Killing Cockroaches: And Other Scattered Musings on Leadership
by Tony Morgan

This is a great “pick-up” book.  By that I mean pick up and read a chapter or two at a time, not pick-up line book.  This is a book on church leadership after all… Anyway, its all musings from Tony as he talks about his time in the ministry, and previously as a ceo, fighting to keep from killing cockroaches (literally and figuratively).  There are several guest posts that highlight this idea.  Here’s one of my favorite “chapters”:

10 EASY WAYS TO KNOW YOU’RE NOT A LEADER

1. You’re waiting on a bigger staff and more money to accomplish your vision.
2. You think you need to be in charge in order to have influence.
3. You’re content.
4. You tend to foster division instead of generating a helpful dialogue.
5. You think you need to say something to be heard.
6. You find it easier to blame others for your circumstances than to take responsibility for solutions.
7. It’s been some time since you said, “I messed up.”
8. You’re driven by the task instead of the relationships and the vision.
9. Your dreams are so small that people think they can be achieved.
10. No one is following you.

All in all I say its definitely a “Recommended Read”

Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God’s Spoken World
by N.D. Wilson

Wow. This book hit me at just the right time, and in just the right places.  I read this book as fast as I could, then began to recommend it to those around me.  I’ll try to explain why I thought it was so good.  In a few pages, N.D. Wilson goes through the seasons as metaphors for life.  All throuhgout the book there are stories of wonder, each weaving in and out of a philosophical concept, even diving into the “problem” of evil.  I really can’t explain it well enough, but I’ll say this:  Read this book.  If you want you can even hit me up in the comments, and if you’re local you can borrow my copy.  This is one of the books that I received free, from following @michaelhyatt on twitter.

What books  have you read lately?

in Christ,

Isaiah

So I decided to write a little post about why I twitter… here’s a few reasons:

1)  Free stuff

I have received 10 free books (4 “real-life” books and 6 ebooks), tons of free Music and some great deals on Amazon mp3s, just by reading the tweets from people I follow.  Booya.

2)  One place to update what I’m doing

I like updating one place to update multiple sites – I like to be efficient.  For some time you couldn’t update Facebook via text, but I could update Facebook via twitter via text.  So there you go.

3)  It helps my friends and family keep up with what I’m doing.

Sometimes I don’t have time to call or draft an email about what we’ve been doing, but I can twitter.

4)  Limited to 140 characters.

This keeps me from writing ridiculously long posts about my life and making me look like a selfish “its all about me” tool.

Ok, so I better stop there.  I could keep writing, but that’s not the point of this post.  I just want to give you and idea about why I do it.

To find me: www.twitter.com/ihenni

Thanks,

in Christ,

Isaiah