There is leadership and then there is the leader.  Being a leader seems to be something that many want to do, but few understand what it takes to lead and lead well.  Being a leader is not a title.  In fact a great leader probably doesn't have a title, because she or he leads from a place of authenticity and with intention.   They are a catalytic leader.  They make things happen.  They bring unique people together to create something amazing...They ultimately make a difference.  How do you become that catalytic leader that makes a difference?  In this episode of A New Direction Dr. William Attaway shares his research and experience to make you the leader you have always desired to become.

William's book is entitled, "Catalytic Leadership: 12 Keys To Becoming An Intentional Leader Who Makes A Difference" is an outstanding read filled with insightful practical information that will change you as a leader, change you as a person, and change you in the eyes of others.  Catalytic Leadership will enable to be more intentional about the way you lead and giving other the room to become the leaders they need to be.  The book is a fast read, and the lessons are timeless and are for every person at any level of any organization.  William is now offering you a way to get yourself  a copy (You only pay shipping) Got to catalyticleadershipbock.com fill out the form, pay the shipping and your book is on it's way.  If you live outside of the U.S. William will send the ebook to you absolutely free.  Get your copy today by clicking here!

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EPIC Physical Therapy, I use them whether it be for an injury, post surgery, every day aches and pains, and when I want to get a little more out of my body for athletics.  They are the top choice for professional athletes as well as non-athletes.  Do yourself and your recovery a favor when you are ready for EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, and EPIC results check out EPIC Physical Therapy www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors, for 35 years the choice of thousands when it comes to real estate.  And regardless of where you live you can meet with them virtually.  They have been on the cutting edge of technology helping people around the world finding the very best professionals to help sell or buy a new home.  They clients call their customer service “legendary”.  Find out why by going to www.LindaCraft.com

Let's be honest there are many people that are in careers and jobs they hate. They are stuck because they feel like they cannot get out. The amount of money the make keeps them locked in and manipulated to stay in a job that they dread. Is there a way out? Can you really find a job and career that you love? Do you have to play the game of climbing the corporate ladder to really get ahead. The answer is "no". There is another way. And on this episode of A New Direction Dr. Alan Patterson returns to talk about the 5 critical steps to finding that career that fits who you are.

Dr. Patterson's book is entitled "Burn Ladders. Build Bridges.: Pursuing Work with Meaning + Purpose".  This book is a short no nonsense book that will help you get out of the career that you hate and dread, and find and create the fits you.  Burn Ladders, Build Bridges is not some short cut method.  It starts with you taking responsibility for your attitude effort, and resiliency.  

FREE GIVE AWAY - The first two people to give A New Direction an 5 star review take a picture of it and send it to me [email protected] I will send you Dr. Patterson's Audible Book Burn Ladders, Burn Bridges absolutely free.

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Linda Craft Team, REALTORS for 37 years they are known for their “Legendary Customer Service’.  It is not a simply a slogan, it is part of their cultural DNA.  They are connected with the best real estate professionals and experts all over the world to help you find the right agent to sell or buy your home.  And if you are in the greater Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park Area you can witness their service first hand.  Just head on over to www.LindaCraft.com

What does it take to build resiliency?  Let's be honest, we all get knocked down, but there are some of us who stay down, and then there are others who seem to get back up.  That's resiliency.  What is the difference?  Can you develop resiliency?  The truth is resiliency is like developing your muscles.  It cannot be taught, it must be experienced.  But when it comes to resiliency there is a key and that is you mindsets.  When it comes to getting back up again regardless of your circumstances, your mindset needs to right in four areas.  On this episode of A New Direction, Coach Jay talks about resiliency and the mindsets that either will keep you from being more resilient or the mindsets that will help you get back and be more successful.

Coach Jay's latest book is entitled "Lessons from the Farm: Essential Rules for Success".  Before you judge the book by it's cover (and title) the book takes a funny and practical look at 25 simple lessons that coach Jay learned while being a farmhand in Nebraska and applies those principle sot life and business.  What is more, these lessons can be adopted by everyone regardless if you worked on a farm or not.  Lessons from the Farm is really Lesson for anyone that is looking achieve greater success in their life or business.  You can get your copy on Amazon and bookstores everywhere.

