Swift Straw Blog

On this 9/11, I hope you will take a minute to reflect on the where you were 17 years ago when two planes struck the World Trade Center.  Our country was attacked by an outside enemy. 

“You are blessed to hear Me so directly. Never take this privilege for granted. The best response is a heart overflowing with gratitude. I am training you to cultivate a thankful mind-set. This is like building your house on a firm rock, where life’s storms cannot shake you. As you learn these...

Last week I released a blog about learning to overcome the natural human tendency of “Being Right” so that we can make mistakes with a smile.  Another detrimental human tendency that we must overcome in order to grow as a person and as a leader is the tendency to block ideas that are not our own.

1 Peter 5:8-9

“You can either learn or be right, but you can’t do both.”

Have you ever met someone you instantly look up to? I’m not necessarily talking about someone famous or someone that you know a lot about and respect. I’m talking about people who have a certain presence about them. They carry themselves in such a way that you can’t help but watch their every move...

“The man who chases two rabbits, catches neither.” Confucius

Jesus Calling:

I am in the process of re-reading one of my favorite books of all time, “Blue Ocean Strategy.”  We have all heard that a strategy is only as good as a team’s ability to execute.  In Blue Ocean Strategy, they use the concept of Fair Process to describe the most effective way to execute on a strategy.

“I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions,” Lou Holtz.