
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.
"Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself."
--Denis Waitley
Dr. Ben Carson's story is so inspiring. His mom, Sonya, didn’t have any more than a third grade education. She marrie...
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” --Nikola Tesla
We've all been in a situation where we have walked into a party or meeting and thought, "This just doesn't feel quite right. I'm not...
"You've got to make your own kind of music, sing your own special song, make your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings along."
--Cass Elliott
Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most cel...
"The choice you make, makes you."
--Coach John Woodin
I was privileged to attend the Live2Lead live event virtually this week! It is jam packed with ...
"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"
"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...
"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...
"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,
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“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. ...