Challenges are often perceived as obstacles; a stumbling block that trips you up or keeps you from obtaining a desired output. If an obstacle lingers too long, you may become frustrated with it. Once frustration sets in, it’s hard to keep a clear and level head....

Have you ever felt too small to compete? Are you passing on an opportunity because you are comparing yourself to someone else? You don’t have to be a giant to win, just have giant intent. Your intent speaks to your purpose or what you are aiming for. Approach whatever...

We all seek growth in some area of our lives. It could be growing a skill, career, business, partnership, or even a family. Whatever it is, growth is a process. A process that will always demand you to give it something before it gives itself to you. Growth demands…...

“Give us this day our daily bread”. I have read this line in the Lord’s Prayer many times. It wasn’t until this year that I truly grasp what the phrase “daily bread” meant for me. One day it hit me like a ton of bricks. My daily bread simply meant everything I need...

Over the course of my career I found myself saying “because I want to” a few times. I often said it when explaining my decision to take a specific job, change a position, or step into a different field. For instance, when I finished my doctorate, some people thought I...

Kenny Rogers’ song The Gambler talks about an encounter with a gambler on a train ride. The song says the gambler “made a life out of reading people’s faces”. The gambler said “if you gonna play the game… you gotta learn to play it right. You got to know when to hold...

Someone once said, “the answer is in front of you”.  Depending on your circumstance or situation, what’s in front of you can appear exciting, difficult, or even scary a times. Its easy to move forward when everything is to your liking; but what about the times when...

As you start preparing for the new year, make sure you take time to properly closeout the current year. Closing out the current year gives you a clear mind and clean slate to work from. To keep myself on point and moving forward, I take a moment to TRAC the year....

The word “enable” has been resonating with me for the past few months. Now, before I take an action, I question if my actions would empower me to take a step forward, backwards, or merely stand still. At this point, I want to keep moving forward; further into my...

I surrender. A difficult thing to say and do at times (even when you are just saying it to yourself). It becomes more difficult when you have your heart set on a specific outcome or output. How you define surrender impacts the steps you take. So, what does surrender...

Sometimes we jump to conclusions about other people without fully understanding what drove them to their actions. If you want to understand a person’s action, learn their position. Don’t just look at what they said or did, but the why behind the action. As one...

We often stay in our comfort zone because it is where we feel most secure, confident, and capable to perform. What resonated with me about the comfort zone is that it has boundaries. A boundary marks a limit; it keeps you within a certain space. Hence, you can grow in...

In grade school, we learned about Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion. Newton’s third law basically says that for every action there is an opposite but equal reaction. This got me to thinking about the things we encounter when we decide to put our ideas and plans into...

Some years ago I took a leadership training class called The Leader’s Compass. As an output for the training, everyone had to develop a Leader’s Compass which was basically a statement of your personal leadership philosophy. The Leader’s Compass could incorporate...

I believe we all have a purpose to fulfill in life. Whether you fully walk in it or not may vary from one person to the next, or at various stages of your life. Whatever the case may be, walking in your purpose will require you to “p” on it in order to be effective at...

  Everyone has a story to tell about their life and career. Your story is simply all the encounters (people, places, things and opportunities) you’ve experienced along your journey to becoming who you are. No matter where you are in your career (in school, just...