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LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. Many people adopt their own set of rules to live by. There are also rules to being a great leader. In an article published in “Entrepreneur Magazine”, there is a list of seven golden rules of leadership. When you are a leader, you must promote growth within your company, community or home. __ __ Being a leader holds tremendous responsibility. When you lead, follow these sound rules and you’ll always be successful! This has been Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day… Now, go out and be fruitful!
This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. There is a lot of talk about the term ‘empowerment’. I cannot even count how many times I have used that term when working with clients! Empowering others will have such a huge impact on their ability to grow. I love it when my clients feel empowered to make decisions that will change the course of their lives and grow! Inc. magazine had a great article on tips for empowering employees, but I think it translates to more than just ‘employees’ and can also be used for teams and families. __ __ These are just some of the ways that you can provide excellent leadership by empowering those you are leading! This has been Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day… Now, go out and be fruitful!
This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. When I was raising my family and operating a radio station, I quickly had to learn to lead with decisiveness. I had to make decisions that weren’t always popular, and I realized that if I vacillated or changed my mind too often, I would appear weak. That is no way to run a household or a business. You’ve got to make brave and confident decisions and then stick with them. You must be fair, clear and consistent! Author Michael Ray Hopkin’s blog, “Lead on Purpose”, encourages you to ask yourself questions when making your decisions: “What are we giving up if we make this decision?” No decision is ever going to be perfect, but when you lead decisively and discuss alternatives with those involved and trust the process. When I had to make a decision in my family, I considered all those involved, my kids. How was my decision going to impact their lives? I discussed it with them and with others who may have had to make a similar decision so that I was well informed and prepared for the outcome. Leading with decisiveness may not always be the popular direction to go, but leadership takes courage to make those tough decisions. This has been Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day… Now, go out and be fruitful!
This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. Would you consider yourself to be an open-minded leader? I have worked with so many people who are closed minded in many of their beliefs, which are most often a product of what they experienced in the past. When we talk about leading with an open-mind, it isn’t meant to encourage you to throw your beliefs out the window or cast them aside. Leading with an open mind will help you look at all sides of an argument, a way to go about finding solutions and get out of the way of conflict, whether in business, teambuilding or in your own relationships. According to an article from “SmartBlog on Leadership, Jane Perdue shares several ways to lead with an open mind: __ __ For you to be an effective leader in any area of your life, you’ll find much more success when you lead with an open mind. This has been Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day… Now, go out and be fruitful! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is also available in print. * CLICK HERE FOR MORE! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. Do you think of yourself as a passionate person? When it comes to leadership qualities, do you find passion in leadership to be high on your list of qualities? To be passionate about anything, on must sense a feeling of excitement and enthusiasm for it. But in order to show passion, does on need to yell and scream, much like you see some coaches do with their sports teams. To lead with passion doesn’t mean yelling loudly, it means you are deeply enthusiastic about who and what you are leading. “When a leader is passionate, people feel a deep sense of being led in a worthy direction by someone who is committed to something more important than his or her own individual glory”, says Forbes magazine contributor, Erika Andersen. She writes there are five indicators that a leader has true passion: __ __ Strive to lead with passion and you will continue to grow and be successful! This has been Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day… Now, go out and be fruitful! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is also available in print. * CLICK HERE FOR MORE! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. When I was studying organizational leadership I learned many different ‘theories’ on leadership. I was intrigued by how many theories there can be! There is the “Great Man Theory”, “Trait Theory”, “Behavioral Theory”, “Contingency Theory”, “Transactional”, “Transformational”, then there is “Top Down”, or “Bottom Up”, or “Walking Around”. But one of the most important theories of all for great leadership is to lead by commitment! That is something that will never change or go out of style. There is nothing more worthy of following a leader when they are committed to the path. Great leaders stay committed to their mission, their team, their cause and remain grounded in their purpose. Rules and regulations may change, but a leader is always committed to the relationship they have with those who follow them. Remain committed wherever and whomever you may lead! This has been Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day… Now, go out and be fruitful! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is also available in print. * CLICK HERE FOR MORE! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. When you think of a great leader, do you view them as someone who is authentic? When you lead, are you leading with authenticity? What is authentic leadership? According to a 2013 article in Forbes magazine, authentic leaders are genuine and self-aware. They are aware of their strengths and limitations. They are also mission driven and focused on results, not their ego, money or power. An authentic leader will nurture individuals and the company with hard work and patience, focusing on the long-term. And an authentic leader will lead with their heart, and isn’t afraid to connect with their employees with vulnerability, empathy and directness. There are many ways to lead, and oftentimes we only consider “leadership” in the business world, but you are a leader in your home and community as well. Be an authentic leader; with a heart. This has been Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day… Now, go out and be fruitful! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is also available in print. * CLICK HERE FOR MORE! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
