Best-Self Leadership
Earning Empowerment is Opportunity + Development and Action
Earning empowerment is about earning trust in self and from others that we have the attitude and ability to fulfill a role. In the Dyson Empowerment Model, there are seven components of Attitude and of Ability one can assess, develop, and decide when choosing the level of empowerment for a role or task. True Empowerment […]
People and organizations are like magnifying glasses…
You and/or people on your team may be talented and hard working enough to generate light and heat, as does an almost focused magnifying glass. However, to “be, know, and do” as your Best-Self to create maximum power improves with focused development and achievement from prayers and plans aimed at principles and practices that work […]
Write Your Mission and Vision to Improve Goals and Motivation
A key Best-Self Leadership practice is to Plan for Life, including identifying your mission and vision for your life and your organization. What is your purpose? What are the desired results fulfilling your purpose? Writing these answers will help you Lead Your Life with a greater sense of calling. If you review your mission and vision […]
Game Changers
Encouragement, Support, and Introductions to Opportunity at Critical Times can make the difference in whether someone takes action on a calling. Inspiration As a guest of my brother-in-law Steve Bryant, I attended a special Wednesday evening service at Church of the Highlands. Pastor Chris Hodges reflected on a milestone anniversary and how even he was amazed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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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