Shrinkingthecamel

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• Can Art Make Workers Happier?

  

  I decided to spruce up my drab office with a colorful and enigmatic modern art print. It wasn’t anything notable, just a little something to add some flair to m... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• He Finally Admits He’s a Writer

  

  A couple weeks ago I was sitting in a circle with a small group of business men in a second-story room of a downtown church, which, come to think of it, could... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Sometimes God Sneaks Up on You

  

  I am in the midst of my annual God-cation (solo retreat) in the Adirondack Mountains. At the moment, I am exhausted from climbing Algonquin Peak, the 2nd highes... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2012 SPIRITUALITY

• Your Life’s Calling: To Become Yourself

  

  My friend, a high-level manager at a financial services firm, confided he felt as if he was leading a double-life. Not in a sordid, creepy way, involving drugs... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Why Yelling at People is Not the Best Motivational Strategy

  

  I once hired a gentleman – let’s call him Aaron – on a contract basis to work with a small office team implementing a new accounting software program. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Three Questions to Make You a More Valuable Contributor on the Job

  

  Last Friday I spent a couple of hours thinking about my job instead of actually doing it.I mulled over the current state of affairs at work, what I’ve been... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Know When You’ve Finally Arrived

  

  Here is an excerpt teaser from my e-book, At Work as it is in Heaven. You can read this post in its entirety over at The High Calling. Or better yet, why not... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Spiritual Value of Wasting Time at Work

  

  I was on speaker phone the other day with a colleague, Bruce, closing up several items regarding some new deal activity.After five minutes or so, the business... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• How to Have an Awesome Morning Routine

  

  Are you facing another bleary-eyed morning, scrambling to get to work, wishing you hadn’t indulged in that third glass of wine last night? Welcome to your... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Coming to Terms with the Limits of Your Strengths

  

  I always wanted to be extraordinarily good at something. Not just as in, “Great job, Jimbo!” No, I wanted to be best-in-class, awe-inspiring, elite good; a... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• My E-book Interview with The High Calling

  Here is an excerpt from an interview with Glynn Young, posted today over at The High Calling, where we talk about my e-book, At Work as it is in Heaven. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• I’d Like to Rip Off This Photo, But Now I Know Better

  

  Some of you may remember this photo from several years ago as the image for my blog. I had done a random Google search for “Camel Needle Eye” or some such thing... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Maybe Jesus Wants You to Stick With Your Career

  

  Here’s an excerpt from my new e-book, “At Work as it is in Heaven” which hopefully entices you to plunk down $2.99 and add this awesome haul to your... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Personal Vs. Professional Boundaries: Why I Used a Pen Name for Five Years

  

  Last week I announced the startling blog-revelation that I had been writing under the pen name of Bradley J. Moore for the past four years. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Why Being Vulnerable is Good for Business

  

  I once attended a meeting where a professional services firm was making a pitch to help my company work through a certain business issue. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Some Good News (My First E-Book!) and Some Weird News (Say Goodbye to Bradley…)

  

  First, the good news: Patheos Press has just released my first e-book.Finally! You’re thinking. What took those publishers so long? I know, I know. The uphill... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Your Activity Aligned With Your Direction?

  

  I once worked with an organization that was not quite as focused as it should have been. Their returns were on a long, slow, decline, and nobody was sure what t... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• How Micro-Prayers Can Help You Get Through the Work Day

  

  With the advent of ubiquitous mobile social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter within reach at a moment’s notice, many of us have taken to posting cleve... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• How One Hour a Day Can Change Your Life

  

  What if you committed just one hour a day to work on that dream project you’ve been thinking about all those years? That’s what Geoff Edgers did. Edgars was a 3... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Your Own Private Incubation Period

  

  If you took away the ten best days of the stock market’s history over the past 100 years, two-thirds of the cumulative gains produced by the Dow Jones... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY