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A Vision Develops Over Time

By Jared Dees

Every morning I sit down and read through my list of goals and visions as a part of my Morning Preview. Last year I articulated for the first time a clear vision for my main website, The Religion Teacher. In my list, I have the vision written out next to the mission of the website….

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July 3, 2018 Filed Under: Leadership, Meaning and Motivation, Meaningful Work, My Fiction Journey, On Entrepreneurship

How Abraham Lincoln Won Over the Masses

By Jared Dees

I finished listening to an abridged version of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s biography of Abraham Lincoln, Team of Rivals. The thing that stood out to me the most about Lincoln in the book was his ability to tell short stories. He had a way of telling stories that people loved to listen to and could easily understand….

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June 29, 2018 Filed Under: Leadership, Marketing

The One Non-negotiable in Urban Meyer’s Morning Routine

By Jared Dees

People seem to be enthralled by the morning routines of successful people. When it comes to football, Coach Urban Meyer is as successful as it gets. What is the one non-negotiable part of his morning routine? He does a 30-minute personal Bible study at 6:00am every day. He said on Lewis Howes’s podcast that if…

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June 3, 2018 Filed Under: Leadership, On Spirituality

Campaign Signs

By Jared Dees

With yesterday’s local primary election, there have been a lot of campaign signs in yards and on billboards everywhere you look. Almost all of the signs followed this format: NAME FOR [OFFICE] The only other distinguishing characteristic, if there was one, was their political party. They are playing a game of numbers. The person with…

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May 9, 2018 Filed Under: Leadership, Marketing

Your website doesn’t have to be pretty to make an impact.

By Jared Dees

Jim Collins's Stock Series

For the first time in a few years I started to research and read personal finance blogs again. I came across a group of blogs writing about the goal of “financial independence” and retiring early (affectionately called FIRE). All of them point back to a blog by J. L. (Jim) Collins and his “Stock Series.”…

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April 25, 2018 Filed Under: Leadership, On Entrepreneurship

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Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, Praying the Angelus, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children. See all of Jared's Books →

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