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The Art of Meaningful Conversation

The Art of Meaningful Conversation A week ago I sat live in the CLE recording studio (ie. my office) and broadcast one of my favorite talks on the Art of Meaningful Conversation.  For those of you out there who couldn’t tune in live, or hadn’t heard about it in the first place- you’ve got one [...]

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These Pretzels are Makin’ Me Thirsty!

Do you remember this classic Seinfeld bit where Kramer is cast in an upcoming Woody Allen movie as an extra who delivers a line in the movie.  As Kramer so often does he slides into Jerry’s apartment to share the news and Jerry, Elaine and George each take turns hearing, interpreting and delivering the line [...]

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Sex Talk

This past weekend I was asked to speak at the 2012 InterVarsity Greek Conference in Indianapolis by my younger brother, a staff worker with Greek IV.  The talk was on Sex and Dating and I was speaking directly to over 100 college aged Fraternity and Sorority members who also happen to be Christian.  The organization [...]

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Playing with Urgency

  During our weekly staff meeting at CLE we were watching this above interview with author John Kotter on the importance of urgency.  It struck me as I was watching, and as I’ve been coming out of a motivational slump myself that a strong sense of urgency makes the world go round.  The way Kotter [...]

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