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EPIC Physical Therapy is the physical therapists I go to whether it was post surgery, nagging injury, or I just cannot perform at the athletic level I want to.  They have the bleeding edge equipment and the certified staff to customize a treatment program specifically for you, your needs and wants, that helps you reach goals you desire to attain.  When you are ready for EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results, you need to click on over to EPIC Physical Therapy…www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors for 35 years their clients and friends have said when it comes to real estate and going the extra mile and providing a world class experience, they are have “legendary customer service”.  Locally owned, and independent of the national brands, they have literally helped people all over the world by finding the best real estate professional in your area.  So before you sell or buy your home, start with the “legends” at Linda Craft Team, Realtors…you can learn more by going to www.LindaCraft.com

There are different perspectives on what "work" is and what it "should" be. Some people will say that you "go to work, you don't go to fun", but that simply is not true any more. Today we all go to work trying to be in an environment where we can use our talents, gifts, abillties and knowledge, have a sense of fulfillment, and at the same time be able to adequately provide for our family and ourselves.

However, as we all know we get that career job, and it doesn't turn out the way we had hoped. In fact, it seems as if our work is taking more work than it is worth. What is more, all those promises that you were told, like how you were going to move up quickly in the company have been all but dashed because you were passed up...again...for someone else.

This breeds discouragement and dissilusionment when it comes to work. Well in this episode of A New Direction Career Coach Extraordinaire, Terry Boyle McDougall helps you understand that if you are going to play in the game of work, part of the problem is you are playing by the wrong rules. As Terry says, "it's like your work is play by the rule of  Monopoly, but you are playing by the rules are Twister". From her best selling book "Winning the Game of Work". This episode is going to be an eye opener for both the employee and employer.

 

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Linda Craft Team, Realtors, For more than 37 years they have helped thousands of people make a life tranistion in pursuit of their dream of home ownership.  Let's be honest every home you ever have lived him, has a memory and those memories are shared with life transition.  Talk to the life transition experts...talk to the professionals at Linda Craft Team, Realtors. –www.LindaCraft.com

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There are many books that will talk about how to increase revenue. But few focus on small to medium size service -based businesses. Even fewer can gaurantee it and use math to prove it? Well on this episode of A New Direction Michael Buzinski founder and CEO of BuzzBizz Media joins us to fulfill his promise that if you follow "The Rule of 26" and achieve its 3 objectives, you will double your website revenue. Let me ask you this if you could watch or listen to a show that could help you double your revenue from your website, and it was free...would you do it?

Michael Buziniski, or "Buzz" as he is often called book, "The Rule of 26: For Service Based Businesses: 3 Steps to Doubling Your Website Revenue" is a no nonsense, no fluff book that will help every small to medium size business website double it's revenue.  So you are asking, what is "The Rule of 26"?  Well simply put it starts with knowing three Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Unique Visitors, Conversion Rate and Average Revenue Per Client (ARPC).  Where does 26 come in...really simple if you increase each of those areas by 26% you will double your website revenue.  Don't think it applyes to you?  Think again, your website is the one employee that works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, takes no holidays and requires no insurance...it should be at the top of your investment list.

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EPIC Physical Therapy is where I go when I am injured, or just want to feel better for my aches and pains.  But you know who else uses EPIC pt?  Professional Athletes and Athletes of all ages.  They have the cutting edge equipment combined with the superior knowledge to customize a treatment program for you!  When you are ready for EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, and EPIC Results head on over to EPIC Physical Therapy – www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft & Team, Realtors, for 35 years Linda has been building relationships with people one person at a time.  And today she and her team are still building real lasting relationships with her clients.  They fully understand that the power of the home you own is the memories you make in your home.  While you may forget the details of the construction of the home, you will never forget all the significant events that made an impact on your life.  It is that dedication to relationships with her clients that continue to keep her at the top of the real estate charts, why her clients refer her and her team, and why they say LCT has “Legendary Customer Service”.  Why not check out the Legends of relationship….go to www.LindaCraft.com

Today was "Ask Coach Jay Day".  Complete transparency we had a glitch with the original guest and rather than do nothing we decided to have a show where people could write in their questions live.  So on this episode of A New Direction...we truly took A New Direction.  The show started with talking about how to find your natural God given gifts and how that can lead to a purpose.  Then our first question came from a viewer and listener who wanted to know how you get out of a rut in your life.  The final question we answered was from a viewer and a listener who wanted to know how do you fight for your dreams when you have health issues.  And the end of it all we learn three things we are always in control of...our attitude, our effort, and our perseveverance.  Let us know if you like ths show and if you would like to hear more "Ask Coach Jay" shows in the future.

