Brian Klemmer Archives

Leaders are driven by being of service to people. Why should you make more money? Because you can be a bigger blessing to more people. Leaders are driven by being of service to people. Without money you can offer your compassion and encouragement, but with money you can do more–so much more. You can make a difference. Do you know the story of the good Samaritan in the Bible? Regardless of your religious persuasion, it's a great story I recommend you read (Luke 10:30-36). Most

Leaders systematically give what they want to receive. Imagine you are lying in a sleeping bag inside a log cabin with the snow coming down outside. As you first open your eyes, all that's sticking out of your sleeping bag is your eyes and nose because it is SO cold. You realize the reason it's so cold is that there is no fire in the wood stove. In fact, you become aware there's no wood inside the cabin! You have A PROBLEM. Now, you try and get very creative and you tell the

Leaders welcome resistance Nothing great becomes great without overcoming great resistance. Christianity did not become great during the time of Christ. It became great when the Christians had to overcome persecution and being eaten by the lions. The Jewish faith was the same. Any country is the same. Any organization is the same. So is a person. Overcoming resistance is how people and their organizations become what they need to become in order to be great. The only way you

Leaders are vigilant about not letting discouragement into people's lives There's an old story about the devil having a "Going Out of Business" sale. Now, I think you'll agree that's a pretty amazing prospect. He had this huge room filled with everything he ever owned or used to do his work and the prices were displayed openly on every item. In the very center of the room was a small podium and the tiniest item in the room was there on top. The price on the tag was by far the

Leaders are bold enough to interfere in other people's lives Do you remember studying the physicist Sir Isaac Newton in school? His first Law of Motion stated, "An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an outside force." Objects (and you and I are "objects") tend to keep on doing what they're doing. In fact, it's the natural tendency of objects and people to resis

Leaders operate from being responsible, even when they don't feel like it and it doesn't seem true A construction worker went to work...

Leaders develop the vision of the organization, others, and themselves I had lunch one day with a woman named Ann Low. Her eight-year-old...

Leaders are more interested in developing the root structure than the immediate visible results There is a Chinese bamboo tree I have...

Leaders create needs vs. waiting to be imposed on by a need Plato's mentor was Socrates. Plato thought Socrates was the wisest person of...

Leaders change the situation instead of being changed by the situation What are you most like: a carrot, an egg, or coffee? A carrot...

In days of economic uncertainty, it's especially important to cultivate an attitude of abundance. How can we switch from a scarcity...

Recently I spoke with a woman who divided her time between writing, painting, picture framing, helping others, learning German, as well...

Do you struggle with holding others accountable? Sometimes I do. One time I was hired to speak at a meeting in Los Angeles, and the woman...