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Uniquely Yours
You’re a weird one. No matter what anyone else says, you know that you’re not like everyone else. You may wish that sometimes, “Oh if only I was more like Sarah, or had an attitude like Timothy.” You can’t get away from the fact that you’re one-of-a-kind. This is a good thing. In fact, this…
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What’s your Treasure?
Imagine trolling along through the crystal clear waters of the Florida keys. The sun is shining out of a powder blue sky, the warm breezes are ruffling your hair, you check the thermometer and see 82. The weather couldn’t be better. But now imagine that your salvage license has gotten revoked, your son died a…
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So God Made a Farmer
Admit it, you watch the Superbowl more for the ads than anything else. I know, I know, the level of excellence in the two teams, striving to be the best in the country at running, tackling, passing, sacking and sweating is good too. Yet you enjoy the commercials more. Why is that? It’s because companies…
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The Law of the Vital Few
There are those moments when things come together. When a pursuit is verified by something unrelated. First Event, I just finished reading the Phenomenal book We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident: 12 Natural Laws of Freedom, Progress, and Success by Oliver DeMille. He makes the case in this book that even though most people talk a big…
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Cartoons in Church, John Lasseter and Focusing on a Dream
To have no knowledge of a Pixar movies is truly an achievement in this day and age. Try to imagine not knowing Lightning McQueen, or Mike and Sully. Dory and Nemo wouldn’t be stuck in your head every so often. Woody and Buzz would be lifeless. While not everyone has seen every pixar movie, but…
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The one thing to do in 2014
You’ve all heard the phrase, All Leaders are Readers. And this is true. If you’re hoping to lead, you need to be hungry to be grow. If you want to become more than the person you are now, then by definition you’ll need an outside source to draw from. Many people wonder what it would…
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A Sincere Smile
I’ve been reading the classic book, How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie recently. The second way to make other people like you according to this book is to simply smile. Out of the six ways to make others like you, this is the easiest one to start with. You don’t need any special…
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WordPress on Words
Your Words set you apart. You have a power that goes beyond muscles, or intellect, or even your skills. The words that we say can build up, tear apart, enable others or hold someone back. Words come at us in all different styles. Writing, speaking, movies, music, school, all these things are based in different…
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Welcome
Here’s the first post on the new blog! Looking forward to having some great discussion, exploring some new topics and hearing your take on things going on. Let’s just dive in here, I believe that everyone is called upon to lead in some capacity and in certain points in his or her life. The question…
Jon DeLange 