In 1790, upon his death, Benjamin Franklin was a very rich man. He was the most famous person in the world, even more famous than George Washington, who had just finished his first year as President of the United States. In his will, Franklin made a strange bequest. He left one thousand pounds ($125,000 […]
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Introduction: Walking into my first all-day Strategic Planning session as the coach of a vital county non-profit, I admit I was a little nervous. Soon, learning that one of the participants had marked this day in her calendar as “Strategic Planning Misery” instead of “Strategic Planning Meeting” did not calm my nerves. I had a
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Early one morning, I pulled up to Rick’s tire sales shop, shut off my truck, and began to gather myself. Rick had agreed to meet me early at his shop for a one-on-one referral meeting. I had met Rick at a networking event, so this concept of a one-on-one meeting was something he was
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A major newspaper ran this article: “Missouri pastor lived a lifetime of lies. How he was exposed as an abuser and fraud.” I had known this pastor, Justin, for over 20 years. At one point, he ended up working for our denomination and was the key driver in scheduling a coach training class that
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