Archive for August, 2009

I’ve Discovered a Breakthrough Marketing Secret

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On Saturday, August 1st, I posted a YouTube video about a unique wedding where the wedding party all came in dancing to a Chris Brown song entitled, “Forever.” I got to looking at it, and as I was, I started getting emails and twitters.  And even on yahoo, it’s one of the number one posts.  Everyone, it seemed, was discovering this unique, happy, feel-good video at about the… Read More

 

Mega Church Envy

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Everyone, it seems to me, wants to be successful in his or her chosen field.  For me, what I do is a calling; not a job, not a profession, and not a career, although I hope I bring all the seriousness and commitment all of those categories denote.

The highest aspiration among American churches is to one day be a mega church.  I call it mega church envy.  We… Read More

 

Are You Willing to Look Foolish?

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Why is it we’re so image-conscious and afraid of what other people think?

The truth is, before you’re really good at anything, you’re going to be really bad, and therefore you’re going to look bad.  Or, in other words, you’re going to look foolish.  And therein I think is the problem of a lot of really smart people.

You can be smart, gifted, and talented.  You can have native… Read More