What Does It Take To Make Yourself Better?
Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. Lucille Ball Read more at...
Work hard. Be nice
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. -Sam Ewing Work Hard. Be nice. I first heard this phrase from the folks at the Knowledge is Power Program -KIPP. My...
Accepting Help Does Not Equate To Weakness
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream. John Lennon Read more at...
The Net May Not Appear
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. Dale Carnegie Doubt is that voice in the back of your head that tells you cannot do something. No one is immune...
Mastery Demands Everything
Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.” - Albert Einstein So who are the grittiest folks I know? There are many attributes that help...
They Will Expect The Same Of You
Josiah Franklin and Abiah his wife lie here interred. They lived lovingly together in wedlock fifty-five years. Without any estate, or any gainful employment, by constant labor and industry, with God's blessing, they maintained a large family comfortably, and brought...
Breaking the Code
We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence- Alan Cohen I have seen a lot of people selling formulas and 12 step plans that promise success and riches. I have to be honest, I am not a...
Grit
The only thing that I see that is distinctly different about me is I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be out-worked, period. You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things...
Competent, Capable and Empowered
I spent the majority of yesterday coaching managers and directors at a local organization. Hooray for ME! I love coaching managers and helping them tap into their natural strengths and skills, to help them create...