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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.

5 Things to Do Daily For Success Jul 24, 2023

  

“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...

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Fear is Meant to Serve Us Jul 18, 2023

"Everything that you want is on the other side of fear."
 

                                                                                                                              --Jack Canfield

It's true. Getting outside of our comfort zone i...
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Tips to Overcome Self-Sabotage Jun 27, 2023

"Make sure your worst enemy is not living between your own two ears."
 

                                                                                                                                       --Anonymous

I'm preparing the class "Dis...
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What Are You Planting? May 10, 2023

“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.”                                                                                                           ...

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Leaders Add Value By Serving May 03, 2023

The Law of Addition--Leaders Add Value by Serving Others 

 
                                                                                                                                  --John C. Maxwell


I was discussing DISC behavioral styles w...
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What Does Love Mean For You? Apr 26, 2023

"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...

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The Best Gift We Can Give One Another Apr 17, 2023

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
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Steps to Effective Delegating Apr 05, 2023

 “You don't have to do everything, even Batman had Robin.”

--Anonymous


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...
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We See Through Our Own Filters! Mar 21, 2023

"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...

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There is Always a Solution Mar 21, 2023

 

The meaning of the word problem in the original Latin language means "to put forward." It precedes, or comes before, a solution. I believe if we are gifted with the sight to see a problem, we will have a solution.  We could say that the putting fo...

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What Is Your Personal Mission? Feb 27, 2023

"Outstanding people have one thing in common:  An absolute sense of mission.”

                                                                                                                                               --Zig Ziglar 

 


I'm re-rea
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Our Beliefs Have Power Jan 23, 2023

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will rule your life and you will call it fate.”

― Carl Jung

That has to be my favorite quote. Our beliefs have so much power and most of them live underneath the radar screen of our conscious thought. The...

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Words That Kill Innovation Jan 23, 2023

“If I had asked people what they wanted they would have said faster horses.”

--Henry Ford

 When I was the CEO of a non-profit, I wanted to be on the cutting edge and serve with excellence. I was always looking for better ideas or even new ways of d...

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Why Personal Growth Is So Difficult Jan 09, 2023

“When we first embark upon a growth goal, it's intangible. It takes patience to see results. "


Jan McDonald


I had a flat forehead moment the other morning. I realized that I have a hard time being joyful when I'm not moving in the direction of a t...

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What Is Your Legacy? Jan 01, 2023

Please think about your legacy because you are writing it every day."


Gary Vaynerchuk


Dennis and I live far away from our adult kids and grandkids. One of the questions we asked ourselves on Christmas was, "How can we leave a legacy when we live ...
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Imagine Your 2023 Dec 26, 2022

"If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time."

--Zig Ziglar

Every year on December 1st, I take the month to go through my journal to review and reflect on the past year.   I am astonished at how much I have learned. I'm also amazed at the lesso
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