From Work to Home: How to Lead in All Areas of Life

This season at Cornerstone we are focused on Leadership, in all aspects. While we pour most of our energy into our workplace, it’s critical not to forget what happens when you leave the office. Being a leader doesn’t end at work. We have to remember that God calls us to be leaders in our family. Moms and Dads, your kids …

Frightfully Good Team Building

The best ways to lead is through serving, so this month you can serve your team through festive team building activities. Now, someone just rolled their eyes, but you shouldn’t cringe at the mention of “team building.” As a leader, this is a great opportunity to listen to your team and know what they want, and this allows you to …

Develop Your Leadership Skills

Every person has their own mode of leadership and different backgrounds in gaining their skills. Sometimes your skills work wonders and sometimes there’s room for improvement. You know the old saying that goes: “some people are born to lead and others are born to follow”? Well, this statement couldn’t be further from the truth. Not everyone is born with the …

Adjustments to Work Routines that Boost Productivity

Alex Cavoulacos, president and founder of The Muse, has discovered a few tricks to changing up your routine that will encourage an increase in productivity. Even if you love your routines, and schedules sometimes change is just what you need to refresh yourself and Get. It. Done. She reveals tips from changing your scenery (like at Cornerstone, wink wink), to …

Best Ways to Measure Progress in your Personal Goals

Belle Beth Cooper, with Buffer, shared a few of her favorite ways to measure the success of her personal goals. She talks about the motives of your goals and how they correlate with your success in achieving them. Belle says, “when a goal is more autonomous — that is, it comes from our own motivations rather than being set for …

Tips to Keep a Schedule While Working Remote

Whitson Gordon, with The New York Times, shares a few tips with us on how to be successful working from home, or anywhere remote for that matter. She shares that no matter what your struggle may be, a little structure goes a long way. “Maybe that flexible schedule keeps you from daily basics like exercising and eating, or maybe it …

Focusing on Scripture: 5 Studies for Your Daily Time with God

Just as reading is good for your soul, what you read is good for your mind. Our previous post discusses the concept of starting your day right. While it is important to begin on the right foot, it’s equally important to pour back into your mind when you’ve poured out all day. It’s all about balance – a healthy line …

Monthly Self Reflections: Learn About Yourself through Your Habits

[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”https://www.inc.com/author/geil-browning” color=”#75bfea” class=”” size=””]“It is when we take time to reflect–to look back on a day, week, or year and harvest all that valuable ‘stuff’- that our lives are truly enriched.” – Geil Browning[/perfectpullquote] Part of a healthy routine isn’t just what you do in the morning or throughout the day, but also how you address your …

Craft Your Daily Habits: Creating Routines that Work for You

Elizabeth Larkin, writer for The Spruce blog, has created a helpful step-by-step list on how to establish a routine. “Setting up a solid daily routine is a little bit art and a little bit science,” she writes. “The science is figuring out what you need to get done; the art is figuring out when to do it.” From your morning …

Waking Up and Starting Your Day on Time

Googling “how to wake up on time” is like searching for ways to lose weight without exercising. You’ll find all these bullet points to list out exactly how to do it, but your will power is nowhere in sight. If you’ve put “waking up on time” or “lose 10 pounds” on your New Year’s resolution, then you have an idea …