Blog – Concepts That Create Distinctions

  Jonah is the story of a caterpillar who God wraps in a transforming cocoon. The caterpillar wriggles uncomfortably through the whole process and complains constantly. Then, the cocoon tears open and out wriggles an irritated caterpillar, who never had any desire at all to be a butterfly. Why didn’t Jonah transform? What does it

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  Sometimes you realize a word you’ve been using frequently is one you poorly understand.  Such was the case with “identity” for me a few years ago.  I knew one’s identity was the answer to the question “Who am I?”  Yet, the answer to that question only begged for more questions.  So I set out

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  One of the most striking encounters of presence that I have experienced was at Monticello, the historic home of America’s third president, Thomas Jefferson. The sky was dark gray and looked as if it might open and release a torrent at any moment as the Jefferson actor began to speak. There were 20 or

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  This morning I was coaching a client who I’ve come to love coaching. I wasn’t sure I would. He doesn’t exactly fit my niche, and frankly, I was a little worried he might not find the coaching as valuable as the price I charged him. This has not been the case. And one reason

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  I don’t know who first came up with the phrase, but the first I heard it was from Tiger Woods.  After a relatively poor showing early in his career, he told the sports reporter he just didn’t have his A-game for those 18 holes of golf.  For most golfers, Tiger’s B-game would be a

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  The keys to partnership are not well documented. Since partnership has changed my life, my desire is to understand it as fully as possible. With this post, it’s my intent to lay out five keys that create strong, healthy partnerships. My focus for this article is a business partnership, but I think these keys

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