Plan for School & Life
Best-Self Strategy
Parents, teachers, mentors–this can be a resource for your influence on students/loved ones Consider these two sets of best practices for your best-self strategy, which summarizes how you do your best and can be used to coach others who ask about how to do their best (“Mom/Dad/Teacher, you keep telling me to do my best; […]
Focus on the Summit
Focus on the summit more than on the distance up the hill. The statement is in my constitution, and reading that statement this morning provided an inspiring reminder. I am reviewing and improving my constitution to provide as a sample at the Life Leaders workshop: “Draft the Constitution of You.” When we internalize meaningful life […]
Empowerment Week in Birmingham: Earn Empowerment
It’s Empowerment Week in Birmingham, a leading city for advancing freedoms associated with Veterans Day and Human Rights (Freedom of Liberty and Rights). Other cities also support the concept of “empowerment.” Life Leaders has been teaching and helping people earn empowerment since 1992. Life Leaders hosted the “Earning Empowerment” Seminar September 10 and provided a workbook, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Teach how to live
“If you really want to help this world, what you will have to do is teach how to live in it.” -Joseph Campbell- Schools and colleges will increasingly teach students of best-self leadership and to write plans for school and life to apply what they learn plus identify callings and make choices. When we help […]
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