Helping Others Help Others

The single most important thing that we do every day as a leader is to serve and care for the people that we interact with every day. People are busy and keeping schedules that can be very trying and sometimes they reach a point where they begin to feel overwhelmed and it may start to impact their ability to lead and serve the people that they may be trying to lead. So how do we help them get through those hectic times and help them get back to helping others? Here are a few ideas on how we can help support them.

  1. Listen and listen closely. Don’t listen to offer your opinion just listen and be slow to speak.
  2. Help them see the positives. People often times get bogged down and in the weeds with the details and managerial responsibilities and have to be reminded of the positive things they are doing that matter and will have a long lasting impact.
  3. Brainstorm ways that may help them get some things off of their plate by delegating some of those managerial tasks that may be weighing them down.
  4. Encourage personal growth and intentionally leading themselves first every day. People cannot lead others effectively unless they are leading themselves first.
  5. Have them verbalize, write down and revisit their why. If they lose sight of their why they will begin to lose their way.

Leaders want to lead and make a difference but leaders are also human and need some help themselves.

If you are leading others be engaged and looking for ways that you can help others so they can help others as well.

Let me know how I can help you.

Thanks for reading.

Be Blessed!

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO CHECK YOURSELF

There gets to be a lot of busyness in our day to day world.  In the education world we go from 0 to 100 just like that when the school bell rings at the start of the year.  It is easy to get caught up in that busyness and we can forget our why and our purpose. 

Don’t let the pace of what you do over shadow why you do it. 

Don’t let the frustrations over take the moments that bring you joy.

Don’t let the weight of responsibility cancel out all of the training and preparation you have done. 

Remember your why. 

Remember your purpose. 

Remember why you started. 

Move forward from there. 

Let me know how I can help you.

Born For More

Are you settling for whatever comes your way? Are you letting what happens to you dictate your attitude and the direction of your life?

Don’t settle! You were born for more. If you have a genuine desire to do something that could positively impact others then find a way to do it.

Commit to pursuing your passion and fully using the talents and gifts that you have been given. Remember you have special God given talents and gifts that only you can use to impact your world.

You may need to start small, but start. Don’t worry about having everything figured out. It will work itself out.

The world needs more dreamers and doers.

Think you have more to give? Me too.

Let’s Go!

Interaction by Interaction. Moment by Moment.

Thanks for reading.

TURN THE PAGE

Sept. 1, 2021. We turned the page of the calendar today. A couple of weeks ago I started a new trip around the sun headed toward a bigger number. (It’s just a number right?)

We turn over a new page every 24 hours. We turn over a new page every single moment of every single day. Every turn of the page, every trip around the sun, every new day, every moment brings with it a new opportunity. But how many times do we get stuck in the past and we aren’t able to see the new opportunity in front of us.

Why don’t we move on? We think and say things like “That person hurt me”, “My feelings were hurt.”, “They got more attention than I did”, “They got credit when there wasn’t any credit due”. Short story. Excuses.

We get stuck letting the past dictate too much of our future. Our past must be learned from but we live in a dangerous place when we stay there and let it have too much control and have too much influence over our present. If we let the past reign in our present there is no way we can move toward our future. Your future. My future.

I don’t write to tell just you to turn the page. I write today to tell US to turn the page. We’ve come to a new day, a new month and a new opportunity. The moments are fleeting and we miss moments if we live in past moments.

If you need help with your past and turning the page let today be the day you ask someone for help. I am confident there are people who will help you do that or help get you to the right person who can help you turn the page.

I’ve learned from experience that I can’t move forward until I deal with what might be on the page in front of me. It has taken an intentional decision to deal with what’s on the page in front of me. When I’ve done that the page has been turned and I’ve been able to experience a new chapter.

What do you have to do today to turn the page? What’s keeping you from turning it?

The calendar reminds us that today is a good day to turn the page.

Be Blessed!

Thank You for reading today.

Lead Yourself

Are you leading yourself daily? Are you taking the time to grow and be better so you can lead others more effectively?

We can get so focused on serving and leading others that we forget to take the time to work on ourselves.

Commit time each day to help yourself become better spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. Read, listen, study and move.

I believe that you will not have a long term impact on people unless you are working on yourself at the same time.

No one will stay the same today. At the end of the day you will either be better or you won’t. Do what you can and where you are to be better today than you were yesterday. Even if it is only 1% better. Move forward on your journey today. Lead yourself then lead them.

Be Blessed and Make a Difference in Your World.

Interaction by Interaction. Moment by Moment.

Thanks for Reading.