“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.” – Theodore Roosevelt Time and again, the greatest stumbling block to a leader’s success comes back to the leader. Self-leadership precedes successful leadership. People want to know that you can lead yourself well before they give you the chance …
Are You Playing To (Not) Lose?
There’s two types of skiers: those who ski to improve and those who ski not to fall. There’s two types of students: those who study to learn and those who study to pass. There’s two types of teams: those who play to win and those who play not to lose. While each of these is an oversimplified dichotomy that may …
Developing A Life Of Gratitude (audio)
I wanted to share a recent talk I gave on our campus. It is on the topic of gratitude. [audio:https://timmilburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/02-23-2011.mp3|titles=02-23-2011] During the message I offered these three ideas: Express gratitude as a discipline and engage in this discipline daily. Express gratitude for the small and ordinary things even when facing adversity. Express gratitude in tangible ways. At the end of …
Creating Video With The iPad2
I haven’t really used the cameras as much as I’d like on my iPad2. So today, I set the device up on my desk and created a video blog entry (vlog!). After I recorded the video, I edited it on the iPad in the iMovie app. I learned as I went along. Here’s some of my observations about the process:
Designing A Leadership Development Program Checklist
Yesterday I acknowledged a mistake I was making in my work to develop student leaders (post link: My Latest Leadership Development Mistake). Thank you to those who took the time to affirm me. I love the process of learning. In fact, the mistakes are a teaching tool for me. If I’m not making mistakes, I’m not pushing hard enough. But …
My Latest Leadership Development Mistake
I’m in the business of developing leaders. I think about it…a lot. I read about it…a lot. I talk about it…you get the idea. Some of you who read my posts also have an interest in leadership, whether it’s developing your own or other’s. That’s why I think it’s extremely important that I share with you the mistakes I make …
The Best Baseball Managers Are Leaders
If you spend any time at all in the study of leadership, you will come across the manager vs. leader debate. There are all kinds of perspectives on what those titles mean. Perhaps the most famous of remarks about this is from Peter Drucker who said, “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” Later interviews with …
Identifying Potential Leaders
It’s time to elect and select “student leaders” for next year. I put the term in quotes because it may or may not lead to actual leadership. That’s a choice each student who serves in a position must make. It’s the choice to be a student worker or a student leader. Simply serving in a position doesn’t make the choice …