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 15, 2012 | Awareness, Decision Making, Influence, Inspiration, Intentionality, Leadership, Legacy, Priorities, Purpose, Relationships, Vision
How many times have you heard the expression “practice makes perfect”? Run out of fingers yet? We have all heard it countless times and for the most part believe it to be true. I am not so sure anymore. I can’t argue that the more we work on...
by Barry | Oct 12, 2012 | Awareness, Decision Making, Goals, Intentionality, Leadership, Personal Development, Priorities
If someone were to describe you to another person, would they describe you as energetic and full of life or would they refer to you as dull and boring? I am not calling anyone out for their personality, or lack thereof, but think about it – try and think of a...
by Barry | Oct 11, 2012 | Attitude, Awareness, Decision Making, Goals, Intentionality, Leadership, Purpose, Success
If I were to ask one hundred people “how do you define success?” I would probably get one hundred different responses. The responses would include achievements related to money, relationships, notoriety, health and many others. The more important...
by Barry | Oct 10, 2012 | 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, Attitude, Decision Making, Goals, Inspiration, Intentionality, Leadership, Personal Development, Priorities
Today we start a new “Law of the Week” series. For the next fifteen Wednesday’s I will post on one of the laws from John Maxwell’s “The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth.” John released this book on October 2nd and it is already...
