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The Sabbatical Mindset

Miller, Margery

Life Entrepreneurs Manage Change Differently

Taking a sabbatical could give you an opportunity to get to know yourself in a new way, and lead you to handling stress, challenges and change differently….
“It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but those most responsive to change.”  This is a quote from Charles Darwin, and I found [...]

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Miller, Margery

Life Entrepreneurs and Social Action

Being inspired and called to action is vital to a Life Entrepreneur.  What if you could design your sabbatical to fully engage in some volunteer activity that you have secretly dreamed about?  What if you could find a group like this one and be more involved on a regular basis?  Wouldn’t it make sense to take [...]

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Miller, Margery

What Does it Mean to Be a Life Entrepreneur?

Connecting the sabbatical experience to being a Life Entrepreneur makes perfect sense to me.  Think about it from this perspective….
I have often related a theory about the decades in our lives:  In our 20s, we try to figure out who we are; in our thirties, we work really hard to build our careers and fit [...]

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If I Grant Thee Time Away (8-12 weeks) and $15K, Who Shall Reap the Benefit?

Time.
Many things necessary for the faithful practice of ministry are in short supply. Nothing, however, is in shorter supply than time.  Time for prayer, time for family, time for study, time for self.
These opening lines taken from the Sabbatical Grant application for Pastoral Leaders aren’t sentiments of “time shortage” felt only by the ministry.  [...]

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The Best Gift of All: Rocks in a Box From My College Girlfriend

A girlfriend in Ft. Worth paid $25 in shipping fees to send me a box of rocks for Christmas. Seriously.
But these were special rocks: stacked on top of one another, they formed three symbolic cairns. Granted, they were purchased cairns, likely from some pricey boutique in Dallas, but cairns nonetheless.
Like anyone who hikes on occasion, [...]

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New Study Shows Over-the-Top Benefits and ROI for Career Sabbaticals

Let’s confirm what we already know. Most people, at some point, would like to take time out from work. Of course, there are real and serious questions to consider:
Is a sabbatical a smart career move?
Can a sabbatical make me more committed to my career? To my company?
Will I be transformed by the experience? [...]

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A Committed Sabbatical Taker Discusses Self-Awareness and Authenticity

Taking a sabbatical is an ideal activity for a Life Entrepreneur.  It gives you a chance to explore new parts of yourself, learn something different, engage in activities that will allow you to return to work renewed and re-energized.  In looking back at my life, I can see that I have been a committed “short [...]

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Elmore, Tim

Transformations: What Gen Y Wants and How Businesses Can Offer Them

Last Friday, I attended a compelling business presentation on “Turning Potential into Performance in Generation Y” by Dr. Tim Elmore of Growing Leaders, an Atlanta- based
non-profit organization created to develop emerging leaders. Tim talked about the different markets that have been established by the last five generations:

The market for the “Greatest Generation” (1900-1928) was commodities. [...]

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Exploritas: Sabbatical Possibilities for Baby Boomers, But Beware Energetic Xers and Ys

Remember Elderhostel? That learning program company where you needed to be old and stay in a dorm room? It’s gone.
On first glance, I always thought I would sign up for one of their programs. After I turned 50 and was a full-fledged AARP member, I had fun perusing the Elderhostel catalog of adventures that someday [...]

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hain, randy

Randy Hain: The Man Who Slowed Me Down and Made Me Think

By the time I met Randy Hain for an early morning cup of coffee in an Atlanta suburb, he had already been awake for almost three and a half hours. I met Randy at 7:15 a.m.
Randy gets up every morning at 4 a.m. to meditate, pray, journal, read and think. It’s his quiet time, before [...]

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