"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.”

"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...

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...

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

                                                                                                                                               --Zig Ziglar 

I'm re-rea...

"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...

“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...

“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...

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

—Gary Vaynerchuk

"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...

"Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action."

--Peter Drucker

The leadership Law of Reflection says "Experience is not the best teacher; evaluated experience is the best teacher....

“Gratefulness for what is there is one of the most powerful tools for creating what is not yet there. What does gratefulness mean? It means you appreciate what is. You value, you give attention to, you honor whatever is here at this moment.”

― Eckhart...

"Happiness is there for the taking and for the making. "

---Oprah Winfrey

I turned the key in my ignition to go to the gym this morning and immediately heard Christmas music. I changed the radio channel a few times and those happy, jolly, holiday tun...

Leadership Seeds

"Being a great place to work is the difference between being a good company and a great company."

― Brian Kristofek

As leaders we have a responsibility to make our environment one that is conducive to success. We must create a clima...

In my travels this week, I have learned that many of us are not totally experiencing the freedom that we desire.  We're walking around happily on the outside, but dragging an invisible Ball And Chain (BAC) that is holding us back. Whatever is holding...