In the Leadership Challenge, Major General John Stanford replied when asked how he’d go about developing leaders: I tell them I have the secret to success in life. The secret to success is to stay in love. Staying in love gives you the fire to ignite other people, to see inside other people, to have…
Leadership experts James Kouzes and Barry Posner says: “Success does not breed success. It breeds failure. It is failure which breeds success. Think of your failures as gifts. The gift wrapper is ugly but what’s inside is valuable. Upon opening this gift, you’ll discover it is more precious than the most precious stones. All throughout…
I am a supporter of MLM companies. In fact, I do motivational talks and trainings for some of them. Networking is a legitimate business and I’ve seen many successful and inspiring stories in the industry. Yet like all companies, there are good networking companies and there are bad networking companies. Whenever you make a decision…
It was a privilege to speak to the nationwide Business District Managers of GSK. GlaxoSmithKline is the world’s leading research-based company whose mission is to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better, live longer. I spoke on the first day of their 4-day conference. I heard that they have…
Pastor Jayson, is it okay to invest for a direct selling business like AIM Global (they sell food supplements)? They’ve produced 600+ million in just 6 years. I wonder if it’s too risky or not. Like all companies, there are good networking companies and there are bad networking companies. Whenever you make a decision in…
I’m a voracious reader. I try to finish at least one book a week. People often ask me how I fit it in my schedule. My answer is always, because I love to read. It’s not that I’m not busy. I just discovered that you would always find time doing the things you love in…
In his book Entreleadership, finance guru and talk-show host Dave Ramsey covers everything you will likely face as a business leader. Yet the principles he share are for everyone, even those who are not in business. He gives some advice on Making Decisions. He says that sometimes good decision making can mean deciding to be “Passively Active.” Deciding…
These are my “book notes” from reading LINCHPIN: Are You Indispensable?, by Seth Godin. If you’re not indispensable (yet) it’s because you haven’t made that choice. The New World of Work We have gone from two teams (management and labor) to a third team, the linchpins. These are people who own their own means of production,…