#12: The Gift of Failure - 4 Principles to Use Failures as Stepping Stones to Success

November 13, 2019 by Cal Walters in Intentional Living

We all fail; we all fail often; and we all will continue to fail for the rest of our life.  Yet, many of us tip toe through life trying to avoid failure at all costs.  On this episode, Cal offers 4 principles to maintaining a healthy view of failure and using the gift of failure to propel us forward towards achieving success and maximizing our potential.

We all fail; we all fail often; and we all will continue to fail for the rest of our life. Yet, many of us tip toe through life trying to avoid failure at all costs.

On this episode, Cal offers 4 principles to maintaining a healthy view of failure and using the gift of failure to propel us forward towards achieving success and maximizing our potential.

Focus on success instead of "not failing"
View failure as a gift
Separate your failures from your identity
Keep going -- you may be right on the other side of a breakthrough!

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#11: The Power of Self-Belief - 3 Principles to Maintain a Healthy Identify and Maximize Potential

November 13, 2019 by Cal Walters in Intentional Living

The mind is a powerful thing.  To accomplish something, we have to first believe it can be done.   To maintain a healthy self-identity, we have to be careful about the words we tell ourselves and the people we allow to speak into our life.   On this episode, Cal discusses the power of self-belief and provides 3 key principles to maintaining a healthy self-identity.   Who do you say that you are?

The mind is a powerful thing. To accomplish something, we have to first believe it can be done.

To maintain a healthy self-identity, we have to be careful about the words we tell ourselves and the people we allow to speak into our life.

On this episode, Cal discusses the power of self-belief and provides 3 key principles to maintaining a healthy self-identity.

Who do you say that you are?

Who do you believe that you can become?

The answers to these two questions is critical to us maximizing our potential!

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#10: Good Intentions Are Not Enough - 2 Keys to Living an Intentional Life

November 13, 2019 by Cal Walters in Intentional Living

If we want to reach our full potential and make a significant contribution to the world, we have to move beyond good intentions and begin to live intentionally.   On this episode, Cal explores two keys to intentional living:  1. Making a life mission; and 2.

If we want to reach our full potential and make a significant contribution to the world, we have to move beyond good intentions and begin to live intentionally.

On this episode, Cal explores two keys to intentional living:

1. Making a life mission; and

2. Developing a plan for personal growth.

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#9: Principles of Courageous Leadership (Part 2)

November 13, 2019 by Cal Walters in Leadership, Courageous Leadership

On this episode, Cal continues a two-part discussion on the importance of courageous leadership.  Cal builds on the leadership principles discussed in Episode 8 by sharing three principles of courageous leadership: 1.  Courageous leadership intentionally confront current reality, even when it's ugly; 2.  Courageous leaders confront their own blind spots; and 3.  Courageous leaders set clear expectations and provide honest feedback.   Our leadership and influence with either shrink or grow in direct proportion to the amount of courage we choose to have.

1. Courageous leadership intentionally confront current reality, even when it's ugly;

2. Courageous leaders confront their own blind spots; and

3. Courageous leaders set clear expectations and provide honest feedback.

Our leadership and influence with either shrink or grow in direct proportion to the amount of courage we choose to have.

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#8: Principles of Courageous Leadership (Part 1)

November 13, 2019 by Cal Walters in Leadership, Courageous Leadership

Acts of courage are often what makes a leader a leader.  We know this instinctively, yet courage is easier to talk about than it is to put into practice.   On this episode, Cal begins the first part of a two-part discussion about courageous leadership and shares his first two principles of courageous leadership: 1.  Courageous leaders champion change; and 2.  Courageous leaders take action and are decisive.

Acts of courage are often what makes a leader a leader. We know this instinctively, yet courage is easier to talk about than it is to put into practice.

On this episode, Cal begins the first part of a two-part discussion about courageous leadership and shares his first two principles of courageous leadership:

1. Courageous leaders champion change; and

2. Courageous leaders take action and are decisive.

By the end of this episode, Cal hopes to convince you that you are a leader and that your leadership will shrink or expand in proportion to the amount of courage you choose to have.

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