Tremendous Tracey
Tremendous Leadership at 60: A Sense of Urgency, A Legacy of SPARK
This year, Tremendous Leadership celebrates its 60th anniversary—six decades of igniting lives with wisdom, wit, and the written word. As I reflect on this milestone, I am reminded of one of my father’s timeless writings from the 1980s, “A Sense of Urgency.”
In it, Charlie “Tremendous” Jones wrote:
“A sense of urgency is that feeling that lets you know yesterday is gone forever, and tomorrow never comes. TODAY is in your hands. Shirking today adds to wasted yesterdays, and postponing today’s work adds to tomorrow’s burden.”
Make a Decision; Make It Yours; Die By It
A tremendous life is built on tremendous decisions. These life decisions have an integrative effect; the choices we make open or close the doors to other opportunities and future possibilities. So we need to make these cornerstone decisions well to build as solid a foundation as possible. We need to make these critical decisions the right way. My father said, “Decision making is a fact of life, just like breathing. That’s what decision making really is.” The key to making the right decisions in life is to make a decision, make it yours, and die by it. Getting these decisions right doesn't necessarily make life more manageable, but it does make it more real, and that's what it's all about. Read more...
The Anointed Call of Leadership
We are thrilled to release our 32nd Life-Changing Classic - the first one to feature a female leader! A peasant girl, an agent of God, a heroine of France, and a canonized saint, Joan of Arc possessed seven virtues that enabled her to make history. She was a humble citizen turned military leader who took no title other than the Maid, rising up at a time of great social and political upheaval. This foundation was poured by the God-given anointing of leadership and cemented through history and circumstances. Read more...
Excited or Entrenched
The landscape of our lives is constantly changing which wreaks a great deal of havoc on humans who would often rather die than change. We lose relationships and our health, we miss once in a lifetime and repeated opportunities, yet we continue to blame everyone but ourselves.
Producing a Tremendous Harvest
Here comes my favorite season of the year—fall. I can see the day’s becoming slightly shorter; I watch for a leaf or two to begin transitioning to flames of gold and red; I hear and see the birds starting their migration to their new home. In South Central PA, the harvest is a sight to behold. This year's rain and sun ratio were magnificent. I have never seen fields of corn as high and green as the ones that fill our landscape. Autumn is the time of year when we look to the harvest and reap the products of our labor.
Tremendous Companies Read Tremendous Books
Last week I was prepping a large pallet of books to ship to one of our clients and searching for a freight carrier. Every modern day business is incredibly competitive, and I send out bids assessing convenience, price, customer service, and ease of transaction.
Five Years from Now....
Be intentional about interacting with everyone you cross paths with, even if it’s just making a comment to a fellow human being in a checkout line, or waving someone the go ahead to cross the street with a friendly smile. Yes, anything that impacts someone else counts as a meeting.
Salute to a Tremendous Father
What he could not have fathomed was the utter lack of individual ownership in creating their own lives. He knew what it was like to be dealt every bad card in the deck. From an impoverished upbringing to a lack of schooling, abuse, and betrayal. Yet, he gloriously pursued life without an ounce of "woe is me" or "you owe me." Pity parties were for thumb suckers, and he repeatedly proclaimed, "No one is a failure until they blame someone else."
You Need Therapy (Not That There's Anything Wrong With That)
Let these three therapies minister to your life. They’re free, they’re universal, and they’re guaranteed.
What Have You Done For You Lately?
We need you to be at the top of your game. Here are three simple tips to keep you in tremendous form.
Take Steps to ACT: We sure can talk a good ...
It's Getting Chilly!
Better Add an Extra Layer...to Your Education
I just finished my last cohort seminar before I enter into the final phase of the completion of my doctoral degree. This past week I had the privil...
What I Did on My Summer Vacation by Tracey C. Jones
This week, millions of youngsters are heading back to school. One of the highlights of this rite of passage is the chance to relay to your teacher ...
Reading: A Necessary Activity for Raising the Bar on Life
“The average person doesn’t read a book a year; that must be why they’re average.” ~ Anonymous
Average people have no desire to be tremendous, let ...
Restoration Hardware: A Book
We live in a world that withers us. My father used to say, “My problem isn’t keeping myself motivated, it’s trying to keep other people from demoti...
does your business need a little TLC?
A little TLC can grow a business big!! Tremendous Life Books is excited to unveil our newest program, the Tremendous Leaders Circle, offering busin...
