“[American Gods] would be about the immigrant experience, about what people believed in when they came to America. And about what happened to the things they believed.” Neil Gaiman in his essay, “How Dare You?,” about his book American Gods I finished reading Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods yesterday. While it was no act of…
Meaning and Motivation
A Vision Develops Over Time
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….
37
Today is my 37th birthday. I thought about writing a post with 37 life lessons for this Daily Learning Log, but instead I’ll just share one. The lesson is: Keep going. Whatever it is, just keep going. Don’t stop at just one try or a few attempts. Try and try again. Ignore the outcome. Keep…
Prioritizing Projects with Index Cards
I organize all of the projects and tasks I have to do in Trello, which stacks “cards” vertically in lists. Within each card I can add checklists, notes, documents, links, deadlines, and almost anything else I would need for a project. It is an amazing tool that I have relied on constantly every day for…
Success = Change
Success is helping people make a change they seek to make. That is how Seth Godin described success on a recent Entreleadership podcast. The focus on change was my #1 takeaway from Godin’s Marketing Seminar last year. The question he asks participants at the beginning of the course is: What change are you seeking to…
