by Rick | Jan 7, 2024 | Blog, Inspirational
Isaac McNary – Potwin’s champion for the poor A Potwin native – and our son – Isaac McNary is in East Africa installing solar powered water purification systems in various schools in the country of Tanzania. These systems take bad water and turn it into...
by Rick | Nov 5, 2017 | Blog, Leadership Series
If you want to be a leader, be ready for a fight. You will be attacked. The hardest lesson I ever learned about leadership was that when you are elevated to a position of authority, you have a new bulls-eye on your back. Don’t believe me? Ask the person who...
by Rick | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog, Leadership Series
Coach Bill Snyder – Kansas State University’s legendary football coach – inherited a zero-and-twelve football team in the early ‘90’s and, three years later, they were ten-and-two. He retired once and the team spiraled downhill so they brought him back. The Wildcats...
by Rick | Jul 27, 2017 | Leadership Series
If you want to cause someone to lose their religion in church, take the seat of a little old lady who has been sitting in the same pew since Noah beached the ark. If you didn’t need salvation before you sat down, you will afterwards. In my early days as a minister, I...
by Rick | Jun 28, 2017 | Leadership Series
Leading a group to a unified decision is like covering a fat little pig in grease and turning it loose for children catch; they’re hard to grab and squeal like their being tortured. Take Congress for example… What are the most effective methods of making good...