Are you surrounding yourself with wise and positive counsel? Are you paying attention to who you are paying attention to? In this clip, John reminds us to "take notes" from people who have actually demonstrated the positive outcomes and successful habits that we seek. We can do this in person in many cases, or virtually [...]
"Two roads diverged in a wood" - a mystical reference by Robert Frost to the choices we face every day. Yin and yang. Negative and positive. Dark and light. Half-Empty and Half-Full. What choice do you make? Do you choose "the road less traveled" or do you follow the crowd. Keep in mind, your choices [...]
In this clip, John shares a passage from the book Leading With Passion. He also offers a short exercise from one of his workshops on the power of vision and the advantages of leading a team with a shared sense of purpose, mission and clarity. by John J Murphy
In this clip, John reads a short passage from the book Agent of Change: Leading a Cultural Revolution. We get to "listen in" on an interesting conversation between a masterful "agent" of change and a senior manager struggling with resistance issues. This business novel has received endorsements from many reputable authors, business leaders and military [...]
We all have accomplishments we can be proud of. So what. The future is in front of us, not behind us. In this clip John shares an example from his football days at Notre Dame - and reminds us that our "golden" days do not have to be in the past. by John J Murphy
Beware of the "lack" mentality. The grass is not always greener somewhere else. Learn to transcend "scarcity consciousness" and replace it with abundance consciousness. There are no shortages - only imbalances. In this clip, john shares the Conclusion from the book Half-Full: Your Perceptions Become Your Reality. by John J Murphy
In this 4 minute clip, John shares and comments on a passage in the book Sage Leadership: Awakening the Spirit in Work. This book covers 18 critical and deeply spiritual leadership characteristics that separate truly wise leaders from everyone else. This is characteristic #17 - Leading with Spirit by John J Murphy
In this clip, John shares a tip on how to live a more purposeful, meaningful life. We are always in a state of "allowing" or "resisting." We cannot do both simultaneously. We are either allowing grace, prosperity, love and flow - or resisting it. Contemplate this in your own life. Are you in flow? by [...]
Without credibility, you may think you are leading, but the people you are trying to lead may be thinking something else. The same is true for teaching. To be highly effective, we must be taken seriously. The people we are trying to influence must see us as believable, helpful and "worth following." In this 5 [...]
In this clip John shares insights from his book Habits Die Hard. He also provides a corporate example of how to break habits and change culture. While we as individuals are "creatures of habit," with over 95% of our daily lives being run on "autopilot" by the subconscious mind, corporate cultures are similar. Thus, to [...]