by Rich Patterson | May 15, 2019 | Communication, Parenting, Personal Improvement
Helping Young Women As a teacher of many years, I have often noticed that young women retreat into silence as the more aggressive males in the classroom dominate the conversations. As adults, we are a part of various groups of youth that we either teach or have...
by Rich Patterson | May 10, 2019 | Achievement, Character, Encouragement
Being Relentless Take the opportunity now to be relentless in letting go of the past and pursuing the greatness that awaits you. When we want something to the level that is consuming our passion, then rise up and relentlessly pursue the victory that awaits us. It...
by Rich Patterson | May 8, 2019 | Character, Encouragement, Personal Improvement
The Struggle Is Part of It We get worn out with life’s twists and turns sometimes. It can get to the point where we would like to catch a break and have things fall into line for us. That is when I remind myself of John Maxwell’s quote, “Everything...
by Rich Patterson | May 3, 2019 | Encouragement, Personal Improvement, Resilience
Hold Your Image My mentor, Paul Martinelli, is known for saying, “Hold Your Image.” For a while, I’m not sure that I understood what he was saying until the past few months, as I have been actively working on that very thought process. Many...
by Rich Patterson | Apr 17, 2019 | Communication, Personal Improvement
Focused on Improvement My mentor John Maxwell says, “Poor thinkers are slaves to their thoughts.” I have written about tending to your thoughts in many different ways. Still, this quote brings to our attention the importance of focusing on getting better,...
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