For all you leaders who have been entrusted with a big or small herd that’s loyal to you and what you do, I’d like to encourage you to continue in your efforts to do good by them.  Never lose sight of the vital importance of your role and the significance of that which you model in your own life every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Although you are held to a much higher standard in terms of how you carry yourself, continue to understand that you’re still anything but perfect by any stretch of the imagination.  But, being transparent in your faults, failures, struggles and shortcomings can show the realistic picture that above everything else you’re still a fallible human being.  Yes my friends being seen as being “similar” is super-important as opposed to being perceived as being “special” and without flaws and imperfections.

So make sure that your herd is grazing in fields and pastures of realism and not esoteric, faultless fantasy.  We all fall short and fall down, but we all are expected to get back up and keep moving.  It’s not about how hard you get hit in this life.  It’s about how hard you can get hit and still manage to keep on going.

So don’t shy away from showing your shortcomings and ability to recover and keep on going.  One positive step at a time gets you that much closer to Making it GREAT!!! So step to it and Make it GREAT!

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I just wrote this short poem for “you” today and you know who “you” are.  Enjoy…

The Cheetah and Gazelle never friends shall they be.
For a Cheetah is a Gazelle’s natural enemy.

60 miles per hour is a Gazelle’s top speed,
But a Cheetah can reach 70 if it really feels the need.

Simple math says the Cheetah should always win the race,
For it can achieve a speed that’s at a much faster pace.

But alas 1-out-of-19 is the Cheetah’s chance to succeed,
For the Gazelle has on its side a thing that helps him more than just speed.

They both have different reasons why they have to run their race.
One is running to catch-up and the other is running from being chased.

Yes the Gazelles running for its life and the Cheetahs running for a meal.
If the Cheetah fails he misses dinner, but if the Gazelle fails he gets killed.

But when the starvation starts to loom from the Cheetah’s many failed tries,
The Cheetahs motivation changes dramatically and now they’re both running for their lives.

But still the Gazelle has yet another trick that seems to help it win,
It Zigs & Zags from left to right and escapes time-and-time again.

The Cheetah must move-on to a different venue to find a weaker prey,
The Gazelles agility with speed and motivation helps it live another day.

So what’s your motivation today, what helps you to overcome?
What gets you up bright and early to the rising of the sun

Are you running from depression or a past that’s let you down?
Stay strong and keep on running and one day you’ll receive your crown.

Don’t let your past bully you into a mindset that thinks you’re done.
Get on out there again today and run, Run, RUN!!!

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Great leaders are Great at modeling those actions that they want modeled in their group or organizations.  Great followers are Great at recognizing what actions it takes to make up a Great leader to follow.  Great leaders used to be Great followers under the tutelage of other Great leaders.

So as this is true, then it only makes sense that one has to be a Great Follower before they can ever dream about being a Great Leader.

Understanding this small breadcrumb of wisdom can definitely get you on your way to Making it GREAT!  So eat and go up.

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In life our choices are infinite, adversity is inevitable, our results are uncertain and our limit is the sky.

So I encourage you to make some great choices, overcome your adversity, manage your results and keep reaching for the sky.

Oh, and be sure to keep leaning forward in an attempt to Make it GREAT!

FABULOUS FRIDAY !!!

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I was just recently talking to a good friend of mine about how it appears lately that shady characters with dubious credentials appear to be popping up all over the place doing dirty deals and scheming and scamming all in the name of making a fast buck.

As I see this happening, it’s caused me to reflect on the fact that even though I grew up in a family that was surrounded by scarcity and struggle, my parents never once compromised their integrity in an attempt to gain abundance.  It wasn’t because they didn’t have the opportunities to engage in such behavior.  It was because they stood on a set of principles that were not only expressed in the “good book”, but was walked-out and lived-out in the actions of their daily activities.

A Great parent is not the one who compromises their integrity and good name to provide their kids with “loot” and “things”, a Great parent is the one who stands firm on solid principles, morals and ethics and gives their kids “roots” and “wings”.

Yes my friends, our kids won’t always be kids.  They eventually grow up and will formulate an opinion about us and who we were and what we modeled to them in their lives and formative years.

So what opinion are your kids forming about you?  What actions are you modeling to them on your daily basis?  What blueprint are you etching into their mental psyche about how to deal with life’s troubles and struggles?  Hmmm…

Roots & Wings or Loot & Things?

Love & Kindness or Complaints & Whininess?

Honor & Grace or Disrespect & Distaste?

To follow Passion & Dreams or To Connive & Scheme?

To look out for your fellowman or To create a selfish, greedy plan?

Yes your actions or inactions are indeed paramount in not just your own life, but even more-so in the lives of those who look-up to you for guidance and direction.  So pay close attention to those things you do because other eyes are looking at you.  May they catch you trying to honorably Make it GREAT!

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