Little 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 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…
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…
Read MoreWhat kind of root system do you have?
The sequoia redwood trees located in California, are some of the biggest trees in the world. The General Sherman is, in fact, noted as THE largest known living single stem tree on Earth! It is 275 ft tall, 25 feet in diameter, and is approximately 2,500 years old. Something that huge must have an incredible…
Read MoreFour Tips for Cultural Change
The Humiliation The budget meeting was a disaster, far surpassing what I had anticipated. It was a raucous and mean spirited group of senior managers pouring out wrath and venom while the President and Chairman quietly looked on. Why were these people so mad and contentious? Me! As the new guy in town and the…
Read MoreJohn Maxwell Turned My Life Right Side Up!
It was August 2012. After several years of studying for my master’s degree, coaching certifications, many hours of coaching couples and hosting marriage intensives, it was time for a break. Not a mini-vaca, but a sabbatical. So my husband and I began a road trip from central Florida to Las Vegas, with multiple stops along…
Read MoreNothing is Quieter than Hair Turning Gray
When I was younger, I had my whole life ahead of me. Anything was possible. In fact, when I graduated from high school, my dad said, “Son, you need to go out and get a job right now, while you still know everything.” In a way, he was right. I have never felt more on…
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