Meaningful Mondays - Arrows Out

I wish I hadn't reminded my kids to say "Thank You." This message is for all ages!

Before our kids (we) EXPRESS appreciation, they (we) should EXPERIENCE appreciation.

It's like sprinkling the leaves of a plant when what's needed is to water the roots.

The intention is to guide them (and us) from recognizing kindness to valuing kindness.
A x A x A = AG Awareness x Appreciation x Acknowledgement = Authentic Gratitude

Arrows In or Arrows Out?

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less."

- CS Lewis

Can I tell you a story about Sloane

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light... that most frightens us... You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world... We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And, as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give permission for other people to do the same."

 - Marianne Williamson

Time Is a Choice

“Our priorities are most visible in how we use our time.

Someone has said, “Three things never come back—the spent arrow, the spoken word, and the lost opportunity.”

"We cannot recycle or save the time allotted to us each day. With time, we have only one opportunity for choice, and then it is gone forever.”
- Dallin H. Oaks

Comfort Zone

"The best things in life are often waiting for you at the exit ramp to your comfort zone."
- Karen Salmonson

"A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there."
- John Assaraf

Everyone should have an MBA

Everyone should have an M.B.A.
Can you guess what M.B.A. stands for?
M__ B_____ A_______

"You could spend your life serving others or you could spend it on yourself."
 - Coach John Wooden

Tell Me No

Want more time to finish your To-Do List? Make a Don't Do List.

Can saying "No" really help me to say "Yes"?

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