Real Loss
I write these words from a conference in Barcelona the day after learning that one of our team members passed away over the weekend. He left work Saturday morning, and from what I gather over here, had an event that led to his passing over the weekend. It was only a month ago that we […]
Mid-Year Reflections
This is the last post for the month of June, which means the next time I post we will be in to the second half of 2019. So, as I am accustomed to reflecting at the mid-year and year-end, what follows is an assortment of reflections based on the first six months of the year. […]
3 Lessons I Have Learned Working With My Sisters
I chuckle when I ask others if they would like to work with their siblings because I usually get a sarcastic response in return. “We would kill each other,” I often hear. My sisters and I have chosen to do exactly this, and we haven’t killed each other yet! All kidding aside, this has made […]
#TheoThursday: Leadership Prayers
Want to be a leader, which is someone others follow? Here are three non-negotiable traits. Being a #TheoThursday post, I’ll frame these as prayer requests because they originated in a text-exchange early one morning between Nate (a subscriber and reader of BIB) and myself. Pray for the courage to do what is necessary. To be […]
Bonus Post: Lessons from Last Week
I learned that you can’t practice enough, especially in preparation for a talk. Repetition is key. I learned that it is better to be bold – be the real you – than to be someone else. I learned that visiting customers in person is THE work of business development. The skill for the twenty-first century […]
Invest in Strengths, not Weaknesses
Let’s say, hypothetically, that you have a child that is getting 2 A’s and 1 B and one C on their latest school report card. Which class would you have them focus on? This question has sort of become akin to the “are you a glass half empty or glass half full” question as it […]