Should a Christian seek power and influence in the world? Or is it wrong for humble Christian men and women to desire, plan, strategize, and passionately pursue powerful roles in society, culture, and government? Is ambition for social and political recognition to gain the ability to direct policy that shapes tomorrow wrong?
Read MoreIn his book The Conviction to Lead, Dr. Mohler seeks to eliminate the dichotomy of what he calls Believers and Leaders amongst Christians.
Read MoreFew men have been so passionately loved and feared as General Jim Mattis.
In his book, Call Sign Chaos, Mattis walks his eager audience through his extensive career as a Marine Officer and then into his two-year stint as the Secretary of Defense to President Donald Trump.
Read More“The crisis of leadership today is the mediocrity or irresponsibility of so many of the men and women in power, but leadership rarely rises to the full need for it” (1).
Burns wrote those words 43 years. Years later, we have leadership books on every shelf, workshops in-person and online, retreats and executive getaways, coaches and coaching organizations. Yet, somehow, we still feel the irritation of mediocrity.
Read MoreIt is book 45 of 52 in the Tim Challies 2020 reading challenge, and I have chosen The Meateater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival by Steven Rinella, although I highly doubt that he actually wrote a word of the book. The book clearly reads like a ghostwriter and is arranged in the purest form of a publisher looking for profit.
Read MoreIt is week 41 of 52 in the Tim Challies 2020 reaching challenge, and I decided on Ideas, Influence, and Income. The author, Tanya Hall, is the chief executive officer of Greenleaf Book Group, a publishing company founded in 1997 and representing over 1,200 active titles, including numerous New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers.
Read MoreStephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has sold over 25 million copies and been labeled the No. 1 most influential business book of the twentieth century.
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