A New Look at Leadership
“So you are saying I might not get into heaven drinking my bottle of wine every night?” “No!” I said with a curious smile. “So you’re saying I’m going to hell for my bottle of wine each night?” “No!” I replied with even more amazement! “I have no idea how this conversation went to heaven… […]
Self Fulfilling Prophecies … Are Yours FOR You? Or AGAINST You?
“This family will just never come together again. Too much has happened and there’s too much sewage under our family bridge.” I was so very sad to hear the patriarch of a wonderful family say something with such determination and certainty. His wife, on the other hand, had dragged him to my office in hopes […]
To Be A Successful Planner, You’ll Need A Crayon!
“Well I’m just not a planner!” was what a client said when we were talking about designing an extraordinary year for him and his business. With no grace or mercy, I leaned forward and told him, “You need to suck those words right back in even if you have to choke on them!” It has […]
What’s A Nice Person Like Me Doing In A Life (or Mess) Like This?
“What’s a nice person like me doing in a body like this?“ We were throwing around titles for my lifestyle/weight loss/energy boosting book. That one popped out of my mouth, and my publisher loved it. I wrote the book because I had been involved in a research project helping diabetics (type two) attempt to lower […]
Fanatical Faith or Fumbling in Familiarity?
With rolling eyes, he said, “Don’t you ever get worried that your fanatical faith will get you in big trouble? “ We were on a team diligently working to rescue trafficked women. We had just rescued a woman, and had convinced her to get separated from the situation by going to a safe place in […]
Who Do You Really Wanna Be?
I was new to pro-am dancing and was in a group class, learning the basics of Night Club Two-Step. I always dreaded stepping in with a partner to learn the basics. I was sure to step on some toes! But this particular time, I stepped on the floor with a very kind man, who ended […]
DOES DESIGNING AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR REALLY WORK?
“Well, if everyone is having such extraordinary years, let me hear some stories so that I can drag my ‘backside’ to the starting line!” And no, my client did not use the word “backside!” But he had read about my new workshop, the first of 2021, and truly wanted to be among the people planning […]
Three Gems to Insure an Extraordinary Year
I was literally doing some kind of funky dance. It was the first year that I had planned an “extraordinary year.” I had achieved my major goal and marked it off my list. It was only month five. I have no idea what kind of dance I was doing, but I was doing it with […]
How World Changers Create Extraordinary Years
“Well, you have just ruined the way I do my life!“ was my tearful response to what my mentor had just said to me. “You can certainly choose not to plan your life, but if you don’t, we call that ‘drifting’! And always remember that ‘drifting’ will take you to a destination that you would […]
The 5 Secrets World Changers Know about Giving
“Please! Me! Please, please, please!” The village children, with an eagerness bordering on desperation, pleaded for the gifts I had for them. You see, I had just come down from summiting Mount Kilimanjaro. But these children were not new to me. I had met them the day that we had signed in at the gate […]