I recently watched a movie with my children, Facing The Giants (2006). The move is about a head football couch who finds himself and his purpose, after he begins to question what it is he is doing. In the process of finding himself he motives the team to win the state championship by giving 100%. The…
Category: Leadership
Matt Tolman’s thoughts on leadership and what it takes to be leader in the work place, home and community.
Is it worth the energy?
Have you ever found yourself in a conversation or discuss that you look back on now and ask, why did I waste my time and energy? That happened to me a couple of weeks back on Facebook with 10 or so people in a group. Some people in the group I knew and some of…
Staying Positive In A Negative World Is Your Choice.
Staying positive in a negative world is probable one of the hardest things we have to do if we are going to lead in the different roles we play as fathers, business leaders and community leaders. We all know people in these different roles who seem to stay positive no matter what life is throwing…
Discrimination It’s Against The Law, so don’t ask me to do it.
Have you seen the logo below? If so, you may or may not know what it means? It’s the Federal Fair Housing Logo and what does it meaning to you when working with a professional real estate agent when buying or selling a home? As a real estate agent it is against the law for…
The Boy Scout Motto Is, Be Prepared. Are you?
On a recent trip, some of the boys in my scout troop learned what it means to be prepared when we unexpectedly had to hike four miles to a natural spring we thought we could drive to. The experience some of the boys had I believe can teach us all a couple of things about…
Moments of Doubt, What Do You Do?
Everybody has a time or two in their lives when they question what it is they are doing or if they are going in the right direction. Usually those times come in a moment of difficulty, when it seems like everything they’re doing is falling down around them; I know it did for me. It’s…