Click here for a transcript of the video   A full blog post on this topic is coming soon! This video is excerpted from a group coaching call.  The blank black screens occur whenever a face showed up on camera other than mine (we were on Zoom which switches "speaker view" based on who is speaking, commenting, or even laughing.) Before the start of this clip, I shared the sad saga of someone who spent 1.5 years developing a massive eCourse without listening to her audience or … [Read more...]

For years, I thought I had a major jealousy problem. Why else did I daily wonder: Why is Kathi Lipp‘s platform growing so much faster than mine? Sure, I tried to rationalize: She was writing and speaking full-time, while I was trying to build my ministry “on the side” of my teaching career and graduate school schedule. Her #1 Strength is Positivity, but mine is Input. She’s a charismatic leader, and I’m … not. But even as I accepted the many personality and life season … [Read more...]

As Christian writers and speakers, it’s vital that we monitor our motives and notice the need of our audience. We must regularly ask ourselves: Why do I step up to a microphone in front of an audience to deliver a spoken message? Why do I spend hours at the keyboard to craft a piece of writing? The pat answer, of course, is “to bring glory to God.” But the truth is that even after a quarter-of-a-century as a professional communicator, I still wrestle with two self-centered … [Read more...]