By Dawson Allen Maybe you thought you always had to talk to be a leader? Or maybe you’ve been a part of group where no one listened to your ideas? Isn’t that frustrating? To be a great leader, you have to listen to lead. Take a moment and let other people’s ideas sink in because other ideas may change the way you think and make your idea better. When you tell everybody what to do only your ideas happen. But when you take the time to listen, everybody's brains can think together. It's like …
Dream Big
By Dawson You can't shoot for the moon if you don't aim for the moon. Yup, itś true. You need to believe in yourself, in anything you do. It is like rule number one in the rule book. It is not always easy to believe in yourself. So to help fuel my belief I think of who inspires me like Steph Curry, for example. When I am doing my basketball drills I pretend he is watching me and cheering me on. I imagine him saying, “Keep going, you got it!” and it makes me try twice as hard. Who helps you …
Progress
Progress is a learning opportunity. Progress has low points and high points. High and low points in progress both play an important role in all things we do. Low points on a progress chart show challenges or places you learned from the mistakes you made. You see this shows there is no success without error. I have had many times when I have had errors but I learned the most where I failed. I might have a test and even if I only get one wrong that’s the one I´ll remember the most. I grew …
Champions Treadmill
I like to call challenges the ‘Champions Treadmill.’ God owns the ‘Champions Treadmill’ because he puts people in that position to help make them a better person. There are challenges and bumps in the road but once you get through them you will be the person God created you to be. Although challenges make life hard, the power that challenges produce allows character to develop. A developed character has the ability to spread God’s word. Challenges will feel tough. Challenges will feel …