Tim Parsons Leadership

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Honoring Your Wife

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We made it.  Another Valentine’s Day!  It seems as though it’s been at least a year since the last one.  But, we’re here… This is one of those days that men dread.  I mean we love the holiday and the meaning behind it, but there’s all kind of pressure to do something special for your wife – take her out for a nice (expensive) dinner, buy her roses and candy, take her on some kind of special trip out of town.  And there are many men that will do those things today and do them well.  But, there are also...

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Working Remotely

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I have been getting up early recently and heading over to Starbucks to try and get some writing done before I head into work for the day.  I get there around 5:30 or 6:00am and spend some time sipping coffee and working on several writing projects that I have going on right now.  It has been a refreshing time for me. But, it reminds me of when I used to work remotely.  At my previous job, I was a Regional Dean.  I oversaw the academics departments of 6 college campuses and so I traveled a lot and didn’t have an...

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The Value Of Unplugging

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Yesterday at lunch, my wife laid down the challenge.  She drew the line in the sand.  She called me out.  She told me I need to do a better job of unplugging when I get home from work. I guess live tweeting dinner has to stop.  I guess checking Facebook every 10 seconds as if Andy Stanley was going to finally send me that Friend Request is no longer acceptable.  I guess posting selfies to Instagram like it’s my J O B needs to come to an end.  I guess checking email like I’m expecting the President to ask me...

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