DEEP WATERS

Okay so, if you know me at all, you know I love a good read. AND I love to tell other people about that good read. So today I'm passing on a book maybe some of you have heard about, some of you not. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell is a great read. As a matter of fact, I think it should be required reading for parents of children under age 21. Outliers  details the fastest route to personal success. And by personal success, I don't mean becoming insanely rich and famous. As a matter of fact, Gladwell himself states, "It is not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It's whether our work fulfills us." Instead, Outliers chronicles those who have found fulfillment and efficacy in life and shows the rest of us how to achieve the same in our own sphere of life. He also shatters the myth of the "self-made man" or the "overnight success." His theory: our background, culture, famil...

My new favorite book series is a popular YA series. I'm sure you've already guessed from my title and the above pic -- it's The Hunger Games . Before the first Hunger Games movie debuted, my teenage son Kalin told me I needed to read these books. Haughtily, I thought, "I'm not into YA books. And I'm definitely not into books that involve children killing other children -- for entertainment, at that." But after watching - and loving - the first movie, I decided to read the series . I've thoroughly enjoyed them. I've pondered much. And they've made me think a lot about leadership. I thought I'd pass on a few of these insights from The Hunger Games regarding SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP: I. Leaders seldom feel qualified The greatest, yet most humble, leaders in history often began their rise to leadership feeling grossly inadequate. In Book Two of the Hunger Games series - Catching Fire  - 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen rejects...