Note: Today’s post is dedicated to mindless fun. If you came here looking for practical tools and tips to guide you in your leadership efforts…come back tomorrow. When I’m perusing the App Store on my iPhone, I’m typically looking for two things: an app that will assist with my productivity and an app that will entertain me. Tiny Wings is …
3 Creative Ways I Come Up With Blog Topics
I’ve been blogging since January 12, 2005. I wrote my first post entitled, Making A Difference on my first blog (studentlinc.net). The site is now an archived home for my first few years in blogging. I switched over to this site, timmilburn.com a year ago. Since that time, I’ve written about 150 posts. As you may have noticed, most of …
3 Ways To Energize Your Recruitment Plan
“Don’t ever question the value of volunteers. Noah’s Ark was built by volunteers; the Titanic was built by professionals.” – Dave Gynn, Coleman Professional Services If you’ve recently been selected to serve in a student leadership position… Congratulations! Now it’s time to get to work. One of the chief characteristics of a student leader is the knack to get others …
Four Responses Leaders Choose On A Daily Basis
Science has proven that the most effective responses to behavior, those that will make the most impact, are immediate and certain. The opposite of that is true as well – people are confused by responses that are delayed and uncertain. If you serve in some type of leadership capacity there are people who are waiting, watching, and wanting to hear …
Are You Trying To Launch A Dead Horse?
“When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.” – Author Unknown It’s hard to get any type of momentum going when you’re riding a dead horse. Dead horses don’t move. The term dead horse, is a metaphor for whatever project, system, or strategy you’re using to move you or your team forward. …
Leadership Starts With You
“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 …