In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey taught that to begin with the end in mind is to start with a clear understanding of your target. Begin each day, task, or project with a clear vision of your desired outcome, and then continue by flexing your proactive muscles to make […]
If you want to live a miserable, unfruitful, and quite honestly unGodly life…don’t forgive yourself! However, if you want to be better tomorrow than you are today, you have to learn to forgive yourself of the mistakes and failures you may have made. Unforgiveness towards yourself and others traps you in a prison of discontentedness. […]
Creativity requires COURAGE. In fact the word courage comes from the French word Coeur, meaning heart. Courage comes from our heart. It takes heart to be an innovative person. In order to show your creative potential you have to display the courage to step out and be seen. This may be a skill you have, a […]
Leaders can’t just cast vision, they must cast a worthy vision. Check this out…
Life is a full on battle in the ring of circumstances. Each day we wake up, the fight bell (or as you may call it…alarm clock) rings the game is on. One thing we must never forget is that we have to approach life as a boxer. A boxer never stops moving when they are […]
“Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.” ~ George Lucas Whatever image you hold in your mind will determine your future. You can’t hold an image of failure and expect to live successfully. In fact, the image you hold in your mind tends to manifest itself outwardly. Innovative people have the […]
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s book, The Fellowship of the Ring, there is a character named Samwise Gamgee. Samwise is met with the struggle to find the courage to step out from his hometown, the Shire, and into a life of adventure and danger. Tolkien demonstrates the idea of fear keeping us from going further in life […]
Exodus 19:1-3a On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt —on that very day—they came to the Desert of Sinai. After they set out from Rephidim, they entered the Desert of Sinai, and Israel camped there in the desert in front of the mountain. Then Moses went up to God, […]
“The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.” ~ Bernard Baruch Great ideas need great explanations or else they will not be received. Everyone gets ideas, but not everyone communicates them well. Learning the art of communicating your ideas determines if your ideas get accepted. I have known […]
Leaders are visionaries. They anticipate what is ahead and prepare accordingly. The ability to see things before others see them is a sign of a great leader. Anyone can report on what is currently happening, but a leader is able to report on what could happen in the future. They have an intuition that others […]