Michael Nichols | Leadership Made Simple
Leadership Made Simple
When’s the last time you were faced with major decisions? College. New car. Marriage. Church. New home. New job.
In a world of abundant opportunities, how did you know FOR SURE you were making the right decision?
In this post, I’ll provide a tool that will help you sleep more soundly both while you’re contemplating a major decision and after you’ve decided.
The most influential people in the world? Who are they?
More than 20 years ago, I heard a college professor say over and over throughout on of my courses – “Nothing is real until its personal.” What he was saying was, unless something has personal significance or touches your life in a tangible way, it won’t mean to you what it means to others.
Similarly, those people and events that hold personal significance to you may not be valued by others.
One’s influence is often directly related to their level of impact in your life or work.
Hundreds of people have helped me along the way. So it’s difficult to limit a list of people who have profoundly influenced my life.
So at the risk of overlooking some, here are the 5 most influential people in my world:
When you have the right tools, the job is ALWAYS easier. And it’s no different with your finances – the right tools make all the difference.
In the past few weeks, I’ve received a number of questions from readers about the specific tools that we use to manage our finances. Many of the questions are the result of my previous posts about money. You may want to review them – they’ll add value to this post:
Now, here are the 5 essential tools for managing money:
Leaders who genuinely care for people, consistently live out vision, and selflessly help others reach their full potential know when the relationship trumps everything else.
Relationship development is not something that can simply be checked off of the to-do list. It can’t be outsourced. And it’s certainly not an exercise in convenience.
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In August 2012, I transitioned to a new role in Dallas. So our family moved (drove) halfway across the country. When we made the decision to move, we knew (I knew) that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to travel back to DC a few weeks later for my youngest sister’s wedding.
Now – about 15% of the people who just read that last paragraph are thinking – That makes sense. (I’m one of those people.)
Everyone else in the world is thinking – What an idiot! Unless you are on your deathbed, you’d better be at that wedding!
You went where?
We didn’t really think it was all that weird.
In fact, it was the end of the week before we realized that every person we’d met in North Dakota had responded the same way when we told them we were there on vacation…
