Meaningful Mondays - Arrows Out

Success is Succession

"A leader's lasting value is measured by succession."
 - John C. Maxwell

"Success is Succession"

"We take responsibility to create legacies of leadership that will take those that follow to levels of "Sustainable Prosperity®" previously unimagined."
- Lee M Brower

Can Families Save America?

"A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes. If you want to reform a nation, you begin with families."
- Gordon B. Hinckley

"Political polarization is interfering with the fuel of happiness, which is love."
- Arthur C. Brooks

"A family doesn't have to be perfect; it just needs to be united." "If you want to change the world, go home and love your family."
- Mother Teresa

GrAttitude - a Leadership Principle

An attitude of gratitude shifts our focus from what we lack or strive for to what we already have.

"At the crux of ingratitude is ego. Ingratitude turns us inward, inviting us to focus only on ourselves and our own needs. It leads us to feel entitled and to resent when at some point or other the world fails to meet one of our expectations. And it causes us to be blind to those who helped us achieve our successes."
- Arbinger Institute

Practicing Deliberate Gratitude

Two words that open the door to deliberate gratitude.

"Deliberate gratitude when practiced becomes a light that unconsciously illuminates others, giving them the courage to do the same."

Get out from under the Streetlight

Don't be a moth... Why do people huddle around streetlights rather than looking where they might be able to find the truth?

How much time is spent huddling around the streetlight of bitterness and blame rather than where the truth is more likely to be?

"It's difficult to look for what's working when it's so much easier to look for what is not working."

"What is your Streetlight?"

Buy me Some Peanuts and Cracker Jacks

What do you think? Is it time for a seventh-inning stretch?

Celebration - an outward display of Gratitude

Can hatred and gratitude dwell in us at the same time?

Science shows that by practicing gratitude and celebration, we prime our brains to be more open to new ideas... to be more creative, and efficient.

How many times will you use the word "celebrate" this week? Try it.

Focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

There is nothing wrong with this country that what's right with this country can't fix.

"Discovering what works and doing more of it is generally a positive, enjoyable, and empowering activity for all concerned."
- Dr. Mark Mckergow

"My intention is not to focus on what we want to fix. Rather, let's focus on what we want to become."

If you're looking for a way to change your world, you will find it right under your nose.

"Use your smile to change the world, don't let the world change your smile."
- Chinese Proverb

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your happiness, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
- Thich Nhat Hanh

Contribution Driven

• Is your future destination-driven? Or, is your future contribution-driven?
• People do not experience your intentions, they experience your actions.
• If your habits are not aligned with your dreams (future), you can either choose to elevate your behavior or lower your dreams - your choice.