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Be a Giant Slayer
Are you a giant slayer? Have you ever faced a giant in your life? What was it? How did you kill that giant? You may be thinking that you have never really had to kill any giants, which may be because you never really recognized the giants in your life. Giants are not those circumstances…
Read MoreThe Law of Multiplication
Earlier this year I suffered what I’ve come to call my “mid-life crisis”. Instead of the “traditional” ways to act in such a state, I began to evaluate my life and determine whether I was living out my “purpose”—was I fully living as God intends me to live, and I decided to merge my love…
Read MoreUsing The Past To Build The Future
Not unlike many of my John Maxwell Team colleagues, my journey to becoming a certified coach, speaker and trainer, involved transitioning from a career far from it. Working in the construction industry for thirty years allowed me to witness, and be part of, good leadership, poor leadership, and no leadership. During that part of my…
Read MoreGood leaders use TACT
Good Leaders Use TACT – How about you? Tact is the ability to say the right thing. Leaders definitely need to develop this skill but I am talking about the acronym TACT. It stands for Think, Apply, Change and Transfer. Good leaders are continual learners. One of the best ways to learn and to grow…
Read MoreDare to Be Great
While flying to the Midwest from Seattle, I made sure to book a window seat. I never tire of watching the country slip past below me. I always try to guess where we are but I’m usually clueless – unless a bored pilot calls out a landmark or we fly over Denver or pass near…
Read MoreWhat is Your Vision Worth?
That was the topic of my devotional one morning. I thought it was fitting since I was preparing for my 12pm mastermind group talking about the Law of Sacrifice from the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. A leader must give up to go up! My devotional, Sun Stand Still, asked questions like, “What would you…
Read MoreLittle Things Matter: Become a REEL Success
When I coach clients, one of first things I ask them is what their business looks like when it is finished. Usually I get a strange look, but I explain that we cannot build something without knowing what it will be. An architect needs construction drawings and a business owner a set of plans to…
Read MoreThree Yards and a Cloud of Dust
Their faces, caked with dirt and sweat, could not mask the young mens potent mixture of doubt, dread and distrust. Dive right, dive left, dive right, dive left……slowly and methodically I was teaching the Law of Solid Ground. The sixth of John Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership simply states that trust is the foundation…
Read MoreDo You Know Your Human Expiration Date?
I came face to face with the finality of life again, recently, as we all do. I had just completed leading a Master Mind group in which we studied John Maxwell’s blockbuster book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. The final chapter, The Law of Legacy, hit me hard. This was a seven-week Master Mind. Although…
Read MoreYou Won’t Go Far!
Has that ever been said about you? I can remember my peers and teachers saying that to me. Wow, these kinds of words can go deep! When we are growing up, many things can be said which can have a lifelong effect. Words that have been said in jest or in all seriousness can begin…
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