Tag Archive: Vision

The Art of Restless Contentment

Contentment is peaceful, not passive.

“Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”— Thomas A. Edison

Be content with the present and restless for what’s next. 

Restless contentment believes tomorrow can be better. Aspirational contentment honors talent, respects potential, enjoys today, and steps toward the future.

Choose Yourself Taylor Swift Did

Most people wait to be chosen. Taylor Swift chose a “choose yourself” approach.

At 13, she walked into Nashville writing sessions and called a suggested lyric “trite.” The professional songwriter she challenged was almost four times her age.

How can you choose yourself like Taylor Swift Did?

4 Secrets of Achievement

If dreaming worked, you’d already be there. I bet you’re already working hard. Here are four secrets to achievement people often miss.

#1. Find the problem you’re built to solve.

People who achieve success create and drive solutions. Who are you trying to help? How?

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The Big Picture: Your Antidote to Chaos

Details overwhelm you when you lose sight of the big picture. Perspective enables you to reject urgent trivialities.

You’re lost in the weeds when you rush from one issue to the next. Chaos and fatigue prevail when busyness obscures the big picture.

Energize your leadership by rising above individual situations.

4 Ways to Shape the World Today

Shape the world or be shaped by it.

Don’t go with the flow unless oblivion is your goal.

In this post, reflect on ways to adapt and have vision. Consider 4 specific ways you can shape the world today.

Share your thoughts as well.

From Burn out to Brilliance: Strategies to Reclaim Your Dreams

Neglected dreams don’t die they corrode the soul.

The foolishness of serving others is forgetting how to dream for yourself.

Servant leaders aren’t martyrs.

Everyone who dreams imagines who they might become.

If you’ve forgotten how to dream for yourself, this post offers a beginning.