Author Archives: Jim Baker

Leader Surround Yourself With People NOT Like You

I hung out with an old friend, Chris Bell recently.  He said that he really liked my leadership blog posts.  He’s the first person who’s said that, so here’s another… The #1 Leadership Tip I Can Give You Leaders have a tendency to lead from their personality.  Obviously, it would be hard to not lead […]

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A Lesson In Aloha

Shakka’s up!  A photographer behind me yelled this and I snapped this photo at the 2012 Honolulu Color run. I guess I’m missing Hawaii a bit… so here’s a post about Hawaii.  It was like a scene out of a movie, but it would have ended much differently on the east coast… Honolulu Color Run […]

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Honoring A Service Man On the Airplane

A view from inside one of our planes on our 2010 Africa trip.   Our last flight back to the mainland from Hawaii, was from Phoenix to Pittsburg.  Jess and I were not seated next to one another.  The flight was full, so as we boarded, I asked a young man (it’s funny to call […]

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2013 A Year Where I Want To Value What I Say I Value

Bringing in the New Year with Jess’ grandma, mom and step dad.   Happy 2013 friends!  This year I want to really value what I say I value… Most Popular Posts of 2012 If you made a new years resolutions this year it’s probably because you value those things.  The problem is, when we fail […]

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from us to YOU!   Most Popular Posts of 2012 Engage: Did you have an awesome Christmas this year?  Share with us your most memorable moment in the comments.  

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Goodbye Hawaii, Hello Mainland

This is a tentative map of our travels while on the mainland.  We’ll also be making a stop in Toronto too.  We’re back on the mainland now… here’s some thoughts that I had before I left Hawaii… Most Popular Posts in 2012  I’m sitting on the floor with most of our earthly possessions in luggage. […]

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Most Popular Posts in 2012

Spam Musubi   Want to see what posts were the most popular this year?  Blogging About Blogging | Links To All  2012’s most popular posts, excluding updates.  Click on the title to read the full post.  Make sure you read the comments too, there’s some really good stuff in some of the comments.   1. […]

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Do You Shop Online? Here’s An Easy Way To Help Us Out

If you’re doing some online shopping this year on Amazon, here’s an easy way to help us out… 5 Ways You Can Support Us Without Spending a Dime We recently signed up to be Amazon associates.  Meaning if you buy anything on Amazon from the link below we get a 4% commission.  So if you’d like […]

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