"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...

"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...

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

                                                                                                                           --Thomas J...

"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...

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

"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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"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 ...

"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. ...

“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...

“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...

"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...

"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...

"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