Category: Mentorship
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What Angle Are You Viewing From?
Perspective is an interesting thing. Merely viewing something from a different angle can present an entirely different picture.⠀-⠀One of the reasons we love the views that mountain top experiences give us is that it gives us a perspective that allows us to see both where we have been and where we are going. The views…
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Lessons Learned from the Marines
A couple of years ago, I had the privilege of spending a few days learning from Marine Corps officers about leadership. It was an incredibly humbling experience to say the least.⠀-⠀One of my greatest takeaways was how important the concept of team is to the Marines. Most of us have heard the mantra, “No marine…
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Power of Mentorship
This is my daughter with my little nephew, and this picture is such a great reminder of the value of mentors in our lives. My two kids (both much older than my nephew) got to experience the joy of helping him learn how to ice skate (all while perfecting the skill themselves as one had…
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Choose to Dance
“I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean, Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens, Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance, And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance, I hope you dance, I hope you never fear…
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It’s All About Relationships
It’s all about relationships. It has been said that leadership is nothing more than influence. I would argue that the only way to have true influence is to build relationships in order to see the world through others’ eyes.⠀-⠀One of my favorite parts of coaching and leadership is the opportunity it provides to build lifelong…
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Any Job Worth Doing…
There truly are no shortcuts to success. I was fortunate to grow up with parents who understood that and instilled that in me from a young age. “Any job worth doing is worth doing right” was one of my dad’s favorite sayings. As a kid who was sent back to redo a chore, it wasn’t…
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Family First
I know I’m a workaholic, and I come by it honestly. I grew up on a dairy farm where cows don’t know what a vacation means. More vacations or nights out to dinner than I can count were interrupted by work needing to be done when I was growing up. However, even through all of…
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Leadership Can Be Lonely
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” ~Mother Teresa⠀-⠀Leadership can be a lonely journey at times, as you often have to be the first one to step out or the one who has to make the hard decisions. Over the years, I have…
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Excellence is in the Details and the Mundane
The difference between a good team and a championship team is often not talent or even skill. It is often the amount of times they are willing to do the boring, mundane details in order to create habits that allow them to win the long rallies and perform under pressure. Championships aren’t won in one…
