Prosperity but at What Price?
We've got the most prosperous culture in human history and we've also got the biggest spiritual hole in human history. - Mark Victor Hansen
12.29.2011
12.27.2011
12.23.2011
12.08.2011
Mistakes
If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake. - F. Wikzek
12.05.2011
Teamwork!
A man may do an immense deal of good, if he does not care who gets the credit for it. - Father Strickland, 1863
Teamwork
is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the
heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without
becoming very good at it. - Brian Tracy
Individual
commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a
company work, a society work, a civilization work. - Vince Lombardi
11.26.2011
Opportunities.......
Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along. - Hugh Allen
If I were Opportunity, I wouldn't just knock, you'd have to sign. - Robert Brault
When
written in Chinese the word "crisis" is composed of two characters -
one represents danger and the other represents opportunity. - John F.
Kennedy
11.24.2011
Agnostic VS Judeo Christian View on Virtue
* Editor: The agnostic point of view quote below is attributed to Caesar Marcus Aurelius. There is some truth to the line about living virtuously just because you're aware that's how you should live and not Because you worship God. In other words if you live virtuously solely because you believe in the Judeo-Christian God, that reveals a lack of purity in your belief and behavior. You're only being a good person because of God not because you recognize how important it is to simply be a good person period. That's the point the speaker is making in that quote.
Whereas, the Judeo-Christian point of view is that yes, you should be a good person because that's the way you should behave without doubt. But,while being a good virtuous person you should eventually be motivated to seek truth and in seeking truth, the truth will be shown to you. Once the truth is revealed to you-you do one of two things. You either reject it or accept it-you'll never be the same again because you know the truth. The destination of your soul depends on how you react to truth being revealed to you.
11.17.2011
Exercise is More Important Than You Think
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. - Plato
A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs. - Joan Welsh
11.08.2011
The Talent for Being Happy is.....
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have. - Woody Allen
11.03.2011
Simplicity
Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food. - Frank A. Clark
Who is rich? He who rejoices in his portion. - The Talmud
Beware the barrenness of a busy life. - Socrates
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. - Vernon Howard
10.28.2011
Faith Centered Leadership
By Priscilla Archangel, Ph.D.
In the early 1960s, meteorologist Edward Lorenz presented his scientific findings that a "small change at one place in a nonlinear system can result in large differences to a later state"(1). This became known as The Butterfly Effect, or the law of sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Put simply, the theory is that a butterfly flapping its wings on one side of the earth can cause a hurricane in another part of the earth. Like a domino effect, the flapping of its wings sets wind currents in motion, which coupled with its position and a myriad of other factors and atmospheric conditions, can impact in the weather thousands of miles away. This small movement is barely enough to create a breeze felt by a human being, yet significant enough to create wind currents. A motion casually made, often taken for granted, yet it has a powerful impact.
The Butterfly Effect
I first learned about The Butterfly Effect from reading a short book of the same name written by Andy Andrews, a New York Times best-selling author. His point was to convey how much each person's life matters, because of the impact it has on others. An action, a spoken word, a decision, that I perceive to be insignificant can have a ripple effect on millions of people, either positively or negatively.
Come to think of it, some of the most powerful and controlling forces are also the smallest ones. The rudder on a ship is a small flat plane that directs the flow of water past it which in effect turns the ship. The tongue is a small part of our bodies, but when it speaks, it can start a war between nations, or kindle a great love between two people. A mustard seed is only 1-2 mm in diameter, yet Jesus said, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can speak to a mountain and cause it to move (Matthew 17:20). Each are small objects, but with a powerful outcome.
Well if each of these objects can have such a major impact on its surroundings, how can you use even a little bit of faith to impact your environment? Faith is when you place your confidence or trust in someone or something, even without proof of its ability to deliver. It's the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1).
The Ripple Effect of Faith
As a faith centered leader, how can you exert your faith for a business goal, an organizational objective, or a team priority. How can you focus your thoughts, your intangible ideas and abstract wanderings, on a desired outcome with sufficient confidence that it will indeed come to pass? It's simply a matter of perspective. Too often we're caught up in the moment of a seemingly insurmountable challenge; our scope of sight is too limited; our belief in the future too vague. We fail to grasp the significance of the impact of our faith; mountain moving, hurricane creating faith.
My prayer for you today is that God will open the eyes of your spirit, granting you understanding and insight to see a future positive potential in yourself, your team, and your organization that you've never before grasped. That you will no longer accept what is, but you will instead believe what can be. That your faith will be as vast as the wind currents created by the rippling of a butterfly's wings. That your faith will be strong enough to move mountains. That your faith will multiply your present resources. My prayer is that you will have the faith of a butterfly to set in motion actions that will cause a tsunami of blessings to people that you will never know, but by their very act will create a brighter future.
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect
Copyright 2011 Priscilla Archangel
Priscilla Archangel is an author, speaker, coach and consultant. She brings over 27 years of experience as an human resources executive for a Fortune 500 firm, where she helps organizations accomplish business objectives and cultural change; and coaches employees to discover their unique strengths and life purpose.
Her book, "The Call to Faith Centered Leadership: Transformational Lessons for Leaders in Challenging Times" is a compilation of 90 brief but engaging leadership development lessons from the Bible. Sign up to receive a free chapter of her book at http://www.PriscillaArchangel.com
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10.25.2011
John F. Kennedy on Crisis
When written in Chinese the word "crisis" is composed of two characters - one represents danger and the other represents opportunity. - John F. Kennedy
10.17.2011
Why Worry?
Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face. - Nelson DeMille
Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway. - Mary C. Crowley
10.13.2011
Trouble Forgiving? Consider This......
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. - George Herbert
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And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. - Philippians 4:8