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Author Archives: Rick Ezell
How Much Are You Worth?
The 2011 film Moneyball is about the 2002 Oakland Athletics baseball club. General Manager Billy Beane used statistics to scout talent, choose players, and turn a losing team around. Due to their limited budget, they turned to overlooked and undervalued … Continue reading
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Choosing a Positive Attitude
Attitude is our response to life. A positive attitude makes for a healthy response.
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Successful Habits
J. Paul Getty, the founder of Getty Oil Company and by the late 1950s widely regarded as the world’s richest man, said, “The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might and force of habit. … Continue reading
Find the Joy in Your Life
Three traits that lead to a joyful life. Continue reading
Surviving Unprecedented Change
The New Choluteca Bridge in Honduras was built to last. Completed in 1998, the designers of the bridge wanted to make sure it would survive the hurricanes that frequently battered the region. No sooner had they finished than Hurricane Mitch swept across Honduras, dumping up to … Continue reading
8 Characteristics of Effective Team Players
Calling Called people have a profound purpose about their lives that flow from a divine perspective. They are not trying to promote themselves, but instead, they support a higher cause. Called people discover something bigger than themselves, a mission, a … Continue reading
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9 Lessons on Why Teamwork Is Needed
We were not built to function well alone. We work best in teams. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”—Helen Keller “A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed … Continue reading
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Followership
Curious. Did you take a college course on how to be a good follower? Ever been to a seminar on how to follow well? What about reading a book on followership? If I’d asked if you had read a book … Continue reading
Dealing with Your Critics
Supposedly when Robert Fulton was building his steam engine, his wife came to him in his workshop and said, “You’ll never get that thing to work, and even if you do you’ll never be able to get it out.” Well, … Continue reading
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Responding to the Panic of the Pandemic
In his book Fearless (written in 2009), Max Lucado painted the picture of our fearful generation. He wrote, Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear. They’re talking lay-offs at work, slow-downs in the economy, flair-ups in the Middle … Continue reading
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