Tell Them

Today tell those around you that you appreciate them.  Tell them.  Not in a note, an email or a text but face to face.

If you don’t see them today do it the next time you see them.  If you won’t have a chance to see them, then call them.  Let them hear you say it.

There is so much good we can do with the technology and the ever changing world that we live in, but we can also lose the ability to verbally express our appreciation for the people in our professional and personal life.

I would even go so far as to have a crazy idea that we not just make this a one time thing but make this a part of our daily life. Weave it into the fabric of who we are and how we treat others. 

Don’t fall for the thinking that people “know I care about them”.  People need to hear it.
Tell them.

I’m cheering for you. 
Go cheer on somebody too.

#leadership #motivation #coaching #bebetter #beblessed

Right Words At The Right Time

Have you ever found yourself in trouble because you say something too quickly?  Have you ever said something and then wish you hadn’t?  Don’t beat yourself up over it. 

I have, you have, and we know it is very likely that everyone else has too.  The larger question is have you learned from it.  

Sometimes the best thing we can do for someone else is to hold our tongue.  It is easy to want to offer an opinion right away but often times this just escalates a situation and may damage the relationship. 

A healthy relationship is still the first major step to being an effective leader, mentor, and friend.  Keeping it healthy may mean not speaking so quickly. 

Use your two ears to listen intently, think through the ramifications of your response, and  lean on your experience before you offer your opinion or advice.  This exhibits discipline and will bring wisdom. 

19th Century British Journalist George Sala said it this way: 

“We should strive not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

It is important for you to say the right words, and to say them at the right time. 

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching
#bebetter #beblessed

Six Ways To Be Happy

Not everyone that you interact with today will be happy but let’s not focus on them right now.  Let’s focus on you and helping to make your day a good one and give you a chance at having a happy day.

Here are six ways to a happier day.

1. Meditate – take some time in the quiet to think.  Don’t turn on the outside noise right away.  Control the quiet time to reflect, remember your why and set your priorities.

2. Be Thankful – the quiet can help with this.  You can always find something to be thankful for.  Always.

3. Be Kind – that’s a choice but a choice worth being intentional about because it (the kindness) will come back to you.

4. Take Time For Yourself – it’s not selfish, it’s needed.  You can’t be at your best for others if you don’t take time to take care of you.

5. Stress Less –  sometimes the way to less stress isn’t necessarily more joy but being neutral and controlling what you can control.  Your effort and your attitude.

6. Talk Yourself Up – the most important conversation you have each day is with yourself.  You are wired, by human nature, for negativity.  Speak affirmation and value into yourself.

Be international in how you start and approach your day.  Leaving it to chance is too risky so control these six things today and every day.

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching
#bebetter #beblessed

Let Go – Part 2

We talked yesterday about letting go of what is holding you back. Today I want to encourage you to not do it alone.

You can cause undue mental anguish if you think you have to do it all on our own.  If you need help getting rid of some baggage seek out a trusted friend to help talk and walk you through it.

Get someone to help hold you accountable. We often times need someone to come along side of us to help lighten the load.

On the flip side be available to be the person someone may need to walk with them. Maybe your calling for a few days or weeks, maybe even for just a moment, is to be that trusted friend to help someone let go of what is holding them back.

Let’s not allow ourself or those we lead and care for to walk alone.  We will all be in a better place if we do this together.

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching #bebetter #beblessed