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HOLIDAYS like Christmas, Eid ul-Fitr and Passover are important at multiple levels. We enjoy them perhaps as cultural touchstones, but even more important is the core grounding of each event.
These examples happen to be religious, but you can find similar secular examples. In the US we’ve adopted Memorial Day and Labor Day as the unofficial beginning and end of summer. And like everything in this country, it seems they’ve also been overtaken as consumer events.
But the core behind these remembrances is quite deep, based on the loss of lives in military battle, and the conflict between management and labor in the Industrial Revolution.
SALVATION IS AT HAND! Christ is risen!
I would like to take this moment to extend to you the warmth and joy of this, our most holy day of the Christian year. Nearly 2000 years ago, Jesus showed us our path out of sin and into God’s loving presence.
Are you taking time every day to build this into yourself and your business? I don’t care if you market yourself as a Christian company. But certainly you should be letting your values shine forth.
C HRISTIANS ARE CALLED to be joyful:
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. — Romans 15:13
This isn’t easy, of course. We all get discouraged by happenings in our families, in our businesses, in society. This is not an easy time.
But I’m not sure that there’s EVER been an easy time.
IT’S WONDERFUL to step back occasionally and look at the world through different eyes.
I’ve come across several things this week which struck me as absolutely amazing, including this picture here. Sure, we’ve all seen many great nature photos, but isn’t it wonderful to ponder this incredible beauty, and our tiny role in the world?
I was talking with the owner of a business on Thursday, I’m hoping to be able to profile them on the blog here soon. They have a wonderful organization and philosophy, something which seems all too rare.
Of course, the passing of our beautiful cat last week has opened me up to some deeper conversations with the folks I’ve run into. Read the rest of this entry »
TODAY OUR DEAR FRIEND 
Mario left the family. It was a hard decision with us, but his battle with cancer has come to an end.
I took him to the vet and was with him to the end. It was a rough experience for me personally – something I haven’t had be so up close before.
But good things come to an end. Relationships change. People leave. You lose your job. Business ventures have to be shut down.
J OSH MILLER 
is a pastor who is starting up a new church in Fort Collins, St Thomas Church. He brings a wealth of experience and amazing energy, so I have confidence that he’ll see success with this venture.
I first met him at a local Chamber of Commerce event. How unusual is that, right? It’s almost as if business relationships can’t at all be associated with spirituality.
So of course I just had to find out more.
COMPASSION 
is an interesting topic, so I was fascinated by a challenging article by Jeff Mowatt entitled Is compassion the fourth bottom line?
He makes a powerful argument that improving peoples’ lives can be just as important as any other business objective. In fact, one could even state that it’s more important than any other objective, because it’s what makes a business sustainable.
Unfortunately, I think the evidence would show us that successful companies could rarely be described as compassionate – to customers, employees, or society.
At least the way we currently define success.
YOU HEAR THIS all the time: “Our employees are our most valuable resource!”
It’s supposed to make you feel better as an employee. You know what? I don’t see that it works. But to figure out why, we need to tear apart that word “resource.”
re·source
noun \ˈrē-ˌsȯrs, -ˌzȯrs, ri-ˈ\
: something that a country has and can use to increase its wealth
: a supply of something (such as money) that someone has and can use when it is needed
: a place or thing that provides something useful
noun \ˈrē-ˌsȯrs, -ˌzȯrs, ri-ˈ\
: something that a country has and can use to increase its wealth
: a supply of something (such as money) that someone has and can use when it is needed
: a place or thing that provides something useful
— Merriam-Webster online
What’s missing from this definition? Read the rest of this entry »
MICHAEL BROWN
has been a passionate educator and pastor for 30 years, and joined Tutor Doctor in 2011 to help make this his full time business. Quite simply, he’s improving the lives of students and families through success in education.
And, by the way, he’s also helping to change the face of education in America.
Looking for the next step in his business career a couple of years ago, he teamed up with his wife Sandi and partner Blake, and evaluated a range of options. They were intrigued with franchises of various kinds, and then discovered the field of education and tutoring. Read the rest of this entry »
AFARMER found an eagle egg. He decided to raise it along with the chickens in his farm.
A naturalist came by one day, and exclaimed: “That’s an eagle!”
“No,” the farmer replied, “it’s just a chicken.”
The Values-Based Business 