Category: Mentors

People

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.  Small people always do that, but the really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.”  ~Mark Twain Do you have ambitions? Are you hanging around others with similar ambitions? If people are belittling your ambitions (as Twain notes above), it’s not their fault,…

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Together and Far

If you want to go fast, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together.  ~African Proverb Nothing great in life will take place by doing it alone. Surround yourself with people who want you to succeed which means surround yourself with people who will tell you what you need to hear, not what…

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Pride and Wisdom*

“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.  ~Khalil Gibran The quote above is a deep explanation of what I do as a coach.  We all have the answers to our problems but sometimes it takes…

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Mentors

“People only see what they are prepared to see.”  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson As we continue on this 2013 journey of defining and living our God-Purpose, it is important to surround ourselves with the right mentors. Key qualities of a mentor: 1.  They’ve been where you are trying to go. 2.  They are as happy about…

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