Choose Your Attitude … Choose Your Life! Have you ever experienced something in life that you didn’t like, didn’t want, or wished that somehow it was different? Have you ever found yourself uttering the words … “Why did this have to happen to me?” The truth, is that even though you may not like what is…
The Art of Leading, Coaching, & Influencing Others™: Transparency & Opaqueness Transparency – the quality or state of being free from pretense or deceit. Opaqueness – attempt to block, making something hard to understand or see. Much can be said about these topics because they touch every aspect of our lives. Whether it is politics, the news…
The Power of One … At times it can be easy to forget the idea that it takes just one idea, action, or belief to transform the world. Whether that be the world-at-large or the much smaller world that you inhabit, especially the one in your head. Most of us have forgotten the impact we…
A wise mentor of mine, Dr Nido Qubein of High Point University, once told me, “Joe if you don’t have a why … the how and the what don’t matter!” As I reflect back on the times in my life when I was driven towards a particular goal … be it writing my first book or starting my business, I was always crystal clear about the why behind my actions. I had a clear understanding of my purpose for that particular goal and was driven to achieve it.
Do you make the choice to empower yourself? There is a saying, count it all joy, which is an interesting thought, especially if you feel like your sitting in a situation that feels like anything BUT joy. Most of us have been trained to look at what is wrong as opposed to what is right about a given situation. And a lot of this what’s wrong thinking comes from the way we were programmed along with our life experiences. Here’s what I know …
A friend of mine and I were discussing the difference between forgiveness and letting go. I shared that in order to forgive, you have to be willing to completely let go of the incident or misdeed. She shared that there were a few things in her life that she had forgiven others for AND she…
The other night I had a potentially energy draining experience at the local Shell gas station. After realizing that gas was .15 per gallon more than the local grocery store (I should’ve bought it when I was there) I filled the tank up. As I waited for the pump to finish processing the transaction so I…
Have you ever gotten to the end of your day and had this realization … I didn’t really accomplish a “d–n” thing today! So you grab your to-do list and write down what you did do … And then check those items off your list so you felt like you actually accomplished something. Okay let’s see ……
The Key to Happiness There are times in my life when I simply do not like what is going on. When this happens I typically go into my “grab control of the situation” mode so that I could get things back to normal and in “control” again. Recently I found myself traveling back to Cleveland…
Authenticity: Stay True To Yourself By Following The Money! A short time ago, I was having a phone conversation with my very dear friend Shawna, We were discussing my favorite topic of late…authenticity. While we were discussing, it was clear that authenticity means that you live a life in alignment with your values. Shawna asked,…