FamilyLead

Leadership starts in the home

Action Cures All

Take action! An inch of movement will bring you closer to your goals than a mile of intention. – Steve Maraboli Whenever you are scared, lost, sad, inadequate, or any other time you feel lost, take action. There is a soothing calm that comes when we take action. Action puts us back in control because we now have a movement direction. Whatever action we take puts us in motion to move from the place we find ourselves. Just because we are in a place where we are lost or down on ourselves does not mean we have to stay there. Action puts us back in control. There is an empowerment of life that comes to us when we take hold Read more…


Start Small and Build

Instead of waiting to start big, start small so that you can grow big. ― Nicky Verd   The hardest part of any journey is the first step. It takes a lot of force to get the momentum going when you take on hard things. That’s why so many people don’t make it out of the starting gate. We have such grand visions of ourselves and our families, but it is hard work to make them come to life. This is why we should start because it is hard. If we understand when we see hard work in our means, we are doing something big. We are creating something worthwhile. We are adding to our legacy our attitude with hard Read more…


Family Is A Team Sport

Life is not a solo sport. We need a team to make it through. When the family is done right, it is a perfect organization. A family is a group of people with a shared vision that works together to achieve that vision. This is what a team is. We need everyone in our family to make each person in the family successful. To achieve anything of value in this life, we need other people to become the best version of ourselves. We need to look outside ourselves. We can only get so far alone then we need those around us to help us take the next steps. This is done in how we serve others and how they serve Read more…


Treat Me As I Can Be

Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be and he will become what he should be – Ralph Waldo Emerson. You could call this the golden rule of parenting leadership. Helping kids grow and become the best version of themselves means that we need to help them see into the future. We need to help them create their future. The future of our family is how we treat one another. This does not mean that if we want our child to become a doctor we treat them in a way the pushes them to be a doctor. When we talk about the person someone can become it is Read more…


Extraordinary Vision

Greatness comes to ordinary people with extraordinary vision. What is your vision for yourself or your family? This is step one of success for any person or organization. If you don’t have an extraordinary vision or something you are working toward you don’t have the ability to act with purpose. Purpose comes when we know where we are going. It comes when we know the person we want to be. Real vision is not an object. True vision is a behavior; it becomes who we are. Sometimes we say we are working toward something tangible. Say you are working to save up and build your dream house. Rather than making the house your vision, you need to make an extraordinary Read more…