It was Sunday and I was scheduled to speak at one of the satellite campuses of Maranatha Church in Arusha, Tanzania. Garrison and I started the morning at the main campus and after 30 minutes in the main service, we were transported about 40 minutes away to a smaller campus church where service was already in progress.
Here are seven leadership paradoxes that I find very challenging and thoughtful.
1. Power without rudeness
2. Kindness without weakness
3. Boldness without bullying
4. Humility without timidity
5. Pride without arrogance
6. Humor without foolishness
7. Optimism without fantasy
7 pardoxes qouted from Michael Goldsmith’s facebook www.facebook.com/michael.goldsmith1
I recently had the opportunity to travel to East Africa with Garrison, my 13 year old son. It was his first time to leave the United States and to experience a different country. We learned so much while we were on the trip, but I know that we can both confidently say that we are blessed to live in the greatest country on the planet. Only in America… ;)
Stephanie and I are celebrating 19 years of marriage this week. I can’t help but remember our 15th anniversary… I hope I have learned my lesson.
So a few years ago I was preparing for my 15th wedding anniversary. I knew I was getting into those anniversary years where the stakes go up as far as the expectations Stephanie would have…so I went to work planning a romantic getaway weekend. I planned to drive our entire family to Alabama, drop the kids off at my mother’s house, and then head to Nashville for an anniversary getaway weekend.
There was a 4 star hotel in Nashville that we had stayed in before and Stephanie had commented on how much fun it would be to go back to that hotel. It had indoor gardens, atriums, all kinds of shows throughout the hotel…you could even take a romantic boat ride through the hotel artriums. I looked for internet deals at the hotel and tried everyway I could to find the best deal for a room for a few nights and ended up frustrated that I couldn’t seem to get an affordable price.
So I started on a plan B. Hotwire.com
To see more pictures of our trip to Tanzania, go to our facebook page at www.facebook.com/bsimon …look for the Tanzania photo albums.
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