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.
" Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome."
--Arthur Ashe
I remember when I was younger and I only had my brother's bike to ride when he wasn't using it. It was ugly, too. It was old and scratched...
"If you want something in life that you've never had, you're going to have to do something you've never done."
--JD Houston
About 3 months ago, I was wondering in my quiet time, "Should I facilitate a retreat based on my book, 'Fruitful Leadership:...
"Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing."
"Without love there can be no connection, no future and no success together."
--John Maxwell
I'm writing this on the Friday before Easter and I thought of what a grand emotion love is. I know, this seems kinda mushy, but imagine a life without love...
"Don't be afraid to start over. It's a brand new opportunity to rebuild what you really want."
I love springtime. The bulbs and perennials are starting to break through the dirt. I planted my vegetable garden and the kale, lettuce,
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"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 th...
"At any given moment, we have two options: step forward into growth or step back into safety."
Abraham Maslow
“To be intentional means working with purpose to make every action count.”
--John C. Maxwell
“The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man.”
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
--C.S. Lewis
"Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.”
--Zig Ziglar
This is an email that I...
"Harmony between the two selves exists when Self 1 is quiet and focused. Only then can peak performance be reached.”
--Tim Gallwey, "The Inner Game of Tennis"
I recently grabbed and reread "The Inner Game of Tennis," by Timothy Gallwey. I'm n...
"Your thoughts shape your vision. You see what you choose to see."
---I don't know who wrote this, so I'll claim it:)
" Make sure your worst enemy is not living between your own two ears."
--Anonymous
Tonight starts "Breakthrough to Your Best You, the Sequel." This is a class that I'm teaching again by popular demand. One of the modules is on Self-Sabotage a...
“Abundance is not something I acquire, it's something I tune into."
--Wayne Dyer
My favorite leadership law is the Law of Magnetism. Who I am is who I attract. Thoughts are things, and they attract to me what I think about. When I worked for a ...