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EPIC Physical Therapy.  Whether you are injured from work, play, or you simply want to feel better about yourself and get better freedom of movement.  EPIC physical therapy has the latest state of the art technology and equipment, coupled with a certified staff to help you achieve your physical goals and get you back to where you want to be and give you a direction where you should be going.  When you really want EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results look no further than the people I use and trust EPIC Physical Therapy.  www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft & Team, Realtors no matter where you live in the world, Linda Craft and her team can help you find the best professional in your area to help you sell or buy your next home.  While most real estate professionals belong to a nationally affiliated company where they are obligated to use the people in their company’s network.  Linda Craft and her team are privately owned and operated.  That means they can find the absolute best professional from ANY company to ensure you get the best service. Located in the Raleigh Research Triangle Park of North Carolina…they are indeed legendary when it comes to service.  Learn more  by going to Linda Craft & Team, Realtors  www.LindaCraft.com

Also you can purchase a copy of my latest book:  Lessons from the Farm: Essential Rules for Success.  It is a number of short lessons that anyone can learn if you want to change your life and become more successful in it.  Get your copy today!

 

Jay Izso is not a licensed therapist he is a coach to people all across the U.S.  his views and advice are strictly his own.  If you feel you need more help, please contact a licensed professional.

Why can't we all just get along? As the generations work in the same space, the differences seem to be magnified. The lines have been drawn. Everything seems to be black and white with no gray area. If you are a "baby boomer" chances are you find the millennials and Gen Z generations frustrating, perhaps seeing them as entitled, lazy, or arrogant. If you are Gen X like me, it's all about independence, we find the "baby boomers" closed minded and controlling. If you are a milennial you want to collaborate and not be left out, you want balance, and find meaning and purpose. If you are a Gen Z when it comes to work you want to know, "What's in it for me". Let's open our minds for a minute. The fact is we were all raised in different era's. The way we were raised was completely different from each other. Each generation speaks a different language. There are technological differences, the speed of information differences, and more...the truth is no generation is right...we are just different, and that's where we need to start. On this episode of A New Direction we have with us generational expert Chris De Santis talking about his amazing and insightful book: "Why I Find Your Irritating: Navigating Generational Friction at Work".

Chris De Santis book "Why I Find You Irritating: Navigating Generational Friction at Work" is an eye opening and revealing look at how the different generations came to be, and how they view working in today's workforce.  The book examines how we have come to have the biased views we have of each generation and the Chris gives us ways to help combat those biases and treat each generation as they were meant to be treated by giving us some skill training in both our behavior and mindset when it comes to the different generations.  The book is a must read for every CEO, Owner, Founder, Entrepreneur, Manager, and employee.  You will come to understand when it comes to generations.  "Why I Find You So Irritating".

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EPIC Physical Therapy, I use them whether it be for an injury, post surgery, every day aches and pains, and when I want to get a little more out of my body for athletics.  They are the top choice for professional athletes as well as non-athletes.  Do yourself and your recovery a favor when you are ready for EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, and EPIC results check out EPIC Physical Therapy www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft and Team, Realtors, for 35 years the choice of thousands when it comes to real estate.  And regardless of where you live you can meet with them virtually.  They have been on the cutting edge of technology helping people around the world finding the very best professionals to help sell or buy a new home.  They clients call their customer service “legendary”.  Find out why by going to www.LindaCraft.com

Are you as successful as you want to be in your life? How about your business? How about your career? Research has demonstrated that how you think determines the level of success regardless of how you define it, that you can achieve. Researcher and Best Selling Author Dr. Ryan Gottfredson joins us again on this episode of A New Direction to dig deeper into the four mindets that can create success or can kill it.  The sad truth is that most of us are in complete denial about our mindsets, believing we are better than we truly are... Dr. Gottfredson sheds light on four mindsets from his book "Success Mindsets". Think of them on a continuum.

