by Barry | Oct 21, 2012 | Attitude, Awareness, Decision Making, Goals, Inspiration, Intentionality, Leadership, Legacy, Purpose, Vision
My wife and I were riding our bikes to the store and passed one of the Oracle facilites. Not much of an event in itself but it reminded me of a story I read earlier this year about Oracle founder, Larry Ellison, buying 98% of the Hawaiian Island of Lanai. That got me...
by Barry | Oct 15, 2012 | Awareness, Decision Making, Influence, Inspiration, Intentionality, Leadership, Legacy, Priorities, Purpose, Relationships, Vision
How many times have you heard the expression “practice makes perfect”? Run out of fingers yet? We have all heard it countless times and for the most part believe it to be true. I am not so sure anymore. I can’t argue that the more we work on...
by Barry | Oct 12, 2012 | Awareness, Decision Making, Goals, Intentionality, Leadership, Personal Development, Priorities
If someone were to describe you to another person, would they describe you as energetic and full of life or would they refer to you as dull and boring? I am not calling anyone out for their personality, or lack thereof, but think about it – try and think of a...
by Barry | Oct 10, 2012 | 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, Attitude, Decision Making, Goals, Inspiration, Intentionality, Leadership, Personal Development, Priorities
Today we start a new “Law of the Week” series. For the next fifteen Wednesday’s I will post on one of the laws from John Maxwell’s “The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth.” John released this book on October 2nd and it is already...
by Barry | Oct 4, 2012 | Awareness, Decision Making, Goals, Leadership, Listening, Personal Development, Priorities, Vision
It has been said that luck is the result when opportunity is combined with preparation. Stop and read that again. Think about that for a minute before you keep reading. “I just need a little luck”, “Gosh, he was lucky” or “If it...
