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Comment on Your ghetto b-school reading list… by ljkim

ljkim — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:07:09 +0000

Nice!

You might be interested in Dan Pink’s new book too, called “Drive” – about what helps (and what does not help) motivate people to high level creative work and problem solving… he gave a talk at TED about it…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y

Comment on Your ghetto b-school reading list… by jason

jason — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:05:44 +0000

finally got around to reading g2g! reading it now…
and linchpin is on my 2read list!

Comment on Depending on God for everything… by Courtney

Courtney — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:00:32 +0000

I’ve been thinking of such things a lot lately. I’ve been working with a client who wants me to do all kinds of things, and if I don’t, she takes matters into her own hands and does the things I’ve said no to. It’s not that I’m saying no because I don’t want to trouble myself — it’s because I don’t think they’re good moves. Her efforts are not only costing her a lot of time and stress, but are also undermining her interests. I was getting so frustrated… and then realized how I do the same thing all the time with God, only more so. I’m glad he’s more in control than I am with my client — that he can work things out for the best anyway, unlike me for my client.

Comment on Last minute gifts… by steph

steph — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:00:26 +0000

thanks for the reminder. this post helps bring me back to reality and what’s important about Christmas. So easy to forget why we celebrate Christmas at all.

Comment on Why loving people makes me less materialistic… by Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:22:38 +0000

Agreed.

Comment on The spirit of work… by jason

jason — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:19:18 +0000

i don’t really drink soda, but this place looks pretty neat! going to go check it out!

Comment on How can Christians believe in evolution? by david shin

david shin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:41:34 +0000

well said, pastor.

Comment on The heartbreaking work of prayer… by ljkim

ljkim — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:21:54 +0000

I actually don’t think praying for someone is an insult – so I gladly ask for your prayer…

And we can pray for you too Jon.

Cheers!

Comment on The heartbreaking work of prayer… by Jon

Jon — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:05:10 +0000

Umm someone needs to pray for you. Ever thought that your politics might be WRONG???

Comment on God’s values on moolah… by ljkim

ljkim — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:07:44 +0000

Sometimes the value of a project is questionable – so there’s the risk that it might be pointless, but then it might just work… I think most people would say that’s a risk worth taking…

I think the temptation in bureaucracies is to get comfortable in the meaninglessness… To shut up, keep one’s head down, and collect one’s paycheck without actually doing anything…

It takes real skill and patience and specialized knowledge to really make a bureaucracy work. On top of that it takes passion and dedication to make a bureaucracy work…toward good ends. The world needs people like that.

Btw – have you ever seen the movie Ikiru by Kurosawa? It’s about a mid level bureaucrat who wants to build a playground. Sounds stupid – and yet it’s one of those rare movies that somehow helps you love your Savior, want to be a better person…and live/work (even the fairly mundane stuff) with purpose.