AaronMarcelli.org

journal entries from an emerging follower of Christ

Benefits Make For Good Business

| April 15, 2013

In my current studies about business, one thing I’ve really been drawn to and interested in is businesses that treat their employees well.  This means fair pay and benefit options, of course, but can also mean so much more.  I like it when companies are creative in how to take care of and provide for [...]

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The Satisfaction Of A Job Well Done

| March 7, 2013

Most people would feel bad for complaining about their job in a poor economy, yet the truth is that many are either under-employed or not working in their field of choice.  This can lead to apathy, disdain, and lack of motivation.  Workers can find themselves in a rut of under-performing as a result of feeling [...]

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The ONLY Trait Found In Every Great Leader

| January 28, 2013

Last year I started my MBA program and immediately enjoyed my first class; one on leadership and management.  Having a class on content I was already familiar with and drawn to made for a great transition to online learning. In the class I read about all the studies that have been done in attempt to [...]

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Pleasing Or Helping?

| January 9, 2013

“To help people I must be free of the need to please them” – John Ortberg I heard this quote in the middle of a sermon cd and it stuck with me.  Now, the message I was listening to was from a pastor’s conference focused on preaching, so the quote was in the context of [...]

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Leadership Levels

| July 16, 2012

I recently read The Five Levels of Leadership by John Maxwell.  I thought it was a great book.  You can read my Amazon review of it here.  I also recently blogged about how much I’ve grown as a result of my volunteer leadership position at my church.  After reading Maxwell’s book I took steps to [...]

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Lead With Your Cause

| April 19, 2012

From being involved in more and more leadership circles a trend I have noticed is the incredible amount of focus that gets put on a leader.  I’ve seen this in classrooms, at conferences, in books, in big business, and in the church planting world.  The focus of a lot of leadership training and strategy is [...]

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Everyone Needs A Break

| March 15, 2012

I don’t really have an introduction for this post so I’ll just say it – everyone needs a break.  I’m not talking about rest; I’m talking about the kind of break when things just seem to go your way. Among those who are successful there is the tendency to claim self-made success and attribute everything [...]

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Trends

| September 16, 2011

For a while I was frustrated at the low amounts of comments my blog was generating.  Though the number of hits on my posts continued to increase, few if any people were taking the time to leave comments on my site. I have a pretty good number of followers who are subscribers to my blog [...]

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Something Better Than Human Confidence

| June 21, 2011

An area where I’ve been trying to improve myself the last several months is confidence.  I feel that sometimes I hold myself back with my own doubts and insecurities.  When I’m around other people who have great confidence I’m impressed and encouraged by observing the freedom they seem to feel in being themselves. If you [...]

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Two Quotes

| May 27, 2011

There are two quotes from Rick Warren that I am working through as of late and learning to practice in my life.   “Leaders absorb pain.”   “You will never have to forgive another person of as much as Christ forgave you.”

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