With all this talk of trying to motivate the people around you, I’m concerned that all we’ll do is create a bunch of overachievers. Overachieving is over-rated. In order to be fair and balanced, I think we need a good lesson in how to demotivate people. It’ll do their over-sized egos some good. Toughen up the masses. MORE >>

We all tell ourselves stories. We tell stories about how we met certain people. We tell stories about the idiosyncrasies we’ve acquired. We tell stories because stories help us give meaning to the events of our lives. Some people don’t like to think about life as a story because stories don’t seem real. That’s too bad. MORE >>

Change is necessary for improvement and growth but it doesn’t happen overnight. It happens daily. When it comes to change, the only person you have the opportunity to change on a daily basis is you. So when it comes to personal growth, there needs to be a daily appointment on your calendar that you have with you. Some people use the time to pray. MORE >>

I am in the business of helping student leaders succeed. But you must realize that I probably define success differently than most. Within the world of student leadership, the road to success is sometimes paved with failure. For a student leader, failure can be the fodder of lifelong lessons. When they fail, it tends to stop them in their tracks. MORE >>

“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.&# – Theodore Roosevelt. Time and again, the greatest stumbling block to a leader’s success comes back to the leader. Self-leadership precedes successful leadership. It starts with you. It starts with me. Leadership MORE >>