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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 3: Character Dimension Two: Oriented Truth Chapter 7 (part 1 of 2): In Touch With Reality Orientation towards truth involves telling it when it hurts or has negative consequences in some form or manner.  Cloud points out that “people fudge or life when there is a risk of some sort of loss or negative [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingnotebook.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8254063&amp;post=125&amp;subd=readingnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Integrity &#8211; Henry Cloud, part 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 2: Character Dimension One: Establishing Trust Chapter 6 (part 3 of 3): Building Trust Through Vulnerability If a leader is too weak, you wouldn’t trust him.  If a leader is too strong, you wouldn’t be able to relate to him and, ultimately, unable to trust him.  Cloud says that there must be a balance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingnotebook.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8254063&amp;post=120&amp;subd=readingnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Integrity &#8211; Henry Cloud, part 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 2: Character Dimension One: Establishing Trust Chapter 5 (part 2 of 3): Building Trust Through Extending Favor From a leader’s perspective, this kind of trust is established when one is looking out for the other person’s interest on an unconditional basis.  Cloud recounts a story of a CEO who was miffed over the fact [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingnotebook.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8254063&amp;post=116&amp;subd=readingnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Only Necessary Thing &#8211; Henri Nouwen, part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 2 &#8211; What is prayer? &#8220;Prayer is often considered a weakness, a support system, which is used when we can no longer help ourselves.  But this is is true when the God of our prayers is created in our own image and adapted to our own needs and concerns.  When, however, prayer makes us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingnotebook.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8254063&amp;post=113&amp;subd=readingnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Integrity &#8211; Henry Cloud, part 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 2: Character Dimension One: Establishing Trust Chapter 4 (part 1 of 3): Building Trust Through Connection Cloud begins the chapter by recounting a story of a merger between two health-care companies.  They had to choose one CEO from either of the company to lead the new one and it came down to a person [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingnotebook.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8254063&amp;post=107&amp;subd=readingnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Only Necessary Thing &#8211; Henri Nouwen, part 2</title>
		<link>http://readingnotebook.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/the-only-necessary-thing-henri-nouwen-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This book is actually a compilation of quotes and excerpts from his other books.  I won&#8217;t be summarizing each of the chapters but will be quoting some of the important themes and messages.  First, I&#8217;ll be quoting his invitation to the prayer life which is from his book &#8220;Prayer and Peacemaking&#8221;. An Invitation &#8220;The invitation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingnotebook.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8254063&amp;post=100&amp;subd=readingnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: The Only Necessary Thing: Living a Prayerful Life Author: Henri Nouwen Date Started: July 4, 2009 How I came across this book: This was his second book that I read after reading his other book, The Return of the Prodigal Son. I read this along with some other books on prayer. Posted in Christian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingnotebook.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8254063&amp;post=97&amp;subd=readingnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Integrity &#8211; Henry Cloud, part 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 1: Why Integrity Matters Chapter 3 of 3: Integrity What are the characters that will deliver in the real world: “The ability to connect authentically (which leads to trust) The ability to be oriented toward the truth (which leads to finding and operating in reality) The ability to work in a way that gets [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingnotebook.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8254063&amp;post=93&amp;subd=readingnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Integrity &#8211; Henry Cloud, part 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Henry Cloud begins this chapter by recounting a story where a CEO has a hard time firing his VP of sales.  He is wrestling over the thought of having to fire him because his performance is very impressive but is ruffles more than a few feathers with other people; 2 key executives are threatening to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingnotebook.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8254063&amp;post=84&amp;subd=readingnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In the Name of Jesus &#8211; Henri Nouwen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title:In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership Author: Henri Nouwen Date started: June 5, 2009 How I came across this book: I was first introduced to Henri Nouwen&#8217;s writings when I read his &#8216;The Return of the Prodigal Son.&#8221;  Since then, he could do no wrong in my eyes and have been on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readingnotebook.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8254063&amp;post=63&amp;subd=readingnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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