By - Dr. Charlene Bolton

NL # 70 – Cultivating a Gratitude Mindset. Practice Gratitude Daily. How to Express Gratitude.

Thought #1 – Cultivating a Gratitude Mindset. Gratitude isn’t just for the good times. Cultivating a gratitude mindset means recognizing the value in every experience, good or bad. This mindset shifts your focus from what’s missing to what’s present, turning ordinary moments into blessings and challenges into opportunities. Start each day by listing three things

By - Dr. Charlene Bolton

NL # 49 – Innovation. Your Greatest Need. Live Your Best Life.

Thought #1 – Innovation. Innovation comes from a place of creativity, but it can also happen when you run out of options. Thought #2 – Your Greatest Need. When your greatest need is validation from others, shift your focus from off of yourself and focus on adding value to others. Thought #3 – Live Your Best

By - Dr. Charlene Bolton

NL # 48 – When In Doubt, Plan It Out. Resilience. What The World Owes You.

Thought #1 – When In Doubt, