Chris Brady

MARCH 9, 2012

All things in moderation, they say. Most of us would agree with that statement, at least in general. But who among us couldn't be convicted of extremism in at least one category or another? Consider. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Chris Brady

JUNE 18, 2012

The concept I've lately been calling "Strategic Sabbaticals" involves taking intentional, restorative respites on a regular basis. These breaks can be tiny (one hour or so), or large (four weeks or. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

We never met our neighbors on one side. By the time we bought our home the husband had already moved out. We saw the children once in a while, roughly the same age as our own, but that was about. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Chris Brady

JULY 19, 2012

There is a simple step people can take to radically improve their lives. Most, however, will not do it. In almost two decades of working with people in personal development, I am continually amazed. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content Development 129

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

My first view of it came from at least a mile away, across fields and woods and colored by a setting sun. The spires of the Biltmore mansion stood proudly in a group, sticking up above the pines and. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content Travel 129

Chris Brady

JULY 27, 2012

The following article comes from Jack Canfield, co-author of the record-breaking Chicken Soup for the Soul books (see the official credit at the bottom of this posting). I like most of what he's. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Policies Content Article Books 127

Chris Brady

MAY 31, 2012

Have you ever felt overworked, overstressed, maxed out, and out of focus? Have you ever needed a break from it all, and by that, I mean something more than a frenzied weekend or busy plastic. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!

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Books Content 127

Chris Brady

AUGUST 9, 2012

I recently heard someone say, "It's not what you don't know that's hurting you - it's what you think you know that isn't so that's hurting you." In coaching and counseling individuals through all. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Chris Brady

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's your life. This statement is profound on many levels, such as: 1. you alone will be judged for how you live it 2. you alone are responsible for the results you obtain 3. you alone will be blamed. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Succession Content 127

Chris Brady

JANUARY 4, 2012

"World View" is a term recently popularized by philosophers and media pundits who debate spiritual and political matters. It refers to the lens through which people see (and therefore interpret) the. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Reference Content Politics Media 126

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

In today's political environment there seems to be two sides: 1) those who think the government can and should be in charge of solving our problems, and 2) those who think the government is evil and. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Politics Content Environment Finance 125

Chris Brady

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Tensions were running high, people were getting on each other's nerves, and no one seemed sure what to do next. The particulars of the situation were complex and unfamiliar, and most of the factors. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Power Content 124

Chris Brady

OCTOBER 11, 2012

I don't believe in magic, but there is a power that operates a lot like magic - the power of words. Lemmesplain. The book of James (3:3-5) compares the tongue (our spoken words) to a tiny bit in a. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Power Content Operations Books 124

Chris Brady

JUNE 14, 2012

One of the natural responses to the idea of taking breaks, vacations, sabbaticals, or whatever is, "But, I can't afford it!" I totally understand this reaction, and in this installment I wish to. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Chris Brady

APRIL 4, 2012

With the prevalence of High-Def television, video, photography, computer screens, and even smart phones, our modern eyes have grown accustomed to seeing things in clear focus. Going back to older. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

In our modern discourse, the word "big" is generally given a position of higher esteem than "small." With nieces and nephews arriving at their door, for instance, no distant relative ever says, "Oh, [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 17, 2012

I love watching people who are at the top of their game. Whether it be the type of performance readily seen (such as sports, preaching, musical performing, acting, or public speaking), or those which. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Sports Content 123

Chris Brady

JUNE 6, 2012

One of the themes in my upcoming book, A Month of Italy, is that Americans have lost the "art of vacation." According to a recent Harris poll, only 14% of Americans take more than one week of. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content Books Travel 122

Chris Brady

AUGUST 2, 2012

In A Month of Italy: Rediscovering the Art of Vacation, I wrote about the accidental joy that resulted from poor Internet and cell phone connections. "Going dark" electronically was one of the. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Technology Content Leadership 121

Chris Brady

MAY 2, 2012

I have received several requests to post the "Play on Words" puns and such that I gave in one of my talks at this past weekend's Spring Leadership Convention. These are not original, to be sure, but. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content Leadership 120

Chris Brady

JANUARY 16, 2012

"How are you?" "What's up?" "Morning." These and perhaps hundreds of other greetings are muttered throughout our culture with no thought and even less sincerity. We have almost a knee-jerk reaction. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content 120

Chris Brady

JUNE 8, 2012

I came across a statistic the other day that shocked me: only about 10% of U.S. citizens have a passport. While I know that Americans are often criticized for ignorance about the rest of the world, I. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Travel Tips Content 118

Chris Brady

JUNE 30, 2012

"Excuses are useless, except when used for losing." I love quotes like that. However, I think I've grown to realize that excuses aren't entirely useless. They do have another function. Excuses can be. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Chris Brady

JUNE 13, 2012

Although almost everyone will readily agree that taking effective breaks and time off is necessary, fewer and fewer Americans seem to be doing so. In fact, the United States ranks toward the bottom. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content Travel 116

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

In the early 1800s a boy named Frederic Tudor was on a trip to Havana, Cuba and had a thought. As he stood in the sweltering sun he wondered if people there would be interested in a cold drink. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

My friend and author Tim Marks was recently invited by another of my friends (and often co-author) Orrin Woodward to give a talk describing the Biblical foundation for work. Tim illuminated how our. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Skills Content 115

Chris Brady

JULY 15, 2012

Most companies give the concept of customer service world-class rhetoric and mediocre implementation, at best. The attitude isn’t one of customer service, but rather of “customer serve us. Just the. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Class Content Company Travel 115

Chris Brady

AUGUST 15, 2012

If you haven't noticed, we're in the Information Age. What that really means is there is too much of every kind of information: emails, texts, phone messages, instant messages, links, news, [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Chris Brady

AUGUST 17, 2012

One of the coolest pieces of sales training I ever received was, "Answer a question with a question." What a slick idea, I thought. Then I tried it. Wow, talk about difficult. When Jesus entered the. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content Training 114

Chris Brady

JUNE 19, 2012

I love "being in the zone" and feeling the enthusiasm for what I do professionally. I am blessed to be doing in life exactly what I want to do and (I believe very strongly) what God has called me. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content Travel 113

Chris Brady

JULY 10, 2012

Traffic whizzed by on both sides as a protective ring of motorcyclists and scooter riders stood guard. The rush-hour sun was hot like a mid-day melt. A policewoman did her best to address me in. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content Travel 112

Chris Brady

MARCH 27, 2012

My new book is due out this July. Here is an excerpt from it (Chapter 8). I hope you enjoy it! “People travel to far away places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” -. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Travel Content Books 111

Chris Brady

JULY 22, 2012

My good friend Mark Haas sent me this and I thought it a wonderful way to wrap up this Sunday evening. Do not be conned into the world's enticements of temporal pleasures at the expense of eternal. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content 107

Chris Brady

MARCH 1, 2012

The world has changed a lot since I was a kid. Last evening three of my children and I stopped at a restaurant for a quick dinner. The place was an order-at-the-counter type, where you stand around. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content 107

Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

I was fifteen the first time someone called the police on me. I wasn’t doing drugs, destroying property, or breaking the law, but rather, I was disturbing the peace. My brother, some neighborhood. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content Sports Travel 104

Chris Brady

APRIL 5, 2012

The other day I was playing around on Twitter and sent out some "one-sided" words. Among the many other peculiarities of our language, one-sided words are those we use in one form, but never in the. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Content 103

Chris Brady

MARCH 6, 2012

I like lists. In my journal are several pages for listing things such as trips I've taken, books I've read, and quotes I like. One such list contains an eclectic collection entitled "Life Lessons.". [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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