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Leadership

Five Poignant Points in the Life of a Leader

Sometimes we?get knocked down. Hard. Those of us in leadership need?to expect these times, learn from them, and stand again. Last year?a staff member left our team. She had only been with us for about three months, but still her departure hurt. I felt sad, even defeated. I had seen so much potential in her […]

Leadership

A Word About Domestic Abuse

People in relationships face constant challenges to maintain healthy connections. And when these connections fail, it is our human nature to descend into decadent behaviors, wielding weapons to defend and control our environments. Some may pout, yell, withdraw, or leave. And while all of these mechanisms are destructive to our relationships, one line must never […]

Personal Development

Growth: You?re Not a Magic Beanstalk?

[blockquote text=’This is a guest post by Stephanie LeBlanc. Stephanie is the practice administrator at TotalCare Hulen in Fort Worth, Texas. She also holds other leadership positions including president of her accounting firm, as well as Project Connect Texas, a non-profit organization she founded to serve the Dallas/Fort Worth community. – Wes Saade, M.D.’ text_color=’#ffffff’ […]

Productivity

Enough Is Enough: We Must Create Margins

[blockquote text=’This is a guest post by Andria Bicknell. Andria is a contributing writer and editor for Aspire. She writes about recovering from the effects of perfectionism on her own blog,?Type A Plans B. Andria draws her leadership experience from ministry, business and 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′] […]

Leadership

Not Yet

Life is a series of challenges which we can answer in two ways:? I can?t, or not yet. I hope your answer is always: not yet. I Can?t When we fail, and fail repeatedly, we presume that we can?t master that which we are attempting. After all, there is evidence to prove that we can?t: […]

Purpose

Is There More to Life?

As a leader, you live life fully. You study, you work, you travel, you marry, you have kids, you accomplish, and you have fun. And often you get to a point in life where you ask yourself, Is this all there is? Allow me to share with you in this blog how I make sense […]

Purpose

The Life Plan of Tommy Adkins

On August 3rd, 2014, ?a remarkable man passed on. He was 95 years old, and his name was Thomas (Tommy) Spencer Adkins. World War II Veteran, missionary, and church leader, Tommy and his wife, Ellen, lived a life wholly dedicated to serving others.?In this article, I want to share with you?Tommy’s personal life plan which […]

Purpose

The Moments We Must Stand Alone

We walk through life with the people we love. We bring them along. They uphold us when we are weak. They carry us when we can?t go on anymore. They are there with us. Except in the moments we must stand alone. In these moments of truth, do we have the courage to stand on […]

Purpose

The Chapters of Life

Shortly after the end of the Civil War, the highly regarded commander of the defeated Confederacy, Robert E. Lee, was visiting a Kentucky woman at her estate. She commented on a beautiful old tree that was dying due to the Union?s bombardment. She asked the General what she should do with this ailing tree, alluding […]

Leadership, Personal Development

4 Options When Making a Difficult Decision

Life presents us with options?sometimes, none of which we like. Yet, we must decide. ?We have all been there. Whether in leadership or in life, it is helpful to have a method of thinking things through when we are faced with difficult decisions. Though our tendency is not to decide when we are confused, we […]