Here is the list of books I’m reading to start the new year. Book I didn’t finish in 2011 The Doctrine of God, John Frame This will take me some time to work through. New books Money, possessions and eternity, Randy Alcorn In Search of Balance, Richard Swenson (author of Margins) In Search of Balance …
Category: Musings
Axioms
Some of the best leaders and communicators are great leaders and communicators because they can motivate and inspire others not just with the power of their personality, but with the power of their word. One element of communication that great leaders and communicators understand is the need for simple yet powerful axioms. Axioms are pithy …
Reposting
I’ve been blogging for 4 years now. 340 blog post published and 33 drafts waiting to be finished and published. The last couple of months have been busier than normal so I haven’t created much new content. Then today someone mentioned a blog post I posted a year ago, which made me realize–there are some …
Image, Reputation, Character and Integrity
Musings about self-identity, projection, perception and reality. Image Image is what we want people to think of us. Image is the caricature we have in mind that we wish people would see when they see us. Trying to live up to an image of ourselves while self-serving also results in “people pleasers.” Reputation Reputation is …
Temptation, Behavior and Identity
Some very random thoughts. In the minds of many and in the perception of the world, our identity is tied to our basic drives and responses. When we meet people we tend to start with two basic questions, “Where do you life?” and “What do you do?” For many their identity is tied to their …
Identifying your Idols
This is a repost, first seen on Resurgence, but are from the a book Seeing With New Eyes by David Powlison. For other good self-diagnostic questions see https://stevekilgore.com/fluency/485/self-evaluation-in-silence/ Here are the questions: What do I worry about most? What, if I failed or lost it, would cause me to feel that I did not even …
For those of us who are average
We live in a world of specialists. The academic world is becoming increasingly an environment where you learn to do something specific. The business world (profit or not for-profit) is increasingly looking for specialists. There is even a common principle–do less to do more. This is based on the principle of specialization. The idea being, …