Your B Game
Don't Give Up, Get Up
There are times life pulls at you and you are on your B game. Right now I am playing my B game with intensity. Read more on how you can regain momentum and get back on your A game. Don’t Give Up, Get Up.
Tag Archives: Change Management
The Eight-Second Rule
We succeed at our dreams not because we are successful in each opportunity, but because we get up off the ground, pay another entry fee, and pursue the next bodacious opportunity. There will be times you will fail to be the type person you should be. Do not stop trying just because you fail once; or even more than once. Get up and pay the entry fee again.
3 Words To Forget and 3 Words To Remember
3 Words will let you break from the herd, take control and overcome your fears.
Who Is Calling The Shots In Your Business?
There are experts who will advise you that Marketing MUST calls the shots for a business. Then there are others that proclaim that Sales MUST call the shots and then there are those that claim Finance (Wall Street) MUST call the shots. The real question is who SHOULD call the shots?
We’re In a Crisis
Why is it some businesses are successful and others fail? Why is it some companies become substantial enterprises while others never grow beyond a small business?
Are You Thinking?
To often individuals have not given a lot of thought about where they want to go on their leadership journey. In other words they are just blowing in the wind hoping they will reach a destination they like.
Don’t Let Perfect Get In the Way of Progress
Too often we delay taking action waiting for the perfect conditions, the right economic conditions or when we have favorable committee review, the bottom line is you have to take action and rarely are the conditions perfect. Be smart, do your homework and plan your initiative, but Don’t let perfect get in the way of progress.
Transformation Begins With Me
Only a three-hour flight from Houston is the scenic country of Guatemala and while there are many great things about the country of Guatemala, it is a country with debilitating social issues and a country without heroes. Guatemala is a country of the young where the average age is 20 years, making it fertile ground for transformation.
Three Words Each Day – The Karani Method
Make time each day to study in one of these three areas. Grow spiritually, grow your career and grow your personal life. You will feel much better when you work on you, instead of letting the media do their work on you. Take control of your learning and you will take control of your life.
The Devil’s Advocate
There is one person who is never invited, yet attends all important meetings; The Devil’s Advocate. Their self appointed job is to point out “crazy thinking”, to seed doubt and insure that progress is stopped. To understand the devil’ s advocate, it will help to know something about the devil. The Bible tells us the […]
Are You Making a Living or Making a Difference?
You have a choice… you can work to make a career, work to make a living, work to make it through the day OR your can work to make a difference. It is inspiring to work with people that work to make a difference. Here is how you can make a difference and not just […]
Maasai Miracle – Rain From a Blue Sky
In the Rift Valley of Kenya, Africa we stood with the Maasai people under a large tree that was loosing it’s leafs due to the prolonged drought. The Maasai leader ask our small group from Woodlands Church of Houston and Nairobi, if we would pray for rain. They were grateful for the food we provided them […]
Go to Your Horizon
Have the courage to go to the edge of your known abilities, doing so will cause you to grow and learn new skills. Do not eliminate yourself from pursuing new adventures because of fear or what you can see today. Pursuing your new adventures will require extraordinary courage, unrestrained action and boldness. The only way you can sail into new harbors of your life is to have the courage to step out and take on new adventures. You make your own choices. You can choose to only dream about sitting on a yacht at anchor in a beautiful palm fringed bay, or you can take action and pursue your bodacious adventure. What is your bodacious adventure? Dream bodacious dreams and pursue bodacious adventures and you will live a bodacious life.
Live Like a Pedigree
Choose the pedigree life; stop feasting on scraps. Take time for you, invest in yourself, invest in others, forgive, celebrate and build-up and you will be a pedigree for yourself and to others.
What Restrains You?
There is a long list of things that tend to restrain us and hold us back from realizing our Big Dreams. In reality We Are Restrained By Ourselves! To realize your Big Dreams you must have Unrestrained Passion
Ordinary is the Enemy of Extraordinary
It is tempting to play it safe and sign up for ordinary goals. Be extraordinary, have big dreams and goals.
Extraordinary Commitment to Your Dreams
It is your choice… if choose to be extraordinary, unrestrained and bold then you have made the choice. To Achieve More and To Make A Difference. And to do this REQUIRES Extraordinary Commitment
You Can Fix Ignorant
Be persistent and have a passion for continuing your learning and you will not be ignorant, you will be happy. Build a big bookcase, and you will build a big paycheck and a big life.â€
Navigating the Reefs of Bodacious Dreams
Proper pursuit of your Bodacious Dream requires self-examination, study, preparation, perseverance, and hard work. A Bodacious Dream is more than whim, it is something you have passion for and are willing pay the price of preparation to obtain.
The Arnold Principle and Bodacious Leadership
Bodacious leaders embrace “The Arnold Principle†by defining the way things are done in the organization to deliver a quality product to the customer. Bodacious leaders do not focus on the cow; they focus on delivering the best steaks to the customer. Bodacious leaders encourage innovation though persistence and by gently moving their teams toward the horizon.
You Can Be a Miracle Worker
Set-aside time for others in need, give of your time, your money, and your talents and you can be a miracle worker. However, it will not be easy to give time to others; you must be deliberate and set aside time daily for your family and community. Be careful not to trade family and community […]
Qualities of a Great Mentor
As you pursue your bodacious opportunities, you will need a mentor; someone capable of giving sound advice; an encourager, and a rescuer. Unfortunately, too many people give bad advice or fail to encourage when you make a mistake. A great mentor is a rare find. Here are the qualities a good mentor […]