by Barry | May 10, 2013 | Awareness, Communication, Environment, Growth, Influence, Leadership, Purpose, The 5 Pillars of Influential Leadership
Awareness is an interesting word. It can refer to so many different things at so many different levels. Some might just say “Are you aware of what you just did?” to their child after tipping over a glass of water. Or you might have someone ask you about...
by Barry | May 8, 2013 | Attitude, Communication, Influence, Inspiration, Leadership, Legacy, Purpose, Relationships
I thought I would take a quick minute to mention that I am involved in a book reading mastermind group with some of my colleagues on the John Maxwell Team. We are reading and discussing our way through no less than 12 books this year and I provide a review every...
by Barry | May 3, 2013 | Awareness, Decision Making, Growth, Influence, Intentionality, Leadership, Legacy, Purpose
One of my mentors often uses the phrase, “jump and build your wings on the way down” to encourage us to move beyond our fears and just to it. “Do it afraid” he says. I probably haven’t used the words “I’m afraid” in my...
by Barry | May 1, 2013 | Awareness, Decision Making, Goals, Influence, Intentionality, Legacy, Purpose
This is the final of three posts discussing the book “20,000 Days And Counting” by Robert D. Smith. Smith has taken a very interesting and compelling look at what his life represented during the first 20,000 days and more importantly, the next 20,000. If...
by Barry | Apr 28, 2013 | Awareness, Brand, Engagement, Influence, Leadership, Purpose, Trust
I am bombarded with countless emails each week about branding. Clearly branding is a huge part of marketing and is very integral in the building of our platform. But I have a question – Does your brand represent what you do or who you are? I believe that...