About a year ago I started entertaining the idea of utilizing a stand up desk at work. However, this idea was promptly thrown away once I started to research the costs of stand-up desks. Talk about EXPENSIVE! You would think these things were made of gold…who knew standing and working could cost so much more than regular sit-down desks. Have no fear, though. I knew there had to be a cheaper way to achieve this goal and was relentless on finding a way. Through much research I came across an IKEA hack that allowed me to build a stand-up desk for under $80. Here’s how:
If we desire to grow and reach our potential, we must pay more attention to our character than to our success. We must recognize that personal growth means more than expanding our minds and adding to our skills. It means increasing our capacity as human beings. It means maintaining core integrity, even when it hurts. It means being who we should be, not just being where we want to be. It means maturing our souls.
- John Maxwell, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
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We learned that part of our obligation to our good employees was weeding out the bad ones.
Continue Reading...At first I was troubled by my doubts. The notion of a living God was a big leap, especially for someone with a logical mind like mine. Surrendering yourself to an Almighty is a challenge to the ego. But I came to realize that struggles and doubts are natural parts of faith. If you haven’t doubted, you probably haven’t thought very hard about what you believe.
Continue Reading...In a previous post, “Getting Things Done with the GTD Method,” I provided a brief overview of GTD and why this is my preferred work/time management method. I promised that I would provide a post that shows how I implemented the GTD method. I have decided to create this implementation guide into a seven part series because there is just too much information to cover in one blog post. Here is Part 5 of the series – Evernote.
Ford went on to list the things he would no longer tolerate at the company. “Here is what we will not stand for: incremental change, avoiding risk, thinking short-term, blocking innovation, tying our people’s hands, defending procedures that don’t make sense, and selling what we have instead of what the customer wants,” he said. “In short, we will not stand for business as usual.”
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In a previous post, 7 Reasons Why You Need Key Results Areas, I discussed the importance of KRAs in your organization. In this post, we will look at how to implement KRAs in 5 easy steps.
The degree of difficulty in implementing KRAs will depend on the culture of your organization. If you have a culture that is team oriented, results driven, and passionate about improvement then implementation will be relatively easy. If you have a culture that is individually oriented, agenda driven, and have employees that resist change then implementation will be more difficult.
Either way, the steps will remain the same…you will just have to work harder. In the wrong culture, KRAs will be viewed upon as a control tool used by management. This is not the case, and this should be communicated as so. KRAs will help improve communication between leaders and their team members, establish clear boundaries for each team member, and break down silos.
We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us.
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We have all had that job where we know we were hired to do a specific job, but it seems that we don the title of “jack-of-all-trades. There seems to be no clear boundaries established on who does what. You never seem to be doing your job because you’re busy doing someone else’s. The chaos can be attributed to lack of Key Results Areas.
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