My Thoughts and Articles
The Hymn of the Enneagram Six
Have you ever listened to a song and felt like it was speaking right to you? I was at church awhile back and had that experience during the praise/worship time. Afterward, I was reflecting on what it was about the song that spoke to me, and I realized it touched ...
How to Run Your Meetings Like a Movie
I was listening to a podcast by Patrick Lencioni the other day, and the topic was how to run your meetings like a movie. It was an interesting title, but I was skeptical. I think there was a part of me that was resigned to the idea that meetings were always ...
Create a Plan
This post is Part 6 in a 6-part blog series on Balance. (If you missed the first post, you can find it here.) Now that you have identified an area of your life that is out of balance, and brainstormed what the opposite might look like in that area of ...
Brainstorm the Opposite
This post is Part 5 in a 6-part blog series on Balance. (If you missed the first post, you can find it here.) What Now? Now that you have completed the SPIES assessment, you hopefully have at least some idea of the area(s) of your life where you might be ...
The Balance Assessment
This post is Part 4 in a 6-part blog series on Balance. (If you missed the first post, you can find it here.) When we think about living a balanced life, what are the key areas of life to think about? There are probably a bunch of different ways to ...
How Did We Get Here?
This post is Part 3 in a 6-part blog series on Balance. (If you missed the first post, you can find it here.) If living a balanced life is so adaptive, how do we get so UN-balanced? Why is obtaining balance such a challenge for most people? I think our ...
