Leadership – Sharalyn Payne

You Choose the Title:

On October 10, 2016
By Sharalyn Payne
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Check out the conversation between an employee and the manager. The employee had just told the manager that there were two unexpected deaths within the past week and the manager showed no empathy, but proceeded to inform the employee that…

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Five Simple Steps to Overcome Negative Thinking

On October 3, 2016
By Sharalyn Payne
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What you feed, you produce. It takes just as much energy to focus on the negative as it does to focus on the positive. So, why not envision yourself achieving the goal instead of failing or missing the mark? For…

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Are You Allowing a Setback to Deter You From Achieving Your Goals?

On August 29, 2016
By Sharalyn Payne
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OK, so no one in their right mind would slash three tires because one tire has a flat. So, why would you allow one setback to deter you from accomplishing your goal? What if the setback was designed to determine…

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Do You Have Dreams or Do You Have Goals and Do You Know the Difference?

On August 22, 2016
By Sharalyn Payne
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Many of us inaccurately label our dreams as goals instead of calling the dream what it really is, which is a dream or a wish if we are not working on making it a reality. Let me be clear. There…

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Action Always Beats Intention

On July 19, 2016
By Sharalyn Payne
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Stop right now and ask yourself what goal do you need to stop intending to do and start doing? Action always beats intention. Why is the word “intend” normally followed by an excuse or a reason as some people like…

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Dream Killer

On April 12, 2016
By Sharalyn Payne
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Dream Killers come in all shapes, sizes, and forms. They are everywhere. Dream Killers may very well want the best for you. It just may be they have never ventured into unchartered territory, so they can only tell you what…

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This Way Is Up

On April 5, 2016
By Sharalyn Payne
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Your thoughts and the way you see yourself can either take you or they can take you down. If that’s the case, then let’s go up! So often, I have found that if I believe a certain way about a…

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Does Your Image Match Where You Are Going?

On March 28, 2016
By Sharalyn Payne
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Last year, I took on a new group of clients. I flew to meet them for an offsite Face-to-Face strategy session, which took place over the course of four days. I was the only African American and there were only…

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Strategies for Launching Out Into the Deep

On March 22, 2016
By Sharalyn Payne
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Launching out into the deep can be daunting. It requires you to live a little on the edge and for most of us – that is not the place we want to be. Many of us want more, but we…