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Join My GO! Book Blog Tour and Receive 2 Free Copies

August 4, 2012 — Leave a comment

GO!My new book, GO! Starting a Personal Growth Revolution will be out in just a few weeks. This book equips you to unlock your personal growth and inspire growth in others. You can learn more about the book, and who has endorsed the book, right here.

I’d like to ask for your help

I really believe this book can help many people close the gap between who they are and who they want to become. I believe it will help readers reach their God-given dreams, maximize their personal growth, and invest in the growth of others. But I need your help to spread the word.

I’m inviting 50 bloggers to review my new book on their blog and to receive an extra copy to give away to one of their readers. If you’re a blogger, here’s how you could win two copies of my book:

  • Apply here by August 24th (it’s fast and simple)
  • Write a review of the book on your blog between September 7th and September 30th
  • Give away your second copy of the book to one of your blog readers. Be creative.

I’ll select up to 50 bloggers from those who apply and will send each of them two copies of my book.

So what else is in it for you?

Good question! In addition to the two copies of my book, I’ll select one blogger to receive a free personal one-hour coaching call and I’ll select one blogger to share a guest post on my blog with links back to your blog (article is subject to my approval).

If you can help me spread the word, join my blog tour or retweet or like this post. And if you know a blogger who might be interested, feel free to share this post with them. Thanks for your help.

 

In Miscellaneous, Personal Growth Blogging, Books, GO, Personal Growth
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5 Books for Your Reading List

November 28, 2011 — 1 Comment

Christmas time is always a great time to buy a book for a friend or catch up on a book during your own vacation. If you’re looking for something good to read (or to buy), here are a few suggestions from my reading list this year:

Great By Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All by Jim Collins & Morten Hansen

Like Collins’ other books, Great by Choice is backed by empirical research and loaded with fantastic insights. The authors unpack the three core behaviors that mark “10x Companies”: Fanatic Discipline, Empirical Creativity, and Productive Paranoia. Sound interesting? It’s well worth your time to read this book.

The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God, Having the Guts to Respond by Bill Hybels

Hybels’ book provides a practical and inspiring perspective on hearing God. Not only is the book full of great stories, but it provides a biblical basis for hearing God and shares a variety of ways God speaks to people today. This is a great book for anyone who wants to grow in their relationship with Christ and deepen their sensitivity to the promptings of God’s voice.

EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches by Dave Ramsey

Dave Ramsey’s new book is a great resource for anybody who recently started, or is thinking of starting, a business. It is full of practical wisdom that is often overlooked when launching a business. Ramsey addresses mission, goals, time management, decision-making, marketing, hiring and firing, sales, money, communication, building unity and loyalty, compensation and recognition, delegation, and more. It really is a great place to start…or a great tool to use if you want to mentor emerging leaders.

Leadership Coaching: The Disciplines, Skills, and Heart of a Christian Coach by Tony Stoltzfus

This book provides some outstanding insight on coaching leaders. Stoltzfus articulates a thorough understanding of coaching and outlines a solid coaching process that is client-driven, identifies clear outcomes, and leverages active listening and powerful question-asking to coach leaders toward their full potential.

 

Small Groups with Purpose: How to Create Healthy Communities by Steve Gladen

Steve Gladen oversees the small group ministry at Saddleback Church in California. This book outlines the dynamic process Gladen used to develop 4,000 small groups at Saddleback. This isn’t a flash-in-the-pan success story but rather a proven strategy that is developing leaders and connecting people in community.

 

Question: What books would you add to the list?

In Personal Growth Books, Leadership, reading
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What Are You Reading?

June 29, 2009 — Leave a comment

I love to read! So I thought I would dedicate this post to a few of the books I’ve read in the past few months that I would recommend to you (they’re not in any specific order):


1. Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us by Seth Godin – Godin is a well known author and business/marketing blogger. Godin defines a tribe as any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader, and an idea. This is a good book to help you think about using your influence to lead a group of people around a common passion.

2. Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church by Reggie McNeal – This is a very thought-provoking book in which McNeal creates a strong case for the importance of churches embracing a missional model. McNeal presents three shifts necessary for a church to be missional: A shift from an internal focus to an external focus; a shift from program development to people development; and a shift from church-based leadership to Kingdom-based leadership.

3. Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant – This book is the “Good to Great” for the nonprofit world. It provides some great insight on the practices of nonprofits that are truly making the biggest impact in society.

4. Making Vision Stick by Andy Stanley – A simple, short book with straight to the point advice on how to cast vision effectively. Stanley gives great advice on: Stating the vision simply, casting the vision convincingly, repeating the vision regularly, celebrating the vision systematically, and embracing the vision personally.

5. Put Your Dream to the Test by John Maxwell – This book is different than most “dream” books. It presents 10 questions to help you see and seize your dream. The more questions you can answer “yes” to, the greater the likelihood you’ll reach your dream. It’s a great test (as the the title says) to determine whether or not you’re on track to reach your dreams and what changes you need to make to get there.

6. Succession: Are You Ready by Marshall Goldsmith – This is a short book with great advice on preparing yourself for succession and choosing and coaching your successor.

7. Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs by Bill Hybels – Axiom is filled with good, practical wisdom on leadership and is packaged in short, easy to swallow axioms. It is very much worth the time. Read it!

What are you reading?
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