High Performance Leadership

  Standing still is not an option. We can pause, we can relax, and we can certainly breathe, but there is work to be done. There are problems to be solved. There are goals to achieve. The status quo is not for you. High performance leaders push beyond the status quo. -- doug smith

Fear is a funny thing. It warns us. It gets in the way. It protects us from harm. It prevents bigger achievements. Fear is a funny thing. Nothing to laugh at, but nothing to surrender to, either. What if that fear is telling you something other than avoidance? What if it is really excitement bubbling up to energize your next great achievement? Maybe that fear is there to help you move forward. Take caution, of course. Weigh all the choices and ramifications. But mobilize! What you're afraid of really wants to help you. Listen. -- doug smith

Coaching works best when you help other people achieve their goals rather than coercing them into achieving yours. -- Doug Smith

How far can we go? How much more can we do? What else can we achieve? There is always more growth in us. Without growth, we decay. Without growing, we're slowing down. I don't have time for slowing down, how about you? What we can be is more than we've ever been. But we must move forward. When it's too hard to move forward, get some help but keep moving. There's a new you that you haven't even met yet. Are you curious? I am. I am getting ready to meet a new me I've never met before. Someone stronger. Someone more resilient. Someone whose bruises look like medals. Someone whose scars look like beauty marks. Someone who can take trouble and turn it into something bright, useful, and helpful. Who knows what we'll be next? Who knows what we can be? It can be more than we've ever  been before. Let's get started. -- Doug Smith