2019, Growth, Leadership, Personal Development, Self-Improvement

Leadership and You

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Hello everyone,

 Today, I want to talk about leadership and the importance of helping others.   Leaders are hard to find.   The great leaders exhibit charisma, vision, and character traits that attract people.  As leaders, one of our greatest gifts is our ability to build, empower, and coach the next generation of leaders.   When you think about the great leaders you admire, it is a good chance that part of your admiration was based on their ability to connect with others.  

Another noticeable characteristic of great leaders is their recognition on the importance of empowering others.  Empowering people is a key to changing their lives.   Therefore, I want you to think about the people closest to you, and ask yourself a few questions.   How have you impacted them this year?   What teachable moments have you provided?   What is the legacy you want to be remembered for?   How will you help them reach new heights?   How can you share information with them, and give them what they need?

Attached to this message, is a video I want you to watch,  which describes how leadership can create a lasting impression.   After you watch this video, determine what steps are necessary to impact your family, your organization, your team, and most importantly yourself.   We all have an opportunity to impact the world, therefore, determine what steps you will take and let’s create a winning team.     

Contact us to today, to learn about our upcoming 4-week leadership course which begins, January 7, 2019 entitled  “Maximizing Your Influence”.    It is time to create maximum impact.

Dr. Regina Banks-Hall.                                                                                                                        “Your success is my business.”

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2019, Growth, Leadership, Motivation, Self-Improvement, Uncategorized

Create Something You Love!!

Get Ready for 2019

Hello everyone,

Can you believe it, we are almost at the end of another year.  I took the time this weekend to identify all the goals I accomplished, and those still on my list.   I found that through faith and perseverance, along with my passion for speaking, coaching and teaching, I could not be stopped.   Today, if you are an experienced professional or new to the field, I want you to realize the impact of doing something you love.   I want to encourage you to fall in love with your dreams, hold fast to what you love and create something with meaning and purpose.  When you work a job you hate, your Sunday nights take on a whole new meaning, because you know what is coming in the morning.   However, when you are engaged in something you love, you find that when it is time for you to rest,  you are still energized and motivated.   

Make a promise to yourself, to follow your dreams

Therefore, as we head towards the end of this year, make a decision to start where you are with your dreams.   Sometimes we can  become attached to our comfort zone and that keeps us from moving forward.  Therefore, as a strategy, I want you to start where you are, and begin to identify the reasons why you should write your book, start a business or nonprofit, go back to school, start a ministry, learn a language or take piano lessons.    

When you identify the reasons why you should start where you are, you will see they outweigh the reasons for staying in your comfort zone.  Therefore, make a promise to yourself to identify something that you love and are passionate about, start where you are and step out of your comfort zone.  If you do, 2019 can be your breakout year of success and fulfillment. 

Dr. Regina Banks-Hall

    2018, Growth, Leadership, Motivation, New Year's Resolution, Personal Development, Uncategorized

    Live Life to the Fullest

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    Hello everyone,

    Can you believe it, we are quickly approaching the end of the year.   Today, I had time to think about my 2018 goals and determined, that I had a pretty good year.   I began to think about all the goals I accomplished, and the few goals that are still on my list.   I realized that one of my strategies was living life to the fullest.

    As I sit here thinking about what living life to the fullest truly means, I want to share my Version of this today.

    1. Do not allow others to control you.  It is important that you make the rules.
    2. Follow your own path.  Sometimes we allow other people’s opinions to derail our  progress.  We allow them to determine our steps.   When they determine your steps they control your destiny.
    3. Take chances on yourself.  One of my goals this year was to create an online course.  It required a lot of commitment but I finished, and now the course is available on Udemy.   Now I am working on my second course.   I took a chance on myself and it paid off.
    4. Identify something that scares you, and make a conscious effort to overcome it.   When you face that fear, you free yourself to move forward.   This may require a change in jobs, relationships or business opportunities.
    5. Let go of past hurts and mistakes, so you can grow.   At the beginning of the year, I put some experiences and some people behind me.   I knew that the only way for me to move forward with my business goals, was to let go of some pain and press toward my purpose.   It was the best decision I ever made.

    As we wrap up the year, think about some of the things that you can still do to move forward with your life.   Make an effort to accomplish one goal and use that achievement as a jump start to your successful 2019.

    Dr. Regina Banks-Hall

    2018, Growth, Leadership, Motivation, Personal Development, Self-Improvement, Uncategorized

    Look beyond the wall

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    In a few days I will celebrate another birthday and I have taken some time to reflect on all the goals I accomplished this year.   As I reviewed this current chapter in my life, I recognized the impact of faith and the ability to see beyond the wall.  I also determined that one of my keys for success was positive thinking.

