The Biggest Obstacle I Had to Overcome to Become an E5 Leader

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  • The obstacle that gave me the most difficulty, that I had to overcome, was finances. I didn’t understand them; didn’t have respect for money.
  • I was good at making money, but bad at hanging onto it. I didn’t know what to do for long-term, legacy, and proper investment.
  • It was hard for me to go to financially successful people who hadn’t achieved balance in life and let them help me.
  • I had to find a mentor who had 10 years of financial success,

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What Is Behavior Modeling?

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  • Modeling is what we are doing with our behaviors, our words, our actions, and our thoughts. Those thoughts turn to reality and then to action.
  • Be conscious and careful of what you model. Others do what you do; not what you say.  A person in a position of authority, influence or leadership must be careful of what he/she models because that modeling will come back.  Model to be the best, and you’ll find opportunities open up to you.
  • Modeling can be generational. Sometimes,

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The Reasons Why Habits Determine Your Success

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  • We learn habits They are environmental and can be taught.
  • What inputs do you put into your mind to create habits?
  • We can have a habit on how we think.
  • It takes about 21 days to create a habit. As you repeat an action often enough, it becomes engrained and part of your natural thought process.
  • To change a habit, start with 21 days. You don’t have to change the rest of your life;

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How to Become A Master of Your Own Domain of Time

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  • How do you manage your time? Are you effective?

  • Make a conscious decision to manage time and create priorities.

  • Be a good steward of your time.

  • By planning your time productivity in units, you can get more done in less time.

  • Time goes by whether you’re doing anything or not. Don’t procrastinate on the choices you need to make.

  • Do the things you have to do in a timely fashion. Then,

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Why Being Teachable is Key to Your Success

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  • Teachability: your ability to be taught. Are you open-minded? Willing to listen? Learn? Apply what you’ve been taught?
  • Typically, the younger you are, the more teach-able you are.
  • Learning after you think you know it all is what matters.
  • Let the wisdom faucet pour into you. Allow the words of others to take root.
  • Whoever you allow yourself to be teachable with should have fruit on his/her tree.
  • No matter what your age,

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Has Your Spouse Always Been on Board?

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  • When developing leadership skills or trying to grow forward, you might experience a little “kick back”. Married or single – some well-meaning spouse or friend can reject the idea that you’re going to change.

They take a “Show me. Let’s wait and see attitude.

  • They only know the old you. You’re going to have to prove it to them.
  • PERSEVERE

They will start to see the changes.

They will recognize the efforts you put forth to become better.

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How to Create a Good Conflict Resolution Plan

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  • Certain temperaments are prone to conflict and certain temperaments are not.  

A choleric person looks forward to the conflict, whereas a phlegmatic person wants peace at all cost. 

  • Everyone will run across conflict. You need a good resolution plan. 
  • It’s a process: 

~Agree to disagree. 

~Recognize that the other person’s feelings and/or point of view is valid. 

~Serve each other with the idea of creating peace and harmony. 

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11 Ways to Add Motivation to Your Life

Motivation is one of those strange things. It can come to you through a bunch of different ways but not all motivation sticks. Some of the best advice I’ve ever received about motivation was the saying Me Motivates Me.

Why did this help me so much? I’ve come to recognize that if the motivation was from within me, it wasn’t fickle and it couldn’t fly away with the slightest breeze. If I hardwired motivation within me, I could be propelled toward any dream with ease.

Back in 8th grade, I went on a field trip to a farm.

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Why Can’t Fear And Faith Exist In The Mind At The Same Time?

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  • The mind can’t think two thoughts at once.
  • If you’re a faithful person, there’s an absence of fear.
  • Faith trumps fear!
  • Faith is a strong, powerful, encouraging, uplifting process of thought.
  • Fear is weak, undisciplined, and sometimes vain imagination.
  • Fear can be displaced by faith with some positive mental attitude or Scripture. 

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Five Ways to Not Miss Out On Life 

Have you ever had to get up and leave during a critical part of a movie or show?

I recently saw ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ with my brother-in-law and son. I’m pretty sure you’ll agree that it was awesome. Less than halfway through the movie, I had to leave the theater; let’s just say too much soda. While I was gone, I felt panicky and rushed, knowing I was missing so much. I was imagining another epic fight scene, a pivotal line that wrapped the whole plot together, an amazing screen shot… So, as quickly as was humanly possible, 

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