We know about IQ, EQ, and SQ, but often overlook the PQ, the Physical Quotient. The PQ is our self-awareness of our physical being. Physical means our health. It also means our ability to do fundamental activities. As a Leader though, your team has a fundamental requirement to use their skills to persist through the […]
Good leaders know that decisions need to be reality-based. They also know they need to ask others to weigh in on problems and solutions to make sure what they as a leader see is what others see. Do others agree with your assessment? What questions are you asking? Others are impacted by how you define […]
Who are you? What defines you at this moment? How did you get to now? Are you going through life following the routine? Are you innovating yourself towards a dream larger than yourself? Are you investing in others to make sure they help you get there? If you aren’t developing, you aren’t growing. If you […]
Every day our phones, laptops, autos, and much more receive updates or fixes or patches to close an opening or to add new functionality. People need fixes too. Our fixes require more creativity and on the fly adjustments. Successful people are consistently and intentionally making adjustments to their attitude, to their development, to their life […]
Trying will only lead to non-commitment and lack of ownership in accomplishment. You need to own the commitment to act and then execute. With your best at that time deployed, did you learn? APEX thinking leaders commit and act. They learn to go further and go higher. “Try and fail. Leaders train and learn. Will […]
People ought to have lives that include happiness and accomplishment. When we join others’ efforts to reach a goal or to serve a mission, we need leaders to create the right conditions to see it accomplished and to celebrate our actions. If you are a leader of a team, are you ensuring that this right […]
What are the one to two mistakes you made in the last six months? What did you learn? People who don’t make any large mistakes are not putting themselves out there; not getting out of the comfort zone. They aren’t taking a risk. No risk equals no reward. You have don’t have to risk much […]
We are called to struggle for true freedom each day. Whether it is for our values, our inalienable rights which include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we fight for freedom. We give into the confinement when we don’t cast off the handcuffs to our bad experiences, our regrets, to that which holds us […]
“I need you” to you to be a witness to that which is yet to be revealed. I need you to help me help you realize what we can do together. If you are already thinking about the positive yet to come, then reach out whether in the family, at work, at the store, in […]
Fear of change is overwhelmingly the greatest obstacle to embracing being a more effective person, having a more effective team or organization. Even though change happens all around us, we have a hard time accepting it. We drag ourselves through it instead of leading it. Today, the iPhone was released 10 years ago. The change […]
