Tremendous Tracey
Driven to Win or Guided by Grace?
When we allow life to unfold before us —versus trying to wrestle it into a constructed box— our lives take a more relaxed and joyful form. There’s a difference between kicking down doors and allowing them to swing wide open when the time is right.
The Tremendous Power of Staying Power
Becoming the next version of tremendousness is simple: Spark your willpower; fuel your staying power; and watch your tremendous power become a reality. Write down what you want to do with your week, your month, your year, your life, then ask yourself the two follow-on questions. Once you can answer yes to both, add healthy doses of people, books, prayer, self-discipline, and self-belief, and you’ll be on the path to a tremendous transformation.
Waiting for Chewbacca
Life is tremendous, it really is. It’s even more tremendous when you find your Chewbacca. But here’s the thing; you don’t find your Chewbacca; your Chewbacca finds you. Maybe a wonderful Wookiee will come into your life for a season, maybe for a lifetime; but you’ll know it when it happens. We are all coded to be relational, from an evolutionary as well as a spiritual standpoint. None of us can fly the Millennium Falcon of our lives alone.
The Importance of Being Learned
If you are considering going back to school, may I tell you how it changed my life and how it will change yours? After 35 years of leading others, I thought I pretty much knew most of what was out there. Boy, was I wrong. I can now approach the covenant of leadership with the street smarts of a practitioner and the books smarts of a scholar. That is indeed a blend of two tremendous worlds!
Falling Apart or Falling Into Place?
Unless you are broken, you cannot be transformed. You need to melt the ice before it can be remolded. If you want to be a vessel that is poured out in service to others, you must be put in the kiln repeatedly in temperatures over 1,000 degrees.
Open Wide and Say, “Ah-ha!”
I am in a constant state of regeneration because of the people I meet and the books I read. The past 24-hours were no exception! Life's lessons abo...
Show, Don’t Tell
Do you remember the grade school activity of Show and Tell where we brought in an object and then proceeded to talk about it with our classmates? ...
You say you want a leader…. but are you willing to be led?
In life, we are all leaders. We lead by taking care of obligations such as paying bills, following the laws of the land, taking care of ourselves,...
Limitations or DElimitations? What's Holding You Back?
Last week, I completed my final doctoral seminar, Empirical Research III. We covered everything from research questions and methodologies to codi...
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 ...
What Happens In Book Club Doesn’t Stay in Book Club
With everyone clamoring about what’s wrong with the world today, there’s one solution that’s rarely suggested: reading. They tell me it’s too old school, that people’s attention spans can’t focus for that long, that everyone is too busy with digital addictions and watching online to take the time to read. Well then, they’re never going to find what they are looking for.
Year of the Dog
None can deny the appeal, the exuberance, the unconditional love and pure companionship of (wo)man’s best friend. So, who better to learn from?
Thank You Notes: A Letter to My Mentors
Thankfulness is the most reliable indicator of maturity. The older I get, the more people I realize I need to give thanks for because, without them, I wouldn't be who I am today. Heck, I’m even able to give thanks for the bad ones too! There are four strings of words that have profoundly impacted my life. Some were meant to encourage, others to correct. But in each instance, I can still hear the same dialogue as if it was happening now. In each case, it was only a single sentence, but its brevity did not diminish its power.
Spooky Truths - Six Workplace Goblins to Watch Out For
It’s Halloween and time to beware of things that go bump in your cube! Here are six downright scary Halloween characters – and one not so scary - w...
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...
