Category: Grab Bag

This is my second time attending the Maximum Impact simulcast at our church’s conference
facility here in Winnipeg. We’re on the afternoon break and the speakers so far have been just excellent. There certainly has been some solid practical information and great insight into
various aspects of being a leader. Just one of the many points from John Maxwell that really hits home is that you must lead yourself exceptionally well. I need to lead myself with integrity and possess excellent self-management if I expect to impact others. Who would follow someone who obviously can’t or won’t manage themselves? My actions must be in line with my intentions and my intentions must be focused on helping others. I think it’s called being congruent.

The financial talk by Dave Ramsey was very insightful. He asserts that we all know what to do when it comes to sound financial practices, it’s our behavior that’s the issue. We frequently don’t behave in a way that aligns with our knowledge. There’s that congruence thing again! He had five simple steps and you know them already.

1. Live on less than you make
2. Get out of debt.
3. Get on a budget.
4. Save some money
5. Give / Tithe – we’re designed to do it.

See, you knew all that didn’t you? It’s just our behavior that we need to get in line.

Given that the van engine decide to have a little failure that caused it to be replaced for a whopping repair bill, perhap I should be looking at the Infinity, now billed as the most expensive CD ripper going. On second thought an iPod would do very nicely. Cars, can’t live without them, can’t live with the repair bills.

2007 Infiniti G35 gets in-dash system with hard drive and CF – Engadget

Ice Breaker #4

Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo.

We were at the cottage on Lake of the Woods for part of the Easter weekend with Eric, Dez, Scott & Mandi when the four of them decided to do something new. Well, actually the guys invented this but the girls really got into it as well. It’s rare that we’re at the lake when the ice breaks up and this weekend it wasn’t quite ready to go, but the trusty Lund was pressed into Icebreaker duty. This is a cottage first! With some pushing and prodding and some very rhythmic heaving they actually managed to get the boat a fair way out into the water. Just so they didn’t get stuck there a safety rope attached to the dock made sure they would return in time for dinner.

… you think you might get hit with a Taser gun, you might want to pick up a couple of these t-shirts. You never know when they might come in handy.

Polyester fabric neutralizes stun gun jolt | CNET News.com

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Yesterday I went out for the first bike ride of the season with Eric. A coolish day at +5C with a strong north wind and the roads are starting to dry up a bit, but there are still lots of big puddles in places. Well the first 20km was pretty good and we were keeping pace with each other, but then things started to fall apart, at least for me. The legs were burning and I was starting to fall behind. Even after a few rest breaks, I just couldn’t keep up the pace. This was a little surprising since last year, keeping up was more of Eric’s problem. Some how I don’t think 32km was such a good distance for my first ride.

Well, the challenge is on for me. I need to get back in shape quickly before there is no hope of keeping up. And I really refuse to let the 30 year age difference have anything to do with it.

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I’ve had this video bookmarked for a long time, and I finally got around to watching it, and its great stuff. Since I have not read the book yet, I think I’ll add it to my Amazon WishList in case anybody is interested :-). Mr. Friedman tells a great story about checking in to a South West Airlines flight and learning about printing your boarding pass from home. His comment was one I was familiar with in that by printing your own boarding pass, you are becoming an employee of South West Airlines, but then he surprised me by saying if you value your time (I do!) that you are paying South West to be their employee! Think about that!

MIT World » : The World is Flat

Chances are good that Bhavya in Bangalore will read your next x-ray, or as Thomas Friedman learned first hand, “Grandma Betty in her bathrobe” will make your Jet Blue plane reservation from her Salt Lake City home. In “Globalization 3.0,” Friedman contends, people from far-flung places will become principal players in the marketplace.

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