Your Path to Breakthroughs: Insights from Jan McDonald
From hopeless drunk to 30 yearsĀ sober and helpingĀ hundreds ofĀ 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.
"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...
"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...
"Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing."
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"Leaders Add Value by Serving Others"
--John Maxwell
Many leaders view leadership the same way that they view success. They hope to go as far as they can to achieve the highest position that they can. Many times people do whatever it takes in the...
"Gratitude is the healthiest of all human behaviors. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for."
—Zig Ziglar
What does gratitude have to do with leadership?...
The meaning of the word problem in the original Latin language means "to put forward." It precedes, or comes before, a solution. I believe if we are gifted with the sight to see a problem, we will have a solution. We...
"You cannot be the same, think the same, and act the same if you hope to be successful in a world that does not remain the same.”
--Malcolm Gladwell
I facilitated a networking group by Zoom this morning for the first...
"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...
"I made the decision to make the absolute best of the quarantine...instead of staying in limbo, I chose to move forward."
--Jan McDonald
When I got done with my temper tantrum because of COVID, I decided to make the best of it. Granted, my tantrum...
"In reading the lives of great men, I have found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all of them came first."
-President Harry Truman
Before you delete this email, stay with me for a moment. Discipline...
The first person you learn to lead is you! You earn the right to lead others when they see you lead your own life well.
Follow the leader is a children's game. First a leader or "head of the line" is chosen, then the children all line up behind...
Leadership is all about people...especially in times of...
“Your thinking, more than anything else, shapes the way you live. It’s really true that if you change your thinking, you can change your life.”
--John Maxwell
It seems like I spend many a Saturday pulling weeds,...
"Nothing will cause more anxiety than trying to control that which we can't."
--John Maxwell
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
--Oliver Wendall Holmes
Last night, I was chatting with my inner circle of powerful women about what we anticipated was going to transpire when this...
