by Alan Briggs | Oct 30, 2017 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
You can invite someone to the table, but you can’t make them eat. Although we may try, we can’t make others hungry. Hunger is a choice. It drives people to work harder than the rest, take painful steps, ask hard questions and keep grinding once...
by Alan Briggs | Oct 24, 2017 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
We live in the age of discernment. Those who possess it will thrive. Those who lack it will destroy themselves. We carry computers in our pockets that shoot messages into into the minds of thousands of people. It’s scary. We post things in one emotional moment that...
by Alan Briggs | Oct 17, 2017 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
I would have called myself and un-creative for years. I didn’t excel in art class, and I was a far cry from an art major in college. I hated writing, my pictures were sub-par and my drawings always looked cartoonish. How can someone be creative if they don’t have a...
by Alan Briggs | Sep 19, 2017 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
Launching a book is like streaking through a wedding reception… and then realizing it’s your friend’s wedding. It’s a hit of adrenaline with a side of vulnerable fear. That’s the truth. But it’s always worth it when someone says, “This message changed my life!”...
by Alan Briggs | Aug 14, 2017 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
I talk to a lot of people who want to write. They have a lot of fears. They don’t know where to start. They don’t feel qualified. They didn’t get A’s on their papers in English class. They’re intimidated. They “don’t have...
by Alan Briggs | Aug 7, 2017 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
I spend a lot of time doing accidental qualitative research with leaders. In other words, I listen while a lot of leaders talk. Over a good cup of coffee or during a coaching session issues leak out. Every leader has them. Leadership is hard and continues to...
