Just 1% More

Where do you need to give just a little bit more?

Where can you give just a little bit more to the students that you lead?

Where can you give just a little bit more to the coaches that you are called to lead?

Can you give just a little bit more to a fellow colleague who may need an extra dose of encouragement?

Give what it takes, even if it is just 1% more.

– Todd Gordon, The Power Of One

Don’t Look Back

Fight the urge to look back at the past.  Looking back at the past, where you’ve been, whether good or bad, will cause you to miss the beauty of the opportunities ahead of you.  It’s easy to look back.  Too easy.  Too many people do it.

No matter where you have been, or where you are at right now, you need to look forward.  You can learn from the past, but you can’t stay there or keep looking back at it.

It takes courage to keep looking forward, but that is where the new opportunities are. Opportunities to be better personally and professionally.  Opportunities to positively impact others and help them to be better.

Don’t look back.  Keep looking forward so you can see where your journey will take you next.

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching #bebetter #beblessed

The Critic

There are people in your life that like, ok they may love, to be critical.  They will let you know what’s wrong with a situation, a project, or even you.

It can get old real quick dealing with people like this, but let’s take a quick look at why they may be like that.

1.  They are unhappy.
2.  They see the glass as half empty.
3.  They love to create conflict (drama).
4.  They can’t think outside of their box.
5.  They don’t want solutions.

Does the critic have the life that you wish you had?  Are these the qualities you want to be known for?  No, not at all.

Remember, that these people will always be around, but you don’t have to spend anymore time with them than you have to.

Your strength may eventually let them see the benefits of living a happy, glass half full, solution oriented life, but you don’t have to feel bad about living and leading the way that you do. 

Keep your focus on living life the way that you want and know that you should.  You don’t want to live life the way the critics do anyway.

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching
#bebetter #beblessed