legacy leader

The most important thing you leave behind.

The most important thing you leave behind.

Your legacy is the most significant thing you leave behind.

Every day, as you live your life and influence others, you are constantly constructing your legacy. From the casual conversation around the water cooler at work to critical family meetings around the kitchen table -- you are instilling pieces of yourself in those around you.

But what is a legacy?

Where your focus goes, your energy flows

Where your focus goes, your energy flows

I believe that gratitude is a choice.

It is one that we must make daily. This choice reflects where we will choose to put our focus and energy.

Do we build our lives around that which is worthy of celebration, praise, and, well, the good stuff of life? Or do we choose to focus on the challenges?

Legacy Quotes | Albert Einstein

Legacy Quotes | Albert Einstein

Do you know your "why" well enough to give an elevator pitch for it?

Let me start by saying that I love the concept of an "elevator pitch."

Wikipedia defines "elevator pitch" as "a short description of an idea, product or company that explains the concept in a way such that any listener can understand it in a short period of time."

How to help two people stuck in a conflict

How to help two people stuck in a conflict

What do you do when two people you care about get into a conflict? How do you help them?

These people may be on your team at work, in your family, or your circle of friends.

Conflict is devastating because, in conflict, there is a breakdown in a relationship. This breakdown involves the disintegration of trust, empathy, and compassion for one another. Conflict, if left unchecked, can collapse a team, a family, and even an organization.

Here is to help two people stuck in a conflict get unstuck.