Success is fundamentally based on an action. After all, you can’t be successful in running a business without action.
But, what you take action on has a critical element: Context.
If you don’t create a context then the context lives below the surface in your beliefs.
If you believe that no one can be trusted, you’ll be unusually hard on those who actually have your back. Perhaps it is to prove that nobody can be trusted. If you dare to look at all areas of your life, somewhere you don’t
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Gratitude Reciprocates
Since the movie, The Secret, and the more recent video of actor, Matthew McConaughey’s award acceptance speech, there’s been a lot of buzz about how being in gratitude reciprocates.
The buzz isn't all anecdontal either. According to the Institute of Heart Math, when one expresses gratitude, one reaches a state where your breathing, heart rate, and brain waves are working together at levels of optimum performance. In this state, you are able to stay relaxed regardless of the circumstances
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Mastering Your Inner Entrepreneur: Step Into Your Greater Self
Prosperity Expert and Best Selling Author, Randy Gage, recently wrote, “Your happiness, harmony and prosperity aren’t determined by the situations you face, but how you judge those situations." There is a lot of truth in these words.
As a business owner, you want things to go your way and in your time frame. If you’ve been in business any length of time, you know that thinking things will always go your way and in your time frame is laughable. Even though you prepare and plan, you will need
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Graceful Leadership is an Art
The other day I saw a LinkedIn post by Dr. Shawne Duperon that said, Today, I gracefully let it go. It had me thinking about graceful leadership.
Graceful leadership is an art. It's being comfortably uncomfortable. It's that place where plans may not be clear but you're powerfully leading your team through ambiguity.
Graceful leadership is being curious in the face of opposing viewpoints. You seek to understand rather than forcing to be understood.
Graceful leadership is being direct
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Mastering Your Inner Entrepreneur: It’s Like Riding a Bike
Think back to the first time you learned to ride your bicycle without your training wheels. Perhaps you felt excited, fearful, or even a little apprehensive.
You got up on the bicycle not knowing. You didn’t know if you could ride by yourself. You didn’t know if you would get hurt. You didn’t know if you would succeed.
In that moment, you decided to get back on the bike. You discovered by riding what worked and what didn’t. You pedaled faster and faster and faster until you mastered
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