Dr. David Dyson Tag Archive
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 […]
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/
5000 Miles to Bring My Horse to Sweet Home Alabama
What calling do you feel led to do? Sometimes, we need to “go for it” with “callings” when “feeling” and “thinking” makes us cautious. This article also is about doing something more meaningful than logical–traveling across the USA and back 5,000 miles to bring home a horse. For two years I lived in Washington State during […]
7 Best Practices to Lead Your Life
These synthesized life lessons provide a core strategy for preparing and taking action as your best-self: LEAD your LIFE. Choose to identify and fulfill your callings, gifts, and talents; live as your best-self, prepared for action, increasingly strong and resilient. PLAN for LIFE. Discern your callings and write your choices for the life you […]
The 7 Areas of Life
The 7 Areas of Life Everything we do falls into one or more of these 7 Areas of Life. Activities listed within the 7 Areas below cover most things we do: Physical: breathe, eat, sleep, bathe, groom, and exercise to survive and care for physiological needs, providing a platform of health and energy. Financial: budget, purchase, and invest […]
5 Principles that Boost Leadership and Empowerment Practices
Principles that Drive Practices Leading to Better Empowerment True professionals proactively and respectfully earn empowerment rather than wait for it—planning, stating intent, getting feedback, improving, and working with cooperation…. Best-Self Servant Leaders state intent, expectations, and parameters to boost initiative and trust, decrease confusion and conflict, and improve preparation and promotion aimed at mission, desired […]
5 “R” Questions to Answer for Leaders in Empowerment
The next generation of leadership will include more emphasis on Best-Self Leadership–to do our best and help others do the same. Leaders will invest more early on to design and teach what Plans, Actions, and Results get rewarded here. Like a professor, outline what it takes for A, B, C…, ask about their goal, and […]
Choose Where to Earn Empowerment
It is not necessary to earn empowerment (to become competent and confident) in all things, just the important. Seek to master your callings, gifts, and talents as well as master your “Goliaths” that threaten. Earn trust in self and from others for vital Plans, Actions, Results.
Leadership and Empowerment
Dr. Ken Blanchard taught in “Situational Leadership” courses and books as well as at our seminar in 1994 that we should choose different leadership approaches with people at different levels of “maturity” and we should even choose different leadership approaches with the same person–if maturity is high, “delegate,” though for a new role “tell.” He inspired part of […]
Nobel’s “World Betterment Remedy: The Seven Rights”
Claes Nobel, the senior member of the Nobel Prize family, delivered the keynote address for the 50th anniversary of the International Services Council of Alabama – now Global Ties Alabama. “My dear, most respected audience,” Nobel said in his keynote address, on March 6, 2015, at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, “together we can change the […]
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