New Year Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/new-year/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:18:29 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/brianharrisauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-brianharrisauthor-favicon-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 New Year Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/new-year/ 32 32 93416650 Burnout or bore out: Reflections for the New Year https://brianharrisauthor.com/burnout-or-bore-out-reflections-for-the-new-year/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/burnout-or-bore-out-reflections-for-the-new-year/#comments Sat, 30 Dec 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4608 There’s no doubt about it, burnout is a real problem, and large numbers of people have pulled back from aspirational careers, putting new boundaries in place, and taking clear and tangible steps to make sure they never land up in the same place of over stretch and exhaustion again. And fair enough. But even as […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/burnout-or-bore-out-reflections-for-the-new-year/feed/ 6 4608 Deeper-Wider: To be and to do… https://brianharrisauthor.com/deeper-wider-to-be-and-to-do/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/deeper-wider-to-be-and-to-do/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4075 You might know that I am very involved with the Carey Group and wearing my AVENIR hat, helped devise their vision document Carey 2026. It’s framed around the theme “Deeper Foundations – Widening Reach” or more simply, “Deeper-Wider” – a wonderful refrain for a missional movement like Carey. In an age when many are content […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/deeper-wider-to-be-and-to-do/feed/ 4 4075 Questions for the New Year: Two Prompts from Genesis 16 https://brianharrisauthor.com/questions-for-the-new-year-two-prompts-from-genesis-16/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/questions-for-the-new-year-two-prompts-from-genesis-16/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2021 22:00:49 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3547 Genesis 16 is one of the more troubling passages in the Hebrew Bible, dealing as it does with Abram and Sarai’s initial attempt to deal with their childlessness by having a child through Sarai’s servant, Hagar. Though the plan originates with Sarai, when she sees that Hagar is pregnant she feels very differently about it, […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/questions-for-the-new-year-two-prompts-from-genesis-16/feed/ 2 3547 As a decade begins… https://brianharrisauthor.com/as-a-decade-begins/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/as-a-decade-begins/#comments Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:00:30 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3261 With the twenty teens recently ended, I thought I would post a bit of an update about the blog, fill you in on an exciting new venture I am part of, add some reflections about the start of the twenties, and close with a prayer I have found meaningful. This site has carried 359 posts […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/as-a-decade-begins/feed/ 21 3261 Quotable: For the New Year – take 2 https://brianharrisauthor.com/quotable-for-the-new-year-take-2/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/quotable-for-the-new-year-take-2/#respond Sun, 06 Jan 2019 22:00:52 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3115 As 2019 gets under way, here are a few gems for the journey. The first three are attributed to Mother Teresa, the remainder, unknown. In the end, dear friend, it is always between us and God, not between us and them. Mother Teresa If you judge people, you have no time to love them. Mother Teresa God […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/quotable-for-the-new-year-take-2/feed/ 0 3115 Reframing Change: 8 Guiding Principles https://brianharrisauthor.com/reframing-change-8-guiding-principles/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/reframing-change-8-guiding-principles/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:00:28 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3107 At the start of a new year it is common for people to dream about things they’d like to change. For most, dreams rarely move beyond the “wouldn’t it be lovely” stage, usually because the motivation to change is not well developed and is not accompanied by a sense of urgency. The bottom line for […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/reframing-change-8-guiding-principles/feed/ 2 3107 Et Teneo, Et Teneor – holding and held… https://brianharrisauthor.com/et-teneo-et-teneor-holding-and-held/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/et-teneo-et-teneor-holding-and-held/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2017 04:02:18 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2414 Most of us aren’t into Latin, but once in a while you come across a phrase that captures your imagination. At any rate, et teneo, et teneor captures mine. Translated it means, I hold and am held. It serves as the motto embedded in the crest of Spurgeon’s College, Spurgeon probably having first heard it […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/et-teneo-et-teneor-holding-and-held/feed/ 5 2414 Managing Monday: Quotes for the start of a new year… https://brianharrisauthor.com/managing-monday-quotes-for-the-start-of-a-new-year/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/managing-monday-quotes-for-the-start-of-a-new-year/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2017 22:00:06 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2399 As we start a new year, here are some wise insights to reflect upon… Do something today that your future self will thank you for – Anon Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you – Anon The secret […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/managing-monday-quotes-for-the-start-of-a-new-year/feed/ 4 2399 Managing Monday: Quotes as the New Year approaches… https://brianharrisauthor.com/managing-monday-quotes-as-the-new-year-approaches/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/managing-monday-quotes-as-the-new-year-approaches/#respond Sun, 25 Dec 2016 22:00:46 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2391 As 2016 enters its final few days, here are a few quotes worth thinking about… There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind – C.S.Lewis What feels like the end is often the beginning – Anon You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/managing-monday-quotes-as-the-new-year-approaches/feed/ 0 2391 Gratitude and Giving Back: A theme for the New Year https://brianharrisauthor.com/gratitude-and-giving-back-some-goals-for-the-new-year-and-a-blog-update/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/gratitude-and-giving-back-some-goals-for-the-new-year-and-a-blog-update/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:00:16 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1376 Given that if you aim at nothing, you invariably achieve it, it is probably wise to set some goals for the New Year. In the past I have worked away at detailed plans, trying to set precise markers that will help me assess if the year can be classified a success or otherwise. But this […]

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