I used to think of leadership simply as something that one aspired to professionally. My thoughts on it changed when I read author and business speaker John Maxwell say “Leadership is influence, nothing more nothing less.” The quote isn’t near as open ended as it may seem at first when you really think about it. …
You are designed to have goals and to work towards their achievement — and by doing so make the world around you a better place. Consider the following story of some of the first astronauts. Some of them, upon completing their mission would experience depression and other life difficulties. How could this be? Particularly from …
There will always be barriers — at least when it comes to accomplishing anything of significance. The challenges of life bring with them important opportunities to grow, to become better, and ultimately allow us to be the type of person capable of being a good steward of whatever rewards we happen to be entrusted with. …
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I’m big on intentionality. To put it plainly, I’m referring to the act of doing things by choice over chance, or happenstance. That said, I’m not under the illusion that there aren’t times where things  have to be done which, given the choice we would rather not do them. That said, I also don’t believe …
We all experience some type of self imposed comfort zone at different times in our life. I am talking about those things that for one reason or another we believe are out of our reach. Comfort zones can be highly personal to the individual, or they can be something that an entire group of people …
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