How You Can Use Clarity to Get What You Want
I’m preparing this week to facilitate a workshop at Restoration Church in Spartanburg, SC. I’ve done hundreds of these learning events across the country and I’m jazzed to be able to host one in my own backyard! How to Get Clarity One of the great takeaways from this training is always the unique Passion Process. Many people […]
Why do you need to grow?
Define the Price of Growth I spent today in Pennsylvania with New Castle Lawn and Landscape and I was asked the question, “Why do I have to grow?” People normally discover that even though they say they want to grow, they don’t understand the price they have to pay to grow. There is no growth without change […]
How To Manage Your Energy
This weekend I re-read The Power of Full Engagement. Go buy it! Here are a couple of quick ideas that I gleaned from the book: Managing time is no guarantee we will bring sufficient energy to what we’re doing. Time is simply the opportunity to spend energy! The key question is: How much energy do we invest […]
How to Stay Motivated
I just finished Daniel Pink’s new book, Drive. It’s the book I wish I would have written. In addition to Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose (if you don’t understand what I’m talking about, go get the book!) I’d like to weigh in with my 3 techniques I’ve used to motivate myself! Change Your Focus How I focus […]
Creating New Questions Can Change You!
Who Do You Spend Time With? I spent last week in Boston with a bunch of international change agents from Living Word Missions! We’ve been a part of this family for the last 17 years and every time I get around them I am challenged to give and do more! Your growth and development is always […]
What You Can Do To Stay on Schedule
Time is Your Most Precious Commodity Time equals Life! Every day is a gift, so I’m always trying to maximize my time. If I can maximize my time, I’ll maximize my life! It’s the ability to organize that’s the key skill to staying on schedule and making the most of your time! The challenge is […]
Learn These Quick Tips for Communicating Better
Everyone Communicates! We are all communicators! This is how we get things done with other people and your success depends on your ability to get your message through the clutter. The better you become with your communication, the better your results! I just finished The Power to Connect. It’s a great resource for anyone that […]
How To Increase your Influence with People
Influence is Based on Trust Trust is never static. Everything you do impacts others’ level of trust in you because there is a difference between being trustworthy and being trusted. How you behave as a leader is always under the microscope, so be very conscious of whether you are building or diminishing trust. Have you […]
A Quick Guide to Solving Problems
We are all Paid to Solve Problems In life we are all paid to solve problems. In fact, your compensation is directly related to the problem you solve. This is simple math, if you want better compensation, solve more complex problems! In fact, without problems we would never reach our full potential. It’s the challenges […]
Self-Coaching
In our research on leadership, we’ve discovered that the great leaders have the sensory acuity to self coach themselves.
Do you have the courage to address your constraints?
What are Your Limiting Behaviors? Real success demands more than just talent and ability. Most of the time people have plenty of talent, but they let their attitudes or behaviors get in the way of using those gifts. These constraints (behaviors) only limit us, when we ignore them.
Why Self Management is the Best Management!
You Can Lead from Anywhere! I think one of the greatest misconceptions when people think of leadership is the thought, that if I am not at the top I can’t lead. My friend, John Maxwell, always says that leadership is not a position or a title but it’s influence. I always remind myself that influence […]