02Feb 2018 by Slinkwords
Great Competitors

Great Competitors

Inspiration
Great competitors force you to: Improve quality and service. Think strategically about the marketplace. Balance pricing, costs, and profit margins. Pay attention to customers and clients. Work hard. Learn and grow. Paradox of Power by Pat Williams
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01Feb 2018 by Slinkwords
Low Twitter Retweets and Followers – Maybe You Are Not Active Enough

Low Twitter Retweets and Followers – Maybe You Are Not Active Enough

Inspiration
Do you suffer from low Twitter activity? Would you like to receive more retweets and followers? Make a few simple changes by adding more posts of higher quality. We all have experience with a "normal" social life. If you are an introvert, as I am, you will have only a few friends and the potential for new friends is limited because you do not make many real attempts to get out there to meet those new friends. This same principle applies to social media, with the exception that you can increase activity and friends/followers from the safety zone and privacy of your own keyboard. Recently, I was looking over my Facebook status using Twitonomy and decided to try to make some improvements. The first improvement was to remove/unfollow those who…
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01Feb 2018 by Slinkwords
Servanthood Leadership

Servanthood Leadership

Featured, Inspiration
Herb Kelleher, CEO of Southwest Airlines, understands servant leadership. I'd describe leadership as servanthood. The best leaders, I think, have to be good followers as well. You have to be quite willing to accept other people's ideas even when they are in conflict with your own. You have to be willing to subjugate your ego to the needs of your business. You have to be willing to take risks for your people. If you won't fight for your people, you can count on your people not fighting for you. Paradox of Power by Pat Williams
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31Jan 2018 by Slinkwords
Scripture Reading Challenge – Read the entire Bible in a year

Scripture Reading Challenge – Read the entire Bible in a year

Featured, Inspiration
Attention all pastors! I have encountered a pastor in the Greenville, NC area who has challenged his congregation to commit to a one-year read through the scriptures. When he mentioned this idea to me, I didn't expect too much participation from his small congregation. We are over halfway into January and he has at least thirty people committed to a daily read of the Bible. I believe that means more than half of his people have made this commitment to God's Word. How many people do you know that manage to keep their New Year's resolutions? If these thirty people have been reading for 21 days straight, they have either formed a habit or are very close to doing so. It is this process of getting into a routine, or…
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