Personal Development Resources

Keepers of the Flame –  The Unexpected Gift of Becoming a Vistage Chair As I write this, I’m somewhere around 35,000 feet above the country on my way to Denver for Keepers of…

Opening Reflection – Balancing Achievement and Fulfillment As I write this, I am somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean on my way home from France. Like many long flights, this one has provided plenty…

Personal Responsibility at Work Why Reliability Still Matters More Than Ever One of the most overlooked professional traits today is personal responsibility. Being an adult does not mean your problems disappear. It means…

When Fatigue Catches Up: A Hard Truth About Leadership and Life Fatigue doesn’t show up all at once. It creeps in. A late night here. A missed dinner there. One more weekend of…

Are You Growing…or Just Staying Busy? The Discipline Behind Intentional Personal Growth After 23 years as a Vistage Chair and a total of 30 years in professional services, seeing more than 1,000 speakers,…

Introduction – Life Lessons Learned at 60 Sixty has a way of sneaking up on you. It doesn’t arrive gradually. It shows up all at once—like a quiet tap on the shoulder, reminding…

You Have to Stand Up to a Bully You have to stand up to a bully. It doesn’t matter whether it shows up in your personal life, your business, or public leadership—you have…

Are Your Business Goals Optional—or Mandatory? The start of a new year brings optimism, energy, and ambitious business goals. Leaders and teams are focused on growth, opportunity, and what’s possible. It’s a time…

What Does Success Really Mean to You? Most people think they know what success is—until you ask them to define it. It sounds like a simple question: What does success mean to you?…

Introduction: A Season Made for Reflection There’s something about the space between one year ending and another beginning that naturally invites reflection. The pace slows just enough. The calendar gives us permission to…

If you believe your intelligence or talent is fixed, you spend your energy protecting it. You avoid risk. You hide mistakes. You need to look smart...If you believe you can grow, you do…

Mental Toughness for Women Leaders – LaRae Quy This is a book about pressure. Real pressure. The kind that shows up when you’re the only woman in the room, when expectations are higher,…

At its core, the Jonathan Livingston Seagull book summary is about choosing growth over comfort. Jonathan rejects the norms of his flock, embracing failure, repetition, and isolation in pursuit of mastery. His journey…

By adopting the mindset of imperfectionism and mindful leadership, leaders can make better strategic decisions, set healthier boundaries, and model sustainable work habits for their teams. The book helps leaders move away from…

Introduction Why Can’t We Be Good? by Jacob Needleman takes on one of the most uncomfortable but important questions of human life: if we know what is right, why do we so often…

Book Introduction Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen is a powerful and eye-opening book that challenges one of our most basic assumptions—that our thoughts are always true. Nguyen explains that much…

By learning to master your own mind first — improving self-awareness, observation, empathy, and habits — you can fundamentally transform how you connect, lead, and succeed. For any business owner or leader seeking…

Some days feel heavy, long, and uncertain — when the world seems to move too fast and we’re just trying to catch our breath. Life comes at us in waves: some calm, some…

Welcome to Beat the Odds – A Journey from the Stage to the Boardroom What do Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett, and The Monkees have in common? Besides gold records, world tours, and loyal…

Join bestselling author Andy Andrews on an extraordinary journey through time in The Traveler’s Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success. Blending fiction, self-help, and historical insight, this inspiring story follows David Ponder,…

There is nothing more important than understanding how reality works and how to deal with it. The state of mind you bring to the process makes all the difference. I have found it…

In your high-performance journey, you'll need to be courageous too. The road to high performance is daunting. By definition, it involves moving away from the ordinary: that mindset you've been falling back on…

Jonathan Livingston Seagull — Richard Bach This is a short book. You can read it in an hour. But if you read it right, it stays with you for years. It looks like…

Seven Decisions That Shape a Life—and a Legacy In your own words: A journey through adversity, personal responsibility, and the kind of leadership that transforms lives. Andy Andrews takes us on a unique…

Achieving lasting success isn’t just about working harder—it’s about working smarter and understanding what truly drives you. In Managing Oneself, legendary management thinker Peter Drucker provides a powerful guide to self-awareness, helping professionals…