What a person can do is only limited by the person in whose mind is the thought placed into action. To achieve your dream or for your team to reach its goal or purpose, one needs to take the external and look inward. What conflicts with what is sought to be achieved? Will you believe […]
What is your team, e.g., family team, work team, community team, dealing with today? Do they feel short on time, work-life pressures escalating, deadlines mounting, more work demands with fewer people, others on the team not carrying their weight? Do you feel it too? Gaining control of yourself and your day will lead to living […]
When some people aim for a goal or dream, they soon lose interest and go to the next thing. They have intention. They might lack intentional action and consistency to keep going. Sometimes competing commitments get in the way and distract. The level of initiative is directly tied to one’s success or to a team’s […]
You might be told to think “outside of the box” to think a new way or stop thinking like what got you or the team to the current point. Do you feel that thinking outside is foreign and hard to do? Think back to your childhood through the eyes of a six-month-old child. You knew […]
Do you find yourself where the day gets by without completing what you want to do? Well, think of what you want to do and see what is getting in the way. Is it another person’s agenda item or yours? Look at the top five items you are doing this day? Which ones are furthering […]
Do you hear dreams dashed in a single sentence? “I want to build a better future for our youth BUT….” “I want to make a difference BUT….” Why does the great negator enter the conversation and eliminate the dream? Often it is because the reasons not to do something are more important than putting oneself […]
Do you look after the people that are around you? You have the responsibility to see that the people who surround you have their needs met. Make them feel safe and they will focus then on why they are where they are. They want to be their best for you. They just need to know […]
When do you feel inspired and when do you include it in your day to express to another? What is happening when you do? How do you feel otherwise. In today’s sharing Joe Dutkiewicz, your chief leadership thought partner and Founder CEO of Crayon Leadership, discusses the inspiration paradox and how to understand it in your daily […]
You are living in chaos. Never before has there been so many distractions that are calling for a piece of your day. You believe you are in control because you make it through each day checking off the lists. What are you showing for this? What are your results? Some people might say that they […]
