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LYH41: Running for Your Life: 5 Lessons to Your Best You [PODCAST]

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You can find the full blog post on this topic at haroldarnold.com/runforlife

“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.” – Oprah Winfrey

I wholeheartedly agree with Oprah for several reasons:
  • Running is a great metaphor for life because like life it requires a consistent commitment from you to be successful.
  • Running is a great metaphor for life because it demands physical and psychological fortitude to maintain your pace.
  • Running is a great metaphor for life because it requires that you make space away from the computer, the television, the Internet, and the emails.
  • Running creates space for you to think, to listen, and to search your soul—all prerequisites to living well
From my own experience as a long-term runner, I’ve observed five lessons that are critical to living your life to the fullest.
The Runner’s Five Lessons for Life
  • Lesson #1: Set Your Goals
  • Lesson #2: Pace Yourself
  • Lesson #3: Partner with Others
  • Lesson #4: Measure Your Results
  • Lesson #5: Go Farther

Check out the blog post HERE to see the action steps you can take for each lesson.

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LYH40: The Year of Commitment [PODCAST]

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  • Featured Presentation: 2014: The Year of Commitment
  • Michael Hyatt’s “5 Days to Your Best Year Ever“
  • A Simple Tribute to My Cousin, Leon Evans, Jr.

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You can find the full blog post on this topic at haroldarnold.com/2014finale

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2015.

Over the course of this year, I have written many blog posts and recorded many podcasts in an effort to add value to my audience. As I look back over the year, it is interesting to see which posts and podcasts most resonated with you.

When I look at them it doesn’t take long to discern an underlying theme: “Commitment”.

I love the way that  Lebron James, the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) most dominant player today, talks about commitment.

“Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend? To being trustworthy? To being successful? How committed are you to being a good father, a good teammate, a good role model? There’s that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?”

I love this quote because it speaks to the multi-dimensionality of commitment. Commitment must be balanced. As James says, yes there is a commitment to winning. But, there is simultaneously a commitment to being a good person. Yes, there is a commitment to success. But,  ultimately genuine success can only be measured in  relationships.

My Five Most Popular Posts of 2014: Commitment in Review

Leave me a comment a let me know what commitments are important to you for 2015.

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LYH39: 3 Questions to Find the Perfect Christmas Gift [PODCAST]

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Merry Christmas.<

Celebrating the birth of Christ always begins at the same place. Giving gifts.

Indeed, there is plenty of gift giving happening. But, here is the problem.

Very little of this gift giving is honoring the birth of Christ.

Christ was born into this world as a gift to transform our relationships (upwards) with God the Father, the people around us (sideways), and our own internal sense of self (downward).

We must ask ourselves three questions in our gift giving.

  • How does my gift help this person help this person take a step closer to God?
  • How does my gift encourage this person to see the value their life adds to others, include me?
  • How does this gift reflect who I am or what I desire to be in this person’s life?

How does this make the perfect gift? Well, it is because it is modeled after the perfect gift giver. Jesus.

Your gifts are also perfect when they reflect the gift that Christ has placed within you.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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LYH38: The Posture of Influence [PODCAST]

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  • Featured Presentation: The Posture of Influence

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You can find the full blog post on this topic at haroldarnold.com/posture

A couple of years ago I went to the chiropractor for the first time. I learned a lot about posture. Like the chiropractor teaching me to improve my posture through proper shoulder and head placement, improved posture in leadership is about proper placement as well. It requires proper placement of one’s ego, self-centeredness, and motivations.

I’d like to suggest three domains where it is vital that we have a leadership posture to have the great influence for which we exist.

Leadership Posture at Home

  • Do you develop or inhibit the development of your spouse and/or children?

Leadership Posture at Work

  • Are you a calming or agitating presence in the workplace?

Leadership Posture in Ministry

  • How well are you serving others?

Ultimately, maintaining a healthy posture is about encouragement–defined as “inspiring one with courage, spirit, or confidence”. It is here that you will find your innate identity as a leader. But, it only happens as you honestly commit to that posture.

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LYH37: How to Build a Marriage No Matter What?

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During a recent presentation to a group of couples, one of the participants questioned my assertion that we could love our spouse “no matter what”.  Admittedly, it is a bold statement. His concern was that “no matter what” sets a spouse up for abuse. While I agree with the possibility of this extreme, I countered that my concern is that we have watered down this “no matter what” extreme to something more akin to “if I’m not happy”.

If we’re not happy then we have a difficult time believing that God could be. But, what if God isn’t wedded to our personal standard of happiness?

Three Keys to Have a No Matter What Marriage

  1. Keep Facing One Another (no matter what). You are most likely to move in the direction that you are already facing. Frustrated couples often look outside of their marriage for answers to their emotional needs. Then, as difficulties push them, it is only natural that they move towards that which meets their need rather than towards the spouse. Spouses who make a decision to satisfy their emotional needs (especially romantic ones) only within the confines of their marriage satisfy the fundamental requisite of unconditional commitment.
  2. Communicate Honestly (no matter what). Effective communication is the glue that binds marriage. Conveying your needs, wants and feelings with your spouse, even in stressful situations, creates unity. Always remember that the complementary aspect of communicating honestly is listening actively. Active listening relies more on your heart than your ears.
  3. Encourage Each Other (no matter what). Many couples fail to encourage one another either because they do not think it is needed or because of their own insecurities and shortcomings. God, however, placed you and your spouse together to shape each other into His likeness. Encouragement soothes the pain of this molding process. Encouragement provides validation and legitimacy in discouraging and distressing circumstances. Look at how God offers you encouragement in Deuteronomy 31:6: “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” I doubt there is any clearer model of “no matter what”.

Leave a comment and let me know if you feel “no matter what” is too extreme a position to state in marriage.

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