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28 Jun 2010

How to change the world

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You change the world by not only inspiring people to action but showing them clearly how to take that action.

I am just finishing off reading Everyone Communicates, Few Connect by John Maxwell. As I was reading today – this jumped out -

I once read the statistic that 95% of the people in an audience understand what’s being communicated and agree with the speaker’s point of view. However, they do not know how to apply what’s being said to their lives.

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07 May 2010

6 Steps to a happy (and useful) meeting!

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Meetings! Love them or hate them – they are a part of our lives. Try as we might – we can’t escape them.

I came across the following from Matthew 27:1 this morning:

..They (the chief priest and the elders) convened a council meeting whose sole purpose was to hand down Jesus’ death sentence. (The Voice translation).

And this thought occurred to me: “Well, at least the meeting had a purpose, they got that bit right!”
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