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Connecting Directors blog -- September 13, 2012 - Trent Hamm

Salt Lake City Tribute -- September 1, 2012 - Trent Hamm

AOL Government -- September 6, 2012 - Trent Hamm

KSL-TV NBC -- September 6, 2012 - Trent Hamm

Washington Executive -- September 5, 2012 - Trent Hamm

Ted Nesi Blog, WPRI-TV CBS Providence -- September 2, 2012 - Trent Hamm

Maine Insights -- September 4, 2012 - Trent Hamm

The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, Maine -- September 4, 2012 - Trent Hamm

The Kennebec Journal -- September 3, 2012 - Trent Hamm

The Portland Press Herald -- September 3, 2012 - Trent Hamm

"submitted by reddit to blog." - Trent Hamm

"There are quite a few people in this group, but they don't get the loudspeaker in the way that the conservative Christians do. Here's the reality, folks. The rich fiscal conservatives who own the media outlets know that conservative Christians will come out to vote if they get their fires lit with social conservative issues. Thus, when conservative Christian leaders want to speak, they get the media spectrum with which to speak. With liberal Christians (and Jim Wallis isn't quite there, he's just a moderate that appears liberal), they don't have the support of the media in the same way. The liberal media is secular and wouldn't bother to give media space to any Christians that can't be lampooned. The conservative media only wishes to promote conservative Christians for the reasons outlined above (they get out the votes so that strong fiscal conservatism can get through). Where exactly should a strongly liberal Christian get sufficient media attention to get a following?" - Trent Hamm

"The problem here is that if a person actually stood up and started saying these things, they would be savagely attacked by the conservative Christians for being a faux Christian and also savagely attacked by non-Christians for being Christian." - Trent Hamm

"Few things make church services better than a few noisy and restless kids, a few people who made it there regardless of their personal limitations or struggles, an enthusiastic person up front, and a lot of hugs and handshakes and conversation before and after the service." - Trent Hamm

"If I'm ever at a church service where someone with a disability is escorted out for being a distraction, I'm walking right out the door with that person. I'd rather hang out and talk life and God with the person with special needs in the parking lot than participate in whatever sham of a "church service" that would escort that person out." - Trent Hamm

"Homosexuality is a sin on par with shaving your beard, sharing a bed with your spouse, eating shellfish, or wearing fiber-blended clothing. If a church wants to follow one standard of Leviticus, they should follow all standards of Leviticus. If they're not, then they should accept that culture has changed since Leviticus and the cultural survival imperative against homosexuality no longer exists." - Trent Hamm

"The problem with Evernote is that it is absolutely horrible at taking notes." - Aram Zucker-Scharff

Half of Aram's posts are, "Well I only see the good part being the cloud..." That IS the whole point of why it is good!! - capnb

But Denzel is so dreamy. - Roberto Avila

Training Day is THE demonstration of how good of an actor Denzel is. - Trent Hamm

Pictures or we don't believe you. :) - Louis Gray

Most babies do have somewhat short arms and really big heads. I suggested to my wife once that babies are kind of like Thetans in that regard. - Trent Hamm

This is a great story about making goals concrete. It's actually kind of similar to a story I'm telling in my upcoming book - I made a goal of my own concrete in a somewhat similar way. - Trent Hamm

This is a great story about making goals concrete. It's actually kind of similar to a story I'm telling in my upcoming book - I made a goal of my own concrete in a somewhat similar way. - Trent Hamm

In almost every aspect of our lives, we seek to maximize the time we have to spend on whatever we want to do. Since that's such a common human goal, many, many people try to subvert others from doing just that, through marketing and other means. - Trent Hamm

This is actually something I've noticed a lot lately with my kids. We often get out a ton of paper and draw on it (thank you, end rolls of newspaper). If it's "free form" drawing, the kids tend to get distracted pretty quickly (and so do I). Instead, I suggest that we all draw pictures of something simple, like trees. If I do that, everyone is way more engaged, trying to draw interesting trees. A simple mission often makes things a lot more enjoyable, and it's a technique you can apply in a LOT of areas in your life. - Trent Hamm

This is actually something I've noticed a lot lately with my kids. We often get out a ton of paper and draw on it (thank you, end rolls of newspaper). If it's "free form" drawing, the kids tend to get distracted pretty quickly (and so do I). Instead, I suggest that we all draw pictures of something simple, like trees. If I do that, everyone is way more engaged, trying to draw interesting trees. A simple mission often makes things a lot more enjoyable, and it's a technique you can apply in a LOT of areas in your life. - Trent Hamm

In almost every aspect of our lives, we seek to maximize the time we have to spend on whatever we want to do. Since that's such a common human goal, many, many people try to subvert others from doing just that, through marketing and other means. - Trent Hamm

It's often advantageous to stay put, even if the grass seems a little greener on the other side. Why? There's usually a cost to switch - time, and often, money as well, plus intellectual investment. - Trent Hamm

Whenever you have a giant goal, there's usually an enormous list of things to do to reach that goal. However, if you don't spend some time prioritizing that enormous list, you're going to make a ton of mis-steps along the way. Planning ahead for any goal - and figuring out which steps are the most important ones - turns an impossible goal into an achievable one. - Trent Hamm

Whenever you have a giant goal, there's usually an enormous list of things to do to reach that goal. However, if you don't spend some time prioritizing that enormous list, you're going to make a ton of mis-steps along the way. Planning ahead for any goal - and figuring out which steps are the most important ones - turns an impossible goal into an achievable one. - Trent Hamm

It's often advantageous to stay put, even if the grass seems a little greener on the other side. Why? There's usually a cost to switch - time, and often, money as well, plus intellectual investment. - Trent Hamm

I can't think of a single major goal I have in my life that's materialistic aside from wanting a home in the country (and the reason for that isn't an ostentatious home, but one more in line with how we live). Almost all of my goals revolve around experiences - spending time with people or engaging in activities. It seems so natural and normal to me now that I sometimes almost feel uncomfortable recalling a time when my goals were really materialistic. - Trent Hamm