Leading Leaders Podcast by StoryPowerAcademy.com Studio with Host and Exectuive Coach J Loren Norris

GRIT WITH INTEGRITY OR PRETENTIOUS PIETY?? Have you ever spent time with someone so self righteous you feel like at any moment they will just BURST, EXPLODE or come unwound? I have. And when I got home, I looked in the mirror and said “Hey, why do you act like that?!” For many years in my youth I was so concerned with keeping up impressions and modifying my behavior to suit the likings of those I...

SOME USE SECRETS TO TEST INTEGRITY!! WHAT?? The rumors of secret societies and secret groups, shadow governments and deep states, cults and little known religious factions all have one thing in common. SECRETS! They all have something to hide it seems. Something sinister? Who knows. But something secret to be sure. Why? It seems a secret has many forms like a coaches gauntlet. The ability to contr...

WHATEVER YOU’RE HIDING WILL REVEAL ITSELF. Truth has a sneaky way of showing up sometimes. Sometimes it just blurts out in the middle of a conversation or an important meeting. Sometimes the lies which hide it begin to fail and falter. Sometimes the one person you never thought would share your secret becomes overwhelmed with the burden of carrying and spills the beans. Sometimes the truth just bu...

MANAGE THE DISTRACTIONS OR THEY WILL MANAGE YOUR TIME. WHAT IS A DISTRACTION? I know I am the only person who ever went into a room looking for something and found something I lost before and shifted my focus for the next few minutes. Right? Not! I know I am also the only person who gets derailed while doing daily tasks by some other task which must be completed first - like clearing old files to...

DO YOU FOLLOW THE INPUT OF A MENTOR? Many people underestimate the value of a mentor. Most because they have never had an effective mentor or coach. Many because the discount the advice of a mentor or coach as just “someone else’s opinion.” Some because they simply are not teachable. Mentors and coaches will often test the waters of a would be client by using an application, an assessment or simpl...

LEADERS KNOW THEIR LANE AND THEY FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS THERE. It’s easy to think “a pro at something” is a pro at everything. That is seldom the case. A great sales person does not always make a great sales rep. A great ball player does not always make a great coach. A great student does not always make a great teacher. Please understand, the marks of greatness are often exhibited on many levels. An...

MYOPATHY IS BOTH A MEDICAL CONDITION AND A LEADERSHIP FAILURE. DON’T BE MYOPIC IF YOU CAN HELP IT. Fires in Australia, the threat of war looming in the Middle East, a Tsunami off the coast of Indonesia, major corrections in the market... add to that payroll, overhead, monthly expenses, P&L statements and tax reports and soon your head is swimming. Then along comes the executive committee or your c...

2020 Servant Leaders Series - Krish Dhanam with J Loren Norris INTERVIEW WITH KRISH CONTENT we discuss in the course of this conversation. - Deception - Narcissism vs MEGALOMANIA vs INFLUENCE Bryan FLANAGAN GOING BEYOND MISSION (trips vs purpose) Why we LEAD LEADERS - impacting culture is a responsibility not just opportunity Traveling the world - I discover people only want to be a little better...

Leaders Must Speak Up Against Injustice “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Said many men, on many occasions. TO WHOM DO YOU LEND YOUR VOICE UNTIL THEY FIND THEIRS? Silence is often the greater evil. The act of knowing what to do or say and “staying out of it” is often more injurious than the act of evil itself. If you know to do right or to say right an...

3 THINGS THAT WILL DESTROY YOUR NEW YEAR. 1. Too much focus on current circumstances and comparison. 2. Too much focus on the mistakes or misses of the past. (Failure mindset) 3. Too little focus on the truth of your destiny and the story you tell yourself. Instead let me encourage you to take some time over the next 36 hours to make a list of all the things you had considered, imagined, planned,...

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED SOMETHING SO BADLY IT CONSUMES YOU? Perhaps is is a true addiction. Perhaps it is a desire you have sacrificed time, money and relationships in the pursuit of. Perhaps it is a desire which keeps you up at night and causes you to ponder and wonder and imagine great ways to achieve it. BUT WHAT IF??? What if that desire was a stirring deep in your soul? What if that insatiable c...

WHAT HAS FEAR COST YOU?  How many opportunities for career, education, relationship, sales, joint venture have slipped through your fingers due to fear? How many dreams, goals or visions have you abandoned because of fear? What is it about fear in its many forms which freezes us into inaction or terrifies us into the wrong action? Better question, what is it we’re afraid of? Public speaking?...

WHAT YOU WANT MUST DRIVE YOU BECAUSE YOU’RE HUNGRY TO HELP OTHERS. MAKE 2020 about others. Positive energetic action in the wrong direction makes you tired. Massive action with no direction is futility. Massive, passionate action with persistence in the right direction that will get results. Great. HOW DO I KNOW if it’s the right direction? How do I know if I am taking the right action? How do I k...

