Extraordinary Love: Loving Others (Part III) Unfortunately, most people learned how to do or to be in relationships based on the relationships and behaviors that were modeled for them as they grew up. Some folks had great modeling and some folks … well, not so much! Regardless of what was modeled for you the important…
Extraordinary Love: Loving Self I don’t know that many of us were taught as children to love ourselves in a healthy way. The programming we receive as children teaches us that the love and acceptance of others is more important than the love and acceptance of ourselves. I believe there is a stigma attached to loving…
You Are Powerful Beyond Measure … We were all given the most powerful gift … the ability to determine what we think and therefore what we make things mean. And yet, most folks are wasting this incredible resource because they are all to busy trying to make themselves right and everyone else wrong or themselves…
Handling Uncertainty … To Rail Or Not To Rail? In times of uncertainty, you can choose to rail against everything and everyone you do not agree or align with. Your other option is that you can choose to be a rail that guides and supports others who are struggling to make sense of what is…
Knowledge & Wisdom: Why You Need Both Understanding the difference between knowledge and wisdom can be confusing. Knowledge can be acquired by simply reading a book. Wisdom is acquired through experience, yours or someone else’s. You must have a balance of both, if you want to navigate through these crazy times! Watch leadership speaker, Joe Contrera,…
The Underlying Need Driving Us All Over the last few weeks we’ve discussed the topics of Purpose, Self-Awareness, & Ego. This week we bring them all together to uncover the core need that drives all of us! It is unspoken and yet evident in nearly everything we do. Watch leadership speaker, Joe Contrera as he…
Self-Awareness & the Impact on Others Self-Awareness is the key to unlocking your Emotional Intelligence (EQ). It also happens to be the first skill you must master if you want to be an extraordinary leader. And yet, so many of us focus externally on situations, events, and people that are beyond our control. This external…
How Do I Dissolve My Ego? In our previous video we discussed the biggest obstacle blocking your path to changing your mindset. Your Ego! This week we Joe continues the discussion by sharing two critical characteristics needed to continue the process of creating the change you want in your life! Watch leadership speaker, Joe Contrera…
Question: How Do I Change? A lot of folks want to change various aspects of their lives. They want to change their career, the choices they make, their relationships, health, level of success, etc. Yet for many, sustaining the changes they make, is an ongoing battle that they never seem to win. They bounce between…
The Challenge to Be Extraordinary (VIDEO BLOG) Defining what you believe about being extraordinary by anyone other than yourself, is very dangerous. Why? Because if you allow others to define extraordinary for you, you will always be conforming to someone else’s’ ideals or way of life. And if they choose to live an ordinary life…