Dancing Leaders, Money & Dinner Rolls

My boss/friend, Tim, was out of the office this week. When he’s gone, that usually means a green light for a get-stuff-done week. My schedule was pretty blocked off to just plow through as many tasks as I could complete. And, all-in-all, I was pretty successful. I got caught up on a lot of projects that needed time and attention. This coming week is meet-with-cool-teammates week. I won’t get to check as much off my task list, but it’s a lot more fun to interact with the various teams I get to serve on (staff, pastors, admin services, WiredChurches.com). I’m surrounded by incredible people!

In the mean time, here’s some stuff that caught my attention this week:

• Mark Batterson, of National Community Church in Washington, DC, said some really smart things on communications, branding and the law of scope. It’s worth a few minutes of your time just to catch what Mark shares about saying only "one thing" each week.
• While we’re on the topic of saying only one thing, check out what entrepreneur Jason Fried, of 37Signals, had to say about "less" being a competitive advantage. Believe it or not, having less money, staff and time may be a good thing. (Thanks Business 2.0 Blog.)
• This is an example of why I think Corey Mann is the funniest person I know. Check out this video clip from Lifeline, Granger’s high school ministry.
• Gary Lamb, of Ridgestone Church, is doing a great series on money. We may have to steal that idea. Cha-Ching!
• Seth had something to say about dinner rolls and mediocrity: Mediocre rolls are easier and more predictable. Once you figure out how to make a mediocre, tasteless, soggy roll, you can do it over and over again. Mediocre rolls can be baked by anyone, with very little care. And no one would ever go out of their way to purchase or consume a mediocre roll. Glad we don’t serve up mediocre rolls at Granger.