People ask quite a few questions about the name Strategic Monk. Where did you get that name? What kind of a name is that? What does that mean? What was that name again? Most of the questions are about the monk part. People want to know whether I am a real monk, and what my […]
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Leadership is not boring. Some people think that leadership is all about predictability; doing what you know how to do well and repeating good results. While I admire consistency and dependability, doing what you know you do well again and again sounds pretty boring to me. Leadership is meeting new challenges. On one level, we
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Leadership is contagious. We do not become leaders by reading about leadership. We do not become leaders by thinking about it. We catch leadership from other people. The seeds of our own understanding of leadership are planted in us by people sharing leadership with us. The ways we recognize and appreciate leadership grow in us, shaped
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We are explorers. Our earliest experiences as young children are exploring what is around us, learning how the world works. We are fearless, and eager to learn by trying. Explorers set out on a journey without having been there before, without really knowing what challenges they will face. They prepare, they learn as much as
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Leadership is not about becoming someone else; leadership is sharing who you are. People tend to think that becoming a leader is being more like leaders who have gone before us. They try to emulate or even copy the actions of leaders they admire. Students of history draw parallels to situations faced by past leaders.
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I believe in things that are hand crafted. I value the skill and time it takes to make something by hand, maybe because I am so inept at making things with my own hands. I do not really know much about art and design; I know what I like, which is usually what I have
1. When did you first recognize that you were a leader? Early in my childhood I was instilled with core values from both my parents to lead a life that serves others and to be mindful that we each have a purpose within that is one to not only serve the gifts and talents we
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Some people hear about what I do or see that my website says Leadership, Pilgrimage, Revelry and ask, “Why Leadership? How does leadership fit with what you do?” The power of leadership is that it brings out the best in people toward goals that grow from shared values. Leaders turn vision into reality and help the people
I wanted to learn more about my friend Jared Callahan, who is a youth pastor in San Diego, and he agreed to answer a few of my questions. Here is the second of two parts: 6. Jared, when do your feel most present to God? When does God seem most transcendent? I feel most present to
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Leadership is not predictable. Some of the people who work with me do not see the selves as leaders, and do not really want to be leaders because they think leadership is boring. They have been told that leadership is a set of skills that will give them the tools to they need to deal
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