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Reversing Social Malaise
According to Gallup:
In 2024, adults worldwide reported high levels of daily distress: 39% felt a lot of worry, 37% felt stress, 32% experienced physical pain, 26% felt sadness and 22% felt anger. All are higher than they were a decade ago.
What is the antidote to this pain?
I could see this coming a few years ago – a society sliding into despair and a deep distrust of institutions – and this especially noticeable among young people, but also everyone else too. So I wondered if my successful work helping leaders of some of the best managed companies in the world could be adapted to focus on the individual and their sense of disappointment and hopelessness. So, I took everything I had learned working with inspiring leaders and mashed it up into a new book titled, “Reawakening the Human Spirit: Finding the Spark, the Flame, and the Torch Within“.
Bingo! it worked.
So I invite you to give yourself a gift – reawaken your human spirit. We can still become inspired, even in a world that does not always feel inspiring. Not only will you reframe your own life, but you will be an inspiration for others.
It is available as a traditional; book, and also Audible and Kindle. Check it out here: https://secretan.com/books-dvds/reawakening-human-spirit/
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Thoughts to Guide You in 2013
As we settle comfortably into 2013, I combed through my last ten books to find 13 quotes which I hope will provide inspiration to you this year - may it be your best year ever. BONUS: If you can guess the correct source for each of all of these quotes, I will send...
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Leadership: The Morning After
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Higher Ground Leadership® Coaching Certification with CoachVille
We have partnered with CoachVille for many years - they are the premier coach training organization in the world. We continue our partnership with CoachVille by beginning a new six-week teleclass series for coaches on Monday October 15th at 1400 EDT, taught by Dr....
New Web Site and iPhone App
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Let’s Abolish Buzzwords
All of us share the ideal of creating inspiring organizations. But as I travel globally working with corporations, healthcare, academia, politics and not-for-profits I often find myself lost in a sea of jargon and buzzwords. Here is my Top Ten list of most...
Announcing Our New iPhone App
Dear Friends, When I was working in the Czech Republic last year, I met a young team of application developers who loved our Spirit@Work® Cards so much they offered to develop an app for the iPhone and the iPad. It has just been released and is available in the iTunes...
Fixing Healthcare
This week I was a surgeon's patient in the hospital (great job, mending well, nothing serious). Usually, I am advising hospital CEOs and leaders how to transform their cultures, create inspiring systems, identify and realize strategies and build efficient...
