Critical Doer

A critical doer keeps risk and failure in context with opportunity and success  A critical doer has a servant spirit  Here we are on New Year’s Eve…ready to celebrate 2014; resolutions locked and loaded, ready to fire at the first tick-tock of 2015.  Let me suggest that instead of making resolutions for 2015, starting the […]

Critical Doers, I can’t thank you enough for visiting criticaldoer.com and following the posts through email subscription and social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google+).  Since going live with this blog on Nov 11 2014, my posts on turning critical thinking into critical doing have been viewed over 2000 times in 164 cities spanning 6 countries! In […]

A critical doer controls what is theirs to control  A critical doer capitalizes on opportunities to be better  I recently came across an inspiring story of a critical doer named Benard Didacus Opiyo who lives in a small village in Kenya called Uradi.  Benard saw a need to increase the level of education in his […]

How Far Can You See?  After waking up from a Christmas turkey coma, our family decided to take in a movie last night.  We’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of Unbroken, based upon Laura Hillenbrand’s epic book about the life and times of Louis Zamperini. For those of you that read the book, you’ll notice […]

A critical doer capitalizes on opportunities to be better  There’s no better day than Christmas Eve, a day of celebration and hope, to tell the story of a wonderful mother.  In previous posts I’ve introduced you to my children; let me now introduce you to my wife, Gwen. Gwen is the grand matriarch of our […]

A critical doer capitalizes on opportunities to be better  Today’s post is the first installment of a two part story.  I will introduce a concept today and be back tomorrow with a personal and powerful story that demonstrates the concept in action (would you expect anything less from a critical doer?) I’ve been in organizations […]

A critical doer controls what is theirs to control  One of my favorite scenes from the movie Facing the Giants (besides the “death crawl” scene) is a point in the story where the central character, Coach Grant Taylor, is conflicted over how to deal with his underperforming high school football team. A fellow teacher approaches […]

Dear Critical Doers, Let me start by saying a big “THANK YOU” for following my blog!  During the first 6 weeks of this blog, people from 126 cities and 4 countries have read my posts about turning critical thinking into critical doing. In an effort to make it easier for you to get notifications of […]

A critical doer works as hard to develop strength of character as strength of talent  One of my coworkers recently went on a vacation to the Japanese island of Okinawa.  Instead of a “my friend went to Okinawa and all I got was this stupid t-shirt”…t-shirt…he brought this interesting item back for me.     […]

A critical doer generates motion from “why” more than “what”  Trust is an essential part of building the strong relationships that give the critical doer freedom of action.  I’ll repeat again what John Maxwell said:  “people buy into a leader before they buy into an idea.” One of the most poignant passages on the trust […]