By Orrin Woodward While many think talent is the separation point between the successful and the unsuccessful in life, the truth is that hard work and focus trumps talent every time. Don’t misunderstand me, successful people are extremely talented, but then again, unsuccessful people have plenty of talent as well, albeit unused. Talent is … [Read more...]
Never Complain or Explain
May 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Orrin Woodward Leaders address issues head on, but refuse to complain about them, seeking to resolve, not inflate the matter. Has complaining about something ever produced real change? Any change that is browbeaten out of another isn’t a true heart change. One can watch husbands and wives complain to, and about, each other endlessly, but … [Read more...]
Attitude Determines Your Altitude
May 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Orrin Woodward Imagine your brain as a garden and you as the gardener. What do you allow to grow in the fertile soil of your brain? Ideas have consequences in a person’s life, much like plants produce fruit in a garden. The key question is what fruit is being harvested from the plants growing in your garden? Attitude is a … [Read more...]
Emotional Intelligence-A Key to Improving Leadership
April 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Orrin Woodward All of us have heard of IQ - Intelligence Quotient, but only a few of us have heard of EQ - Emotional Quotient. When it comes to success, EQ is more important than IQ. The world is full of unsuccessful people who have a high IQ, but when a person develops high EQ, doors are opened for them. EQ is the ability to maintain … [Read more...]
Find Success in the Fork in the Road
April 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Orrin Woodward It’s before 7 AM, on a foggy Saturday morning, and my mind is mulling over the personal development habits that produce champions. Everyone, without exception, can become a champion by changing his daily habits. One of the problems in life, is that bad habits are easy to develop, while good habits are hard to develop. … [Read more...]
The Mouth Speaks
March 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Orrin Woodward For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. - Matthew 12:34 It’s amazing how much one can learn from a person just by listening. People who believe that they have a positive attitude, give away their negativity when they speak. I like to begin mentoring sessions with, “Tell me the good, the bad, and the … [Read more...]
Leadership Control & Influence
March 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Orrin Woodward Don’t let the issues outside of your control, stop you from addressing issues inside of your control. If I have seen it once, I have seen it a thousand times, a talented person with a willingness to work, stopped cold by dwelling on issues outside of his control. This type of thinking takes on many forms, but here's an … [Read more...]
Leaving a Leadership Legacy
March 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Orrin Woodward What does it mean to leave a legacy? One of the definitions is defined as something handed down from an ancestor, predecessor or from the past. Leaving a legacy then, means to pay forward into the next generation, the life principles that made a difference in one’s life. If you learned financial principles that made a … [Read more...]
What Gas are You Putting in Your Tank?
March 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Orrin Woodward I like to review my core beliefs every year to ensure that my beliefs are corresponding with the world that I am living in. Human beings act on the ideas contemplated in their minds. Better ideas lead to better actions, just as better gas leads to better performance in an engine. I have had a couple of breakthrough … [Read more...]
Robert E. Lee and Self-Denial
February 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Orrin Woodward Robert E. Lee -- the Virginian, American and Civil War general -- was a great leader because he had great character. General Lee taught that you are not worthy to lead until you take your focus off yourself and focus on serving your team. Here are some thoughts out of H. W. Crocker’s phenomenal book called Robert E. Lee on … [Read more...]
