by Barry | Nov 7, 2012 | 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, Attitude, Decision Making, Goals, Leadership, Personal Development, Priorities, Success
The Law of Consistency says that Motivation Gets You Going – Discipline Keeps You Growing. I don’t like this law. You might think that is strange because I teach this law but the fact is, I struggle with law possibly more than any of the Laws that John...
by Barry | Nov 5, 2012 | Attitude, Decision Making, Goals, Inspiration, Intentionality, Leadership, Legacy, Personal Development, Vision
I was on a mastermind call recently with a group of people that I would consider my inner circle. In talking about our life goals and plans and the notion of living a full and intentional life, I suggested the idea of “why can’t we …..”...
by Barry | Nov 2, 2012 | Awareness, Brand, Character, Decision Making, Influence, Leadership, Respect, Trust
Does your audio match your video? I love that question. If you don’t understand it or have not heard it before, it is asking if your actions match your words. We all know that person who says things that are not even close to how they act. I wonder if these people...
by Barry | Oct 31, 2012 | 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, Awareness, Decision Making, Intentionality, Leadership, Personal Development, Vision
The Law of Reflection says that “Learning to pause allows growth to catch up with you.” I have found that no matter what we do in life, there is always the need to stop or pause and let the events we have encountered catch up with us. Reflection is one...
by Barry | Oct 30, 2012 | Awareness, Communication, Decision Making, Intentionality, Leadership, Listening
In one of my mastermind groups, we were discussing the law of awareness and one of the participants made the comment “I’m like a sponge, I just listen to everything and soak it all up.” Now I have certainly heard this expression before but this time it really made...
by Barry | Oct 29, 2012 | Awareness, Decision Making, Intentionality, Intuition, Leadership, Priorities
As I write this, Hurricane Sandy is set to smack the eastern coast line in a way that we have not seen in recent history. I am on the left coast so my participation in this event will have to be lived vicariously through friends that I have within the storms path. I...
by Barry | Oct 29, 2012 | Attitude, Empowerment, Influence, Leadership, Leadership Development, Success
How do you define real success? I find it interesting how many different answers I get to this question. Let me first say that I do not think there are any wrong answers to the question. Success means something different to everyone. Some may have it connected to...
by Barry | Oct 28, 2012 | Leadership
What difference does it make if you vote in the upcoming election? It’s only one vote, right? Nobody ever wins a major election by one vote so what difference does it make if I vote or not? If you follow this blog, you know that I don’t like politics and...
by Barry | Oct 27, 2012 | Accountability, Awareness, Empowerment, Influence, Inspiration, Leadership, Personal Development, Success
I recently read an article suggesting that character strengths can be developed by the environment in which kids grow up. I don’t think too many people would argue with this concept but what I found really interesting was that it was suggested that we can...
by Barry | Oct 27, 2012 | Decision Making, Goals, Inspiration, Leadership, Personal Development, Priorities, Success
I know, it’s not January yet, so why am I writing about goals? First of all, the notion that we should wait until New Year’s to come up with some new goals is nonsense. New Year’s resolutions aren’t new goals anyway. They are simply the goals...
