christian leaders.
Would you agree that a person could be very knowledgeable yet very unchanged by that knowledge?
We know what food is good for us, yet many times we choose to ignore that knowledge. We know overspending is bad and will lead to serious consequences, yet we frequently overextend ourselves financially. We know that in order to become “great,” we need to humble ourselves and serve, yet too often we use our position and power to lord it over others and to manipulate them in order to satisfy our egos.
From the time we are born until we die (I suppose), we all seem to have a lot of questions. As a little child, we want to know “Why is the sky blue?” “Why do fish swim underwater?” “Why do you do that?” and more!!
As a youth, we want to know “Why can’t I stay out as late as my friends?” “Why can’t I watch that on TV or at the movies?” “Why do I have to clean my room? No one ever goes in my room.” And again, more!!
One of the great privileges of my adult life is to live in close proximity to my parents. My dad’s three-decade pastoral adventure led him from northwest Missouri to churches in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nebraska and Ohio. Now with him retired from full-time ministry, I count it a sweet and extraordinary blessing that they have permanently landed less than three miles away from my home in Bourbonnais, Illinois.
Last week, my daughter, Holley, reminded me of an extremely important leadership, and life, principle. The stuff that comes out is only as good as the stuff that goes in.
This simple principle is first attributed to George Fuechsel, an early IBM programmer and instructor. Fuechsel is said to have used "garbage in, garbage out" as a concise way of reminding his students that a computer just processes what it is given (TechTarget., March 2008).
News flash: Easter isn’t over. In fact, for most Christians, it will continue through May 15 this year.
Generally, we just seem to assume that Easter is a single day – a Sunday that shows up sometime in the spring, never on the same date as the year before. It’s here. And then, poof, it’s gone.
Born to an unwed mother. Shuffled through foster care. High school drop-out. Fired from his first two jobs. At first glance, Rex was not what most people would describe as “leadership material.”
But the Colonel saw otherwise.
Kemmons Wilson Jr. (whose family founded the Holiday Inn chain) serves as the Chairman of the Board of Wilson Hotel Management. In this podcast, Kemmons talks about what it was like growing up as a son of a very successful father, and how the lessons he's learned helped him to launch his own business.
Kemmons shares how his belief that God designed each of us uniquely helped him become secure "in his own skin" instead of living in his father's shadow.
Here are some great quotes from today's podcasts:
Some time ago, an Italian newspaper interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the end of the interview the journalist asked these two questions:
“What is your biggest regret in life?” and “What do you consider a mistake that you would never want to make again?”
Vladimir Putin confidently answered: “I will be quite frank with you. I cannot recollect anything of the kind. By the grace of God, I have nothing to regret in my life.”
