Lead as if someone were following you.

My youngest son and I learned a very valuable lesson today when we were following someone in the car today. The person that I was following was driving with no regard for the person in the car behind them; me! They made all of the classic 'I have absolutely no regard for the person following me' mistakes. They were weaving in and out of traffic. They would leave us at intersections when I caught a yellow or red light behind them and oh...they didn't give me the address of where we were going! Fortunately our destination was a popular landmark so I got there in spite of having a questionable guide. What lesson was reinforced? Never follow someone. Blaze your own trail!

It's your story. Live like you own it!

A new chapter in your story. I realized that our story is authored by our actions. Every page and every chapter is written by us. You may have help with certain chapters and you may have people who play an important role in your story, but it's your story. It can be an action story or a romance but it cannot be written by anyone else. Own it!