8 Life-Altering Ways to Recharge Your Personal Hope Level! 

 Being at the beach revives my hope!

Do you feel a bit depleted of your hope these days? Have you gone into the stores and found that everyone around seems to be droning away and going through the motions?

Our masks have not only covered up our mouth and noses, they have covered up our smiles too, and this has affected our social and emotional wellbeing. A social sadness, if you will.  It’s draining and straining…our hope!

How is your internal hope meter doing?


Being with the ones I love, rejuvenates my hope!

Amidst all the concerns, cautions, and even some chaos, what so many people need now is GOOD NEWS! Here are a few famous Hope Jump Starters:

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness” –Desmond Tutu

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow” –Albert Einstein

“We must accept finite disappointment but never...

How to Know and Grow Your Unique Gifts & Truest Calling! (Part 1 of 3)

“Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.” 

–Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., former Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

“The (Your) gifts and calling of God are irrevocable” 

-Romans 11:29, The Bible

Dr. John Maxwell, one of my mentors, once said, “You have to know the way, grow (in) the way, to show the way!”

But, how do you grow something you aren’t fully aware of?

A few of the MOST common questions that are asked of leaders today are:

“How can I know what my purpose is?”

“How do I discover my true calling?”

“How can I find out what I really am called to do?”

No matter how you ask it, the question haunts and plagues millions around the world. Have you been asking one of these...

The Synergistic Power of Being in a Mastermind Group: The 8 Profitable Benefits of Joining a Mastermind in 2020 (Part 2 of 2)

“You are the average of the five people you associate with the most…”–Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workout

“The Mastermind Principle:  Two or more people actively engaged in the pursuit of a definite purpose with a positive mental attitude, constitute an unbeatable force.” –Napoleon Hill, renowned American author 

What are the benefits of being in a Mastermind Group (We’ll MMG) to YOU?

1. A Dream Team:  Multiple professionals creating one collective mind

Two heads are better than one, but what about 4, 6 or 7? Their additional combined insights, wisdom, and creativity exceeds a single perspective. You may not have to reinvent the wheel if you have others who have been there. This synergistic idea alone is worth the investment of time, energy, and money!

2. An...

The Synergistic Power of Being in a Mastermind Group: The 8 Profitable Benefits of Joining a Mastermind in 2020 (Part 2 of 2)

 Hello and Happy 2020!

“You are the average of the five people you associate with the most…”–Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workout

“The Mastermind Principle:  Two or more people actively engaged in the pursuit of a definite purpose with a positive mental attitude, constitute an unbeatable force.” –Napoleon Hill, renowned American author

What are the benefits of being in a Mastermind Group (MMG) to YOU?

1. A Dream Team:  Multiple professionals creating one collective mind

 Two heads are better than one, but what about 4 or 6 or 7? Their additional combined insights, wisdom, and creativity exceeds a single perspective. You may not have to reinvent the wheel if you have others who have been there. This synergistic idea alone is worth the investment of time, energy, and...

The Synergistic Power of Being in a Mastermind Group in 2020!

“Every mind needs friendly contact with other minds, for food of expansion and growth”-Napoleon Hill, author of Master Key to Riches

“The next best thing to being wise oneself is to be in a circle of those who are” –C.S. Lewis, renowned author and philosopher

Who are the influencers in your life…RIGHT NOW?

Someone once said, “Your network is your net worth”.

What is the value of your personal social capital (Your networks and relationships in your life)?

Jim Rohn, motivational speaker and leadership developer, noted that YOU are the sum total of the 5 most influential people in your life…at this very moment.

Your Personal Synergy Power

Synergy is defined by one online dictionary as “the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than...

One day, a teenage Benjamin Franklin entered the Boston home of the renowned Reverend Cotton Mather. After their lengthy discussion, he walked Franklin through a tight doorway on the way out with a low beam as Mather told him, “Stoop, stoop!”. Not paying attention, Franklin bumped his head on the beam. The older, wiser Mather found a teachable moment:  “You are young and have the world before you. Stoop as you go through it and you will miss many hard thumps”.

All his life, Franklin never forgot Mather’s immortal words.

2019 has produced many good things, and yet, it has been one of my worst years.

Can I be brutally honest, since you are my friends? I have taken quite a lot of shots this year, and am a bit beaten from the beams. Frankly I, like several others I have spoken to, am soooo ready for a new year! Now, this is NOT one of those downer letters that you read and feel sad after reading it.

The good news is yet to...

How to Obtain Your Dream Mentor to Skyrocket Your Success!

Have you ever wondered, "If I could have __________ as my mentor, I would be the best ______________ ever!" 

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How do you engage professional development? Do you have a leadership development plan? On your job? With a professional course or business book? Do you have an onsite coach or leader helping you?

Question:  What is THE best way to grow professionally?

Well, it begins with a foundation of at least these 5 essentials! What are they?

Well, I will share those with you momentarily!

First, though...

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5 Must-Do’s to Re-Engineer Your Career (or start one) for MORE MONEY!

Have you ever felt you wanted a fresh start or a new beginning in life? (A mulligan, for you golfers!)

 “It’s not too late to become who you want to be. I hope that you live a life that you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you find the strength to start over.” –F. Scott Fitzgerald, writer & author of The Great Gatsby

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

I know exactly how that feels!

In 2007, I started college for the first time…at the age of 44! (I know what you’re doing. You’re counting the years to see how YOUNG I am, aren’t you?! Lol!)

One of my favorite phrases I created is:  In order to be your best, you must assess!

So let’s dive in to A New You 2.0!

 ...

Napoleon Hill, the iconic American motivational speaker and author, once said, “Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he (or she) is best suited.”

“Employee engagement is the art and science of engaging people in authentic and recognized connections to strategy, roles, performance, organization, community, relationship, customers, development, energy, and happiness to leverage, sustain, and transform work into results.” - David Zinger, Let’s Co-Create an Employee Engagement Charter, The Employee Engagement Network

So, what do you absolutely need to do to maximize your engagement at work?

Let me propose a MASTER KEY to living out your fullest potential in the workspace from over 3 decades of interactions with thousands of people.

As a former senior corporate manager and trainer, I an the first to acknowledge that other factors play essential roles such as…

chemistry, competency, contribution, character,...