Your Path to Breakthroughs: Insights from Jan McDonald
From hopeless drunk to 30 yearsย sober and helpingย hundreds ofย individuals and organizations unlock their 'and then some', I distill all the lessons gained from those transformational life experiences and share them with you in this space.
I invite you to explore these insights as way to help you breakthrough the challenges that are stopping you from becoming who you want to be.
“A New Year, a New You is possible. Decide who you want to be and go after that. "
—Jan McDonald
January 10th is National Quitter's Day; the day that most people abandon their New Year's Resolutions.
Wow. We don't...
"๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ."
--Anonymous
๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ. When you put different people together from different backgrounds, with different expectations--well...sometimes it's hard to know...
"The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search."
--Ernest Dimnet
The leadership Law of Reflection teaches us that learning to pause allows growth to...
"When you let go, you create space for something better.”
--Anonymous
I love fall. It's one of the most beautiful and mysterious seasons. We can look at the exact same kind of trees all in a row and some of the leaves have turned and some...
"Beauty rescues...because it is merciful, comforting...it heals, restores, revives, renews."
--John Eldridge
I'm reading a book by John Eldridge called, "Get Your Life Back." The book is about the mad pace and the number of demands on...
"I strongly encourage you to find a place to think and to discipline yourself to pause and use it, because it has the potential to change your life."
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"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
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“Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.”
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"The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge."
--Thomas Berger
Leadership is about influence and relationships. When the leadership level is high, the leader is able to cast the vision, set the strategy...
"Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself."
--Denis Waitley
Dr. Ben Carson's story is so inspiring. His mom, Sonya, didn’t have any more than a third grade education....
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” --Nikola Tesla
We've all been in a situation where we have walked into a party or meeting and thought, "This just doesn't feel...
"You've got to make your own kind of music, sing your own special song, make your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings along."
--Cass Elliott
Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and...
"The illiterate of the future are not those who can't read or write, but those who can't learn, unlearn and relearn."
--Alvin Toffler, "Future Shock"
"Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing."
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