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  • You Haven’t Told Them Until You’ve Shown Them

    The following is an edited and abridged excerpt from a talk I recently gave about the distinction between Information and Communication. It occurred to me that this may be useful as a companion to the audio recording. I hope it helps!   Imagine you’re on stage in front of a bunch of people.  They’re all looking…

  • Creating a Creative Life by Playing the Part of a Fool

    "Most people can't dream too big, cause they have things to keep."  –song lyric by Sugarland In the days of monarchs, in which nearly every hill or dale was the domain of a small feudal lord called Sir or Count or Duke, court jesters were often employed. These professional fools were given license for a…

  • The Package Our Abilities Present to the Desires of Our Hearts

    John Lasseter and the Pixar Phenomenon Let me start with a confession: I cried during Toy Story 3 – twice! Call me a softy (or an idiot), but those little cartoon characters and their situation just pulled hard at the old tear ducts. Just to put things into perspective, the last movie to affect me…

  • Reasons and Results – The Sermon Made Me Do It

    It was bound to happen and one day it did, Papa came home and it was just us kids . . . Oops, that's a country song. Well, anyway, it WAS bound to happen (not that I'm a fatalist or anything). It was a bright and sunny North Carolina morning and my ten-year-old and I…

  • Sprezzatura – Excellence Made to Look Easy

    Count Baldassare Castiglione, in the 15th century in Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Book of the Courtier) wrote about a concept packed into the Italian word: sprezzatura.  Officially meaning nonchalance, Castiglione took the definition of sprezzatura a bit further, explaining that the best courtier, or gentleman, was capable of incredible adroitness at things, but yet at the…

  • State – Illustrate – Apply

    If you've ever tried to preach a sermon you will immediately hold in higher regard those who do it for a living. I will never forget the first time I was given the honor of trying to handle the Word for others. I think I prepared for over twenty-four hours for a sermon that lasted…

  • The Ass Carrying the Image

    Aesop's collection of fables has provided many a generation with wisdom, wit, and instruction on how to live properly. One of the most profound fables therein is called The Ass Carrying the Image*:     A sacred image was being carried to the temple. It was mounted on an Ass adorned with garlands and gorgeous trappings,…

  • Leaders as Service Revolvers

    A farmer ambled along the lonely country road heading to his humble farm one dusk evening when he dozed and ran off the road. Ditches were deep in those parts and his overloaded pickup truck sank far into the muddy crevice and came to rest on its side. Unfortunately, the farmer had been hauling both…

  • Don’t Just Tell Them – Tell Them A Story

    Color movies were instantly more popular than the previous black and white variety. Children ask for stories to be told them but resist direct instruction. We remember what we see much better than what we merely hear. All these and more speak to the fact that communication is almost always best when aligned with the…

  • The Best Leaders Have Fun

    "It's kind of fun to do the impossible," said Walt Disney. "People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing," wrote Dale Carnegie. "I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun," said Thomas Edison. "If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation.…