You Are The Hero
You Just Need A Little Guidance
Let me come alongside you, your organization, or your business and help you see what you can't see for yourself.
Depending on your favorite movie, you might consider yourself Luke Skywalker. If so, let me be your Obi-Wan Kenobi.
If you are more like Daniel LaRusso, the original Karate Kid, let me be your Mr. Myagi.
Or still, if you are Katniss Everdeen, I will be a sober version of Haymitch Abernathy.
I understand the frustration and time it can take to share your story with your clients in a way that allows you to connect with them.
Let me help you.
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes," ~Marcel Proust
The Power of Words To Give Life Or Bring Death To Your Side Hustle
The words we speak and the words we use to promote our side hustle or what we do in our full-time self-employment can bring life or death to what we do. A friend of mine sent me the following story that powerfully illustrates the importance...Continue reading→
What Story Are You Telling Yourself?
We all tell stories about ourselves. If I ask you who you are or what you do, you would tell me one thing while thinking something else. You might say, “Oh, I’m just a [fill in the blank].” Your words are telling me that you...Continue reading→
Decision 7: The Persistent Decision
The importance of the Persistent Decision can not be underestimated. Committing to the Persistent Decision means you accept responsibility. You constantly seek wisdom. You never stop being a person of action. You have a decided heart, without exception. You choose to be happy every single...Continue reading→
Decision 6: The Compassionate Decision
I Will Greet This Day With a Forgiving Spirit David Ponder learns of the 6th Decision from Abraham Lincoln on November 11, 1863. The date and location are important to applying the Compassionate Decision. David had been in Gettysburg, PA, nearly 4 months prior during...Continue reading→
Decision 5: The Joyful Decision
David Ponder receives Decision 5: The Joyful Decision from an odd choice; Anne Frank “Today, I will choose to be happy. I will greet each day with laughter.” Anne Frank was born the same year as MLK Jr, Barbara Walters, and my grandmother (Matilda “Tilly”...Continue reading→
Decision 4: The Certain Decision
I have a decided heart. This epitomizes the fourth decision. In “The Seven Decisions,” Andy Andrews writes, “A decided heart is unwavering in the face of continual challenges and setbacks, and that ensures victory and a lifetime of greater fulfillment.” We are no longer to...Continue reading→
Decision 3: The Active Decision
The battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) is considered the turning point of the American Civil War. Had the Confederates won there, it is likely there would not be the United States of America. The North American continent would look more like Europe, with a...Continue reading→
Decision 2: The Guided Decision
The wisest man to ever live was King Solomon. In 1 Kings 3:5, “At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, ‘Ask what I shall give you.'” Most of us have fantasized about what we would do if...Continue reading→
Decision 1: The Responsible Decision
The last thing David Ponder cried out before his car smashed into the tree was, “Why me?” Often, many of us who are not in the place we wanted to be, making the money we want to make, or not doing the work we truly...Continue reading→
Resolutions Do Not Work, But Decision #1 Does
I am not a fan of resolutions since they are hard to maintain and easy to give up. According to researchers from Edith Cowan University, two in three (67%) people give up on their resolutions by January 31! What do we do after we break...Continue reading→