Putting Yourself Out There: When Authenticity and Risk Collide!

Authentic, Authentic Leadership, Authenticity, Joe Contrera, Self Improvement

This is a story about a book, a book about what happens when authenticity and risk collide. I started writing my soon to be released book, I Could Love No One Until I Loved Me in early 2009. At the time, I was going through a pretty traumatic time in my life. It was the onset of what some called the ‘second depression’ and my business had been significantly impacted. In what felt like a matter of days, we went from having our best year ever to having one of our worst … overnight.

Honestly … Can We Talk About Truthfulness?

Accountability, Authentic, Authentic Leadership, Authenticity, Integrity, Joe Contrera, Leadership Speaker, Values

With what seems like a continual flow of untruthfulness from our politicians and the media, is it any wonder that we have become numb to truthfulness. “Reality” television shows retake scenes until they get it to a point that will captivate the audience … and in doing so they move further away from the truth and further away from reality. Whether it is by omission or the careful selection of one’s words … being untruthful is the same as lying!

Love and Accountability – Happy Valentines Day!

Accountability, Alive @ Work, Alive at Work, Authentic, Authentic Leadership, Authenticity, Joe Contrera, Results

It’s easy to want to blame or fault others when certain aspects of our lives aren’t going the way we want, especially when it comes to love and accountability. And yet few people embrace the concept that we are 100% responsible for the results we attain in our lives. This includes our thoughts, actions, and emotional well being. Accountability begins when we take 100% responsibility for every aspect of our lives … accountability begins with you!