“Drive thy business or it will drive thee.” – Benjamin Franklin Think about it. Benjamin Franklin, one of the famed Founding Fathers of America, shared these words regarding business. Consider Franklin the businessman and inventor, even the philanthropist, not the diplomat and ambassador. Franklin was a publisher of Poor Richard’s Almanac as well as a [...]
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Nuts and Bolts
Posted in books, business, wisdom on January 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Seek Success
Posted in books, business, entrepreneurship, nonprofit, start-up on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.” ― John C. Maxwell Let me put some things in perspective for the would-be or wanna-be entrepreneur. Simply put: talk is cheap. You either need to put up or shut up. That being said, let me go a step further. You need [...]
Literate Leaders
Posted in books, leadership, sites on December 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ― Frederick Douglass “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.” ― Mark Twain I grew up reading. I love history. Civil War books really had my attention. Westerns came right after that. Biographies [...]
Being Broken into Pieces
Posted in books, poetry, prophecy, tagged broken pieces, ebook, poetry on December 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, “Because you despise this word and trust in oppression and perverseness and rely on them, therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant; and its breaking is like [...]
Beyond Being Broken
Posted in books, expressions, healing, poetry, suffering, writing, tagged broken, lamentations, pain, poetry on October 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: 13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. 14 And he shall break [...]
Learn of Him
Posted in Bible, books, gospel, study on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. – Matthew 11:29 (NIV) The Lord beckons the believer to learn of Him. He desires us to seek Him out. He desires us to search Him out in the Scriptures. [...]
Marketing Christian Content Beyond the Norm
Posted in blogs, books, multimedia, networking, poetry, tagged calling, daily, ministry, service on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Christian writers need to tap into their creativity just as much as any other writers. It is especially necessary when you are a freelancer, when your gigs are not a steady of stream of syndicated newspaper columns or a growing base of endearing readers due to all of the advertising and marketing dollars that go [...]
Coin a Phrase
Posted in blogs, books, tips, training, writers, tagged community, help, support on May 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“To be or not to be…” “Beware of the Ides of March…” “Something is afoul in Denmark…” “Et tu, Brute?…” Hamlet . Julius Caesar. Shakespeare wrote all of these words. They are contained within his plays and have echoed on stage and in classrooms for years. We can say that we don’t put [...]
