Global Leadership Summit: My Personal Leadership Development Recharge

Posted On August 10, 2011 2 Comments

Global Leadership Summit personal leadership developmentNothing recharges my personal leadership “batteries” like the Global Leadership Summit, founded by Bill Hybels, lead pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in Chicagoland.

I’ve attended the Global Leadership Summit for 13 years at one of the first live videocast locations – Kentwood Community Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where I served on the pastoral staff for 10 years.

2011 Global Leadership Summit Speakers

The 2011 Global Leadership Summit happens this Thursday and Friday, August 11 and 12, and features some of the top leaders in the business, education, government, and compassion arenas who will share their real-life strategies for personal and organizational turnaround, including: [Read more…]

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Use Career Notify and Facebook to Find Your Next Job

Posted On August 10, 2011 3 Comments

Use Facebook to find job Career NotifyIf you’re in the market for a new job or career, you probably know that one of the most effective ways to find your next position is to tap into your social network.

Asking friends and acquaintances for referrals and recommendations is one of the best ways I’ve landed new positions over the years.

In fact, I’ve had a couple of jobs that weren’t even advertised to the public, thanks to my friends’ insider connections.

But what if the job you want is the job one of your friends currently has?  Career Notify can help! [Read more…]

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Work-Life Balance Lessons from Two Entrepreneurs

Posted On August 3, 2011 2 Comments

Work-Life Balance Challenges for EntrepreneursI just watched a video (click above to view it) from MSNBC on two entrepreneurs who were driven to make drastic changes and cuts in their businesses.

Was it the bad economy that led them to cut back?  Or uncertainty about the looming debt crisis in America?

No.  It was the desire to gain more sanity and balance in their personal and professional lives.

In the five-minute video segment, Mary Leonard, owner of Chocolat Celeste, and Dan Wedge, owner of Dove and Hudson Old Books, each came to the point where they needed to reinvent themselves and their businesses.

They realized that they could continue to build and grow their business in the way they had been doing it, but it would come at a great personal cost of them investing more time in their business.  

So they made radical change instead. [Read more…]

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Best of Money Carnival: Work-Life Balance Edition

Posted On July 25, 2011 17 Comments

Top money blog postsThis week, I have the privilege of hosting Best of Money Carnival #113 at Life Compass Blog.

If this is your first time here, I welcome you and invite you to take some time to look around.  I write about how to create more focus, balance, freedom and fulfillment in your life and work.

Money is definitely an important topic here, because how we make it, save it, and spend it will all have an impact on our sense of life balance, freedom and fulfillment – in positive or negative ways.

Best of Money Carnival: Work-Life Balance Edition

More than 50 bloggers from around the world submitted their best money or personal finance blog post for consideration in this week’s Best of Money Carnival. I’ve narrowed them down to the top 10 money posts that relate to work-life balance: [Read more…]

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What’s Your Favorite Summer Activity to Boost Your Work-Life Balance?

Posted On July 22, 2011 Leave a Comment

restore work life balance in the summerDo you have any summer traditions or activities that help you improve or restore your work-life balance?

I travel a lot for work, and summer is one of my busier travel times.

But it’s also one of my family’s favorite times of the year for enjoying the great outdoors.

This creates a bit of tension and frustration for all involved, because we end up missing some great things we could have enjoyed if I didn’t have to be away at that particular time.

Gratefully, we’ve discovered one thing that really helps restore my sense of work-life balance, and helps our family grow closer together:  a holiday at a cottage on a lake. [Read more…]

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Free Copy of Dani Johnson’s “First Steps to Wealth” Book

Posted On July 13, 2011 13 Comments

Dani Johnson First Steps to Wealth bookDani Johnson, star of the ABC show “Secret Millionaire,”  is giving away free copies of her new book, First Steps to Wealth, for a limited time (you just have to pay for shipping).

I watched bits of the show a few times last year, but didn’t really learn about her story until I saw her on a TV interview yesterday, talking about her new book.

Dani Johnson grew up on welfare, was pregnant at 17, homeless at 21, and a millionaire at 23.

From all that she’s been through, she definitely has something to say about how to overcome adversity, get out of debt, change your life, and build wealth!

In the book, she talks about topics like how to… [Read more…]

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