Insights For Impact
Tips for a better life, a better business, and a few things that just make you go…hmm!
I Want To Inspire You To Do The Things That Inspire You.
At my core I am a teacher. I believe that you must “Pick Yourself” to become the change you wish to see in the world. I use my voice, my energy, my platforms to empower, and encourage you to that end.
Marketing is my profession, working with youth is my passion
The one thing I enjoy most is working with children. Jesus said “Let the children come to me, forbid them not, for such is The Kingdom of Heaven”. You never know how a simple act of kindness, or what an encouraging word will do to inspire one of these little ones to tap into their greatness.
Possibility Blind
Everything you will experience today was once impossible. Tomorrow will birth things that are impossible today. When you refuse to be possibility blind you become a pencil in the hand of God. The day before Karl Benz invented the automobile, cars were impossible. ...
Lean On
Everyone has doubters, critics, and naysayers shouting "I knew it wouldn't work" each time they stumble or make a mistake. Successful people ignore doubters, critics, and naysayers and lean on those who believe in them and their goals.
When To Quit
My friend Melissa Lawson vented a little yesterday on her FB page about what feels like an "UNIMAGINABLE" feet of balancing her work as a teacher with her family life during the pandemic. Reading through the comments many encouraged her to hang in there because the...
I’m Being Myself
You may not like to think it, but sometimes being yourself presents problems, obstacles, and barriers to your forward progress. What would happen if you replaced "being" with "improving", "reinventing", or "transforming"? When we get stuck on being ourselves we say...
Scarcity Drives Value
If you're attempting to sell something to someone you need to find out what's scarce. Most people think it's money but that's seldom what's really in short supply. Planning a trek to the top of the world? There's not much heat up there and people freeze to death...
Economize Where You Can
Economics is the science of managing scarce resources. When you come to realize that people who trust you, who want to hear from you, who will collaborate with you, and who will support you are scarce resources you'll economize where you can.
The Free Frenzy
The free sample carts at Costco often cause a frenzy. People cut the lines, adults grab the last free ice cream sample before children can get them, and brawls even break out from time to time. That's because free has a way of debasing us. Free scales at Costco...
Climbing Is Always Hard Work
Climbing is always hard work. When you want to quit just remember the person at the top of the mountain didn't fall there. Photo Credit: Pexels
People High on the Grit Scale Fail Over and Over Again
Grit doesn't mean succeeding all the time. One definition of grit is failing and trying over and over again. When you're passionate about what you're doing you'll develop perseverance to overcome obstacles. If what you're doing is worth succeeding at it's worth...
What We Should All Learn From Donald Trump Being Thrown Off Twitter
I've run this blog on a self-hosted platform using Wordpress for more than a decade now. It's read all over the world. And as Stephen Biko once said..."I write what I like". It's mine, backed up daily, and nobody can censor me. One thing the world should glean from...