Leaders make tons of mistakes. I will be the first to admit that I have not always made the right call. Experiences mess-ups has taught me many lessons as I continue to lead as a teacher, coach, husband, writer, father, brother, friend and any other hat that I try to wear. Looking back and seeing the lessons of life are worth sharing. 

There is a lot on how to obtain and write goals. This post will attempt to take the best out there and consolidate it to an easy to read post. The goal (pun intended) of this post is for you to go and write meaningful goals that will help you in your pursuit of leadership, purpose, and overall sanity as you navigate through life. 

Most leaders spend very little time on dreaming. In fact, I have often heard of leaders who purposely avoid dreaming because it will never become a reality. Why not dream? I often schedule out time in my week to dream. I find value in spending time looking to the future. My dreams can quickly become vision, then turn into action steps toward fulfilling a dream I once had. No one fulfills their dream by accident. 

WITH SO MANY THINGS ON OUR TO-DO LISTS AND SO MANY NEW THINGS COMING AT US EVERY DAY, HOW DO WE STAY ABOVE WATER AS LEADERS?   

One common answer is delegation.

Values are things that you believe are important in the way you live, lead, work, rest, play, etc. Your values also serve as the most important component in your sense of purpose, passion, and play. In other words, when the things you do and how you lead match with what you value, you are generally a happy fulfilled person. When the things you value do not match with the things you do, you generally are stressed, unhappy, and unfulfilled. Here are 3 ways to identify your personal values. 

Have you ever been inspired? My guess is yes. Leaders desire to be inspiring, but what does it take. You are not going to follow someone if they don't inspire you in a BIG way.

What’s the difference between a leader we respect and one we’d actually follow?

This article will show you how to Inspire. Click for more...

We have big changes coming to CoachAyers.com.

Big changes coming to CoachAyers.com. I will now be posting 3 times a week. If you are a subscriber you will receive in your email inbox a post on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings for the foreseeable future. 

I also have currently 3 spots free to for leadership, life, and executive coaching. Email me at JT@CoachAyers.com or you can Click Here for more information. 

I am now teaching a class focused on leadership development in public education (Awesome, right?). Some of my posts will be guided from the weekly lessons based on the curriculum I made for this particular class. 

Some of the topics will include, but are not limited to....Click for more. 

Criticism stings. It can ruin your day and cripple you with discouragement. This discouragement is often escalated by “Critic’s Math.” With Critics Math, no matter how many positive interactions I have, I tend to forget them and latch on to the negative. Here are 3 ways to cope with this problem.  

More information doesn't always make us happier. At some point, improvement turns into a game, something to be won or lost, completely losing the point of the project we set out to do. In many ways we have allowed technology to rob us of our happiness. We need to know more, see more, experience more all the time. It is never enough. So...

Leaders want to grow. They want to mature. They want to stay current. However, sometimes you need to find ways to grow that are different then the norm. You can learn in many different ways. I have tried to always be conscious of my need to continue growing as a leader. Here are some ideas from my experiences, that are a little different then you would find in a leadership blog or book. 

This post is one of my favorites on the subject of leadership. Every time I come to it I find myself convicted with a new issue to resolve. Below are the 16 differences between successful people and unsuccessful people by Andy Bailey. You can click on the infographic above for a quick cheat sheet.

If you are a leader, then there are times you will be overwhelmed. It seems to come with the title. What do you do when you are in over your head?

No matter how confident and secure you are in your current position, you will probably experience one, if not all, of these scenarios...