I don’t want to say, “I told you so”, but…
This week the Wall Street Journal reported that, come January, Facebook “will intensify its efforts to filter out unpaid promotional material in user news feeds that businesses have posted as status updates.”
I went to dinner with Robert, a Chinese guy who’s a futures trader. I first met Robert 12 years ago. Back then he was a scrapping young entrepreneur. Today he’s a wealthy currency trader who lives in a million dollar condo in Guangzhou, the Silicon Valley of China, where real estate is as expensive as San Diego. LOTS of people … Read More
Tannah’s prayer:
Dear Jesus,
China is great. Everyone is beautiful and healthy, and Lor– sorry, YOU know that they got the whole food thing right. But if I could never use a squatty-potty again in my whole life, I would be infinitely happy. Thanks.
Amen.
Q: Why are all popular movies orphan stories?
A: Cuz we’re ALL orphans, that’s why.
Zoe’s first word in English was “Koala.” That was exactly three years ago at the Guanzhou zoo.
Today we took our new son (“ZJ” has stuck as his new name) to the Zoo, with Zoe and Uncle Bryan and the older kids. Zoos draw out children in a special way and the Guanzhou zoo is great.
When you get away from the everyday routine, you really notice things about people…even the people closest to you…that sometimes slipped past you when you’re at home.
When I got this message from Deb about her grandson, Max, I knew it was the right time to share it.
Not long after we got married, Laura and I were driving in the car. Someone on the radio was talking about adoption. Maybe it was foster care.
Laura said, “I want to do that.”
“You want to do WHAT?????”
We adopted Zoe three years ago, almost to the day. In fact we will arrive home this December 18 which is the same day we got home with Zoe in 2011. How time flies.
OK so how does adopting a kid *really* work?
At my most recent 4-Man Intensive, there was a guy who reminded me a lot of me…a go-getter entrepreneur with lots of hobbies, ministries, and side projects he’s passionate about.
He explained to me that if he pursues his outside passions too much, the other principals in his business, his family members, might see it as him shirking his responsibilities…they may even label it laziness.
So I told him a story about a space slingshot.
Most entrepreneurs are excellent at creating value for their customers. You know how to drive costs down, assemble a crack team, and apply 80/20 to their business and life. But are you yourself becoming valuable?
From what I’ve seen, the answer is “Very rarely”.
