Personal
2013
Inspiration vs Motivation
Inspiration vs Motivation I wanted to write about inspiration vs motivation because in my line of work as a coach, I often have people come to me and tell me, “Hey Chris, I need you to motivate me to start working out!” When I hear that, my usual reply is to say that I [...]
2013
Personal Growth Coaching: Your Path to Great Success
Personal Growth Coaching I spent a few years coaching people in their health and fitness as a Beachbody coach; however, it wasn’t until I began to practice personal growth coaching as a John Maxwell Team Member that I really began to witness significant transformation in people’s lives. Granted, there were many people that were able [...]
2013
A Humble Leader
Humble Leader I haven’t posted in a while because I have been under the weather but during that time I experienced a wonderful lesson in regards to being a humble leader that I wanted to share with you. It all started with how I was feeling when I saw a friend post the image [...]
2013
What are Good Leadership Traits? Integrity
What are good leadership traits? Integrity When I was asked, “what are good leadership traits?” the list of characteristics that I came up with started with the word integrity. I believe that integrity is such a critical characteristic to have because no matter how much success you are able to achieve, a lack of personal [...]
2013
How Do I Succeed in Life
How do I succeed in life Someone recently asked me “how do I succeed in life?”, not to find out about my own personal method of success but to hopefully gain some insight into how he could succeed in what he desired. I wanted to share my thoughts on this question and a bit [...]
2013
Simple Ways to Increase Focus
Ways to Increase Focus I remember when I was young and my friends and I were studying martial arts and it brought me to thinking about the power of focus and ways to increase focus. If I recall correctly, we were studying Aikido and we got into learning about Chi and how to use [...]
2013
Emerging Leader Club: Start at the Finish
Emerging Leader Club Lesson: Start at the Finish I’ve just wrapped up the 4th lesson for the Emerging Leader Club that focuses on how to begin your personal and leadership development journey. So many of us want to be different and do different things in our lives. In fact, if you’re reading this now [...]
2013
Leadership Development Plan: Your Path to Unlocked Potential
Leadership Development Plan: Your Path to Unlocked Potential I believe that the path to your unlocked potential is in your leadership development plan. My goal, with this website, with the Emerging Leader Club, with my work as a John Maxwell Team Member and Beachbody Coach, is to help people become aware of their potential [...]
2013
Leadership Development Plan: Commitment
Leadership Development Plan: Commitment I’m going to start writing regular blog posts that are focused on helping you put together a leadership development plan while including various topics to help you on your journey. Today, the topic of your leadership development plan is commitment. Dictionary.com defines commitment as: to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance When you make a commitment, [...]
2013
How to Listen Well
The Importance of Learning How to Listen Well I’ve been told that I’m a good listener by several people, it’s often sited as one of my personal strengths and skills. I thought it was just me being introverted and not knowing what to say to people to carry a conversation. For a long time, that’s [...]
