“People are afraid to celebrate winning the battle, because the war hasn’t been won yet.” – Kent Singletary A few weeks ago, I was having a conversation with Kent, our Momentum Coach, and we were talking about completing the Financial Peace University (FPU) Baby Steps. That’s when he shared with me the above quote. (Yes,
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The Wall Street Journal recently reported something that I just had to share; banks and Indian reservations are now hookin’ up to do payday loans. Some of them are charging 300% for the loan! Now let me give you some background. Payday loan companies have been charging outrageous rates to customers for years. Now granted,
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One day I was talking with one of our in-house geniuses, Tim Walsh, about customer service. He shared a story with me about two sales competitors who were trying to sell him on their products. I asked him to send me the story so I could share it with you. The new year brought big
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As a leader, one of my pet peeves is watching other leaders not take responsibility. In fact, I think it’s ridiculous for a person to be in leadership, if their only goal is to make themselves look good; and yet I see it all the time.I watch leaders who are very proud of the title,
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I was honored to be able to present our Momentum program at the Christian Stewardship Network conference in Dallas. This is a group of leaders who have dedicated to disciplining people in the Word on the need for total stewardship. Each day they start out the event with praise and worship. On the first day,
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I love the Live Events team!! In nineteen years of leading people, they are the best team I have ever led! They know that I care about them deeply. One way that they know about this is my open door policy. It’s pretty simple; if my door is open, you can bug me with whatever
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This past week I had the pleasure of doing a video shoot for our curriculum department. I was asked by the lovely and talented Cheryl Brehm to speak to college freshmen about the importance of using a personality profile to pick a major. I also talked to graduating seniors about how important it is to
Sent to me by the incredible Aaron West The Penalty of Leadership is the title of a Cadillac advertisement that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, on January 2, 1915. (It has been in the beginning of their owners manuals for years.) It is a very powerful writing that was written for Cadillac by Theodore
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So I was reading a post that Michael Hyatt put out about the importance of signing up for a half marathon and getting out there and exercising. And I have to say that I absolutely agree. Every year a bunch of people at Dave Ramsey‘s office sign up for the Country Music Marathon & 1/2,
Last week I was sitting in my hotel room in Colorado Springs. I turned the TV on for some background noise, no particular channel. I was blogging, so I wasn’t really listening to what was going on. Until something jumped out at me. Turns out it was MSNBC, and they were reporting on the jobless