“WALK SLOWLY THROUGH THE CROWD!” John Maxwell.  Put your phone away. Smear an inviting smile across your face. Leave you baggage and luggage in the trunk. Muster up some hope and joy and excitement about what is coming NEXT! ‘Tis the season for holiday parties and New Years Parties. ‘Tis the season for meeting, greeting, discovering and engaging. You’ll do it much better without the digital d...

WHAT'S MORE POWERFUL THAN THE BEST RESOLUTION? What’s more important than your goals, more important than your New Years resolutions, more important than your dreams, wishes and aspirations?  ARE YOU READY FOR 2020?  Watch the video to find out  #leadingleaderspodcast 12-12-19 Photo by  S O C I A L . C U T  on  Unsplash LEADING LEADERS PODCAST with J Loren Norris prov...

WHAT IS THE KEY TO YOUR SUCCESS IN 2020?  ((Long message 13 minutes)) ​Yesterday I listened to several hours of interviews with men like Bill Gates, Jack Ma and the wealthiest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote. They all had very similar things to say about wealth, success, impact, world view and innovation.  So let me ask this profound question: ARE SUCCESSFUL WEALTHY PEOPLE SUCCESSFUL &...

Some of these people will steal the idea and rush to market with it. Some will mock it until they crush all hopes of launching just because they are jealous of your potential success. Some will wait silently until the dream is launched so they can point out every learning point along the journey. Some will watch every phase of the birth of your vision, then snatch it from your hands to destroy it....

“IMPACT IS INFLUENCE IN ACTION” WHAT IS SOURCE OF YOUR IMPACT? From parents to school teachers, from social media to peers, from marketing campaigns to comments of random strangers young people grow up with various levels of influencers in their life. We all do, we all have and we all are influencers on some level.  No one escapes this life without have been influenced. No one manages to slid...

INFLUENCE - LIKE YOUR BRAIN DOESN’T GROW IN A VACUUM.  The way people grow and expand their thinking is through accumulation. Thinking requires a new idea, plus a committed process, plus testing of the idea, plus brainstorming with others who challenge and improve the idea.  That is EXACTLY the process for influence. To grow your influence, your ideas need to be “road worthy”. If yo...

WHAT IS INFLUENCE?  HOW DO YOU MEASURE IT?  HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE SOME?  Do you remember the days when the words peer pressure dominated almost every conversation between parents and teens? Many conversations started like “why can’t I _______? I mean everyone I know is...” and ended with the most rhetorical questions ever posed. “Well if all your friends jumped off a cliff...”...

DID YOU DO THE RESPECT EXERCISE? WHICH TRAITS WERE COMMON AMONG THOSE YOU RESPECT? I understand most of you are busy and taking time to THINK is not a “productive use of time.” BTW did you see the video of the roofers who decided to remove the chimney they were replacing by pushing it over and allowing it to tumble off the roof? Now they get to replace 10 feet of decking too. The chimney made a ni...

DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO COMMANDS RESPECT? Is that why you give it? ​ Do we most often respect people who demand respect or people who have earned it?  How do people earn YOUR respect? What are some of the attitudes, actions, behaviors which cause you to see them as someone worthy of your respect?  Here’s a reality check for you. Most people would not be able to answer those questions wit...

DOUBLE MINDED? - LIKE WAVES OF THE SEA?? WHAT????  The tide scrubs the shoreline. Washing certain things onto the shore and other things off the shore.  The under the current can sweep you off your feet and out to sea with such subtle force you’re unable to resist or respond until it’s too late.  Your thoughts, your mental energy are the same!! If one minute you have a dream to buil...

WHY DON’T WE DO WHAT WE KNOW TO DO? YOU KNOW THE RIGHT THING BUT DO NOTHING OR THE WRONG THING. WHY?  ​ What is the cause of wrong doing? It must be something common to all humankind because I don’t know a single human who does every right thing. I don’t know a single human who never, ever does a wrong thing. I do know many humans who would clearly and quickly agree - I know what I SHOULD DO...

NAME IS A MANIFESTATION OF CHARACTER, DOES YOUR BRAND NAME LINE UP? DO YOU WISH TO BE A TRUSTED AUTHORITY? ARE YOU SEEKING TO BUILD A STRONG BRAND? HAVE YOU ESTABLISHED A GOOD NAME? DO YOU HAVE STRONG NAME RECOGNITION? ​ NAME - AUTHORITY - BRAND - MANIFESTATION OF CHARACTER - these are by definition interchangeable.  Color schemes, logos, tag lines, these are PR which should express and enhan...