LEADERSHIP is the topic for today's Daily Nourishment for Wisdom, Success and Personal Growth. Take a bite! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/ Social Media Pages: Badass Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Licensed2BBadass YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ27u2ZCvfrO-qafxtHPKlA?view_as=subscriber Instagram https://www.instagram.com/licensed2bbadass/
"I just want to be happy!" Does this sound like you? Happiness and finding contentment in life; job; and our relationships seems to be our primary goal. But happiness and contentment are fleeting, they change with our seasons. What made you happy in one season of life (ex: An ice cream cone for a 6 year old) isn't going to have that same level of happiness in a different season of life (the fancy home or car at 40). This year an addition to the family might bring you happiness, while a few years ago you found contentment in your new position at work. The purpose of life is perpetual growth. Find contentment in your efforts to grow and watch the fruits of your labors be your happiness. “The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the economy, or the President. You realize that you control your own destiny.” ~Albert Ellis Seek nourishment for your mind; knowledge. Your mind is hungry and seeks growth; new insights and intellect; new ideas and developments. Seek potential for growth in your conscious life. Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
From the womb, our purpose is growth. We’re always running around asking, “What is the purpose of life?” “What is the purpose of this, or that?” When an egg is fertilized and starts to grow in its mother’s womb, any species or animal, it has one purpose, and one purpose only. To grow. Just imagine if an embryo started to question its existence from the womb, “what is my purpose”? It doesn’t. It just does naturally what it is designed to do. Grow. Just like a seed that is planted in the ground. When properly nurtured, nourished and cared for – it grows. Your purpose, is growth. It is constant and perpetual. “A small plant is not expected nor is it able to bear fruit. It cannot bear the weight but would fall over and die. There is a specific time in nature when fruit is ready.” (Mat 21:34) “If received prematurely, it would destroy what has not weathered the test of time and been strengthened by the growth process.” (1 Tim 3:6) There are no shortcuts in God. Maturity comes with growth and growth takes time. Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
How do plants survive in contaminated soil? They don't. They get sick and die if the soil is contaminated or malnourished... What about you? Is your soil malnourished, or contaminated? Let’s just say that your soul is equivalent to soil; are you psychologically contaminated? Are you hurting, depressed, angry, filled with anxiety? Are you psychically broken? Is your life a mess? If you are nodding your head yes, then I’d encourage you to seek help immediately. Why waste another moment in that contaminated soil! Would you take better care of a tree or a plant if it was rotting away in soil that was damaged? Aren’t you worth more than a plant? How did the soil of your life become contaminated in the first place? These are hard questions to answer, so I’d say to you to seek a professional mental health expert. Coaching is one thing, but therapy is essential when our soul is damaged. “”To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.” If you struggle with any of these things, your "soil" or soul might be malnourished.... get some nourishment starting today. Don’t waste another second! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
I was asked one day, “What qualifies you to be a personal and professional growth coach?” I was actually grateful for the question, because even though it might have been perceived as a challenge, it really wasn’t. She actually might have been thinking about how she might want to hire me, or invite me to speak at her organization or one of her upcoming events. She was vetting me. Inquiring about my credentials. She really wanted to know what qualifies me over somebody else. I had to answer her question that my degree in psychology and earning a license to be a marriage and family therapist provides me with the education and experience to really make those psycho-educational concepts work in the area of personal growth, and my 30+ years in business afford me with the background to be an effective coach for professional growth. I’ve prepared myself for these types of inquiries and its with great privilege to help other achieve their growth goals. The lesson is, use your experiences to your advantage. Don’t let a simple question of “what qualifies you’ deter you from answering confidently! You are ready. You are qualified….and if not, learn, listen, study and practice to be at that level you desire to be. Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
I have friends and colleagues who are at the top of their game in major market business, who occasionally come to me for coaching, knowing that I’m also a therapist. They’ll share with me their concerns in their work environment – and it’s interesting to note that it’s not always about something functional in the business. Consultants always talk about how to make your business grow, how to make it thrive, how to successfully make a ton of money. Great! I too can give you checklists, to do lists, navigate how to get into a networking group, or how to make a sales call and things like that; just about anyone these days can do that. But the reality is, when you start experiencing issues that are stressors and conflicts with others; it all comes down to how we think; how we feel; which affects how we behave; which is all on personal. So when I say that I promote perpetual personal and professional growth – they go hand in hand. When you are having problems at work, it’s helpful to step back and see what you are projecting on to the person you are having an issue with. And what are they projecting onto you, and how is this affected by something going on with you emotionally? Seek help and understanding for those issues that can’t be resolved with another check list or scripted sales call. Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
