Learn How to become Valued in Your Job

Now more than ever it is important to know what to do in your job to hold onto it.  Companies are having to cut employees left and right.  It is not like they are just drawing names from a hat.  They fire or lay off people that do not contribute anything to their...

Identified tolerations in your life

Tolerations are those little things that you’ve come to accept and cope with, even if they make you unhappy or frustrated. They can be anything from a leaky faucet to a bully co-worker; a minor annoyance or a serious situation that makes you dread something as...

Five Leadership Lessons Learned In A Canoe

One hour north of Ely, MN, off a gravel road called Echo Trail, Little Indian Sioux River meanders through lily-pad waters and past beaver houses to meet Loon Lake.  It’s but a tiny part of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a vast chain of lakes and...

How to Be A Leader

All people in formal leadership positions, myself included, occasionally look around in the middle of whatever they’re leading and wonder to themselves why anyone would let them be in charge of anything (“I mean, I’m just a kid…”). And yet what...

What makes an effective and good team leader?

When it comes to defining team leadership, there are several characteristics that could make a positive impact. Business classes from colleges online are available for people who want to learn more business leadership skills. In addition to the above points, the...

One Thing 3% Leaders Do Daily

Today I want to talk about the first thing 3% leaders do daily! Daily visualization and meditation of your goals is the first thing 3% leaders do. The first thing you need to do is figure out exactly what you want so determine what your goals are.  There is no rule to...

Inspirational Leadership: The Art Of Appreciation

Find Things To Value In Yourself And In Others by Michael D. Hume, M.S. The most inspirational leaders are, first, inspired people. Though they might seem scarce, you can still find inspired folks out there, going through the same hard times and working the same kinds...