Companies Fail to Hire Good Leaders 82% of the Time Good hiring is one of the most important roles you have as a leader. Good leaders put together high-performance teams that win. Poor leaders get poor performance and, worse, drive good people away. Hiring leaders is very different than hiring good teammates. Do you know […]
America is filled with a lot of angry arguments today. People throw around ‘facts’ to justify their argument, but the facts often appear to contradict each other. Angry arguments rarely solve anything, but do plenty of damage by increasing conflict, lowering trust, and fragmenting our communities. They weaken our communities and turn us into bitter […]
What is the best definition of love? How does love help you achieve success and happiness? Summary What is Love? The Best Definition of Love Love is the Key to Success and Happiness Leadership and Love Love is a Skill—Make it a Habit Love, Wisdom, and Maturity What is Love? The best definition: Love is […]
What is the best definition of wisdom and why is wisdom so important? Wisdom Is Knowledge That Comes From Experience The best definition: Wisdom is the knowledge that comes from experience. Wisdom is important because it provides you the practical knowledge and habits that give you the best chance for success and Happiness in life. […]
What are the three best values for success and happiness? It’s simple. Just live three values: Seek Wisdom, Practice Love and Get Results until they become habits, part of your very being, so you naturally develop the high trust, high performance relationships that bring success and happiness. That’s it. Covenant Leadership. It will give you […]
A lot of people get anxious because they don’t know how to start a conversation with someone new. With Covenant Leadership, if you can remember just 3 things, you can master a simple approach to starting great conversations and relationships with anyone you meet. Whether it is at work, in the community, or even with […]
There’s something you can start doing right now that will profoundly change your life and the lives of those you love. It will give you the best chance for happiness and success in life, and it will change the world while you’re doing it. It doesn’t cost a nickel. It doesn’t require any special gear […]
How can you achieve happiness and success in life? Some people say happiness is all about how much money you have. Other people say happiness is about your social status or education level. The best science tells us something very different. In an earlier blog, we talked about the meaning of life and your purpose […]
What is the Meaning of Life? What’s the meaning of life? What’s your purpose in life? Some people say there is no meaning to life. Other people say that the meaning of life is whatever you want it to be. But I think there’s a much better answer. Welcome to Real Talk About Life where […]
Can parenting books help you become a better leader? In her WSJ article, Alexandra Samuel shares five things she learned reading parenting books that helped her leadership skills. My favorite three are: 1) Before business, make the [personal] connection; 2) Identify hidden workplace stressors; and 3) Don’t fire difficulty employees—work with them. In Covenant Leadership, […]
The US Marine Corps is one of the best fighting organizations in world history. Most people don’t know it, but the Marines Corps was almost eliminated twice in its history: once in the 1890’s and again after World War II. Why is the Marine Corps still around and why is the Marine Corps so successful? […]
From our earlier episodes, we know that happiness in life comes from good, high-trust, covenant relationships. To develop good relationships, practice the three Covenant Virtues: Seek wisdom, practice love, and get results. The more people trust your wisdom, that you love them and that you can get results, the better your relationships and the stronger […]
We’ve all read dozens of articles giving us eight things we can do to be a better leader or parent or person. Most of them seem like good tips. By the time I read three or four articles, I have a list of 25-30 things I am supposed to do to be a better leader. […]
Welcome to the sixth episode in our series on how you can achieve happiness and success in life. From our earlier episodes, we know that Happiness and success in life come from high-trust, covenant relationships. In our last episode, we said that the best way of developing good relationships is to live the three virtues: […]
Leadership is one providing guidance to another. Leadership requires wisdom–good decisions matched with good actions. Here’s some wisdom I learned about perfectionism from a skinny guy, callsign “Hulk”. Back in the last century, we were five Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier jet pilots going through advanced air-to-ground weapons training. That’s a fancy way of saying that […]
It’s simple. Happiness and success come from high-trust, covenant relationships. We know that from our previous blogs-podcasts. So, what is the best way to develop good relationships? Just do three things: Seek Wisdom Practice Love Get Results The more people trust your wisdom, that you love them, and that you get things done, the stronger […]
I am one of those people who sometimes learns things the hard way—by making mistakes. Many of the best leadership lessons I have learned came while I served as an AV-8B Harrier pilot in the Marine Corps. Sometimes the leadership lessons came in installments. In this case, the first installment came from The Cow and […]
In our last blog, we talked about how happiness and fulfillment come from good, high-quality relationships. In this piece, we’ll talk about the three basic ways to understand relationships, and find that covenant relationships give us the best chance for happiness and success. Three Types of Relationships Football, basketball and golf are all different paradigms […]
Recent events have put Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the headlines. Companies, government and organizations are engaging CRT without any idea of where it comes from, what it believes or why it is profoundly dangerous. CRT is one of many theories—including Critical Legal Theory, Intersectionality, de-constructionism, Gender Theory, etc.—that have their roots deep in postmodern […]