Aaron Marcelli | August 29, 2010
Allow me to take another break from the posts on “Leadership from Nehemiah” to share something else with you. In college I developed a healthy desire for reading and now that I am out of school books are my main source of new learning. A year ago or so I became very intense in my [...]
Aaron Marcelli | July 17, 2010
I was given this book sometime ago and read it in spurts over the past months. I love anything leadership, anything Maxwell, and was really attracted to the title, as I believe leaders must earn the right to be called so. There were a few disappointments though in the books contents. The book is divided [...]
Aaron Marcelli | March 11, 2010
I received a copy of The Voice New Testament from Thomas Nelson Publishers to review. I’m always open to new translations and was excited to get a copy of this devotional Bible. The Voice is a compilation translation with many modern scholars coming together to provide the Bible text translation and than many major voices [...]
Aaron Marcelli | February 12, 2010
Continuing with the theme where every chapter asks a question, Put Your Dream To The Test ends with chapters seven through ten asking how much you are willing to sacrifice to see your dream come to pass, if you are moving closer toward your dream, and what benefit to others does your dream contain. If [...]
Aaron Marcelli | February 11, 2010
I cannot think of a dream a person could possibly have that would not effect or involve others. Opening a store, improving business, moving to another country, attaining a certain job, even simply wanting to have a family all require others to be on board. Chapter six of Put Your Dream To The Test discusses [...]
Aaron Marcelli | February 4, 2010
Another barrier I am having to overcome in allowing myself to have a dream and pursue it is to realize it’s ok to do what I like to do. I grew up with a background and personality of self-denial and somehow in church world we give the idea that such makes one spiritual. Ever notice [...]
Aaron Marcelli | February 3, 2010
What is it you really want to do? Or better yet, if you knew you could not fail, what would you do? I heard someone ask that question and then follow it up by saying, “you’re foolish to do anything other than what you just answered.” My initial reaction to those statements a few years [...]
Aaron Marcelli | January 31, 2010
“A dream is an inspiring picture of the future that energizes your mind, will, and emotions, empowering you to do everything you can to achieve it.” That self-made definition of John Maxwell’s serves as the hinge of the introduction to his book, Put Your Dream To The Test. While underlining it, I reflected on the [...]
Aaron Marcelli | January 30, 2010
The first book I chose to read in 2010 was John Maxwell’s Put Your Dream To The Test. Of course, I’m all about having dreams, living with goals, making plans, and believing in the passions of your young aspirations rather than just letting them fade away. That’s why this book title appealed to me. Just [...]
Aaron Marcelli | November 7, 2009
I was quite anxious when I arrived at the court house to fulfill my duty as a citizen by appearing for jury duty. From 9am to 5pm, minus a ninety minute break, I sat, and sat, and sat. Come days end I never even got questioned for the possibility of serving on a jury, something [...]
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