Report Cards

I was thinking the other day that it would be nice to get report cards from God. You know like we all got in grade school. He could list out different categories like our level of faith, patience, being nice to people, faithfulness, etc. and then a letter out to the side, S for Satisfactory, E for Excellent, I for the dreaded Needs Improvement. Then maybe a little note of encouragement at the bottom.

The first thing that I think this would do for us is let a little air out of our sails for those areas that we think we have licked. Lets face it, we all have them. "Did you see how humble I was there" or we those issues that we think we have licked, or at least hidden better where nobody can see them anymore.

Secondly, and I think much more importantly, is that I believe that we would find that the areas in our life that we are actively struggling in, the ones we know we are and are trying to find our way thought, that not only are we probably doing better than we would ever give ourselves credit for, but that God is much more pleased with us than we could imagine. We would find that He is pleased that we have acknowledge the area that needs work and that we are willing to working on it. That (hopefully) we know there is know way we can do it on our own and that we are trusting in him to get us through. And, that we are probably doing much better than we know or are able to believe. He has much more faith in us that we have in ourselves.

Build What You Love

So Amazon in buying Zappos shoes for $800,000,000.00.

Why? ure they produced a quality service, used good business processes, developed an inovative system to manage their shipping and receiving etc., but that isn't why they suceeded. Their are a lot of other companies out their that have done everything that Zappos has done, and in some cases they have done it better. The real reason I believe the real reason that Zappos is worth $800,000,000.00 is because Tony Hsieh created what he loved. He built an organization that he was passionate about that did business in a way that he was passionate about.

In the movie Jerry McGuire, Cuba Gooding's character is a great player, but he is only playing for a bigger check. Now his motives are good, he is honestly concerned about taking care of his family, which - by the way - he is a great success at. He great at it because he lives his family life with passion, even though on the football field its all about showing him the money. All is not lost for our hero though and at the end of the movie we see him recover from a pretty rough hit and begin to play the game with passion instead of just for a check and wouldn't you know it that's what gets every body to showing him the money.

What to have a great organization? What to make a difference in the world? Then whatever you do, do it with passion. Absolutely do it with excellence, and better than everyone else when you can, but above all do it with passion.

To paraphrase one of my favorite movies, "If you build what you love they will come".

Buggy Whips

Did you hear about the guy who went out of business making the worlds best buggy whips? They didn't either . . . http://savethemedia.com/2009/07/03/what-newspapers-can-learn-from-ice-harvesters/

What are you taking for granted in your business

Link from Guy Kawasaki

Here we go!

So here we go, my first blog. I am writing this blog as a result of the encouragement from friends that think I have something to share (but that probably want me to get all of my rants our here so they don't have to listen to them ;-) ), and because I do, from time to time, feel that I have stuff I would like to share.

Will try to be funny and relevant, will always be honest, and will do my absolute best not to bore you. Have fund & enjoy.