How Selling Vacuums Made Me A Better Leader

How Selling Vacuums Made Me A Better Leader

Hi there. I’m Rev.CM Logan. I am a youth pastor and a passionate writer. I’ll start with a brief history of my employment: a caddy at a country club, a dishwasher, a pizza maker, a pizzeria manager, a dishwasher (at a different restaurant), a barista (best job ever,...
Start A Memorial Day Tradition

Start A Memorial Day Tradition

One aspect of good leadership is to learn from and appreciate those leaders who have gone before us. Whatever your particular views are today, they need to be molded and tempered by the truths of people who have previously walked and fought. As American philosopher...
Leading From Our Hands And Our Knees

Leading From Our Hands And Our Knees

How are your hands and knees? For so many, leadership is all about a position of authority. When most people think of leadership, they think of someone sitting in the plush corner office. They think of someone sitting on a throne. Or they think of someone who stands...
A Letter To The Discouraged Leader

A Letter To The Discouraged Leader

Dear Discouraged Leader, I know you feel like you don’t know what you’re doing. Like you don’t have a clue where to start, and you’re not sure if you’re doing it right. You saw how your predecessor did it and you feel like you could never...
How To Take Your Influence To The Next Level

How To Take Your Influence To The Next Level

“Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less.” –John Maxwell Around eight months ago, I was reading about blogging. I had been doing it off and on for some time, but I was starting to get more serious about it. As I was reading, I stumbled...
How to Have Peace to Persevere through Pain

How to Have Peace to Persevere through Pain

August 23, 2010 was any parents’ worst nightmare. This was the day my wife, Melissa, and I received the results of our daughter’s biopsy. “I’m so sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Barrett,” said Dr. Thompson. “Kristina has cancer.” It felt like all the oxygen was sucked out of the...