http://www.academik.org The well-lived life is not a spectator sport. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:59:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What do you get when you mix great music, a diverse and beautiful city, and some very creative people together with the support of City Sightseeing Tours? The Audiobus. My good friend Justin Miller of Phonofly is plugged into the music scene and a very good judge of things and people ... http://www.academik.org/2008/07/20/the-audiobus-one-of-those-rare-life-doesnt-get-any-better-than-this-moments/ "It was the cat-poles around the lake at his grandfather’s farm that inspired Ben Sollee’s debut album Learning To Bend. The frailty of those awkward looking plants standing stoutly against winds that challenged even the strongest of nearby trees is an affecting metaphor for human struggle and perseverance. This idea ... http://www.academik.org/2008/07/20/ben-sollee/ Friday is the final day and reserved for clients to present their impressions of the venture and how they've changed their perspective. Each client walked through their top 3p's (ours were planning, process, and people). I'm working to include the presentation here as ... http://www.academik.org/2008/06/04/friday-presentation-day/ Thursday morning came quickly as we struggled to finalize the Scorecard and final presentation. While we had a lot of ideas on strategies for what needed to be done we had a dirth of action items and KPIs to measure whether or not we would be ... http://www.academik.org/2008/05/22/thursday-final-preparations/ Well Tuesday and Wednesday swept by rather quickly. Tuesday began with some prayer around the issues facing Wintermar, Kiki, and Martin. The time went very quickly as we prayed mainly for families and then we went into a visioning session where we encourage clients to broaden their ... http://www.academik.org/2008/05/17/tuesday-wednesday/ So remember how I said that I spoke at church on Sunday... and that a few people came up to speak to me afterwards... well one of them explained that she was working with a group of Christians on the island of Sumba and that she felt ... http://www.academik.org/2008/05/13/the-lord-works-in-mysterious-ways/ We covered 3 Ps today and If i tried to include all my notes from today you would be inundated... Starting with Profit We started with a film clip from the Passion of the Christ where Judas receives the 30 gold pieces for betraying Jesus, and then later repents ... http://www.academik.org/2008/05/13/monday-the-threepeat/ Saturday: We went to Taman Mini, a theme park that has different sections devoted to the different islands and areas of Indonesia... I'm hoping to post all the pictures soon, but this place was incredible. This place gave me a lot of great ideas for my future homes (JWLS - you'll love them!). ... http://www.academik.org/2008/05/11/the-weekend/ I arrived at our training room just after 7 this morning to find Kiki speaking with Errol, one of our leaders, and my surrogate father on the trip. We happen to look alike, but he's got striking blue eyes of knowledge and kindness like my father ... http://www.academik.org/2008/05/11/friday-we-start-making-progress/ This morning started with a text message to Kiki encouraging her for the day ahead. She replied that she was just thinking about me, and poof, I sent her a text message. She asked for prayers as she had to fire an employee this morning. ... http://www.academik.org/2008/05/08/thursday-unstructuredness-pieced-together/