Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I’m like many others on this day. I’m not a big new year’s resolution person. I am huge on setting goals, but resolutions seem to be broken more than they are kept. Perhaps it’s a bias we have towards resolutions. I think part of the reason, however, is that when we set goals, we are more realistic, but when we set resolutions, they are often so lofty we’ll never attain them.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 5, 2012

In school, you may not have been too happy with the grade of D. There was that one time in a college marketing class when I was proud of an earned D (that’s a long story), but most of the time, we want to do better. Maybe we’ve given D a bad name sometimes…especially when it comes to leadership. Here are 8 D’s of good leadership: Demand – There should be some non-negotiables when we talk in terms of good leadership.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 2, 2012

We often make things more difficult than they have to be. Related posts: Simplified 7-Step Roadmap to Success. Don’t Let 2012 Just Happen: One Way to Be More Efficient. 3 Steps to Jump Start Your Spiritual Life.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 3, 2012

Leadership is defined more by what you lead through than what you lead around. One thing I’ve observed with many pastors and ministry leaders is that they allow their God-given vision to be controlled by the negative voices of others. They may know where God wants them to lead the people He has entrusted to their care, but as soon as negativity or push back comes, instead of plowing through by faith, they retreat, they settle, or they compromise.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 6, 2012

I don’t write many strictly business posts these days, even though I spent more than 20 years in that world. This article caught my attention though: Bonds outperform stocks. (Click on the title to read the article. Basically, bonds are now outpacing stocks on a 30-year average return.). I can’t help but believe this isn’t great news for a capitalistic economy.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 2, 2012

This is a guest post by Jeremy Statton. He is an orthopedic surgeon who writes about Living Better Stories. You can follow him on twitter or download a free copy of his eBook Grace Is. What the Last Supper taught me about leadership: One of the most rewarding experiences of my life was viewing Leonardo DaVinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper in person.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 4, 2012

I’m not working the first week of the new year. Well, actually I am working. I’m writing a message for Sunday, I’m replying to dozens of emails, texts and phone calls, I’m thinking, processing, and dreaming about the new year. I’m not in the office. Normally on this week there would be dozens of meetings. I’d begin implementing the plans I dreamed of over the month of December.

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