Posted on Monday, 2nd August 2010 by chrisjones

Those of you that follow me closely (oh, you poor people, please get out more) know that for some time I have been raving about Simon Sinek’s book Start with Why, and recommending that you watch his excellent TED presentation.  I follow Simon on Twitter.  I read his blog.  Few business development people have ever [...]

Tags: Simon Sinek, Six Channels, Why
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Posted on Friday, 30th July 2010 by chrisjones

Today’s post is directly inspired by a fantastic post on the Brass Tack blog, run by Tamsen McMahon (@tamadear – and do you not LOVE her name?) and Amber Naslund (@ambercadabra, one of the best handles on Twitter, and one of the smartest people I’ve ever read).  The post is here, and you may not [...]

Tags: Chamber of Commerce, discipline, Lehi, Rotary, Work
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Posted on Thursday, 29th July 2010 by chrisjones

Welcome to the first edition of the Crystal Ball, where I tell you definitively what will be happening in the world over the coming days.  You have been warned. The Los Angeles Dodgers will not be able to catch San Diego, and will fail to make the playoffs.  Again. My class on the History of [...]

Tags: Crystal Ball, Dodgers, lending lehi, mockingjay, mortgage rates, Six Channels, Utah Jazz, utah mortgage
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Posted on Friday, 23rd July 2010 by chrisjones

There’s a film I like called Gattaca.  It’s a morality play about how each of us has inside us someone better and someone worse than the person we are right now. There’s a particular scene where Vincent, our hero, who has been told all his life that he is inferior, is swimming in a raging [...]

Tags: potential, the extraordinary, Work
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Posted on Tuesday, 20th July 2010 by chrisjones

So I made RateWatch a videocast.  Approximate text is below.  But I beg you – send me an email (chris@lehilender.com) or make a comment and let me know what you think.  Good idea?  Good idea but bad execution?  You don’t have to be gentle. Let’s get to it. MARKET: the market is down a bit [...]

Tags: lehi lender, mortgage lehi, mortgage rates, mortgage Utah, RateWatch
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