Kent Lapp - Latest Comments

Re: Gospel.

Christopher Egner — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:14:27 -0000

Dead on!

Re: How To Know You’re Ready To Die

lambchowder — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:47:43 -0000

"Death of a dream, death of a business, death of a passion" Pfff. Death of a gross fantasy, the market/he killed his business not his taxes, this last one is a total non sequitur

Re: What I’ve Learned Lately

Kent Lapp — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:14:19 -0000

Hey Loren! Glad to hear it! 😃

Re: What I’ve Learned Lately

Loren Miller — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 06:17:40 -0000

Kent, this is really good with a zillion verberating tenants about good leadership. Your thoughts moved me in my melenclohy day to energy. Thanks!
Keep it coming!
- Loren Miller

Re: Integrity Is Not Counter-Cultural, It’s the Ticket to the Game

Jason McFarlane — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:48:58 -0000

Agreed!

Re: Recommended Reading

Jason McFarlane — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 06:43:52 -0000

Sounds like a challenge... Just what I need! If you've got any other book recommendations, I'm following.

Re: Quick Survey

Kent Lapp — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:22:00 -0000

Try this: https://www.surveymonkey.co...

Re: Quick Survey

Kent Lapp — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:05:16 -0000

Fixing now!

Re: Quick Survey

Martin — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 21:36:18 -0000

Link not working on my iphone.

Re: Recommended Reading

Kent Lapp — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 19:46:02 -0000

Both good. Great by Choice eliminates all excuses...so be warned. :)

Re: Recommended Reading

Jason McFarlane — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:49:02 -0000

Yes, worth lots more than the cover price if applied correctly! Thanks for sharing your list... Inspiration to get cracking on Jim Collin's other titles like How the Mighty Fall, Great by Choice etc.:)

Re: Recommended Reading

Kent Lapp — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:37:28 -0000

They're good aren't they?! I don't think I've read that one from Rick...I'll be checking it out, thanks!

Re: Recommended Reading

Jason McFarlane — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:27:54 -0000

Great recommendations, Kent! We share a few favorites in common including Good to Great, The Millionaire Next Door, How to Win at the Sport of Business & others, too. Ever read The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren?

Re: Doing Business in Culture as a Christian

Kent Lapp — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:36:59 -0000

Great, thanks Phil. I'll check that out. If anyone is reading it 100+ years later it's definitely timeless. :)

Re: Doing Business in Culture as a Christian

Phil Riehl — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:24:51 -0000

the title got me...interstingly I'm nearly finished with an old read that I picked up again for the second or third time-In His Steps by Charles Sheldon. I was a little hesitant to read such an old book-1896-but must not have had anything 'better' around the house. But wow...this book nails it, the very thing you're writing about, an experiement in what it means to do nothing in life before asking "what would Jesus do"?...thanks for writing.

Re: Do Unpopular Kids Turn Out To Be More Successful?

Kent Lapp — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:29:50 -0000

Here's some interesting info that suggests we might be on to something here. http://www.npr.org/blogs/he...

Re: Referrals, What Truly Make the World Go Around

Kent Lapp — Tue, 27 May 2014 07:48:20 -0000

Right on.

Re: Referrals, What Truly Make the World Go Around

Allen — Tue, 27 May 2014 07:40:38 -0000

Good post man! Asking for referrals was probably the hardest habit to create (for fear of course) but there is nothing better and an easier sale than a good referral

Re: Leadercast Learnings

Kent Lapp — Thu, 15 May 2014 08:33:51 -0000

Ha! You gotta pick one. :)

Re: Leadercast Learnings

Matt — Thu, 15 May 2014 00:07:49 -0000

My favorite quote.

Dr Henry Cloud:

“We always leave a wake and it’s two-sided: Results & Relationships

Rorke Denver:

“Leadership knowledge that never gets implemented in real life is not only irrelevant, it’s dangerous.”

Malcolm Gladwell:

“We follow authority that is: Legitimate, Fair, and Respectful.”

Bill Rancic:

“The high road will always get you to where you want to go.”

Hmmm. Eenie meanie miny moe. My favorite. Hmmm. I'll get back to you on this.

Re: Do Unpopular Kids Turn Out To Be More Successful?

Christopher Egner — Mon, 12 May 2014 16:26:27 -0000

"I intend to allow my kids to struggle against their shells." Can you offer some practical examples of when you do this?

Re: Do Unpopular Kids Turn Out To Be More Successful?

Kent Lapp — Sun, 11 May 2014 09:51:57 -0000

Right on Matt, I like the point about living with purpose.

Re: Do Unpopular Kids Turn Out To Be More Successful?

Matt — Sun, 11 May 2014 09:00:46 -0000

If you are truly purposeful in life, you might not ascend to teenage grandeur. But later in life, it would serve you well. Or maybe, the popular kids feel sufficient and do not look for growth, while the unpopular ones search for answers; because they realize their inadequacy.

I really like your teaching points for your children. I would like to instill those in my own children.
I also like Dave's point about success being available to all stations in life. (And failure).

Re: Do Unpopular Kids Turn Out To Be More Successful?

Kent Lapp — Sun, 11 May 2014 07:58:16 -0000

Great points Dave. I believe 'successful' has little to do with 'what' you do (job, position, title, etc) and everything to do with how and why you do it. Because there have been plenty of janitors more successful than the CEO.

Agree with you about Mr Glick. He's one of the people that's had the biggest impact on me of all time. He must have been genius or plain lucky, because looking back what he allowed us to do and the way he handled situations seems now like the best way possible.

How could all of us honor him? Reunion? Be great to do something.

Re: Do Unpopular Kids Turn Out To Be More Successful?

DaveB — Sat, 10 May 2014 18:02:07 -0000

You have to also define what the term "successful" means. Does it mean owning your own business? Still having a sexy body after three kids? Owning your own house?

At a distance "Jake" might appear to be bombing out in the success category (after all, he is still doing menial labor digging ditches, and living in a rented house), but if you take time to get to know him, you learn that he feels he is winning at life because he has food and raiment and is content with what he has. And what you may not know about Jake is he had the opportunity to move up to back-hoe operator, but he enjoyed digging ditches and was so good at it, he is now making more money than the guy sitting up in the backhoe.

And then there is "Jack" a very success mid-level manager who appears to have it all together, nice house, new cars, lots of business trips, looks like the modern American dream... Is he successful? What about when you factor in that his marriage is deteriorating, and his kids are smoking pot? Is he still successful?

Or what about "Chuck" who every project he touches seems to fail? Yet he keeps getting back up and trying again. Is he successful?

There is more to success than what appears on the surface.

When you look at "the gang" from back in the day, i think the unsung hero and the hidden reason for so many success stories is Mr. Glick. he was not only a teacher, he was a role model for us guys. He encourage us to take leadership and allowed us to innovate. Remember digging ditches across the ball field and taking stone from the driveway in trash cans to fill the ditches? How many teachers would have put up with the mud we drug back into the classroom? He did, and projects like that, that we came up with and executed on our own, laid the foundation for the leadership and problem solving skills that you see today.

I think that is the key to success knowing in the back of your mind that there are people who believe in you. That, I believe, is the "it factor" that allows you to soar to unimagined heights.