Signs of a Good Coach – LTD Style

Dec 18, 2011 No Comments by

Last week, I had an assignment by Mark to check out a video of Vince Lombardi. The idea of the assignment was to determine some key ideas and mindsets from sports that can be transposed to the working world. One of which was “Lombardi Time” – which I recall now as showing up before you need [...]

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Stages of Manhood: Are you Unfinished?

Dec 11, 2011 No Comments by

I am soaking in so much right now in so many different ways and from so many different sources. It’s crazy and I feel like I’m drowning. However, it’s all for a good cause and I’m looking forward to the result.
Recently, Greg Francis, my upline Diamond, did a talk called “Stages of Manhood”. I have [...]

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12 Elements for Mastering Life

Dec 04, 2011 No Comments by

Recently I’ve been surveying knowledge that I take for granted that has led me to where I am in life. As you know, I’m making a major push in my life to actually get things done that I’ve wanted to achieve for several years now. That is part of why I knew I needed a [...]

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How to Successfully Go Through the Minefield

Nov 13, 2011 No Comments

Recently, I had the chance to listen to Tom Kunz, past president of Century 21, tell a story about a fellow who had the opportunity to have a private golf lesson with a certain professional golfer. There wasn’t much to the story but there was definitely a key part that I remember that went something [...]

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How To Make or Break a Long Term Relationship

Nov 06, 2011 No Comments

When I wrote about Jim Vaughan’s String Story last week, my intention was to share with you that many times you have to bring in the great by building on the good. There will be times in life you’ll have the opportunity to settle for what is good, but as you might have heard, Great’s number [...]

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The String Story: One Step at a Time

Oct 30, 2011 No Comments

So this is a story that I heard from Jim Vaughan, editor of Learn From the Giants, that I think that anyone can put to use in their life. It’s called “The String Story”. Basically in Jim’s long career, he has done many jobs. He almost sounds like Mike Rowe to me. One of those [...]

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The Teenager Principle: You Just Leveled Up!

Oct 16, 2011 No Comments

When I became a freshman in high school, I believed I knew everything. As an 8th grader, I, like you, felt like I knew everything there was to know about the world. I felt unstoppable. The older I got, the more unstoppable I felt. Until I moved on to the next school.
When I moved to [...]

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The Baby Elephant Principle: Breaking the Chain

Oct 04, 2011 No Comments

What’s the Baby Elephant Principle? Basically it’s the idea that an elephant that is tied to a stake as it’s growing up will think that it can’t move even when it most definitely can. Want the full gist? Check it out.
One of the problems that I’ve dealt with recently since graduation is letting my past dictate [...]

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The Plague of the Millennials: Impatience

Sep 11, 2011 No Comments

Recently I became a certified John Maxwell Coach, Trainer, and Speaker. I did this by taking a trip to his home town of West Palm Beach and had a week long training session of learning the basics of being a coach and a speaker. It was a really unique experience and one that I had [...]

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Innovation Versus Demand: True Cause of Innovation

Aug 28, 2011 No Comments

I have a chameleon personality by any definition of the phrase. Every source that hints to what my personality should be suggests that I have a gift in seeing the world in a balanced manner. Every personality test I’ve taken has jumped around with a result. When I was still a big fan of Myers-Briggs, [...]

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