Dr. David Dyson Author

David serves professionally through Life Leaders Institute, Compassion Ranch animal sanctuary. and as an author and coach. He hosts students, clients, and groups for seminars, workshops, and da retreats. He is author or co-author of books: Professionalism Under Stress, Patriotism in Action, and Suggestions for Successful Living--as well as planbooks: 7 Steps to Set Achievable Resolutions, Plan for College and Life, Assess and Develop Attitude and Ability, Earn and Delegate Empowerment, Veterans Making Comebacks.... His education and training includes the Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration at Vanderbilt University, Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University, College Management Program at Carnegie-Mellon University, Masters in Management at Birmingham-Southern College, and Bachelors in Business at Auburn University, plus over 200 seminars with Life Leaders.

Plan for School & LifeVeterans Making Comebacks

Radio Show on Lou in the Morning: Purpose, Plans, Veterans, Students

Lou Vickery and I discussed three positive programs on his radio program, “Lou in the Morning,” which airs in South Alabama and Northern Florida–Pensacola to Atmore to the Eastern Shore of Mobile. WPFL FM 105.1; http://www.wpflradio.com Summary of Points Veterans Making Comeback: new Veteran Golfers Association on the Eastern Shore of Mobile at Lake Forest in […]

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Plan for School & Life

The Purpose of Life

To live a spiritual journey–faithfully; love and serve others–meaningfully; and do my best–joyously. One sentence, three parts, seven values. I had a mission statement I thought was good when someone approached me and said he was searching for the purpose of his life. He asked my opinion on life mission.  I realized my mission statement needed […]

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Freedom to Flourish

Freedom to Choose

In the space between stimulus and response, we have freedom to choose. When we envision who we seek to be and what we wish to do, we will do better than the popular though often overrated “go with the flow.” Once we have envisioned our best-selves, written plans, taken action, and created habits, we can […]

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Best-Self LeadershipJournalTIME

T.I.M.E.

Time. Inspiration. Money. Energy. Often, when people are worried about how much more “Time” they need, the true core issues are amounts of “Inspiration” and “Energy” they have that govern time use. Review and write updates to your plan to help focus on purpose and areas of passion to feel Inspiration as you work and […]

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Best-Self LeadershipPlan for School & Life

Power of 1° Better

Adjusting a magnifying glass to focus just 1° better can make the difference between hot and hot enough to burn through obstacles. Increasing the temperature of water from 211° to 212° changes hot water to boiling water, which creates steam and energy strong enough to move machines, which can move mountains. The strategies for 1 percent improvement are […]

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Best-Self LeadershipEarning EmpowermentFreedom to FlourishLife Leaders

Independence Day and the Founding Fathers

Col. Dunn presented at Life Leaders last evening about the importance of freedom of religion and more related to Independence Day and our founding fathers who sought to create a country free of religious persecution that existed in Europe. People had been killed for believing differently. The founding fathers shared a belief in God and […]

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Best-Self Leadership

Best-Self Leadership Strategy improved

7 Best Practices to Lead Your Life Our plans for life should include a best-self strategy, which summarizes our answer to the question, how do I do my best? Two sources you can read and use are my (Dr. David Dyson’s) 7 Best Practices to PLAN and LEAD your LIFE and Dr. Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits […]

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Best-Self LeadershipEarning EmpowermentFreedom to Flourish

We have Freedom to Choose

We have freedom to choose our response to what happens. That’s a lesson from Dr. Stephen Covey on a video I shared with Life Leaders at the monthly seminar and meeting. We can choose character development more than personality. We should include character development in our goals to be better instead of just appear better. […]

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Best-Self LeadershipFreedom to FlourishPatriotism In Action

Make Memorial Day More Meaningful by Taking Action

  Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, has been commemorated in America since 1868. Before that, there is evidence of decorating graves of Civil War dead and loved ones. Source: Patriotism in Action, page 110 (www.PatriotismInAction.us). Meaning and Mission for us after Memorial Day When you paused to remember on Memorial Day, what did you […]

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Animal Rights & ProtectionLife Leaders Ranch

New Animal News Website published the story of Star’s Journey to Sweet Home Alabama

http://www.alanimals.com/wp/5000-miles-to-bring-my-horse-to-sweet-home-alabama-2/  

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