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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 MoreOvercoming Barriers to Success …What Laws Teach Us
How do you overcome a barrier? By first identifying what the true barrier is. Else the situation continues to be similar to someone rowing a boat, but yet remaining stationary. Take for example, you may have tried your hand at many business ventures, but no luck; you keep applying for jobs, one application after the…
Read MoreLeadership The key to Your Effectiveness
John Maxwell, in his book “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership “, reminds us that leadership determines the level of effectiveness of a person. Let me tell you that this is serious. If you think that efficiency is the same thing as effectiveness, you would be wrong. Because efficiency means doing things right, but effectiveness…
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 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 MoreThe Woman in the Mirror
A few days ago, I had the honor of gathering with a cohort of students from the University of Washington to debrief their recent study-abroad trip to Ghana. The stories I heard were not your typical “what I did last summer” stories. Theirs were powerful testimonies of personal growth and transformation. I was humbled and…
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 MoreMost People Are Dead; They Just Haven’t Made it Official
The first time I heard this back in 2011, I sat in the audience with 2,000 other people in central Ohio. These words ripped right through my awareness. John Maxwell continued, “Most people die at 35 and they’re buried at 75.” OUCH! His words hurt, but only because they were so true. You see, until…
Read MoreAre You Being Complacent or Intentional?
I was sitting at my desk in my classroom – the same classroom I had had for nine years. I knew I had been successful as a teacher, and gained satisfaction from teaching students how to master mathematics, but no longer did I have the passion to continue on this path. I wasn’t completely sure…
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