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Who Do You Listen To?

SELF-TALK Could you ever imagine paying for a motivational audio program where the speaker told you that you “weren’t any good and would never amount to much?” What would you think of this? How would you feel about paying for this type of “help”? My hunch is that you would reject any other advice from…

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Do You Pause?

LEADERSHIP PRACTICE Periodically throughout the day, pause for a few seconds to observe the flow of your breath. Become aware of a silent, but powerful sense of presence. This exercise can help you to relax and open up. It will help bring new insights and choices to the challenges of the day. It will bring…

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Are You Molding New Ideas?

MELT, MOLD, AND MOVE One of the processes that I discovered in conjunction with Jay and Bryan Morgan of Dynamic Health & Fitness is the M3 process, which is a wonderful concept for spiritual, mental, and physical renewal. M3 stands for Melt, Mold, and Move. As we recycle old ideas and practices that no longer…

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Are You In The Zone?

IN THE ZONE BY ZONING OUT I was watching my son’s workout with a personal trainer recently and I couldn’t help but notice how well he was performing some fairly difficult movements. He was balancing on a wobble board (a very unstable situation), while catching and tossing a weighted ball. I was both amazed and…

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What’s Your Energy Level?

LEADERSHIP PRACTICE Seek to understand the situations that boost or drain your energy by keeping an Energy Log for one week. Write down the instances when your energy levels are especially high or low as well and try to identify the related causes and explanations. Describe circumstances such as: What were you doing? Where were…

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How Transparent Are You?

I recently returned from making a presentation and when my team asked me how it went, to their surprise I replied “I think it went too well.” Now you might be wondering how that is possible, so let me explain… I was really in-the-flow and spontaneous, and at times perhaps a little too unfiltered. Overall,…

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Do You Take Resposibility?

MAKING IT STICK; 7 SIMPLE STEPS TO LASTING CHANGE 1. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY KEY POINTS While we use the strong declaration – It is your fault to get your attention, it is not about blame. It is however about personal responsibility and empowerment. When we buy-in that we have attracted most everything that shows up, either…

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Are You 100% Energetically Engaged?

10 CORE DISCIPLINES OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER Discipline 10:  The Transformational Leader is 100% energetically engaged. The Transformational Leader plays full out. He knows that true power can only be achieved through powerful intentions, full commitment, and engaging 100% of his energy into the action.   iPEC

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Are You Present In The Moment?

10 CORE DISCIPLINES OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER Discipline 9:  The Transformational Leader is present in the moment. The transformational leader focuses on one action at a time. She cannot be distracted, as she is totally present to the task and experience at hand. Her intuition is alive and she is open to each event as…

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Do You Have a Sense of Connection?

10 CORE DISCIPLINES OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER. Discipline 8: The Transformational Leaders experiences a sense of connection. The effective leader is aware, not only of the influence each person, place, and thing has on him, but also of his influence on them. He is also aware that no moment occurs in isolation, in that each…

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