After 30 full years on this planet (yesterday was my 31st birthday), here are the most important lessons I’ve learned: Take the small signs seriously. Always leave room for unexpected challenges (energetically). Work to live instead of live to work (relationships are meant to come first). Do you not care about relationships? Do you not … Read More!
Choose For It To Be Your Turn (Be Proactive & Take Initiative)
Throughout my high school and college years, and for many years out of college, I got in the habit of waiting. Waiting for my turn. Waiting to be validated by others. Waiting for my coaches to put me in the game. Waiting for people’s permission. Waiting to be happy. This is not a fulfilling way … Read More!
Rewire Yourself (Break Free From Limiting Beliefs)
Shatter Your Limiting Beliefs I first met entrepreneur and speaker Kevin Laylor at the Fall 2016 District 18 Toastmasters Conference in Maryland. Although I now live elsewhere, I still go down to Maryland for District 18 Toastmasters Conferences because I have a large number of friends who are part of that group. After I graduated … Read More!
Focusing on One Thing & Backing Yourself Into a Corner (Geeta Nadkarni & Randy Gage’s Wisdom)
What’s Your One Thing? Remember Geeta Nadkarni from Chapter 2, the Mountaintop Mindset? I met her when she was speaking at the 2015 National Speakers Association conference. She has some powerful thoughts on managing your time that act as the perfect summary of some of the best points in this chapter: When managing your time, … Read More!
Mindset Strategies for Leaders From World Champion Dananjaya Hettiarachchi
The Mindset of Leaders & Champions: Always Be Learning I had the pleasure of meeting Dananjaya Hettiarachchi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after he won the World Championship of Public Speaking in 2014. I was out there in Kuala Lumpur competing in the same contest, and I lost at the semifinals level. Overall, I had a … Read More!
