Dynamic Church Conference – May 12th-14th
Plano, Texas
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Dallas, Texas
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…think of how you want to be successful in 2010. Then, try to think in even broader terms. Extrapolate on the broader terms, and find one word to hang the idea on. -Chris Brogan

Healthy | Flexible | Inspire

Healthy
Healthy is such an over used word in my opinion. Seams like every other commercial this time of year is some type of weight loss program, or a silly piece of equipment that makes promises that it will never deliver. However, to me, healthy has nothing to do with this silliness. Healthy for me will be the big 3…mind, body, and spirit. Might sound a bit mystical or new age…but it is not. I am not going to go in to much detail here…but some examples look like: Mind- being where I am. Body- continue cycling, and a healthy lifestyle that treats the body as a temple. Spirit- feeding on God’s Word regularly…YouVersion reading plans will be a part of this.

Flexible
This is a bit more challenging to explain…but I will give it a quick try. I expect and anticipate big things in 2010, and have more faith than ever that God is going to deliver beyond my imagination. Scripture says “Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” – Eph 3:20 Flexible comes in because I have a gut feeling that this is going to come in a way that I am not expecting…and frankly one that is going to stretch me, challenge me and push me like I have never been before.  I am praying for flexibility in “my plans” so I can give them up for “His plans”.

Inspire
As I become more and more self aware of who I am: my strengths, weaknesses, talents, gifts and bag-o-sucks* I have realized that my gift of leadership is best used via inspiring others. I do not take this lightly, I believe God holds us accountable for stewarding the gifts and talents he blesses us with. So this year I will spend more time focusing on leading through inspiration…and praying God shows great favor and is glorified in it all.

Ok, now it is your turn…share your 3 goal words!

* (Define bag-o-sucks= that bag we carry around with us that is full of the things we really suck at.)

Why am I waiting.

1) Apps. 10,000 Android apps…and growing. That is great. But it’s not with ones I use regularly. Android is attacking great developers, so this is solve itself in a few months.

2) Device. Bottom line, I want a physical keyboard. I love my iPhone, but really miss the amazing keyboard that I had with my BBerry Bold. The devices out right now with Android are not good enough to pull me off the iPhone. Droid is really, really, REALLY nice. But, IMHO it is not great. The keyboard is lacking, and overall the device is not refined yet. Soon and very soon I am confidant gen2 / gen3 devices will be killer.

3) Music/Media. iTunes makes music/media sync amazingly simple. I take this for granted, I bet you do to if you are a iPhone/iPod touch user. Apple rocks a this! Android must solve this problem soon…but they don’t have a solution yet.

4) World Phone. Droid is not a world phone…no GSM sim card. This is not a killer or show stopper, I could switch devices when I travel the internationally…but I would like to have 1 device.

—>that is it, there are my 4 key reasons for not moving to Droid/Android right now.<— But I will throw #5 at you, just because lists feel better if they are 5 long and not 4.

5) Carrier. I am unsure what carrier I will be going with. Verizon, ATT, Sprint, or T-Mobile? I need great coverage and data in the states…and I need the ability to travel internationally and have data follow me…Unlimited Data across the globe. And to complicate things, I need the ability to add and remove Unlimited International Data on a month by month basis. ATT does not offer this! From my current discoveries, Verizon and Sprint can handle this with “world phones”.

So there ya go, my post about switching to Android. What I have not talked about is how amazing the platform is, how I think Android will continue to take market share from all others, and how Android will continue to attract the best developers…Nope, not in this post. Maybe later…or maybe not.

If you want to try the process, it works something like this: think of how you want to be successful in 2009. Then, try to think in even broader terms. Extrapolate on the broader terms, and find one word to hang the idea on. -Chris Brogan

So here we go:

Fun
I am married to an amazing woman, that loves to have fun, I have 2 wonderful girls that are 7 and 4 and they love to play and have fun…As I look back on 2008 I really think I missed out on having as much fun as I should. Of course work is busy, live is hectic, but there is no excuse to not have fun! In 2009 I am committed to having more fun with my 3 girls!

Global
Global is a word that I use at work and a home a lot. At LifeChurch.tv we are really focused on global ministry and trying to reach all ends of the Earth. And at home we talk often of global for a lot of reasons…but mainly because we feel like the Storch Family will be moving internationally in the future. I use future because I have no idea how, or when or even why…but I feel pretty sure it is in God’s plan for us. The word Global is also critical for me in 2009 because my world view is so, so SMALL! My goal in 2009 is our minds will be opened, and our world view will be stretched!

Leadership
Everything. Everything. Everything…rises and falls on leadership! EVERYTHING! I am blessed with an amazing family, an amazing job, and an team of all-stars at work. All of these need my leadership! No, all of these DEMAND my leadership. Even more, all of these will rise and fall based on my leadership. Looking back on 2008 I am sad to say, leadership took a bit of a back seat. My goal is to see my leadership stretched, challenged, and for it to grow well beyond my own abilities while God is glorified.

Ok, your turn. Share Your Three Words

The Cleanse (Complete Body Cleansing Program, GNC)

The Liquid Cleanse diet

Monday
Grapefruit for breakfast
Lactose free, organic Milk (8oz) every 1-1.5 hours
Grapefruit for dinner

Tuesday
Grapefruit for breakfast
Lactose free, organic Milk (8oz) every 1-1.5 hours
Grapefruit for dinner

Wednesday
Grapefruit for breakfast
Lactose free, organic Milk (8oz) every 1-1.5 hours
Grapefruit for dinner

Thursday
Eat every 1 – 1.5 hours
Eat/Drink veggies, fruit or Lactose free, organic Milk (8oz)
Keep calorie intake for each meal around 100-150 max.

Friday
Eat every 1 – 1.5 hours
Eat/Drink veggies, fruit or Lactose free, organic Milk (8oz)
Keep calorie intake for each meal around 100-150 max.

Saturday
Eat every 1 – 1.5 hours
Eat/Drink veggies, fruit or Lactose free, organic Milk (8oz)
Keep calorie intake for each meal around 100-150 max.

Sunday
Eat every 1 – 1.5 hours
Eat/Drink veggies, fruit or Lactose free, organic Milk (8oz)
Keep calorie intake for each meal around 100-150 max.

TwitterGram, a tool brought to you by the amazing Dave Winer, allows me to send pictures to Flickr from my Blackberry Curve, and those pictures and messages automatically route to Twitter. I personally added the Special Tag feature with TwitterGram. I have my TwitterGram set up with “Twitter” tag. So, when I tag a picture with Twitter it sends that photo to Twitter. Here is how I use TwitterGram.

1. Take picture with my Blackberry
2. Add “Twitter” post in the Subject line of email.
3. End the subject with “tag: twitter”
4. Email picture to Flickr (how to set this up)
5. Thats it…in about 5-7 min the Tweet will end up on Twitter and looks something like this.

TwitterGram is a great tool, but who knows how long it will be a service. On the site, Dave tells us it is an experimental service. It may be taken down at any time, without notice.

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Today I got the updated, or new version of it Strengths Finder 2.0. Not a Buckingham book, but still a good read, and abbreviated. Here is the outcome.

Terry Storch 2004
Strategic
Significance
Relator
Deliberative
Futuristic

Terry Storch 2008
Command
Futuristic
Maximizer
Significance
Strategic

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