Motivation

07 Apr

6 Easy Ways to Build Your Competence

by Lee J. Colan and Julie Davis-Colan

 

Competence describes more than just your skills and knowledge. Competence represents anything that improves your ability to perform including your knowledge, skills, relationships, resourcefulness, processes, systems and information.

Building your competence boosts your confidence ... and confidence is a close friend to high achievers.

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28 Mar

The Seasons of Leadership

by Lee J. Colan

 

With a milder than usual winter (here in Dallas at least), Spring is starting to rear her head. It heightens my awareness of the natural laws that govern our physical lives.

The "Law of the Harvest" is easiest to see at work in agriculture. If you plant 40 acres of corn, you will not reap 40 acres of tomatoes. 

We understand this with trees and crops, but it's harder to understand in leadership (and in life, for that matter).  Times are changing, but one truth about life and leadership remains the same - we reap what we sow.

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17 Feb

Stick with It

by Lee J. Colan and Julie Davis-Colan

 

 

We hope this one-minute video inspires you to stick with it! 

The phrases are taken from the best selling rapid-read book, Sticking to It. 

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03 Feb

Actions Over Excuses

by Lee J. Colan and Julie Davis-Colan

 

Life's rewards go to those
who let their ACTIONS
rise above their EXCUSES. 
 

There are 107 ways to stick to it so your actions speak louder than excuses.

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24 Jan

Leadership Matters

by Lee J. Colan

 

The Presidential inauguration is a powerful reminder that leadership really does matter. At the beginning of the day, it’s all about possibilities. At the end of the day, it’s all about results.

In today’s ultra-competitive marketplace, good results aren’t good enough. To win, you need to produce extraordinary results. Extraordinary results come from extraordinarily performing teams. And where there is an extraordinary team, you can bet there is an inspiring leader. That’s why leadership – specifically, your leadership – matters.

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20 Jan

Turn Intentions into Action

by Lee J. Colan

 

We judge ourselves by our intentions, but others judge us by our actions.

 

Help is not help until it is given, so turn your intentions to help into acts of help.

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13 Jan

Who is Your Cheerleader?

by Julie Davis-Colan

 

My mother passed away was she was only 60 (I was 31) and this December, I lost my father who was 84 years old. Although my Dad suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, he would never forget to tell you how proud he was of you and how much he loved you.  He would always ask what he could do for you even when he was bedridden.  At his memorial, my sister-in-law said the most difficult thing about losing your parents is that you lose your #1 cheerleaders. 

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06 Jan

What's Your Secret Sauce?

by Lee J. Colan

 

Would you like to know a guaranteed recipe for you and your team to be in the top one-tenth of one percent of all performers? Can you afford not to?

Throughout our lifetimes, we grasp at the latest fads and the newest techniques, all with the hope of capturing the magic we see in others who are highly successful.  We emulate strong role models, we study, we strive – all to find the real recipe for success. 

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