The beginning of the post is from Saturday, so if you haven’t read it, skip on over to it now.
In this first chapter, Maxwell delivers eight gaps that keep people from being intentional about development. One really resonated with me – “The Inspiration Gap.” In his discussion on this gap, Maxwell basically de-bunks the idea of motivation, quoting from another writer who calls it a trap. In talking about his own onset with growing intentionally he says,
I had only one reason to do it. I believed I should do it …

This post is based on a presentation I created for work regarding business email etiquette, but many of the same principles can be applied to personal email as well.
First, there are a few things you should already know, but just incase you’ve been living under a rock:

Don’t SCREAM. In the electronic world, all caps is the equivalent of shouting, and we all know that it is impolite to shout.
Word messages carefully. Sarcasm can be easily misread, so use it sparingly and only in situations where you know it will be …

John C. Maxwell is a man after my heart. I’ve loved everything I’ve read by him, but with The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, he’s honed in on one of my passions – practical instruction for personal development. In this book, Maxwell is articulating so many ideas that I’ve had a sense of and know to be true while at the same time pushing me further and deeper than I’ve gone before.
I have stopped requesting ARCs because I’ve gotten so behind in my reading, but when my friend Sarah showed …