Posts from ‘June, 2010’

Having a positive attitude is Necessary for Leadership.  John Maxwell devoted a chapter to Positive Attitude in his book The 21 Indispensable Qualities  of a Leader ( Becoming the Person others will want to Follow). He describes four attributes that contribute to having a  positive attitude. According the elements of Leadership being conscientiousness is one. [...]

This month in Professional Women’s group we focused on  the 7 Steps for Living Your Best Life Right Now.  Seven is the number of completion. As I reflected on these steps, I realized all seven steps deal with vision. The first step is to enlarge your vision. I thought this fits nicely with what I [...]

Reprinted from Central Baptist Church Leadership  News About Youth I wrote this when I was going through an emotional time after my first sexual experience.( Annie is a fictitious name) I felt guilty when it happen. I didn’t want to remember  GOD was watching me. I wanted to ask Him to forgive me and to [...]

Reprinted from June Leadership Originally dedicated to the class of 1989 By now you have taken that last look at your High School yearbook. Now, that you have achieved your first major goal, what’s next? College or Career? I know you are tired of hearing all the graduation remarks but just one more… ” You [...]

Yesterday my youngest daughter wanted to learn to swim. Her desire was great but not enough to overcome her fear of  drowning. She tried to  believe that she could be  in the water and not be afraid. Today as I thought about my struggle with cleaning up it reminded me of my daughter and the [...]

I have been reading John C Maxwell the 17 Essential Qualities of a Team player ( Becoming  the kind of Person Every Team Wants. As I was reading the  Chapter about enlarging, I thought this is  a quality women seem to naturally possess. I have been focused on leadership and women lately as I prepare [...]

Being ready is an essential for an effective leader. Intelligent, consciousness and general self efficacy leader spend time preparing.  According Wikipedia Leadership is described as ,”the process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task.”  This type of  leadership can be [...]

Reprinted from ” The Leadership” September 1989 volume 2 /number 7 (Profile of a Central Member) Why am I sharing this here?  Ms. Anderson was an example of  a strong African American women whose faith helped her overcome obstacles. Through this interview you see glimpse of her testimony. If she could over come with God’s [...]

Reprinted from September 1989  “The Leadership” volume 2/no.7 This was written before I knew that journalist should not use hear say in stories. At the time I considered the story to be basis on a real life events, now I would save it’s semi-biographical piece with dramatic license. The intend of the story then and [...]

Reprinted from Central Baptist Church Newsletter September 1989 Volume 2 number 7″ The Leadership” Earlier this year during the annual Youth day weekend I attended my first Friday evening prayer meeting. I did not want to go even thought I did not have anything planned. I did stand up and share my personal feelings with [...]