    Let me share my version of a story I read, written by John Mason, a noted speaker and executive coach, with you.   A shoe manufacturer sends two salesmen to an Island to investigate and report back on market conditions.   The first salesman states, “no one here wears shoes, so there is no market potential, let’s look somewhere else.”    The second salesman calls back and says “there is massive potential here because no one here wears shoes; please send me some shoes right away.”   The story provides several examples.   The first example is one salesman lacked vision and could not see beyond what was in front of him.   The other salesman applied positive thinking, and looked beyond the current condition and saw opportunity.

    When we are open to possibilities, we can expect greater success.  When we limit ourselves, we limit possibilities.   Every year, we add a chapter to the book which defines our lives, and it is up to us to add purpose and significance to our story.

    When we operate from a point of limitations, we hinder our ability to achieve greatness.  As humans, we all may experience some setbacks, but it is how we respond to the setbacks that is extremely important.   As I evaluate my own chapter this year,  I had to look beyond the wall, and embrace possibilities.

    Attached to this post, is a link to a podcast I released recently on, “Writing your story”.  Today, I want you to apply faith and look beyond the wall. Why? Because that’s where all the possibilities live.

    https://anchor.fm/drreginabanks-hall/episodes/Its-Time-to-Write-Your-Story-e2fgl9/a-a61rtt

    Dr.  Regina Banks-Hall

    Growth, Leadership, Motivation, Personal Development, Self-Improvement

    How do you view success?

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    The word success often confuses people.   Some people view success by the car they drive, the house they live in, or the people that they know.  Others view success through the lens of their family, happiness, and purpose.  Success for individuals involves a daily unveiling of our lives, and must be defined by our own definitions.   When we define success by others, we allow them to dictate our success.  The key is determining what is important to you and charting a course to fulfill your vision and goals.

    For me, I believe that the true meaning of success is not attached to cars, or houses becuase they are things.   We can acquire them and also lose them.   Think about it, how many of us know people with enormous wealth, who are extremely unhappy.   They believe that they are hiding how they feel by using their wealth.  However,  the people around them often can see right through their mask.

    Many successful people focus on the impact provided to others, based on what they have created.   Some examples are non-profits, youth camps, education, support groups, job creation, training opportunities, and access to information that improves a person’s standard of living.    These endeavors are important, becuase the goal is to change the lives of others.    Therefore, think about your influence, how you communicate and connect with individuals.   Think about how you add value to yourself and others.    Think about how you want to be remembered.  When you become pleased with your answers, you are defining your level of success.   My closing thought is, that if we are able to live a happy life and make the world a better place, we have achieved success.

    If you are struggling today and would like to move forward in defining success by your own terms, please visit our website at http://www.rbankshall.com to learn about our coaching services.   We are ready to help, becuase “your success is our business.”

    Dr. Regina Banks-Hall

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    2018, Growth, Leadership, Motivation, Personal Development, Self-Improvement

    Fall Forward Your Purpose is Waiting for You.

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    Often people focus on past mistakes becuase they believe that the past controls the future.   They allow the memory of past failures to hinder their future.  However, mistakes and past experiences are often the best teachers.  Think about it, people who have never made a mistake in their life, may not have made anything else.   Think about some people you know that are picture perfect.  I have learned from my past failures, that it was important to pick myself up, learn from the experience and keep moving.   I was not failing, I was falling forward.

    Failure is a situation that can be corrected if the person who has failed is willing to push forward.  Thomas Edison who failed hundreds of times before he invented the light bulb stated, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”  Some of the worst phrases we can make are as follows:  I could, I should, and I would.   The reason for these sayings, connects back to a fear of failure.  Therefore, set a goal to uncover the valuable lessons learned from your failures, and try one more time.  Remember you are not failing, you are falling forward.

    If you would like to learn more about creating a coaching accountability partnership, please visit our website at http://www.rbankshall, and send an email to training@rbankshall.com

    Dr. Regina Banks-Hall

    Uncategorized

    Four Habits of Successful People

    The most successful people in the world did not arrive there by accident.  They rely on a belief system about who they are, and utilize a system that leads to success.   Listed below are four successful habits that I recommend you integrate into your life.

    1) Believe in Yourself.
    If you’re going to be successful in creating the life of your dreams, you have to believe that you are capable of success.   Without believing in you, it will be hard to motivate yourself to move forward.

