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Putting Yourself Out There: When Authenticity and Risk Collide!

Authentic, Authentic Leadership, Authenticity, Joe Contrera, Self ImprovementBy Joe Contrera October 15, 2013

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.

Forgive and …

Alive @ Work, Alive at Work, Empowerment, Self ImprovementBy Joe Contrera April 3, 2012 3 Comments

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…

Energy Level … Going …. ?

Aliveness, Customer Service, Empowerment, Self ImprovementBy Joe Contrera March 15, 2012 2 Comments

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…

Doing What Matters Most … It’s as Easy as 3-4-5?

Aliveness, Empowerment, Executive Leadership Development, Goals, Self ImprovementBy Joe Contrera January 26, 2012 1 Comment

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? Acceptance

Aliveness, Empowerment, Self ImprovementBy Joe Contrera December 15, 2011 1 Comment

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!

Authenticity, Empowerment, Purpose, Self Improvement, ValuesBy Joe Contrera November 17, 2011

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,…

The Path of Leadership …

Aliveness, Empowerment, Executive Leadership Development, Executive leadership training, Leadership Skills Training, Management Leadership Training, Self ImprovementBy Joe Contrera August 17, 2011

The path to becoming fully “alive” as a leader begins when you define your purpose – your reason for living. As you get clarity and awareness of your own path you are then able to help others discover and live their own path. Leadership is about pathfinding. In his book Aspire, Kevin Hall breaks down…