
Your Path to Breakthroughs: Insights from Jan McDonald
From hopeless drunk to 30 years sober and helping hundreds of individuals and organizations unlock their 'and then some', I distill all the lessons gained from those transformational life experiences and share them with you in this space.
I invite you to explore these insights as way to help you breakthrough the challenges that are stopping you from becoming who you want to be.
“A New Year, a New You is possible. Decide who you want to be and go after that. "
—Jan McDonald
January 10th is National Quitter's Day; the day that most people abandon their New Year's Resolutions.
Wow. We don't often keep our resolutions. Wh...
"𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐬."
--Anonymous
𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥. When you put different people together from different backgrounds, with different expectations--well...sometimes it's hard to know how ...
"The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search."
--Ernest Dimnet
The leadership Law of Reflection teaches us that learning to pause allows growth to catch...
"When you let go, you create space for something better.”
--Anonymous
I love fall. It's one of the most beautiful and mysterious seasons. We can look at the exact same kind of trees all in a row and some of the leaves have turned and some haven't. ...
"Beauty rescues...because it is merciful, comforting...it heals, restores, revives, renews."
--John Eldridge
I'm reading a book by John Eldridge called, "Get Your Life Back." The book is about the mad pace and the number of demands on our life....
"I strongly encourage you to find a place to think and to discipline yourself to pause and use it, because it has the potential to change your life."
--John Maxwell
I w...
"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
--C.S. Lewis...
“Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.”
--Proverbs
There’s one thing I...
"The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge."
--Thomas Berger
Leadership is about influence and relationships. When the leadership level is high, the leader is able to cast the vision, set the strategy and because of ...
"Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself."
--Denis Waitley
Dr. Ben Carson's story is so inspiring. His mom, Sonya, didn’t have any more than a third grade education. She marrie...
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” --Nikola Tesla
We've all been in a situation where we have walked into a party or meeting and thought, "This just doesn't feel quite right. I'm not...
"You've got to make your own kind of music, sing your own special song, make your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings along."
--Cass Elliott
Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most cel...
"The choice you make, makes you."
--Coach John Woodin
I was privileged to attend the Live2Lead live event virtually this week! It is jam packed with ...
"The illiterate of the future are not those who can't read or write, but those who can't learn, unlearn and relearn."
--Alvin Toffler, "Future Shock"
"Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing."
― Albert Schweitzer
"What do you mean Julie (my daughter) cut cl...
"High Road Leadership--bringing people together in a world that divides."
― John C Maxwell
I had to turn off the TV after the first five mi...