“You Don’t Have to Smell Like the Fire”
Something from Sunday’s sermon has been sitting with me. The message came from Daniel 3, the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego being thrown into a fiery furnace. It’s a…
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“Your Mind Is a Garden, Choose What Grows”
Your mind is a garden—what grows depends on what you nurture. Feed the thoughts that bear fruit, and pull the weeds before they take root. Every day, our minds are…
“Leadership Is People-Driven, Not Process-Driven”
People don’t quit organizations, people quit people. This has been my leadership mantra for years because I’ve seen it play out repeatedly. A company can have the best benefits, the…
“Learning to Embrace Your Strengths”
Ideation. Strategic. Learner. Positivity. Leader. These are my top five strengths according to Strengthsfinder 2.0, by Tom Rath (https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/252137/home.aspx). The purpose of Strengthsfinder is to take an assessment of yourself…
Gathan’s Good Sense, February 2023
In Isaac Newton’s Law of Motion, the third law states that when two bodies interact, they apply forces to one another that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.…
Gathan’s Good Sense, January 2023
People don’t quit jobs. People quit people. That is one of the oldest lessons I learned in my career. And when you look back on your career, and the jobs…
“Changing Jobs When You’re Already Successful”
I’ve been working in the travel and tourism industry for 15 years, and five months ago, I made a career decision to leave my role as Vice President of Marketing…
“What COVID-19 Has Taught Me About Leadership”
In the past 12-18 months, we all learned a lot about ourselves, our family, our friends, our companies and our country. I don’t have to dig up all the mess…
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