Honor.The.Gift Podcast

@yung_pueblo invites us to: “Pick the path that lights you up. The one that you know deep down is the right choice. Stop listening to doubt. Start connecting with courage. Do not let the idea of normal get in the way. It may not be the easy path, but you know great things take effort. Lean into your determination. Lean into your mission. Lean into the real you.” I believe most people would say tha...

As I reflect on my own personal contribution, it burns within me to rise to the challenge of more. More time. More respect. More patience. More hope. More service. More love. There are individuals who need us now. There are communities and nations that need us now. Not because we are better than they, but because we have hands that can hold and hearts that can give.  IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, you’ll...

Today’s market place is being claimed by a unique breed of entrepreneur. Choice is a recognized gift, and one that’s being used to differentiate and produce marked results. It is not for the passive expectationist. It will require a resilience and commitment to the unordinary. In the session you’ll learn how career, when recognized as an integrated way of being, and not a separation from your norm...

Real leadership comes from within. It’s only when we make a deep commitment to personal growth, that we’ll begin to see and feel alignment with the world around us. Secondly, within each of us resides a spirit of aspiration and improvement. We strive for more. We yearn for better. Sometimes…we unleash the hounds, while other times we snaffle any action towards improvement. We take the easy road, a...

We are living detached in an attached world. It’s confusing. It’s felt. It is damaging our existence as a species. It is impacting our contribution in the lives of those we love and serve and more importantly, we are un-substantiating our existence.  Unfortunately, it’s beginning to be unconscious and habitual.  We are losing our ability to focus on what matters most.  IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, I sh...

Without a predetermined response and a plan of action for the choice that will come, we often times find it impossible to keep up or even catch that choice point until it has come and gone. It’s then we realize that we had a choice, knew better, but refused to stop mid-path to pause time and allow for an adjusted and more appropriate path forward. This requires practice. It requires an awareness o...

I remember seeing a t-shirt once that had the words: “THE CRITICAL SLIDE” printed on it.  Whether it meant what I took from it or not, it brought clearly to my own mind, the slippery slope of criticism and aimed skepticism. What I mean by that is simply this: Your own bad attitude will never solve for someone else’s incompetency. It’s an easy path for certain to react or to act out. In fact, often...

The dichotomy of courage exists where external influences (love and trust) might strengthen one’s ability to go into the danger, while at the same time the movement comes from an internal commitment to take risk in spite of the fear and repercussions of those external to us, even those we…(love and trust.) For most of us, these moments that challenge our courage and question our contribution and e...

On the topic of character, a life well-lived and one of resonance, will undoubtedly be fraught with the hard stuff. The unsightly cracks and holes in our character will be exposed, whether invited or not, and when you face those moments, how will you respond? Will your decided path find you on it?   For most of us, these moments that challenge our courage and question our contribution and existenc...

This week we are closing shop to do a little inventory. Personal inventory that is, and the shop is social media.  It’s that time of year. The seasons are changing. Some of you may be feeling the itch to create some change in your life. Many companies are looking to evaluate their condition as they head into the final quarter of the year. If you’ve got the itch and are feeling anxious for somethin...

WODOTO - Watch one. Do one. Teach one.  A concept developed to help you translate receipt to service. It is a formula for growth. It is a system of replication and expansion. IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, I share with you my favorite notion and system for honoring best the gifts and stewardship we’ve each been given.  We each come to this world at different times. Our legacy is up for grabs. Do we have...

In this moment, ALL WE ARE, IS ALL WE ARE. There is an enormous power in right now. We have full control and opportunity to act in this moment from a place of confidence and commitment to our best self. The I CANs and I CAN’Ts will certainly manifest themselves throughout your life as you engage with them.  IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, I share with you my thoughts on the power of now, the power of I CA...

If you want to fly, you’re going to need to lighten your load before takeoff. Your ability to be agile, resilient, adaptable, ready to go without baggage when the destination you seek is YOU 2.0, will make the difference between launch and failure to launch.  Successful flights call for a massive amount of forward momentum and clarity and agility.   Remember that growth is always a choice. Breakth...

