Category: Empowerment

  • Don’t Back Down (Life Lessons from Tom Petty)

    Don’t Back Down (Life Lessons from Tom Petty)

    Starting up a business or beginning a new job can provide a great lesson in humility.  I know that I have felt that myself.  You have great intentions, ideas, and determination.  But “stuff happens” and gets in the way.  Lots of roadblocks are thrown your way.  You make progress, you gain optimism – then more…

  • Leadership and Keeping Your Head

    Leadership and Keeping Your Head

    “If you can keep your head, when all about you are losing theirs…yours is the earth and everything in it” – From “If” by Rudyard Kipling. This is my all-time favorite poem. The message is simple: strong leaders keep their wits in difficult situations. They have learned that panic does not lead to sound decision…