Creating a Leadership Vision means giving voice to concepts and ideas that no one can see or hear but you. How do you make that vision a reality? This is the second half of how to turn your vision into something. Now here is the second step for turning nothing…
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How to Turn Nothing into Something
First, in order to turn nothing into something, you’ve got to start with some ideas and imagination. Now, it might be hard to call ideas and imagination nothing; but how tangible are those ideas? That is a bit of a mystery. I don’t believe that ideas that can be turned…
Continue Reading....How to Help Your Children To Discuss Death and Dying
I’m writing this blog after the events at Chardon High School in Northern Ohio. I travel through several times per month and it’s not a place where you would expect teen violence to happen. But it did. My heart goes out to the victim’s families and their community. For many…
Continue Reading....I Know That You Are Lying
Ten years ago, someone attempted to drive a wedge between myself and a female friend. He confronted her and told her that I had said some negative things about her. She looked at him and while smiling said, ‘I know you are lying.’ He was shocked and inquired as to…
Continue Reading....From Motivation to Motive-Action
With the passing of every new year, each of us needs to understand the magnitude of social and economic change in the world. In the past, change in business and social life was incremental and a set of personal strategies for achieving excellence was not required. Today, in the knowledge-based…
Continue Reading....The Two Choices We Face
Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and…
Continue Reading....Keeping a Journal – One of the Three Treasures to Leave Behind
If you’re serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and unique individual, keep a journal. Don’t trust your memory. When you listen to something valuable, write it down. When you come across something important, write it down. I used to take notes on pieces of paper and…
Continue Reading....Being Part of the Team
Being Part of the Team In high school I had the good fortune of having very demanding and knowledgeable football coaches. Our head coach’s name was Jim Haluska. He was one of the premier coaches in the state of Wisconsin. As I look back on my time with him I…
Continue Reading....What’s Your Dream?
Yesterday we spent the day celebrating a great man, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He is certainly one of the most influential men in world history. He was a rare combination of visionary and implementer. How did Dr. King accomplish so much in his life? I believe there were three…
Continue Reading....Secrets of Successful Teams
To be a success is not always to be a success individually. In fact, most of the time we achieve our successes as part of a team. That is why I want to devote this issue to the secrets of successful team. We are all part of teams. Our family…
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