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.
"Gratitude is the healthiest of all human behaviors. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for."
—Zig Ziglar
What does gratitude have to do with leadership? Think about it....
“Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult."
--Scott Peck (The Road Less Traveled)
When I was being coached this week, it seems I needed a reminder. I was talking (whining) ...
"I took the time to feel melancholy."
--Me
“For a president to select a political rival for a cabinet was not unprecedented; but deliberately to surround himself with all of his disappointed antagonists seemed to be courting disaster. It was a mark of his sincere intentions that Lincoln wante...
"Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness."
--John Maxwell
I learned this the hard way when I was the CEO of a non-profit. When I stopped growing my leadership skills, the organization stopped growing...period.
We are eithe...
"Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing."
“Self-care is how you take your power back."
--Lalah Delia
The topic of personal wellness (the unfluffy way of saying self-care) has come up again recently...and often. It was a requested topic for my latest keynote. My recent coaching clients stru...
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."
--Michael Altshuler
If we want to design our life and live it according to our calling and our own personal dreams and desires, we need strategies. Good strategies take into acc...
"Everything that you want is on the other side of fear."
It's true. Getting outside of our comfort zone i...
"Make sure your worst enemy is not living between your own two ears."
I'm preparing the class "Dis...
“Your thinking, more than anything else, shapes the way you live. It’s really true that if you change your thinking, you can change your life.” ...
The Law of Addition--Leaders Add Value by Serving Others
I was discussing DISC behavioral styles w...
"Without love there can be no connection, no future and no success together."
--John Maxwell
I actually wrote this on the Friday before Easter and I thoug...
Are Dennis and I the only couple that speaks--okay--yells at each other from
different parts of our home?
Do we all genuinely have the interest to want to know the answer to this question when we see someone, "How are you doing?" Do we all genuinely w...
“You don't have to do everything, even Batman had Robin.”
When I work with executives, delegating can be a tough concept for them to grasp. I've been there. I didn't enjoy giving up control, especially when I knew it would be faster and...
"Some stories in our heads were told to us by others. Some we created ourselves."
--Me (from Self Image Mastery Class)
A woman was waiting at an airport for her hours-long flight. Since her flight was delayed, she had several hours on her hand. S...