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 26, 2012 | Awareness, Coaching, Communication, Engagement, Influence, Leadership, Leadership Development, Listening, Relationships
I was recently involved in a conversation with my coaching mentor on the topic of self leadership. The conversation was related to the coaching process but it struck me that the practice of self-leadership is really something that we need to incorporate into all...
by Barry | Oct 21, 2012 | Attitude, Awareness, Decision Making, Goals, Inspiration, Intentionality, Leadership, Legacy, Purpose, Vision
My wife and I were riding our bikes to the store and passed one of the Oracle facilites. Not much of an event in itself but it reminded me of a story I read earlier this year about Oracle founder, Larry Ellison, buying 98% of the Hawaiian Island of Lanai. That got me...
by Barry | Oct 19, 2012 | Attitude, Awareness, Decision Making, Empowerment, Influence, Inspiration, Intentionality, Leadership
I heard a quote yesterday that made me stop and think about a lot of things. Ont thing is that we can’t control the environment that we are in. We can choose where to go but once we get there, it pretty much is what it is. The other is that once we get there,...
by Barry | Oct 18, 2012 | Attitude, Awareness, Communication, Engagement, Influence, Leadership, Listening, Relationships
I am sure that you have heard the phrase “selective hearing” used to describe the lack of listening. Big laughs, haha, most of the time I hear this it is used to describe men not listening to their wives. Question for you here … which is more...
by Barry | Oct 17, 2012 | 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, Awareness, Empowerment, Goals, Influence, Listening, Vision
Yesterday I posted about the fact that kids ask better questions than adults. After several conversations in the last twenty four hours, I believe this is due to their level of awareness. That’s right, I said children have better awareness than adults. Why?...
