“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak people wait for opportunities; strong people make them.” – Orison Swett Marden I’m posting this video on February 29, 2012. It’s LEAP DAY! Some people have waited a long time to celebrate their birthday today 🙂 Since we have an extra day, I thought it would be …
Book Review: Up, Down, Or Sideways
Mark Sanborn is a great speaker. One of the best. He’s also a great writer. That’s why I try to read everything he writes. If you want a sample of some of his insights, I encourage you to subscribe to his blog. Reading through his latest book, Up, Down, Or Sideways is like sitting across the table from a dear …
Five Ways To Identify Your Next Student Leaders
We are entering the season of selection and election. It’s time to start filling the roles and responsibilities of next year’s student leadership team. This is such an important time. I encourage my current student leaders to take time to find and raise up the next generation of leaders. It will be part of their legacy (what they leave, when …
Five Tips To Build Your Resilience As A CEO
Photo Credit: Pexels Resilience is a word you may see flying around a lot at the moment. Broken down, resilience is the ability to recover from tough situations or difficulties. But beyond that, resilience is what helps you stay in control, keep your head in the game, and yourself sane. As a CEO, you’re under constant pressure, either from pressures, …
Two Perspectives You Must Have For Personal Growth (Part 2)
//NOTE: The following is an excerpt from my book, Leadership Starts With You. Before diving into this post, I would encourage you to first read Two Perspectives You Must Have For Personal Growth (Part 1). Personal growth doesn’t occur naturally. You must be intentional with it. You can leverage your experiences from the past, learning from mistakes and building on …
Two Perspectives You Must Have For Personal Growth (Part 1)
//NOTE: The following is an excerpt from my book, Leadership Starts With You. Leaders can’t take an interest in growing others if they choose to take an intermission in growing themselves. Growing old doesn’t take a lot of work. You can grow old without even thinking about it. Unfortunately, maturity doesn’t come with birthdays. Learning doesn’t happen naturally like aging. …
6 Tips On How To Start Your Own Fabrication Business
Photo by Christopher Burns on Unsplash Starting your own fabrication business can be a rewarding and lucrative endeavor. Depending on the type of fabrication you plan to do, there are several steps that must be taken to ensure success. Before you begin, it’s important to decide what type of fabricator you want to become. Will you specialize in metalwork, woodworking, …
Got A Minute #4: S.M.I.L.E.
Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval write the following in their book, The Power of Nice, A Yale University School of Management study found that cheerfulness and warmth spread far more quickly through an office than irritability and depression. The best way to spread these good feelings? With a big toothy smile, the most contagious gesture of all. There’s something …