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Five Quotes I’m Thinking About:
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” —Helen Keller
“Keep away from people
who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really
great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” —Mark Twain
“Hard work does not
guarantee success, but lack of hard work guarantees that there will be no
success.” —Jim Valvano
“For all of the most
important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your
job? The stars will never align and the traffic lights of life will never all
be green at the same time. The universe doesn’t conspire against you, but it
doesn’t go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never
perfect. ‘Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with
you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it’s important to you and you want
to do it ‘eventually’, just do it and correct course along the way.” —Tim Ferriss
“I vow to stay
positive in the face of negativity.
When I am surrounded
by pessimism, I will choose optimism.
When I feel fear, I
will choose faith.
When I want to hate, I
will choose love.
When I want to be
bitter, I will choose to get better.
When I experience a
challenge, I will look for an opportunity to learn and grow.
When faced with
adversity, I will find strength.
When I experience a
setback, I will be resilient.
When I meet failure, I
will fail forward, toward future success.
With vision, hope, and
faith, I will never give up and will always move forward toward my destiny.
I believe my best days
are ahead of me, not behind me.
I believe I’m here for
a reason and my purpose is greater than my challenges.
I believe that being
positive not only makes me better, it makes everyone around me better.
So today and every day
I will be positive and strive to make a positive impact on the world.” —Jon Gordon. The Carpenter: A Story About the
Greatest Success Strategies of All (pp. 42-43). Wiley. Kindle Edition.
A Movie Worth Watching:
Clint Eastwood is “the man!” The dude is 86 years old and
still at the top of his craft!
Sully is the story of Captain Chelsey Sullenberger and the“Miracle on the Hudson.” After the commercial airplane he was piloting was
disabled by striking a flock of geese, Sully somehow managed to execute an
emergency landing of the plane on the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155
people on board! The movie is now available on Blu-Ray, at Red Box, and on
iTunes.
Clint Eastwood does a masterful job directing this movie!
Tom Hanks is incredible as Sully. The supporting cast is excellent!
This movie is chock
full of inspiring leadership lessons and principles! I highly recommend it! It could even be viewed by a
leadership team and then dissected and discussed. Leadership lessons include:
- Good leaders are diligent. They focus on doing their job. “I don’t feel like a hero. I’m just a man who was doing his job.” —Sully
- Good leaders prepare for the unprecedented and unknown. “Everything is unprecedented…until it happens for the first time.” —Sully
- Good leaders take responsibility.
“What
if I did get this wrong? What if I endangered the lives of all those passengers?” —Sully
“I want you to know, I did the best I
could.” —Sully
“I’ll bet my life on it. I’ll do it again.” —Sully
- Good leaders understand that trust takes a lifetime to build, but can be lost by a moment of recklessness or stupidity. “I've had 40 years in the air but in the end, I'm going to be judged by 208 seconds.” —Sully
- Good leaders make “the hard call.” “This is the Captain. Brace for impact.” —Sully
I could go on and on!
The closing scene when the “real” Sully is reunited with the
155 survivors or “souls” of US Airways Flight 1549 is powerful!
This is a great movie for leaders and their teams to view
and discuss.
Articles with more insights into the leadership principles
covered in Sully.
Podcasts Worth Listening To:
EntreLeadership
Podcast
The EntreLeadership Podcast is one of the best podcasts
currently available for business leaders, church leaders, entrepreneurs and
people who have a passion for personal growth.
Host, Ken Coleman does an excellent job interviewing world
class leaders from a variety of vocations and providing listeners with valuable
and practical “take-aways.”
In this episode,
Ken interviews Cal Newport. Cal is the author of Deep Work: Rules for FocusedSuccess in a Distracted World. Deep Work is an important book. Put this
one on your reading list asap.
The book gets 4.5 starts with 381 customer reviews on Amazon.
Several business leaders ranked it as one of their top reads in 2016.
Deep Work is “the ability to focus without distraction on a
demanding task.” During the conversation, Ken and Cal discuss practical ways
you can avoid distractions and diversions, transform your habits and mind, and
get the important work you were meant to accomplish done!
This podcast is well worth your time! It's also available on iTunes. Simply type "
The School of
Greatness with Lewis Howes
Lewis Howes is a NYT best-selling author and the host of The
School of Greatness Podcast where Lewis interviews world-class athletes,
artists, business leaders and difference makers and helps listeners discover practical ways to pursue a life of greatness.
In this episode Lewis interviews John Maxwell. I’ve heard
John speak dozens of times, but in this podcast, John speaks with Lewis on the
eve before the launch of his book, IntentionalLiving: Choosing A Life That Matters.
This conversation is so rich in terms of the abundance of personal take-aways. Highlights do include:
The power of
compounded consistency to create greatness in your life.
How being clear on
your purpose and “Why?” in life can help you overcome adversity.
“A lot of people
settle for good because there's too much of a price to pay for excellent.”
Check this podcast out asap.BTW, Lewis provides great show notes. Make sure you check
out this link.
Finally, this podcast is also available on iTunes. Just type “John Maxwell Lewis Howes” into your iTunes Podcast Search Engine bar.
Finally, this podcast is also available on iTunes. Just type “John Maxwell Lewis Howes” into your iTunes Podcast Search Engine bar.
Articles Worth Reading:
A couple of recent articles on the importance of self-talk have me thinking about the way I "think" and "talk" to myself. Here are two good ones.
In this short article, Jim reminds us of why our "self talk" actually has the potential to sabotage our best intentions and keep us from achieving our goals, purpose and destiny.
A great short read.
Dig even deeper into the power of self-talk with this excellent article by Rick Warren.
Rick is an incredible pastor, leader and difference maker, and this article contains insights that are well worth the 5-8 minutes it will take you to read. Ck it out today!
A great short read.
Rick is an incredible pastor, leader and difference maker, and this article contains insights that are well worth the 5-8 minutes it will take you to read. Ck it out today!
Books I'm Currently Reading:
Intentional Living: Choosing A Life That Matters by John Maxwell (Re-reading)
You Win In The Locker Room First by Jon Gordon
Life Word by Jon Gordon
Dirty Glory by Pete Greig
The Perfect Day Formula by Craig Ballantyne
Originals by Adam Grant
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