Lauren’s Blog

The word “rich” is a button pusher for me. How do you know when you are “rich”? How much wealth is required to assign yourself that title? I have observed many people with obscene wealth (by anyone’s standards) who are still obsessed with obtaining more. I have...

The Colonel always reminded me, “Significance isn’t about you, kid. Focus on how your achievements will help others, and then you’ll begin to be significant.” https://vimeo.com/758831448 I’ve spent twenty years in direct sales (at one level or another, either as a...

How are you creating community on your team? Are you even thinking about it? One of the base needs of human nature is the need to be included. We want to be encouraged and valued by a greater whole. We were created to be in community. We are stronger in community....

The Colonel said, “Your value doesn’t have to be earned or bought, kiddo. Your value is inherent because you exist. It just IS.” https://vimeo.com/753144944 In the 21st century, many people base their value upon their net worth or the title they hold. As leaders,...

Are you too focused on success? The greatest challenge The Colonel issued to his daughters was to choose significance over mere success. He said, “Anyone can be successful, kiddo… Making a lot of money, that’s easy. Choose to be significant.”...

The Colonel said, “Blowing out someone else’s candle won’t make yours shine any brighter, kiddo.” https://vimeo.com/743204254 Leaders regularly lift others up, not put others down. We have all met people who put others down to make themselves look or feel bigger...

Dad said, “You’ve got to be an optimist. When your team can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, you have to be able to show it to them and convince them it’s not a train.” https://vimeo.com/743187405 Optimism is not a squishy, overly idealist characteristic....

When I was a sales director with Mary Kay Cosmetics, I heard a joke that went something like, “There goes my team. I must follow them, for I am their leader!” While that may cause a chuckle, I wonder how many leaders feel that way because they have stopped...