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“Our mission in life should be to make a positive difference, not to prove how smart we are or how right we are.”       Peter Drucker Leadership is about influence.  When we influence others, we are leading them.  When we influence ourselves, we are self-leading.  That brings up the question, “What are the thoughts, behaviors and strategies that help us exert influence over ourselves? Here are...Read More

3 Ways The Search For Meaning Impacts Your Life   “Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose”.  Albert Einstein   Perhaps you’ve seen this picture of our Milky Way Galaxy. Our galaxy is 100,000 light years1 across.  It takes our solar system 250 million years to orbit...Read More

(5 Ways To Simplify And Get Back Control)   Clutter creates confusion.  It is a threat to mental and emotional clarity.  Life has enough complexities without adding fuel to our chaotic fire.  Peace of mind – some call it flow – often eludes us.  Ever so slowly our minds can drift into a state called “clutter tolerance.” We get so busy dodging the debris that...Read More

Here Are 7 Ways To Be Intentionally Influential   “You can have everything in life you want just by helping others get what they want.”  Zig Ziglar Influencers?  We hear how important they are and why we need them, but where are they?  Better yet, what are they?  According to The Free Dictionary “influence” is “A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events.”...Read More

Here Are 5 Ways To Develop It click hear to listen to the audio blog “I have no special talents.  I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein We live in a target-rich environment.  As a result it’s easy to get distracted from a strategic life and chase after so many things that seem important.  This can lead to behaving like a puppy in the...Read More

It’s hard to stand up for someone you don’t know, including yourself.  The task of defining one’s self gets caught up in our attempts to protect ourselves with a bucket full of defense mechanisms.  This in turn confuses the journey of discovering who you are.  Self-understanding is warped with the image we attempt to project.  Self-protection becomes an alias for self-understanding. “The privilege of a...Read More