How To Create A Year-End Self-Review
I hope you had a chance to take a glance at my new eBook about personal growth. In this blog, as promised, I want to share with you another important area regarding personal development – self reviews, specifically year-end self-reviews. Year-End Self-Reviews As you know, stopping to evaluate where we?ve been is paramount if we […]
How To Discover And Develop Your Strengths
As the year draws to an end, I would like to share some ideas to help us sharpen our focus in the coming year so we can lead our lives, our families, and our teams more effectively. Let’s start with our strengths—what makes us amazing! There are three areas we must master when it comes to […]
A Thanksgiving Challenge
Tomorrow is a wonderful American holiday: Thanksgiving. During this feast most of us say thanks to God for the blessings we have. We thank God for our families, jobs, safety, and health. The tradition started with the pilgrims giving thanks for the harvest. Beautiful. It?s easy to be thankful when things are going well, isn?t […]
A Leadership Challenge to High School Students
Last Friday I was honored to speak to high school students at the Nazarene Christian Academy (NCA) in Crowley, Texas at their career and college day. The NCA is a well-led organization (church and K-12 school) that is a shining light in our community.?As I reflect on my interaction with the students, I wanted to […]
A Leadership Challenge to Married Men
If your family is in disarray with poor vision, values, direction, and relationships, Married Man, you are responsible. Before you protest and pass the blame on to women, society, your upbringing, or your job, let’s?consider the leadership role of a married man. Let me share with you a few thoughts that I hope will give […]
Healing In a Hug
The human story. Heart-wrenching. Treacherous. Poignant. Something’s Wrong She sat with her husband across from me in the clinic room looking at the floor. She always looked downward, but today there was something wrong. I chatted with her husband about the new veteran?s hat he was wearing. As I turned to her and asked how […]
What Are Your Melting and Boiling Points?
If you recall from your high school or college chemistry class, each substance has three states:? solid, liquid, and gas. As temperature is increased, each substance reaches its own melting point and subsequently its own boiling point. melting point: the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid boiling point: the […]
You Fail When You Don’t Fail
Last week I watched an inspiring interview?on CNN?s GPS with Sara Blakely, the founder of Spanx, a highly successful undergarment company. In 2012 at the age of 41, Sara Blakely was named the world?s youngest, self-made female billionaire by Forbes magazine. During the course of the interview she recounted how as a fax machine sales […]
When Your People Don’t Respect You – Part I
Recently I was coaching a young leader who had just taken on a new leadership position.? I asked her what current challenge she would like to overcome in her new leadership role. ?She thought about it for a few seconds and said, ?I need to be more assertive.? As we talked more, I recognized this […]
Simplify: It’s Not That Complicated
[blockquote text=’This is a guest post is written by Andria Bicknell. ?Andria is an accomplished and gifted writer. ?She has leadership experience in ministry, business and at home. – Wes Saade, M.D.’ text_color=’#ffffff’ width=’95’ line_height=’undefined’ background_color=’#aaaaaa’ border_color=’#dba400′ show_quote_icon=’no’ quote_icon_color=’#dba400′] Depending on where you stand on the earth, our planet spins at roughly 0 to […]