We are God's Perfect Creation...Beautiful of all Worlds

People want to know what you stand for and believe in. They want to know what you value. And leaders need to know what others value, if they are going to be able to forge aligment between personal values and organizational demans. -Jim Kouzes No leader ever got anything extraordinary done without the talent and support of others. Leadership is a team sport, and you need to engage others in the cause. What strengthens and sustains the relationship between leader and constituent is that leaders are obsessed with what is best for others, not what is best for the leader. -Barry Posner The best leaders are the best learners. You have to believe that you (and others) can learn to lead, and that you can become a better leader  tomorrow than you are today. Leaders are constant improvement fanatics, and learning is the master skill of leadership -Jim Kouzes www.leadershipchallenge.com If you are a learner or n...

All individuals have to decide what values they will embrace, what they will live for, what they would die for. Those values come from their core beliefs and their faith. I won't address that here because I believe you must wrestle them down personally. Instead I'll talk about leaders values that I believe are most important. Purpose: Let Your Why Direct Your What I believe that success comes from knowing your purpose in life, growing to your maximum potential, and sowing seeds to benefit others. If you miss any one of those three things, I don't think you can be genuinely successful. I also know that you cannot achieve the second and third parts fully without first discovering the first. You can't grow to your potential you don't know your purpose.  And if you don't know why you are on this earth and you are not able to improve in that purpose to the best of your ability, you'll be very limited in the ways you can help others.  I'll j...

" When you go on Facebook it's  kind of like you're going through everyone's pictures and everyone's life, like, oh, that looks like so much fun, oh they're so cool, they're so pretty, they have all these cool pictures" It's so hard to not compare yourself to other people like that's one of the hardest things ever in life. As human beings we just get tempted to compare ourselves to other people in the same field as us. You just feel like you don't have anything, and you just begin to belittle your own achievements. Negative Comments Today the chance of being scrutinized is greater because more people interact through a protected anonymous filter, potentially making self-esteem issues more sensitive. If we find out that we do not have as many likes or comments as our friends in the network, we will feel less confident. Offensive comments can mentally attack us and leave bad emotional scars.Some victims suicided to fini...

" I am willing to put myself through anything, temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers, an often painful process" Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frighten us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.  It's not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As w...

                                       You might be at a place in life where you are beginning to question your progress. Your plans are yet to pan out but everyone you know seems to be flourishing. Every person on your social media and network is doing much better than you are. It could be that you are still battling with your career, business is at its lowest or whatever plan you have isn't taking off as anticipated. You feel dejected 😥, about to give up and losing faith in your journey is different from the next person. We might all start at the same time but your dreams might take longer than you desire or even faster than expected. Never question or doubt your journey just because you are yet to achieve whatever you have planned. Know that it is still okay for your dreams to be realized at a later time 🙏. It might appear as if things are taking longer but realize y...

When relationships are in trouble, it becomes difficult to have a normal, honest conversation. If you start one, the other person will refuse to engage, or become defensive or combative. When relationships begin to break down, suspicion creeps in. The other person stops putting in any effort to build back the relationship or make it work. The other person begin to question motives.  At this point they often withdraw completely, and it becomes very difficult for you to connect with them. Or if you manage to get with them, they are mentally or emotionally withdrawn from you. Even if you're together, you're not relating to one another. Speak well of them afterwards After you have talked to them and have tried everything possible to save the relationship, make it a goal to have no unfinished business with them. Whether you have resolved the issues or mended the relationship, or had to part ways, you don't want any kind of grudge between yourselves, so ...

A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking Because her trust is not on the branch but on it's own wings. Always believe in yourself! I have often heard the slogan "Fake it till you make it"  This evening, I pondered over one particular article on the internet,  the writer had exclaimed that most people do not do the adequate work and research, that comes with building an ever sustaining business brand in today's economy. It stated clearly 'Do not fake it till you make it" Wait hold on! I thought it was to be "Fake it till you make it!" Why the reverse? I have heard a lot of people say that it is the only thing that has helped them  survive turbulent low self esteem situations. Like a Bird on a Tree... " If you feel like you shouldn't be somewhere: Fake it, Do it not until you make it-but until you become it "  ~Amy Cuddy,  For me, fake it until you make it does not always mean pu...

Avoid surrounding yourself with people who resent your success or make you feel guilty for bettering yourself. They are not your friends! The underminer - This is a sad but true case of friendship, that friend who likes to bring you down especially in front of other people. They will be like 'You literally have to see her without makeup!'. 'I don't think that is a good idea!' 'I can do that better than you!' 'Her knees are so ashy' That friend that basically highlights what you have gone wrong especially in front of people, they are bringing you down to make themselves feel better. It's important to have friendships that are true and  deep, some of these points you have to reflect on, is that me? Is that who I am in a friendship? And it might be something you want to reflect on and change when you can. The snaky - This friend gives you all their teeth and smiles but behind your back is all kinds of 'sly'. There are thi...

In every job that must be done, there is an Element of Fun You find the fun end~SNAP~the job's game! ¬Mary Poppins Gamification pioneer What we need to do is CHANGE THE CULTURE through better design. ¬Jake Oriowitz Head of the Wikipedia Library, Wikimedia Foundation Do not mess with intrinsic motivation. Amplify it instead to create DELIGHT. ¬Jake Oriowitz  Head of Wikipedia Library, Wikimedia Foundation Learning experiences are like Journeys. The journey starts where the learning is now, and ends when the leaner is successful. The end of the Journey isn`t knowing more. It`s doing more. ¬Julie Dirksen Learning Strategy And Design Consultant If learners think it looks bad, You may have lost a good percentage of the battle In getting them to pay ATTENTION. ¬Patti Shank Director of Research, The eLearning Guild An organization`s ability to LEARN, and translate that learning into ACTION ra...

" Now if you are going to win any battle, You have to do one thing. You have to let the mind run the body, Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon and night. But the body is never tired, If the mind is not tired. - George S. Patton  No one is going to give you everything you always wanted;  it may be harsh,   but if you keep waiting for life to start,  you are going to die before you accomplish anything.  Patience is a virtue,  but we must not spend our whole life waiting for what we want; we must take action and bring meaning  to the days we are living now. Time can be our greatest ally or it can be our worst enemy;  it can be the currency that pays for our dreams,  or the quiet destroyer of everyone we love.  We must realize that nothing in life is guaranteed  except for a few simple things:  time goes on ...