leadership
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WSIR 008 | The Speed of Trust
“Fish discover water last” -Stephen M.R. Covey Because fish are immersed, surrounded, and in constant contact with water, their perception is fundamentally changed. Covey says that humans have the same experience, but that trust is so much a part of civilization that we rarely realize it. However, we are at a trust crisis, with each…
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WSIR 007 | The Slight Edge
How many of you honestly believe that in the next twenty four hours you could do something that would have a drastically negative effect on your life? How many of you honestly believe that in the next twenty four hours you could do something that would have an immensely positive effect on your life? Likely…
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Why Should I Read | Confidence of a Champion
Have you ever been scrolling down Instagram and been hit with a barrage of happy couples, outfit grids, tanned legs in front of palm trees, or engagement rings? If you’re like me, you’ve thought to yourself “Wow, they have it all together! I wish I were more ….” You fill in the blank, in shape,…
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WSIR 002 | How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success
Why should someone read a book on sales? I asked myself this question when this book was recommended to me the first time. I didn’t feel that anyone outside of the profession of sales should have to pick up a book entitled, How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling. I realized later, and as…
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WSIR 001: Magic of Thinking Big
If for no other reason, read this book to expand what you believe to be your potential.
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Friendship: Deposits and Withdrawals
Friendship is a word in our culture that has lost much of its meaning. Now, this is not a post ranting about how “Back in my day, when you unfriended someone they had a black eye.” No, I believe that while friendship has deteriorated because of less quality interaction, it is a topic that we can do something…
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A Study in Legacy Driven Leadership: TeenPact Leadership Schools
Over the past few years, I have had a chance to be involved with an outstanding ministry called TeenPact Leadership Schools. Going for the first time as a student in 2010, I fell in love with the mission of TeenPact: Our mission is to train youth to understand the political process, value their liberties, defend…
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Learning to be Heroes
You can define a society by the heroes it keeps. You can also define a person by the heroes he or she keeps. Who are your heroes? Who are you modeling yourself after? -Jeff Olson The Slight Edge As individuals strive to be what we are created to be there are different avenues to pursue.…
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First Steps: a Story of a Life Saved.
If you have ever wondered whether or not the everyday things you do actually matter, they do. Jeff Olson expands on this statement in his seminal book, the Slight Edge. If you’re facing a big problem, or a long journey to a destination read this book. Just do it. In chapter 7 Jeff writes, You…
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The Serving Leader
“What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young” -George Bernard Shaw Ever run across a statement that at first doesn’t make sense? Jumbo Shrimp. Wise Fool. or my favorite- “Nobody goes to that restaurant, its always too crowded.” These are all examples of paradoxes. Two words or concepts that seem to have…
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