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Time Savers, Life Takers
Leadership is broken because leaders are unbroken You have the watch, we have the time –African proverb Well, Apple has the watch anyway! Mac has taken a bite out of the apple with its heart measuring, health monitoring, run pacing—and, oh yeah, time telling—watch. There’s a whole new world of time savers available in any language from IOS to Android to Windows. And there’s all those other tech time savers like DVRs, online banking, texting, caller ID, and navigational tools, Yes, and Evernote and Dropbox too, both of which have cost me more time trying to figure out how to use than they ever saved me. That’s my problem, I’m…
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Part 3- Showing Love through Quality Time
This past week my youngest child left for basic training. He chose to go into the Reserves so that he could pursue serving his country and get his college degree. When I sat down to write him a card of encouragement before he left, all I could think about was how much I was going to miss him. I thought about how difficult it was to let go of him knowing he could eventually be in truly dangerous situations. I thought about how not being able to communicate with him for weeks and months at a time was going to try my soul as a mother. What I wanted to…
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Make the Holidays People Time
I'm an introvert, but I love people, and I'm looking forward to special times during the holidays with family and friends. But I know I'll also need some alone time with God to refuel. Too much time with people over a short time wears me out. That's how God wired me, and all you other introverts too. My mother was an introvert who ultimately lived as a recluse. I don't want to turn out like that. So I've been pondering ways to make sure I keep community central to life. Whether you are an extrovert or an introvert we all need authentic community and the holidays provide wonderful opportunities to…
