Leadership Is…

Leadership is rewarding.
Leadership is fascinating.
Leadership is productive.
Leadership is ambitious.
Leadership is intentional.
Leadership is…alot of things.

Leadership is also frustrating.  Let’s be honest.  Many days it is more frustrating than anything else.  Why?  Because of people. 

Some people just seem to live to make the leadership difficult and the leader frustrated, and they are very good at it. 

There are some workplaces where you can just get rid of them, but there are many places where it is just not that easy.
So now what?  Here are four ideas to consider.

1.  Control what you can control.  Control your attitude and your reaction to the different situations that arise from the antagonizers.  At the end of the day that’s all you can really control.

2. Talk to a trusted friend or colleague.  Don’t keep it in.  It is good to talk about it.  Chances are the person(s) you talk to have had similar experiences and may offer some valuable and helpful insights.

3.  Be bigger than others small aspirations.  You are where you are, doing what you do and because you have pursued being better.  Those who are happy to just survive rather than thrive will not change, and you cannot change them. 

4.  Realize and remember that more people appreciate what you do than do not, and if you feel like that is not the case, keep showing up for the few that do appreciate you.

Leadership is what you have been called to do.  It is not always easy or fun, but in the end it will always be rewarding, and much more.  Always.

You don’t get the best of it without enduring the worst of it sometimes, but the best of it makes it worth enduring.

Hang in there and keep showing up. 

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching
#bebetter #beblessed

Life Has No Remote Control

Does anyone remember the “old days” when you had to get up and physically change the channel on the TV that got three channels, plus public television?

The TV viewing experience has changed alot in the last 50-60 years, but changing the course of your life has not. 

Don’t like where you’re at, what you’re doing,  or how you’re doing it?

It’s really just like the old days.  Get up and change it.  Nothing will change unless you get up and do it.

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching
#bebetter #beblessed

Stronger Every Day

Nobody said life would be easy.  It’s not easy for anyone, but you have a choice.  You make a choice to use the good and the bad that happens to you to be bitter or be better.

If you are reading this I believe you can learn how to use and navigate everything that life has to throw at you, because you are a learner and striving to be better every day.

You don’t always like what gets thrown at you.  You may wonder what the point of some of it is, but you know things worthwhile don’t always come easy, or in the time frame that you may always want them to.

While you navigate the tough stuff you can be confident that you are getting stronger because of it, and as you go through it.

Every day is about being a little bit better and stronger than the day before, even if just a little.  When life gets hard you still have an opportunity, and a choice to be better and be stronger.

Life is going to happen and will not always be easy, but you can navigate it because you will continue to get stronger with the right attitude and perspective.

You can do it.

Believe!

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching
#bebetter #beblessed

The Chief Task Of Life

“The chief task of life is simply this:. to identify and separate matters so that you can say clearly to yourself which are externals not under your control, and which have to do with the choices you actually control.”

Even the Greek Stoic philosopher believed that the most important thing you can do each day is to control what you can control.  He just said it in a different way.

You can’t control what always happens to you, but you can control your effort, attitude, and your reaction to it all.

Focus on making clear what parts of your day are within your control and what parts are not.

The happiest people in life don’t necessarily have the best of everything, but they make the best of everything. 

Make the best of your today and every day.

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching
#bebetter #beblessed