Tremendous Tracey

DJ Daniel's embrace of Director Curran wasn't just a heartwarming moment—it was a leadership lesson. Like my father's legendary hugs, it showed us that real leadership is about making people feel seen, valued, and part of something greater than themselves.

Love is not just a feeling—it is a choice. We make it every single day, not because it is always easy but because it is always worth it. Love is choosing to grow through adversity rather than be broken by it. As Charlie "Tremendous" Jones said, "Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be." True love isn't just about joy—it's about persevering, even when life shakes you to your core.

One of the biggest shifts in leadership happens when you graduate from directing people to developing them. True leaders don’t just give answers—they guide discovery. My father, Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, mastered this by leveraging the wisdom of books. Want to develop others? Park your smarts and let them do the discovering! 📚✨ #Leadership #PersonalGrowth #Mentorship

Now, years later, I understand the real meaning behind this little skit. That "tired of being happy" feeling hits me, and I embrace it with gusto. This year has already been off the charts—celebrating my fifth anniversary, signing new clients, onboarding new authors, seizing new opportunities, and enjoying the clarity of thought, good health, and pure joy that comes with doing what I love.

In the face of adversity, the ability to persist distinguishes those who merely dream from those who achieve. Persistence is the cornerstone of enduring success and is vital to effective leadership. As my father, Charlie "Tremendous" Jones, wisely referred to it as STICKABILITY. Here's what he said:

"Stick by it, die by it, never give up. We need to burn the word "stackability" into our hearts. A plague is sweeping the world, reaching epidemic proportions. It's better known as the Quitters Disease. 

The type of leaders that I hang with are courageous. They have a keen sense of discernment, a compulsion to speak the truth professionally, and a sense of service over self. So why do these brave point people get vilified, sniped at, or even railroaded out of the very entity they are trying to help?

To be reasonable, you must be able to reason. Our ability to reason is what makes humans humane. And when we abdicate our frontal lobe cortex’s responsibility to interact as adults with others, we devolve into our reptilian brains. And nothing good happens in the Jurassic Park parts of our perceptions.

This past week was a poignant one for me because I celebrated the second anniversary of my mother's homegoing on October 14^th and the thirteen-year homegoing of my father on October 16^th.