Your Path to Breakthroughs: Insights from Jan McDonald
From hopeless drunk to 30 yearsĀ sober and helpingĀ hundreds ofĀ 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.
"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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"High Road Leadership--bringing people together in a world that divides."
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"A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future."
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
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"Our why helps us understand why we do what we do” and “how much more we can achieve if we remind ourselves to start everything we do by first asking why.”
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