The Smartest Person In The Room

…doesn’t have to be the leader. Now I don’t mean to say that the leader doesn’t need intelligence, or common sense, or some type of intellectual capacity. What I do mean to say is the leader doesn’t have to know more than everyone else. In fact, I also think the leader doesn’t always have to know HOW to do things …

5x5s – Five Minute Training Worksheet

Five by Fives (5x5s) Five Things To Think About For Five Minutes Note: This is a reposting of a resource I originally wrote for studentlinc.net. Running Effective Meetings.  Brainstorming.  Fundraising.  Working With Advisors.  Handling Conflict.  Getting New Members For Your Organization.  Publicity.  Leading.  Follow-Up. How do you effectively train for these things in short, bite-sized amounts of time?  How can …

Tim’s Bejeweled Blitz Tips

There are a couple of games on my iPhone and Facebook that I tend to find time to play when I need a few minutes of mindlessness. One of those games is Bejeweled Blitz. While I’m not an expert, I do find myself near the top of the high score list frequently (at least among the friends I have on …

Updated My Resource Page

Some of you may know that I started out blogging and creating resources over at www.studentlinc.net. It’s a student leadership site I created that provides articles, tools, and resources for both student leaders and those who work with them. I’ve been transitioning some of my writing and resources from that site to this one. Today, I moved a number of …

Being Grateful

I spoke on the topic of gratitude yesterday. I think it’s one thing to be able to say thankful things. It’s a whole new level when one is able to live a thankful life. I’m still working on it. I came up with a little bit of a homework assignment for those who were present (note…some people show up and …

P90Xcellence!

Wanted to post a quick update for those of you who are interested in my progress with P90X. Today is Day #9 and I have been very faithful to the workout portion of this thing. Last week, I was speaking up at the Northwest District (Nazarene) High School Camp. Let’s just say that camp food and the nutritional requirements of …