Dream!

Many dreams don’t make it out of the “thinking about it” stage.

Why?

We tell ourself:

It’s too risky.
It’s not the right time.
It will be uncomfortable.
I probably couldn’t do it anyway.
It’s not the right time.
I’m too old to dream.
I don’t have enough experience.

Excuses derail more dreams than the consequences of the dreams.

If you dream about it, if you’re willing to put work into your dreams then you have a chance of living life on your terms.

There are no guarantees except that if you don’t dream and if you fill your life with excuses then you will have no chance of doing anything but watching others have their dreams come true.

Don’t be a spectator to other people’s dreams. Have your own dreams, have a plan and then work the plan toward your dreams, but it all starts with your dream.

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching #bebetter #beblessed

Guess Who?

Remember playing guessing games like charades, Pictionary (I’m a terrible artist) or any of the other games that involved guessing?

Guessing is usually never a real great thing to do unless you are playing some sort of game.  But there are a few things that are fairly easy to answer if we asked guess who.

Guess who is responsible for their own attitude?

YOU!

Guess who controls their own effort?

YOU!

Guess who determines how they will approach each day?

YOU!

You get the picture. There is at least one person we are responsible for and need to focus on improving each and every day.

Guess Who?

YOU!

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching
#bebetter #beblessed

Power Of Small Things

Don’t be discouraged if it feels like your week or today is not filled with wow moment after wow moment. 

The significance of your leadership impact is built more on the little things that you do consistently day in and day out.

The small things include the way you greet people, the tone of your voice, the smile on your face, and your reaction to adversity to name a few. 

Things like this pour out of who you really are and matter.  Be aware of them and work on them as needed.

All of the little things that are part of your consistent and true character will add up to make you a leader of influence every day.

There is power in the small things. 

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching #bebetter #beblessed

Lessons From Officiating (2)

Yesterday we talked about the lessons learned from how an official shared his knowledge of volleyball officiating with me.

Today, let’s talk about three things I think we can do as receivers of knowledge.

1) Be committed to being better in anything and everything that you do.  Whether it’s your job or a hobby be intentional about being better at it.  How much?  Even just one percent. (See Sept. 21 post)

2) Listen to learn.
Bryant McGill said “One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.”

Try not to listen to immediately think of a defensive response.  Listen out of respect, especially those with more knowledge in a subject matter than we have. 

3) Don’t be a fool. 
Take advantage of the opportunity to learn when it is given to you.

I mentioned yesterday that it was nice that I was asked if I wanted his input.  I would have been foolish to say no. 

As you go about your day consider the opportunities and moments you have to get better and step into them.

I’m cheering for you.

#leadership #motivation #coaching
#bebetter #beblessed