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Gary Mayes
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Finding Your Writing Process
If you are a leader, you are in the communication business. That means, you need a process for putting thoughts into writing. Here's mine.
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Gary Mayes
May 24, 2023
Building Your Sabbatical Plan
There is no magic plan or secret formula for a great sabbatical. However, there is no great sabbatical without a plan.
Gary Mayes
Feb 3, 2022
"PLAY" is Not a Four-Letter Word
Okay, yeah, I know it is a four-letter word. But, the point is, too many of us treat the notion of play as something anathema. We see it...
Gary Mayes
Jan 24, 2022
Avoiding the Graveyard of Good Intentions
If you are like most people, you began the New Year with some thought about goals, possibilities, and dreams of what you’d like to...
Gary Mayes
Nov 4, 2021
Rest Before You Need It
You ever noticed that we equate rest with laziness and glamorize exhaustion as a symbol of significance? I sat with a group of pastors...
Gary Mayes
Jun 3, 2021
The Power of ONE THING
Every day every leader must find a way to cut through the fog and the clamor of the urgent in order to focus their attentions on what...
Gary Mayes
Jan 1, 2021
Starting Your New Year with Sustainable Perspective
While everyone is looking backward at the dumpster-fire-of-a-year we just finished, I want to offer a prescription for looking forward...
Gary Mayes
Oct 26, 2020
EVERYONE is a Volunteer
If the power of a paycheck is such a big lever, why is managing people so challenging?
Gary Mayes
Sep 1, 2020
How do You Halt Personal Erosion
What’s your favorite description of 2020? There’s some pretty funny stuff out there, but my favorite came from a friend: “2020 feels like...
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