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 …
Getting my P90X on (Day -7)
Today I (sort of) started P90X. While I’d love to show you some of the “before” pics I’ve taken, I think I’ll save them for a later post that includes some “after” shots of a better looking version of me. I spent the last few days getting ready to embark on this journey. In fact, as I went through some …
Signs In The Storm
The last couple of days have brought some amazing late afternoon storms. For most of the day it’s been clear and sunny, but around 5:00pm the clouds start showing up. Then there’s a wall of darkness that rolls in with 30-40mph winds and a lot of lightning and thunder. I was sitting on my back porch when the rain started …