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 Over a five year period in the 1980’s, my wheel of life was slowly destroyed by the cunning, baffling and insidious nature of drug addiction. The first area to go was my spiritual being. Instead of turning to God when life wasn’t going like I wanted it to, I turned to drugs and alcohol….
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“I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.” ~Audre Lord Yesterday I wrote about the importance of investing time in preparing ourselves for our Mission so we can achieve our Vision. Whenever I coach people I have them complete the following exercise:…
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The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. ~Elbert Hubbard As a former basketball player, March Madness is my favorite time of the year. I very rarely watch games during the regular season, but when the NCAA tournament begins I watch as many games as I can. I picked Michigan…
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As I pointed out yesterday our Mission Statement is our commitment statement. In business, the Mission Statement is the promise to the customers. In our personal life, our Mission Statement is our promise to those who will be touched by our Vision as well as a promise to ourselves. I recently had one of my…
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This is day forty-six of our journey in creating a playing field for our life. I started with having you identify your Purpose and continued with having you create Guiding Principles, naming your Strengths and Gifts, listing your Priorities, finding your Passions and creating a Vision Statement for what you aspire to be. The final…
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What a powerful quote! Do you believe it? Or more importantly do you believe in your ability to live out your purpose? I hope you are enjoying this journey of building your life playing field. We only have one life so why not make it the best life possible? I thought I would pause and…
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I mentor a fair share of young men…it’s part of my life purpose and vision today. I recently met with a gentleman who is in his early twenties. He has a vision for his life and it is always exciting for me to hear him talk about it. Every time we meet I ask him…
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Did you fill out the BE-DO-HAVE document? BE-DO-HAVE EXERCISE The reason I like this exercise is because it forces you to take a serious look at two areas of dream chasing that a lot of people don’t look at. For most people a dream or vision is more about having something than it is about…
“The distance between your dreams and reality is called action.” Achieving our dream takes action regardless of what the dream is. A simple exercise I have those I coach go through is called, “BE-DO-HAVE.” This exercise is a great way to narrow down what you are aspiring to “BE” (your vision) while creating “DO’S” (your…
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We are focused on the vision/dream for our life right now. I’ll never forget the very first time I was exposed to dreaming/visioning. I was thirteen years old attending basketball camp at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Our speaker for the day was a very successful Ohio high school basketball coach by the name of…
I started this blog in 2008 because of my passion for helping others take their lives to the next level. My hope is that, through sharing my life experiences as a business leader, husband, father, and recovering drug addict, I will positively impact your life.