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SELF-DISCIPLINE

Season three has been featured three sessions describing the way football coach Nick Saban runs the University of Alabama football program. It features a few coaches, players and sportscasters describing insights into the success the program has experienced. I think this is really good if you are a sports fan and will offer insights into how to lead things if you aren’t a sports fan. I recommend it. Here’s a nugget from the broadcast. ESPN

Howe Q. Wallace August 15, 2018

KEYS TO CONTENTMENT…

These keys to contentment always remain true: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength enough to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbors. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real things of

Howe Q. Wallace August 14, 2018

DEVELOPMENT STARTS WITH A HAVING A PLAN…

How much of your time do you devote to development? Development happens in multiple dimensions. You can develop spiritually by taking time to meditate or pray. By reading spiritually derived books. You can develop physically by undertaking an exercise program designed to build endurance and strength. Combine it with exercise program to develop the right balance of health measurements designed to extend your capabilities and you’re kicking with gas. You can develop emotionally by identifying attributes

Howe Q. Wallace August 13, 2018

WHAT ASSUMPTIONS IN YOUR LIFE REMAIN UNTESTED?

I have a place I drive to visit routinely. I go there two to three times a week. Maybe 10 years or so. The first time I went I was given directions. I’ve followed that path ever since. Today I tried a different way. It was three tenths of a mile shorter. Straighter path. Fewer curves. Quicker way. I feel a little silly telling the story. I calculate I’ve driven about 1,000 miles farther and

Howe Q. Wallace August 6, 2018

HOW DO YOU IMPACT YOUR ENVIRONMENT?

“Don’t let osmosis determine your environment.” Heard this in a seminar today. Here’s how I heard it. The point is to remind us our environment will settle into whatever condition we let it settle into. If you don’t act to make it into something productive, it won’t be. So, how do you impact your environment? You say encouraging words. You suggest and strive for ways to make it better. You inspire others with your habits.

Howe Q. Wallace August 3, 2018

IF YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THINGS, YOU USUALLY CAN

“The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay.” — Robert Brault “PalletOne leaders happen to the world” Here’s what I mean by this statement: We aren’t in charge of the circumstances we face. Stuff happens. Sometimes it is bad stuff. When stuff happens, we control what we think about it. We control what we do about it. So, that brings us to the quote:Do you see the circumstances you face as set

Howe Q. Wallace July 31, 2018

MONITOR WHAT YOU SAY TO YOURSELF

We talk to ourselves and listen to ourselves more than we talk to anyone else. I was at a spiritual retreat recently that reminded me of that dynamic. The speaker described it. He used an old Indian story where a chieftain reminds one of his young warriors of the internal dialogue we maintain: “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two

Howe Q. Wallace July 30, 2018

Criticism Inhibits The Ability To Listen And To Compromise

John Baldoni shared a story about U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley who gave a speech to a group of student leaders about civility. Civility is a topic that is more common these days. More and more people deplore the animosity that is apparent in the media these days. Haley noted in her speech that people have moved toward criticism and away from persuasion. Her point is that criticism inhibits the ability to

Howe Q. Wallace July 26, 2018

TO BE LATE IS TO FALL BEHIND…

Do you show up on time? Not just to work. When there is a targeted arrival time, do you meet or exceed it? Work. Home. Community. I had a coach tell me once that “if you aren’t early, you’re late.” His message was simple. The motivated, the leaders, the pros know that staggering in at the last minute affects how you start. The person who is always on time or early, gains some margin. His

Howe Q. Wallace July 25, 2018

WHAT MAKES WORK MEANINGFUL?

What makes work meaningful? Annie McKee wrote about this in the Harvard Business Review. She lists three factors: Purpose You know what’s expected of you. You know how and why your job makes a difference. You like what you do and what your company does. 2. Hope You believe that your job offers a future. You trust you have what you need to grow and improve. You believe the job is leading you to a

Howe Q. Wallace July 24, 2018

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Articles About Leadership

THE JUICE IS WORTH THE SQUEEZE

“Everything you want is on the other side of ‘hard’.” – CJ McCollum, NBA player McCollum is a story of overachievement. He was undersized. Played college basketball at a non-descript school. Was a long shot to be an NBA player but worked his way to being a first-round draft pick and was a solid star in his 10th year in the league. I heard him describe his approach to the game and his development on a podcast called

Howe Q. Wallace March 25, 2024

HAPPENING TO THE WORLD – A SATISFYING WAY TO LIVE

PalletOne leaders “happen to the world.” What does that mean? A PalletOne leader is confident. Each situation creates an opportunity for service and contribution. We are talented and put those talents to work. We see those around us as having talent. We seek to unlock it. We realize that we can be called upon to take the initiative to improve things at any moment. We act when the situation calls for it. We inspire through

Howe Q. Wallace March 25, 2024

SUFFERING AND CHALLENGES

“Weep, trust, pray, think, shift, hope, grow. Ways to handle suffering.” – Tim Keller Tim Keller was a preacher from New York City. He passed away in 2023. I followed him on Twitter because he tweeted profound thoughts like the one above. You don’t exit life without tough things happening to you. It’s a fact. None of us are exempt. In specific order, Keller gave us seven verbs to consider when challenged: Weep – It’s

Howe Q. Wallace March 22, 2024