I’m a visionary and an entrepreneur. I don’t let it stop me if somebody else has “already done that”. For example: I’m creating a series on the Seasons of Life. I teach about personal and professional growth, through cultivating; planting seeds; branching out and all of these metaphors that I just love! The thing is that, of course other people have talked about this concept of growth. Perhaps maybe my take on it will be similar to somebody else’s – but the fact of the matter is, the branding “growth” goes well with my last name, Orchard. I can use the metaphors and ideas and the concepts all day long. Does it mean that I invented “growth” and if somebody tried to use the word growth in some of their presentations or marketing plan that I should have some sort of claim to that or compare myself to them? No. Does it mean that I should stop doing what I’m doing because somebody else used the word growth or planting seeds, or used a tree in their logo? No. Just do it better or be a little different, or be a little creative or capitalize on the fact that if someone else can find success doing what they love, you can too! If you’re passionate about it, who cares if somebody else did it. Don’t compare yourself to others. Be authentically you and continue to grow, because growth is your purpose. Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
I used to use the term “Change Agent” when I described myself and what I do. I thought about using the term “Growth Agent”, but there is too much controversy around the term growth agent when talking about chemicals, biological research, and nutrition, so I won’t use that, but I am an Agent of Growth. So let me ask you this question, do you really feel as though you need to CHANGE? Or is it that you really need to GROW? There is a big difference between change and growth. A plant might change its colors with the seasons, but what it is ultimately doing is growing. Growing into something new, refined, evolved. So what are you doing? Are you growing? Are you evolving? Or do you really need to change? Think about that. Is it change that you need, or growth? And are they the same? There can be a minor difference in that whole philosophy. “There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there. ~Paulo Coelho Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
In order to grow, everything needs a solid foundation. Everything in life needs a solid foundation; when you’re putting together a building or a home, you need a solid foundation which is a concrete slab, the solid foundation for the structure. When you’re putting on your clothes for your day, you need a solid foundation which might be your shoes, or the dress or suit that you are going to wear with which you accessorize by adding jewelry. When you go for a college education, you will have a solid foundation in a field of study for a specific degree. When you are planting a garden, you need a solid foundation. The solid foundation in a garden, or an orchard or anything that grows from the ground is, the soil. So in your personal or professional growth, you need a solid foundation. So, YOUR solid foundation is your soul. What’s in your soul? What do you believe in; stand for; are accountable to? How do you talk and think about yourself? How do you identify your solid foundation? Nibble on that today… Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in print! Four in the series, with an accompanying journal page to track your thoughts and success! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. Now is the time to define your life roles. You may have leadership roles in relation to your profession, family, community, or other areas in your life. Are people born or destined to become great leaders? Or is a leader developed over a lifetime of experiences? When you motivate your team, whether it is at work, your sport, your family or your community, you exhibit great leadership ability. So, what makes a great leader? When I was thirteen years old, I joined a cheerleading squad and remember feeling like the ‘odd man out’. The coach for the team had her favorites and paid little attention to those of us she didn’t consider worthy of her attention. It caused me to feel unimportant and insignificant. The following season, I signed up to be a coach because I didn’t want anyone on a cheer squad to feel unmotivated or insignificant. So, at age 14, I began develop leadership skills to motivate, encourage and inspire my team. Was I born to lead or did I develop leadership abilities? In my case, I believe it was both. I was determined to lead a team of cheerleaders to be the best squad they could be. I have continued to lead by coaching; in business, in relationships, in consulting and in my community! What does being a great leader look like? They have the ability to inspire! This has been Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day… Now, go out and be fruitful! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is also available in print. * CLICK HERE FOR MORE! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. When I became ill with heart problems, I didn’t even know where to begin. But, one thing I knew for sure, despite the depression that came along with the disease, I wasn’t going to give up or become a victim. I researched my heart condition and learned as much as I could about it. I took to my Bible and other educational resources on ‘spirit’ as I could to gain insight. I asked questions, sought answers and support from others who had been through something similar. And then, I went back to Grad School to earn my Masters Degree in Psychology. None of what I do now happened overnight. It was and still is and ongoing process. But I know one thing for sure, I am a miracle and so are you. Jim Rohn spoke about learning like this: “Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.” Want a miracle to happen in your life? Continue to learn! This has been Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day… Now, go out and be fruitful! Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is also available in print. * CLICK HERE FOR MORE! https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/
