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Make it a Habit
I set my alarm for all-kinds-of-early today so I could try again at one habit I can't seem to stick with consistently: running. If you've read this blog for long, you know that I am an on-again-off-again runner. I do well for weeks (even months), and then I don't. One...
Featured on Friday: Favorite Finds – Edition 2
The internet is chock-full of information, and it's time for another round up of some of the best links and tips that we have found online. Being a team of social media consultants, we're always on the lookout for ways to get more out of our time online, and we think...
Best Book Launch Tips: Use Online Events to Create Interest in Your Book
When many authors consider events for promoting their books, they think about in-person events: book signings, launch parties, even book tours. As bookstores close, budgets shrink, and schedules fill and as authors seek to grow their influence beyond their own...
You are NOT Me
You are just like me. You think like me. You act like me. You respond in exactly the ways I would expect. You share my attitudes and beliefs. You know what I know (even if I didn't tell you.) What motivates me would motivate you. What would reward me, rewards you....
Not a Shotgun Wedding
Your agenda is a barrier to true connection. If you approach the use of social media tools with a clearly defined agenda and looming deadline for results, you'll find yourself frustrated, invariably. The more urgent your need to get "something" from your use social...
Featured on Friday: Chip Bell
To celebrate the launch of Chip Bell's new book, The 9 1/2 Principles of Innovative Service, we are honored to host a guest post from the man of the hour. If you want to know more about Chip, he was featured on an earlier Friday post, which you can read here. Take it...
Permission to Move On
A friend called me on Monday afternoon. He knew I'd hit a few rough and bumpy patches lately. He listened to me moan and whine and then he said some pretty powerful words. "You have 24 hours to feel bad about this — eat a lot of ice cream, whatever it is that you do...
The Global Leadership Summit – My Favorite Speaker
A little over a week ago I had the extreme privilege of co-representing the Weaving Influence team at the Willow Creek Association Global Leadership Summit. (If you're not familiar with the Summit, read this great post by Molly Page from last week.) The experience was...
Innovative Service Lessons at Church
We pulled into the parking lot and my daughter read the sign out loud "Newcomers, turn on your flashers." Parking lot attendants directed newcomers' cars to the parking spots closest to the doors of the church. And as I held my girls' hands to walk them into church,...
Featured on Friday: Team Member Megan Constantino
Curious about the Featured on Friday posts? Learn more. This week, I'm excited to share Featured on Friday - with a twist! It's an honor to introduce you to one of the talented members of the Weaving Influence team. As I mentioned last week, we're scattered across the...
Best Book Launch Tips: Prepare for the Sequel
My daughter bounced in her seat while waiting for the start of the movie, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. Sea of Monsters is the second movie in a series. While we watched Sea of Monsters, my youngest daughter watched Smurfs 2 with my mother. Preceding the movie:...
If I Could Work My Business Like a Puzzle
My mom opened up the box and dumped 1000 pieces out onto the table. We spread out the pieces, and sorted by color and shape. Soon, we had several piles: frame pieces, blue, fence pieces, face pieces, sidewalk, grass. All three of my daughters circled the table. Soon,...