Seth Godin
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Seth’s Stamps for Emails
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1 min read
Email is already broken. And it’s going to get a lot worse. We need a lot more than individual inbox zero tactics.
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You Have to Choose
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3 min read
In the internet age, we’re all content creators. This didn’t start with the internet, but with us. We all have something to say.
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Writing Goals for 2016
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4 min read
We all need goals. I see them like the map to the destination. I won’t know when to turn where until I get to the road anyway, but at least I know my direction. I’ve taken on my three words for this year and am making them more a part of my routine. I remain conscious…
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Simple, bold, NOW!
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6 min read
Several years ago, I made a nearly nightly trip to Barnes & Noble to read and write. I had discovered Seth Godin’s books Tribes and The Dip and I was starting another: Lynchpin. This was the book I was looking for. In a very literal and figurative way. It was the book. The book I…
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Build Systems or Leaders?
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3 min read
Which is more important: the system or the leader? Since arriving at St. Paul’s, which is a pastoral-sized congregation*, I’ve figured out that much of the structure of the church is based on specific leaders doing specific tasks, rather than systems. I’m not sure how to feel about this. *[a pastoral-sized congregation is what many…
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Good Enough Isn’t
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3 min read
My wife and I don’t watch home improvement shows that often, but occasionally, we’ll have HGTV on for most the afternoon, forgetting that it isn’t really our cup of tea. I got sucked into a couple of episodes of a show about flipping houses. Again, not my thing, but at the time it was strangely…