We’ve heard it said in recent years that we are in the age of the story teller. When we expand that thinking and turn to the books on the shelf, we will find: the story we are writing; our own personal story,  the stories we tell ourselves and the stories we are listening to. With all of the available options and limited time, which story will have the biggest impact in our lives?  IN THIS WEEK’S...

Do you have a bias for growth? If not, your bias for stagnancy can and will continue to produce a non-variable outcome of discontent and disbelief. IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, I share with you my thoughts on LEGACY, and the premise of honoring those that came before by how we tackle each day. Life is in session. Welcome to the classroom. For those who are embarking on this journey into the unknown, I...

We’ve heard it said before: “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.”   Time is the ever waning commodity not yet assigned a market value, because you just can’t buy it. It’s the same daily 24 hour allotment for each person on this planet regardless of title or position in life. It can be given and taken but not transferred. Time can also be a vacuum. Time has no end or beginning, and cer...

As I step forward, I can feel the dirt under my feet as it grinds and shifts. I walk slowly to the base of what was so eloquently coined the “pamper pole.” Up to this point in my life I had lived much of it in full on duplicity. Hiding from those I loved a life that was filled with darkness, betrayal, deceit, hypocrisy and ego; a life not well lived; a life with no honor to those I loved and serve...

In the study of human psychology, reactivity refers to the human tendency to change their behavior when they know that they are being watched. This is a part of the normal human desire to be perceived in the best possible light, and not be judged in a negative way.  Indecision, doubt, and fear, when left unbridled, will almost always manifest itself as an outburst of anger and resentment.  IN THIS...

The older I get, the more I realize that life is full of vibrancy. The reverence I feel for other’s struggles, and their path, is a reminder to me of the thinly veiled connection we each have with one another. Differences subside. Hope and gratitude surface. Cheering rather than chiding provides a more lasting providence. Drama doesn’t have to be an option. “Be right” is a choice. Learning to LET...

Earlier this week I had the chance to spend what I would consider critical coaching time with two people I care for deeply. Both had become so wrapped up in their own realities and thought processes that their view of their world was fixated, absolute, diminished and less hopeful. As we worked to explore the relationship between what we spend our time trying to convince our brain of and how it the...

TRUE LEADERSHIP begins the day others stop following you. When those you lead no longer have an interest in following you, or become hypocritical of your very presence, that is when the true test of leadership is administered. It will rock you to the core and often comes late in the game as it has been camouflaged behind a deeply seeded ego and positional arrogance, veiling the harsh reality that...

CRITICISM. Even the word conjures up an emotion and apprehensive nature. Criticism is often associated with delivering an unfavorable assessment of someone else’s effort. When the table is turned, and we are the receiver of criticism, it can really elicit a reactive response and trick us into reinforcement habits.  CRITICISM doesn’t have to be a pinch point in your life. IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, I’...

Ever heard of the “Tiger Stop?” What if we could actually develop the skill to PAUSE, reset, and release our bias driven momentum?   How does this apply in our daily life? Quite simply, we rush things. We rush an outcome, we force an opinion, we cast quick judgement, or we say something we wish we could take back. We press forward with so much momentum that it’s nearly impossible to stop. Our head...

Some of the greatest tragedies in history could have been prevented. There are tragedies in our future, yet to be written, that can be prevented, if we have the courage to lay down our fears and selfish desires, by choosing to love without bounds.   Race, Religion, Color, Sex, Sexual Preference, nor Status in Life give any of us an exemption or right, greater than that of another human being. Not...

Welcome to the HONOR.THE.GIFT Podcast! This week I kick off our inaugural episode with an overview of the show and what to expect moving forward.    What you’ll hear each week is really representative of my own growth journey, things I may be seeing or have witnessed through my own lens, along with some occasional guests and dear friends who I have been fortunate to get to know and who have certai...