Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 14:35
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One of the objectives of the book of Proverbs is to teach leadership. Solomon lays this out as one of the purposes of the book in the first
Dr. Stieglitz
Jun 30, 20192 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 30:29-31
In one sense God is saying: If you want to be stately or powerful in your walk as a leader, you must realize how to try and change another p
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Dr. Stieglitz
Apr 20, 20195 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 20:28
This is the question of how does a leader stay in power. What are the secrets of long-lasting leadership?
Solomon states that the "secr
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Dr. Stieglitz
Apr 14, 20193 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 14:28
Remember that Solomon is trying to teach leadership principles whenever he mentions a king. He wants to teach people how to be effective, wi
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Dr. Stieglitz
Feb 20, 20194 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 20:26
We live in a society that values freedom of action so much that we have forgotten what the moral boundaries of freedom are. Our leaders try
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Dr. Stieglitz
Feb 10, 20192 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 10:26
This is one of those leadership-lessons proverbs. Solomon is saying that as a leader you cannot afford to hire or use the lazy person becaus
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Dr. Stieglitz
May 14, 20182 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 14:17
Solomon is giving two truisms that he wants his students to take special note of: one is about a person who gets angry quickly and the secon
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Dr. Stieglitz
Apr 28, 20183 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 28:16
Solomon deals with the problem that afflicts all positions of authority and power: corruption.
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Dr. Stieglitz
Apr 8, 20182 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 8:16
The key idea here is that Solomon wants leaders to think before they make decisions and not just act out of their own universe or their own
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Dr. Stieglitz
Mar 28, 20183 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 28:15
One does not want to move in the direction that a wicked ruler wants them to move. If you are caught under the roar of a wicked ruler, go in
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Dr. Stieglitz
Mar 26, 20182 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 26:15
Solomon is trying to point out that this impulse to put things off when it takes root can affect everything in a person's life. You simp
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Dr. Stieglitz
Mar 25, 20184 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 25:15
Pliability, new information, time, and lack of anger and demanding will go a long way to convincing a parent or person in authority to do wh
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Dr. Stieglitz
Mar 8, 20183 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 8:15
Corruption will reduce a culture to oppression where it is expected that leaders and officials will become wealthy and personally profit fro
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Dr. Stieglitz
Feb 17, 20181 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 17:14
When a wise person sees a disagreement coming that they cannot win nor has no easy resolution, then they abandon that topic. There is no poi
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Dr. Stieglitz
Feb 16, 20182 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 16:14
The wise person drills into the anger of the leader and brings peace. Sometimes even the leader has not clearly thought through their expect
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Dr. Stieglitz
Dec 29, 20173 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 29:12
This is a bold statement about cause and effect and how it impacts leadership.
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Dr. Stieglitz
Dec 23, 20171 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 23:12
The context of these verses is the negative of trying to gain through cheating orphans and the oppressed. The idea here is do not try and bu
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Dr. Stieglitz
Dec 16, 20174 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 16:12
This truth is so badly needed in our society. We have forgotten to hold our leaders accountable to a higher standard. Because of that, we ha
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Dr. Stieglitz
Nov 6, 20171 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 6:11
This verse is about the sluggard, the sloth, or the lazy person – the person who, like electricity, follows the path of least resistance. Wh
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Dr. Stieglitz
Oct 26, 20172 min read
Breakfast with Solomon - Proverbs 26:10
This is not a proverb so much about the fool as the person who would hire a fool. One has to have a clear picture of what a fool is so that
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