This again, really?
Do you have an issue that you have been working on in your life and you think you have dealt with it but then something happens and you realize you haven’t? Same issue, slightly different circumstance and you wonder – why am I still dealing with this? I have a concept that I call the “Spiral Staircase” and share [...]
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Connection can happen in some of the most unexpected ways
This January I went on a cruise with a group of people, some I already knew but most were new “friends” for me. One of my new friends is a woman named SAM. We met the first day of the cruise and became fast friends. After the cruise, we continued to build our friendship. I had learned that [...]
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Gentle and his ability to save a life, literally.
Chuck had purchased an R/V in which he and Gentle were living. Late one night, he was jolted awake by a body slam from Gentle. In spite of labored breathing and burning eyes, Chuck realized that there was a problem- exhaust fumes from the backup generator were poisoning them both with Carbon Monoxide. Gentle could have gone to the front of the R/V [...]
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Gentle, no words needed.
Gentle showing gentleness with no words. If you missed Part 1 of this blog – read it here. Because of the love, Gentle showed Chuck with no words… it led to Chuck exploring what was going on inside of him. He ended up going to the Anger Room where he was able to let some [...]
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The life saving lessons from a sweet dog aptly named Gentle.
On my road trip in August, I went to Santa Fe and spend time with my friend Chuck and his dog, Gentle. While there I got to see the two of them interact in a special way. Chuck told me some stories about how Gentle is teaching him to be gentler (more “gentle”). Over the next […]
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Life is about connections
Life is about connections. So was my road trip. In the last blog post, I mentioned Diane Dotson. She is the leader of the PCCI (Professional Christian Coaching Institute) Prayer team. She has been working on a concept that she calls one80life. She believes that we are built for 3 specific kinds of connection: [...]
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A New Thing...
While on my road trip in August I was able to spend some time with my dear friend Chuck and his sweet pup Gentle (more about Gentle in a future blog post). We are able to spend some time in Santa Fe exploring and ended up having a nice snack from a street vendor on the Plaza. They made [...]
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Road Trip Lessons
It is hard to believe that it is already September. Wasn’t it just New Years Eve the other day? I pray that you were able to have a little bit of fun over the summer and are looking forward to closing out 2019 strong. Last month I was able to take a week long road trip. It was an [...]
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Waiting...
Waiting is hard. Think about the times in your life when you had to wait for something. The anticipation could be overwhelming while exciting. I have been in a season of waiting with expectation of good things. There is a monthly prayer meeting that I am part of through Professional Christian Coaching Institute (PCCI). The meeting for February 2019 was [...]
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Next TLOD training starts in September
The next Transformational Leadership training will start in September. This training has proven valuable to the hundreds of companies and organizations and thousands of people that have benefited from it over the years. I was certified to facilitate the TL On Demand training in 2017, and I've taken dozens of people through it -- they […]
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Bubble Jumping
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Henry David Thoreau To become a Transformation Leader, you have to learn to move past thinking "outside the box" to "beyond the box", and ultimately what we call "bubble jumping". [...]
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The Nine Dynamics Of Change
“You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.” ― Steve Jobs We’ve all had something we wanted to change, and at one point or another, we’ve run into problems getting that […]
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