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15 years ago @ Lindsey Nobles - On My Bookshelf · 0 replies · +1 points

You've got two in your queue I finished this year: Radical and Bonhoeffer. Radical is challenging, but Bonhoeffer really affected me more, about being Christian in a society that thinks it already has enough of God.

My list? Backed up: a Booksneeze book (not even sure which one), a couple of ministry books, and a ton of stuff on my Kindle. Too many, to be exact, because I just stare at the list and then go read my RSS feeds!

15 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - The 10 Psychological S... · 0 replies · +2 points

Thanks for posting this. My wife has a first time public speaking opportunity next week, and I passed this on to her for encouragement.

I find it helpful too, and I speak every week.

Doug

15 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - The Executive and the ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Well, one of my self-leadership issues is this inability not to try and get free books from you (or nearly anywhere!), so perhaps, reading the Executive and the Elephant will help with that!

On the heavier side, this looks like a good read to help me put something under the phrase "Be more disciplined!" as a leader.

I will certainly read it. As soon as I get done with the last book you sent me, and before my next Booksneeze review. (Seriously, you and Thomas Nelson are about due a complete shelf or two in my office.)

Doug Hibbard

15 years ago @ Lindsey Nobles - On Turning 34 · 1 reply · +1 points

As to visiting great golf courses and not playing golf, it's probably better. If you were a golfer, rather than appreciate the beauty you would either: be frustrated you had no time or money to play or be worried about how well you were playing, plotting shots, angles, and putts. Enjoy the beauty without the mechanics.

Probably a good thought on anything...drat, now I have to go think about that. And hopefully 34 goes well for you, because I'm there in about 6 months.

Doug

15 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - Why Great Teams Tell G... · 0 replies · 0 points

I'd like a copy, because books named after fruit go well with people like me, that are just plain nuts.

And because I'd like to understand better about building narrative to strengthen an organization. It will be interesting to see it explained by experts, because I see it as a pastor of a small-town church, where a lot of these folks have been here all their lives, and their parents were too. Some of them, this was the church their grandparents started after immigrating to the state! The narratives of their lives are intertwined, and it shows in the relationships, but I'd like to help them learn better to express the narrative so that more people can come in.

And yes, I'll read it.

Doug

15 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - In Defense of Old Books · 0 replies · +1 points

I was recently asked what short advice I would give a new minister at his ordination, and my advice went somewhat along with what you're saying here: I said to be sure to read at least one out-of-print per year. Not just a classic that has remained in print, although those should be much of your reading, but one that has outlived its usefulness to publishers (no offense intended). You'll have two reactions: you'll either glean something new and different, that isn't being repeated. Or you'll realize why no one prints the book anymore! Either way, it's worth the time, rather than spending all of your reading on the latest craze.

And to answer your question: Epitaths for Eager Preachers, not very old, but out-of-print about ministry and mistakes. Classics? I've been reading various classics that are available free on my new Kindle. Sun-Tzu, Machiavelli, and some lightweight stuff like Jules Verne and such. It's been good to see the language before we started getting "lol-ed" to death!

15 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - Who Are Your “Truste... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thank you for that suggestion. I'll take a look!

Doug

15 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - Who Are Your “Truste... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thank you for the suggestion. As I go through this transition, I'll be looking into the possibilities.

Doug

15 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - Who Are Your “Truste... · 4 replies · +2 points

As a pastor, one of the areas I could benefit, long-term, is from business people as advisors. It's kind of a loop: my education, experience, and effort has been within church circles, so I'm not as up to speed on the business world as others.

Personally, where I need good counsel relates to some decisions ahead of me related to where I will be serving in the coming months and years, and help to learn from the mistakes I've made where I presently serve. It's difficult to find straightforward counsel in ministry worlds. It's generally either hyper-spiritual "pray more, have more faith" that is likely true but hard to measure, or too business-like, where there is no involvement of spiritual matters at all.

So, the bulk of my counsel comes from books I read, though flesh and blood would be great to have!

Doug

15 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - Leadership and Forgive... · 0 replies · +1 points

I'd like a copy because I gave the one I received through Booksneeze to a lady in the church I pastor. While The Heart Mender has been added to the list of "books I'll keep a copy on hand to give people" along with a few others (not all Thomas Nelson books, sorry), I'd like a copy to keep as well!

Doug

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