The 4 Steps to Assertive Communication for Your Family, Friends and Team.
Jan 29
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway 45 year old Judy revealed in an anger management class that she was constantly angry at her husband. When asked why, she revealed that the fact that she has a home based business that she is building has always conflicted with her on whether to spend time with her husband or to create a better quality of life for...
5 Questions of Leadership
Nov 09
Recently I was on Facebook trying to figure out what I was going to post to the world and I thought of five questions that I am asked often about leadership. This article gives a short answer to each of these important questions. Along with some of the response I got back from the world of Facebook. What is a true Leader? – A leader is a person who sees something that needs to be done,...
Thriving on Chaos
Sep 25
Things change unpredictably in everyone’s world. There is no pattern to many of the changes in our world. Forecasting and long-range planning are high-risk activities. Today we cannot guarantee more of the same of anything. About the only prediction we can safely assume is that things will always change! In this “Age of Unreason,” to use Charles Handy’s term, we must learn to...
Never Let Anger Lead You, Releasing Your Anger Is The Golden Path
Sep 13
“If you become angry, do not let your anger lead you. ” There are helpful ways and harmful ways to release your anger. For instance, sometimes we’d rather remain angry than admit to our anger. Keep in mind: anger is not necessarily wrong. It only becomes wrong if we release it in a way that is inappropriate or destructive. My experience is that most of us learned to express our...
A Leadership Secret: Appreciating The Difficult People
Sep 09
For decades, every summer, welcoming his scholarship players, Alabama coaching legend, Paul “Bear” Bryant, asked: “Have you called your folks to thank them? No one ever got to this level of excellence in football without the help of others.” Bryant didn’t just appreciate the importance of other people in the development of a young athlete; he wanted the athletes to...