Category Archives: Spirituality

“Post-It Note” Your Brand

We’ve talked about the difficulty in discerning your unique, personal brand. Here’s an exercise that can help you see a snapshot of your life and/or career, and ultimately help you define the ‘Brand Called You’ (ala Tom Peters). Post-It Note Timeline First, you’ll need three colors of Post-It Notes. In this example, we’ll be using …

January 15, 2010 – 8:00 am | By DUST!N | Posted in brand you, Branding, Personal Brand, Professional Development, Purpose | Comments (2)

The Race and The Chase

Do you remember chasing anything as a kid? … chasing friends while playing tag. … chasing your pet dog as he was running away with the chew toy. … chasing your dad around the house, eventually falling in a heap on the couch and ending in a tickle fight. At some point, many of us …

December 18, 2009 – 8:20 am | By DUST!N | Posted in brand you, human spirit, Personal Brand, Professional Development, Purpose, Success | Comments (0)

Embracing Embarrassment

Fear of failure is overrated. We don’t care as much about failing as we care about being embarrassed. Picture yourself on a baseball team. If there wasn’t a chance of losing the game, it wouldn’t be nearly as exciting to play hardball. The mantra is, “Win as a team and lose as a team.” Still, …

November 6, 2009 – 8:00 am | By DUST!N | Posted in human spirit, Personal Brand, Purpose | Comments (0)

Conspiracy vs. Collaboration

There are two models of communication at play today. Conspiracy or Collaboration There are times when conspiracy is a necessary evil. Most of the time though, conspiracy is a detriment to our relationships. It limits us and pits us against one another. Which do you use in your business? … in your church? … with …

July 2, 2008 – 9:26 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Church, Communication, Marketing, Word of Mouth | Comments (5)

SnapThoughts 6/23/08

I’m a bit of an art geek. My minor in college was art history. So, being in Chicago, I couldn’t pass up visiting the Art Institute of Chicago. I’m also a cheapskate. So, a free visit was absolutely irresistible! I was blown away to walk into the impressionist exhibit and see Seurat’s “Sunday In The …

June 23, 2008 – 1:08 pm | By DUST!N | Posted in snapthoughts, Spirituality | Comments (0)

The Art of Finding Beauty

Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees, takes off his shoes, The rest sit round it, and pluck blackberries… Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh A friend shared the poem above with me recently. I had heard it before. In fact, I had memorized it. Still, I …

March 28, 2008 – 1:45 pm | By DUST!N | Posted in Creativity, Society, Spirituality | Comments (4)

The Room of Beauty

In your house you may have a room that is your favorite. Maybe it’s just a corner of the room. It’s where you enjoy sitting and spending time. When you’re there, everything just seems right. You experience peace, joy, comfort and encouragement when you’re there.Maybe it’s the decor, the lighting, the furniture or the music …

February 22, 2008 – 10:18 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Personal/Family, Spirituality | Comments (6)

Potential

Hope you had a great November. I’m glad to be back on my blog. Something is wrong with previous comments. They disappeared. I’m trying to fix it. Is feexed. During a recent lunch with a friend, he asked me, “What do you believe Dustin?” I thought for a moment, then his cell phone rang. I …

December 7, 2007 – 4:22 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Human Resources, Personal Brand, Purpose | Comments (3)

Moleskine Sketch #1 – Conformity

September 28, 2007 – 6:07 am | By DUST!N | Posted in brand you, Creativity, Moleskine Sketch, Purpose | Comments (0)

Scars

One of our children broke an arm two weeks ago (hence the missing post that Friday). As people found out about it, I heard many stories about how they or their children had similar experiences. After having these stories shared with me, I felt a sense of fraternity with a new group of people. It …

August 3, 2007 – 8:59 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Personal/Family, Purpose, Society | Comments (0)

Battling the Generic Brand

I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried I’ve had my fill, my share of losing And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing To think I did all that And may I say, not in a shy way, “Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way“ – Frank Sinatra, My …

July 13, 2007 – 11:04 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Branding, Personal Brand, Professional Development, Purpose, Society | Comments (2)

Birds of a Feather

A little Thursday update because I don’t know if I’ll blog tomorrow. Just got out of Kem Meyer’s session Got Blog? It was a great session. Yes, some of the material was basic, but that’s what the session description stated. Still, she shared some great advice to bloggers – novice and veteran alike. Also, I …

June 14, 2007 – 10:47 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Blogging, Church, Creativity | Comments (0)

Learning the Art of Faith and Art

This isn’t as profound as the title suggests. Next week, I’m attending a Chicago conference with a team from Liberty Church in Broken Arrow, OK.   It’s the Arts Conference at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago’s suburb of South Barrington, IL. This will be my third time to attend one of their Arts Conferences.  It’s …

June 8, 2007 – 4:29 pm | By DUST!N | Posted in Blogging, Church, Spirituality | Comments (2)

Resurrection

Sometimes, death surrounds us. Like the slow, innevitable death of a dream. Maybe it’s the painful death of a relationship with someone you cared for deeply. It could simply be the death of passion for anything in your life… including your career. This weekend carries with it a beautiful story of redemption and renewing. The …

April 6, 2007 – 2:55 pm | By DUST!N | Posted in Purpose, Spirituality | Comments (0)

… I’m it!

Sorry I didn’t have time to make this shorter. After being tagged by both John Grant and Spike (who both have GREAT blogs – check ‘em out), I’m way late in getting this done. We’re going through some exciting changes at our fledgling agency. Since I merged my consulting practice with Sandy’s agency, I have …

January 26, 2007 – 8:55 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Bloggers I Read, Church, Personal/Family | Comments (2)