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Archive for May, 2007

Posted on May 31, 2007

Leadership Lessons from Obi-Wan Kenobi

This is the second in a series of blog posts celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Wars. These movies are some of my favorites but also have some great quotes. Master them and strong in the force you will be.
Today we are looking at some leadership principles from Obi-Wan Kenobi. This strong Jedi warrior wasn’t [...]

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Posted on May 31, 2007

Learn Like A Painter – ChurchRelevance.com

This is a great post by Kent Shaffer at ChurchRelevance.com. Check out the blog post “Learn Like A Painter.”

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Posted on May 30, 2007

Leadership Lessons from Yoda

As you may know, I’m a big Star Wars fan (and by Star Wars fan I mean the original Star Wars, not the new stuff).
In honor of the Star Wars 30th Anniversary I thought I would share some leadership advice over the next couple of days from the movies. Today’s leadership principles come from that [...]

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Posted on May 30, 2007

Microsoft Surface

Ok, let me start off by saying that I’m not a huge fan of Microsoft. Their products and operating systems are overly complicated and overpriced. But regardless of how I feel about their products I know that they have some remarkably creative, out-of-the-box people working for them.
In 2001 Steve Bathiche & Andy Wilson (part of [...]

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Posted on May 29, 2007

Emily & Eggplant

You’ve got to read this story on my brother’s blog about my 3-year-old Emily. It’s pretty cute. Emily sure is a handfull but you would never guess it from this picture, would you?

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Posted on May 27, 2007

Enjoying the moment

I just finished working all afternoon on putting in my new deck (a much bigger project than anticipated). Lisa and I finished laying the kids down and sat in the back yard in our swing. We ended up staying out there talking until almost 11:00. The stars began to come out one by one and [...]

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Posted on May 25, 2007

Lexus “Moments” Commercial

I love this commercial! This is a great example of the fourth Lexus principle to share in their customers’ passion to make the most of every moment. It’s simply done but very well written. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think of it.

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Posted on May 25, 2007

Lessons from Lexus (part 4)

The fourth principle from Lexus talks about why they do what they do.

We celebrate our customers’ personal goals and achievements, and share in their passion for making the most of every moment.

For a Lexus dealer, it’s more than just trying to sell someone a car. They should recognize that when a potential customer walks through [...]

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Posted on May 24, 2007

Newest Poll

Check out my latest poll to the right. It addresses the really deep question we all think about…if we could have any super-power, what would it be??
Vote and let me know what you think.

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Posted on May 24, 2007

Lessons from Lexus (part 3)

I’d like to focus in this post on the third Lexus principle from the Lexus Dealer Branding book my friend Tom loaned me.
We are profoundly respectful of our customers’ time and total experience.
The first thing that comes to mind when� I think of how this relates to ministry is the length and content of our [...]

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