Janet Daughtry

All of us can be leaders. It does not require any certain amount of talent or education. What does it take to become a great leader? No doubt one could list many components and qualities of a great leader, but there seems to be a pattern of qualities that emerge over and over again in [...]

Life is about choices. We cannot only choose how we view ourselves and our lives but we can even choose our habits. I believe we can position ourselves for success by choosing to develop new habits. Four Habits of Success Habit 1 – Exercising Choice: Stephen Covey calls it getting a “paradigm” shift. Most of [...]

Through the years, most of us have heard the benefits of fasting for our overall health and well-being. What would happen if we applied the principle of fasting to our conversation or words? What would be the benefits? What would happen if we were intentional about eliminating toxic words from our vocabulary? I really believe [...]

Tom Paterson, in his book, “Living The Life You Were Meant To Live,” made a very interesting comment. “God isn’t interested in us just making a living as He is in us ‘making a life’.” There is a difference and sometimes we get the two confused. Time is very precious and it really is the [...]

Is your “stinking thinking” getting you into trouble? Behavioral scientists now say that most people entertain about 600 negative thoughts a day. With so much negativity to contend with on any given day, it’s a wonder anyone gets anything done! No wonder so many are having a bad day and are not happy with their [...]

One of the things that can cause real problems in the area of communication, and even our decisions, is this thing called assumption. When we make an assumption, we jump to form a conclusion about someone or something without solid evidence or proof. This is easy to do because we all have had life experiences [...]

Einstein once said, “The true definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” How true! If you want something different in life, you have to do something different! If you continue to think the way you have always thought and have the same belief system that you have [...]

Brian Tracy, author and motivational speaker, asks a very interesting question. “What one skill, if you developed and did it consistently in an excellent fashion, would have the greatest positive impact on your income?” That is a great question to consider. I don’t believe we are given more in life until we utilize and maximize [...]

I received an ecard from a Facebook friend not long ago. Even though I had never met this person face-to-face, that small gesture was much needed that day. I am reminded once again that often it is not the big things in life that impact people as much as the small behind-the-scenes gestures of kindness [...]

One important coaching principle that I talk with my clients about is the idea of de-cluttering your life. To make room for new things and even the dreams that we have, we often need to de-clutter our physical, emotional and mental environments. What do I mean? I am really talking about getting rid of the [...]