As we wrap up the More Energy = Better Relationships series we are going to close with a focus on our work relationships. Have you heard of the book “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman? It is a great book that looks at the five main love languages people speak and receive and the concept that if we speak the wrong language people will not feel or receive our love as we intend them to. More recently [...]
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How Do We Get More Energy (physically, mentally, emotionally)
How Do We Get More Energy (physically, mentally, emotionally)
If More Energy = Better Relationships, how can we get more energy? Because the different areas of life can be interconnected, an investment in one area inevitably will have a positive affect on other areas of life. Energy can be either zapped or increased physically, emotionally, relationally, spiritually and mentally. Today let’s explore ways that we can increase our energy through our physical, mental and spiritual health: Physically we can increase energy by: Eating every 3 – 4 [...]
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More Energy = Better Relationships
More Energy = Better Relationships
Our relationships thrive or suffer based on the investments that we make in them. Investing in relationships requires us to have energy. What happens to our relationships when we run on empty – low energy – for a long period of time? Low energy = inability to invest (though intentions may be good) in the relationships that matter to us = relationship suffers and is not able to reach it’s full potential. On the flip side: More Energy [...]
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Leaders Are Readers
Leaders Are Readers
“Leaders are readers” is something I often hear and have been inspired by. It is the heart of the comment that inspires me – the idea that Leaders are Learners. Curiosity and hunger to continually learn and grow really sets some people apart from others. In our culture today we have a variety of ways to learn, gather information and grow. We can read: books – blogs – ebooks. We can listen: podcasts – TED talks – sermons. [...]
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The Health of Contentment
The Health of Contentment
There is a powerful truth that waits daily for us to acknowledge it, contentment. Just as we talked about the deadly poison of comparison, contentment is a powerful truth that we have opportunity to access each day. Contentment is not complacency. Contentment does the best with what it has and at the end of the day sits down and knows that it held nothing back. Complacency quits and feels good about walking away. I never want to be [...]
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4 Ways To Cast A Clear Vision
4 Ways To Cast A Clear Vision
A great friend and mentor, Jeremie Kubicek explained an important principle to me with a visual that I have saved as a reminder (note the picture for this blog post). He was explaining the need for leaders to communicate a clear and compelling vision for the future. Visionary leaders have the ability to see what could be, potential for the future, a preferred reality AND they can paint a picture for others of what it would look like. [...]
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Lessons From A Sailing Captain
Lessons From A Sailing Captain
John (my adventurous husband) and I had been planning a week long vacation to a surf camp in Costa Rica when we found out the great news that we were going to have a baby. Immediately I started searching online to see if there was any way I could surf 6 months pregnant and we quickly agreed that was not the best idea. We realized that right around the same timing was a sailing cruise to Costa Rica [...]
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92 Year Old Who Still Goes to Work
92 Year Old Who Still Goes to Work
A few weeks ago two incredible men were inducted into the Georgia Historical Society as 2013 Trustees. At this event both men were interviewed and asked to share their insights on their success. S. Truett Cathy and Herman Russell were the two honorees. Both shared of times of challenge as well as times of plenty. They started in the business world at a young age. Both took advantage of unexpected opportunities. They persevered in the struggle because they [...]
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Clarity: When a Five Year Old Get’s It
Clarity: When a Five Year Old Get’s It
Clarity…A beautiful, beneficial, and necessary ingredient for productivity. All too often we breeze past this element because honestly it can be very difficult to identify. What is it we are really trying to accomplish? What very specifically is our elephant we are biting? Whether it is excitement, another great idea, an unexpected opportunity or fear, these distractions can cloud our clarity and get us off focus. Today we want to take a moment to capture back our clarity [...]
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What Happens When You Need To Turn Around?
What Happens When You Need To Turn Around?
A few years ago in Colorado Springs, Colorado I was on a work trip that included doing a little hiking. Our team was hiking near the Barr Trail (toward the Pikes Peak summit) and what locals call “The Incline”. The Incline: one mile stretch of “stairs” (left from an old railcar created to take pipeline materials to Pikes Peak) that climbs 2,000 feet in elevation. Around the halfway point (where both of the pictures were taken) I was [...]
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