Sometimes you learn from positive role models. Often you learn from negative ones. This is one of the reasons I love to read history—you inevitably get both.
After watching Steven Spielberg’s movie Lincoln, I decided to review Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. I had read this book a few years ago. It is a page-turning account of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and his political genius.
I’m will be speaking to the LifeChurch congregation. LifeChurch began in 1990 under the name “Church on the Move” with fourteen people in attendance. Today, LifeChurch is a thriving church with four campuses and a passion to empower ordinary people to live an extraordinary life.
| Date: | August 11, 2013 |
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| Time: | 09:45-10:25 a.m. |
| Event: | LifeChurch Worship Services |
| Topic: | The Leader’s Heart |
| Sponsor: | LifeChurch |
| Venue: | LifeChurch Allentown |
| Location: | Allentown, PA |
| Public: | Public |
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In this episode, I talk about the benefits of keeping a journal. I also share my own practice and offer a few tips. Whether you have never journaled, need a little motivation to keep going, or are just curious about what others do, I think you will find this episode helpful.
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Please join me for a free, LIVE Platform University Q&A Teleseminar on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time (7:00 pm Central, 6:00 pm Mountain, 5:00 pm Pacific).
As you may have heard, last week we opened the doors to Platform University. So far, almost one thousand people have joined. The level of engagement has been incredible.
Every year, I meet incredibly interesting people. You may think I’m thinking of famous people. Yes, famous people can certainly be interesting. Equally interesting, at least to me, are people I meet in everyday life.
For example,
A few days ago, I spoke to a group of a thousand plus real estate professionals on the topic of Platform. I walked them through my five-part framework.
As usual, I ended with fifteen minutes of questions and answers. I got my usual top three questions:
Inside your head and mine, there is a narrator. He or she is constantly telling us stories. These stories shape how we perceive reality.
In fact, if we don’t intervene, these stories can shape our destiny for the worse. Or, if we are intentional and take control of the narrative, these stories can shape our destiny for good.
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I’m pleased to announce that Platform University is officially open. My team has been working on it for months, and I am so excited to be able to share it with you.
I won’t repeat what we have on the Platform University site, but I would like to encourage you to check it out today.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I bought an iPad Mini and am loving it. It goes with me everywhere. It is what I think the iPad should have been from the start.
Since writing that post, I have been asked numerous times about which iPad applications I use. I thought I’d share here my top ten favorites. These are the applications I am using daily.
Content Success Summit 2013 is a live online conference that will enable you to increase your exposure, grow a loyal following and achieve sales growth with content marketing techniques. The world’s leading content marketing pros will show you how.
| Date: | February 14, 2013 |
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| Time: | 02:00 p.m. |
| Event: | Content Success Summit |
| Topic: | Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World |
| Sponsor: | Social Media Examiner |
| Venue: | Virtual Event |
| Location: | Virtual Event |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
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If you are a public speaker, you owe it to yourself to check out PodiumCue. It is a simple app that manages your speaker notes. You use simple swipe gestures to move from point to point. The color coding makes it possible always to know where you are in your talk. It is incredibly easy to use.