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Your Path to Breakthroughs: Insights from Jan McDonald

From hopeless drunk to 30 years sober and helping hundreds of 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.

We All Have Learning Models Aug 12, 2024

"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"

 

We all know exactly what we should be doing with our time, and our lives. Despite that, sometim...
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People Do What People See Jul 08, 2024

"Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing." 

                                                                                                       ― Albert Schweitzer

 

"What do you mean Julie (my daughter) cut cl...

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We Could Be In Trouble Jul 01, 2024

 

"High Road Leadership--bringing people together in a world that divides." 

                                                                                                        ― John C Maxwell

 
I had to turn off the TV after the first five mi...

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Dream Stealers May 27, 2024

"A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future." 

                                                                                                           ― Denis Waitley

 

This was my post on Facebook one night in 2019 after anoth...

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It's Not Failure--It's A Lesson May 15, 2024

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

                                                                                                          --Winston Churchill
  

My friend Les Brown says "Too m...

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Knowing Your Why Gives You R and R May 02, 2024

"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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How Do I Lead My Supervisor Apr 29, 2024

 

"Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself."

                                                                                                                           --Thomas J...

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Chasing Failure Apr 15, 2024

"Failure is a gift if you don't give up and are willing to learn, improve and grow because of it."

                                                                                                                        --Ryan Leak

Good morning, 

I f...

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What Are You Imagining? Apr 01, 2024
 

The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man.

    --Napolean Hill
                                                                                                                                     ...
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Where's The Pony? Mar 04, 2024

"In every adversity, there lies the seed of equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time." 

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The Importance of Values Feb 14, 2024

"Embarking on a vision without values is like driving a windy road without guard rails."

--John Maxwell
  

I often help companies and organizations flesh out their values because it sets standards and expectations by which employees work. When team ...

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When We Don't Have All The Answers Feb 05, 2024

"Nothing will cause more anxiety than trying to control that which we can't."

--John Maxwell


When we sold our home in Grandview mid-July of 2019, we had the hardest time finding a home in Tri-Cities that we liked, in the price range that we desired. ...

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Get The Ball! Focus on The Important Jan 08, 2024

“Where you focus goes, there your energy flows."

--Tony Robbins 

 

I was reading about Solomon in the Bible book of Ecclesiastes.  He was one of the wealthiest kings in ancient times and he was considered brilliant intellectually. Solomon could bu...

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What Are You Stuck On? Dec 26, 2023

“Attachment is the source of all suffering."

--Buddha


Attachment is a feeling that binds one to a person, thing, cause, ideal, or the like. It is the state of being attached. Many of us have new goals for 2024 and we're excited about them! If we ar...

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Blessed Are The Flexible For They Shall Not Be Bent Out of Shape Dec 18, 2023

"You cannot be the same, think the same, and act the same if you hope to be successful in a world that does not remain the same.” 

 

--Malcome Gladwell

OMGoodness, why doesn't anyone do it my way? 

Okay, that's not always true, but I seem to be getti
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Adding Value to Others Leads to Success Dec 04, 2023

"Leaders Add Value by Serving Others"

--John Maxwell


Many leaders view leadership the same way that they view success. They hope to go as far as they can to achieve the highest position that they can. Many times people do whatever it takes in the p...

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