Humans start with a point

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

Brittany Wilson – Kauai

 What can prevent the darkness from overcoming?
 The darkness cannot contain light.

 Sentient creatures seek light for life.
 Life exists only within the circle.

 Creation thrives because the circle is.
 Through the circle is creation in its entirety.

Don’t flip a coin! Make a decision.

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

Many decisions are made that affect people. People represent potential vendors, current clients, prospective candidates for hire, and even love interests. The decisions we make as leaders influence us and everyone around us financially, physically, and spiritually.

As a leader, It makes sense to slow down and resist the urge to have a knee-jerk reaction to an issue, especially if it is not a crisis situation.

We could flip a coin. Or, it may be wiser to use the following time-tested decision models for any particular cross-roads. It may facilitate that impulse buy at the yacht dealer, inviting a new member to the club, or acting/reacting to a poignant situation involving conflict or praise. 

Ready? Here they are.

Every Billionaire’s Secret

by Lawrence J. J. Leonard

My customers ask me all the time, “Where do I place the Treasure Fulcrum?” Okay, so not exactly in those words. What I hear most often is: “Isn’t there an easier way or some secret formula to get lots of money?“

I tell them that there is… inherit it.

As with any relationship, acquiring wealth demands commitment. This is not a secret.

Let’s Define Wealth

We know that wealth does not just mean money. It can also be defined as value. It can be defined as our brand. The determining factor is that if some thing is valuable to us, then we can be wealthy by adding more value through honest investment.   

The most succinct definition of “investment” is: “someone’s commitment of an asset in a system in order to achieve a planned goal.” We can commit our money, interest, service, devotion, heart, love, energy and most importantly time. These are our assets and they allow us to have a relationship with wealth. This is not a secret.

Miss it

What AM I going to miss when I finally leave the surly bonds of Earth?

I can tell you what I am NOT going to miss.

I am not going to miss:

1. Answering the phone at 11:00 p.m. and having the Asian guy on the other end ask for Juanita
2. Doing the dishes after cooking Jimmy Dean’s sausage
3. Sitting in a non-smoking section and having the smoking section one table over
4. Driving behind discourteous women drivers and dangerous one-handed men drivers
5. Worrying about bacteria on escalator rails and grocery push carts
6. Returning to a store when I’ve been overcharged for an item
7. Losing my keys
8. Being too lazy to brush my teeth before I go to bed
9. Waiting in a doctor’s office – for any reason
10. Biting my nails
11. Wedgies
12. Pimples
13. Missing one more sunset
14. Barking dogs at 4:00 a.m.
15. Thieves
16. Fighting politicians
17. – and the other oxymoron – Constructive Criticism
18. Wondering if my siblings were taught to “lord over me” – or was it a choice?
19. Physical pain
20. Body odor
21. Little threads that pop out of the seams after washing a new garment
22. Stubbing my toes
23. Twisting my ankles
24. Religious people who quarrel, gossip, and mock
25. Supporting unfair taxing and social security systems
26. Lazy Hollywood producers who use violence and gratuitous sex to cover their blatant lack of talent from behind and in front of the lens
27. Not knowing who killed all those children
28. Hurting someone’s feelings
29. Yelling for no reason
30. Tracking in mud on my new carpet
31. Not helping people because I was too scared to ask
32. Not doing good anyway
33. Speeding to work
34. Overdue library books
35. Waiting on a library list.

I will miss you, I think.

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