5 Ways to Build Leadership Confidence

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We have a confidence problem in the world today. Maybe it’s always been there. Either way doesn’t really matter. But, what does matter is that we learn how to overcome it and build leadership confidence. Our success is counting on it. The success of our companies is counting on it. And, if that doesn’t feel […]

5 Ways to Build Confidence Within Your Staff

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Last week we talked about how to build leadership confidence. Learning how to be confident as a leader is important. But, it’s also important that you learn how to help build confidence within your staff as well. Your team and business succeed the most when everyone operates from a place of strength and confidence. But, […]

Handling Disappointment

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“It’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.” — Zig Ziglar Unhappy news and disappointments are the given right of being human.  Odds are if you are breathing you will have inevitably experienced a major disappointment in your life.  In fact, if you google disappointment you will come up with […]

Uncomfortable Error Part 2 (The Response)

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“Oh no.” That was my first thought when I read the draft of Darren’s blog post last week. I mean, we all make mistakes, but did I really want it to be broadcast to the world online? Did we really need to go that route? The answer—yes. There are too many important lessons that leaders could learn from my mistake and how Darren handled it as a leader.

Uncomfortable Error

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“Hey Darren, I think we have a problem…” was the beginning of an email I received last week from my friend and Speaker Representative/Marketing Manager/Event Manager/et al, Stephanie (Steph). As I’m reading this email, my heart was at the bottom of my stomach thinking what this could possibly be. After writing about all the amazing […]

Uncomfortable Indifference

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Photo credit: www.si.com We lost by 50 points. FIFTY POINTS! If you’re just now reading this blog series, I’m coaching our middle school’s seventh-grade boys basketball team. We’re currently 0-6, but it feels like way more than six losses. A few games ago, I “achieved” something I’d never done in over 16 years of coaching. […]

Self-Improvement and Personal Growth

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I will freely admit I am a self-help book junkie.   It’s not unheard of me to read 3-4 self-help books in a month.  In fact, my idea of a day of bliss is to spend a day alone curled up in my pajamas reading Tony Robbins or Brendon Burchard while heavy snow is falling outside […]