    2)  Set Goals
    The brain is able to process goals, and when we place a goal in our subconscious mind, it will start the process towards achievement.  You will find yourself working towards your goal becuase you are thinking about it all the time.

    3)  Strive for Excellence
    Successful people know that if they want to excel in business, school, ministry, and life, they have to strive for excellence.  Striving for excellence requires that we go the extra mile, as it relates to our business, ministry, team, and family.   We recognize the importance of engaging in our profession with a spirt of excellence.

    4) Act
    Successful people create visions, set goals, affirm success, and believe in themselves.  They get up everyday and they set out with an attitude that they must make it happen.  They recognize that nothing will happen until they take action.

    As you think about success today, remember to believe in you, set goals, strive for excellence, and act.   However, if you need some assistance in this area, know that we are here to help.  Please take a look at the video and contact us today, to begin the conversation.

    Dr. Regina Banks-Hall

     

    Uncategorized

    What Is Leadership?

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    Today our conversation begins with a discussion on one of my favorite topics, leadership.   After earning a Doctorate degree in leadership, studying leadership theories, teaching courses, and writing about this topic,  I have found that one of the most interesting questions asked, is whether leaders are born or made.   What do you guys think?  Can a person be born with natural leadership skills?   Or through training and development, their leadership skills be developed?   Leadership is a process where an individual influences a group of people to achieve a common goal.   Through the leader’s style, the influence can be positive or negative.  Leaders are parents, teachers, professors, writers, pastors, radio show hosts, podcasters, coaches, etc.   As you can see the list is endless.   Therefore, I believe the following truly provides the best answer to this question.

    I believe that some people have a natural ability to lead.   They were leading from their childhood.  They start out on the leadership curve, and over time their skills improve and expand.  Second, I believe that others can be developed into leaders through effective coaching and training.  However, I believe that the missing key when looking at leadership requires the leader to define it for themselves.   They must know what leadership means to them.   They must understand their style of leadership and also recognize that leadership is a two-way relationship between the leader and the follower.

    Therefore ask yourself, am I transformational, autocratic, strategic, democratic, transactional,  servant, or a visionary style leader.  Finally, since I believe that leadership is a process, I believe that it opens the door for more leaders.  I believe the challenge for leaders and those who aspire to lead, is defining leadership for themselves and determining what type of leader they will be.

    Best wishes as you begin your leadership journey today.

    Dr.  Regina Banks-Hall

     

     

     

    Growth, Personal Development, Self-Improvement

    Daily Prompt: Noise

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    pexels-photo-210794.jpegNoise by definition is a loud unpleasant or distributive sound to our hearing. This loud distributive sound can be made by a person or thing. It is interesting to think about because, when I was a child, we learned how to sleep through noise. We acquired this skill because there were too many of us in the house, and quiet time just did not fit with our environment. Thus, we learned how to sleep through storms, babies crying, loud music, dishes rattling, etc.

    Now that I am grown, I’ve had to learn how to tune out noise, so that I can stay focused on my goals. My definition of noise today is people trying to hold you back from your dreams, fear of success, or doubt about your own skills. People ask a lot of questions about why you want to go back to college, start a business, take a self-improvement course, etc. We allow their comments and opinions to create fear and doubt within us, which hinders our success.

    We have learned to tolerate this noise, but now it is time to go on the offense and counter it. In order to counter this noise, we have to find positive words to motivate ourselves daily. Read books that uplift and inspire us. And above all, find good mentors who will encourage us and motivate us to stick to our plans. When we can learn how to counter an unpleasant sound with something positive, we begin to take control of the issue. In the end, we acquire a positive skill, that allows us to manage our situation and stay on track toward success. Today, evaluate the noise in your life and determine what needs to change.

    Dr. Regina Banks-Hall

    2018, Growth, Motivation, Self-Improvement

    Branching out into a new direction.

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    cherry-tree-fruit-nature-63312.jpegWe are in the third month of the year, and it is time to review your 2018 success plan.   I have found through one-on-one coaching sessions this year, that fear keeps us from moving forward.  Today, I want everyone to know that fear is an opportunity to create success.

    In order to achieve our dreams, we have to consider ourselves a tree that is rooted in principle, purpose, and passion.   We have many branches on the tree, that allows room for growth.   Therefore, utilize the branches available on your tree, and expand your interests and activities into a new direction.  When we take a new direction, we begin to embrace, expand, and cultivate the gifts we have.   Branch out today in a new direction and watch yourself soar.   What new direction will you take today?

    Dr. Regina Banks-Hall