The four mindsets are:

Growth or Fixed Mindsets

Open or Closed Mindsets

Promotion or Prevention Mindsets

Outward or Inward Mindsets

Ryan Gottfredson's book, Success Mindsets: Your Keys to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leadership is an absolute deep dive into our mindsets and how they affect our life, our work, our behavior, and our success.  As we take a deeper dive into the book we must come to realize that our own upbringing has influenced much of our mindsets, and that they are most often not serving us well, not to mention they do not serve others at all.  Success Mindsets is a perfect book for you, your team, and your clients.  If you would like to take the Success Mindsets Assessment go to:  www.ryangottfredson.com/successmindsets

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EPIC Physical Therapy from every day aches and pains, to injuries to keeping elite athletes at the top of their game, EPIC pt has the cutting edge equipment and the certified staff to create an individualized treatment program specifically for you.  They are my physical therapists and I think they should be yours too.  So if you want EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, and EPIC Results.  Start by contacting the great people at EPIC Physical Therapy….www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft & Team, Realtors for 35 years they have been known for having “Legendary Customer Service”.  Unaffiliated and independently owned and operated they can recommend the best real estate professional to help you sell your home or buy your next home anywhere in the world.  That is because they are not attached to a company they are attached to what is in your best interest.  So before you buy or sell start with the “Legends” at Linda Craft & Team.  Just click on over to www.LindaCraft.com

So often we wonder why we do not get the results we are looking for. We will typically blame a person or group of people for our failures and mistakes. If you are leading a team you will frequently be tempted to follow the addage of "fire fast and hire slow". But are these really problems that are beyond your control or problems that you could control if your mindset was different? The problem is we get into denial believe that we have the right mindsets. If I were to ask you right now do you have a "closed" or "open" mindset you would undoubtedly say "open". Yet your behavior says, "closed", your team may even say "closed". That's because we don't know our mindsets well and what it would take to truly change them. Fortunately, on this episode of A New Direction Best Selling Author Dr. Ryan Gottfredson walks us through the four mindsets and how by changing them we can become more successful in every area of our life.

Ryan Gottfredson's book: Success Mindsets:  Your Keys to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work & Leadership is one of the most eye opening, life changing books I have ever read.  If you take this book seriously it will change you, your work, the way you lead, and ultimately the way you live your life.  In Success Mindsets Ryan Gottfredson focuses on four primary mindsets.  "Growth vs Fixed Mindsets", "Open vs. Closed Mindsets", "Promotion vs. Prevention Mindsets", and "Outward vs. Inward Mindsets".  As he takes you on a deeper dive of each one, there will undoubtably come a point where you see yourself along the contiuum of each.  In fact, if you would like to evaluate yourself in each of these mindsets.  Ryan Gottfredson will let you take his assessment for free by clicking on ryangottfredson.com/successmindsets  Truly a life changing book!

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EPIC Physical Therapy the facility with the most cutting edge equipment and the certified staff to help you recover from an injury or surgery, work with professional and amateur athletes, or just those of us who want to move and feel better.  When you want EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results then start with EPIC Physical Therapy by going to www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors when you are looking to sell your home or buy a new home start with what their clients refer to as “the legends of customer service”.  Whether you are in the Greater Raleigh Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina or any where in the world they can help you with your home dreams.  Contact our friends Linda Craft Team at www.LindaCraft.com

Did you know that according to Gallup only 36% of employees are actually engaged in their work? That means basically 2 out 3 employees just do a job without having a purpose. We currently live in an era of "Quiet Quitting"...just doing enough to not get fired. Why? Becaue they cannot find a purpose in their work.  What does that mean to you and your business? What lack of employee engagement and purpose means is less productivity, lower morale, fewer innovative ideas, and ultimately less profit. So what can you do increase employee engagement? Help them find their purpose.  How? There is an answer. And on this episode of A New Direction best selling author Steve Curtin ( "Delight Your Customers") raises your employee engagement by aligning their work purpose with your company values and with some one-on-one converstations known as the "The Revelation Conversation"

Steve Curtin author of the best selling book "Delight Your Customers" has a brand new eye opening book for every business entitled, "The Revelation Conversation: Inspire Greater Employee Engagement by Connecting to Purpose".  What makes this book such a game changer is that finally help the employee connect to a "work purpose".  Why does their work matter?  How does their work truly make an impact?  What brings meaning to their work?  Just think about it if your employees knew the answers to those questions what would you see happen in your business...one thing is for sure...you wouldn't worry about "quiet quitting", and you find yourself in the most profitable position you have ever been in.

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Linda Craft & Team, Realtors for 35 years their customers call their customer service “legendary”, but Linda and her team built their business on building relationships and understanding your home is full of memories that are important to you!  That makes it important to her and her team. Check out www.LindaCraft.com and Check out their Facebook Page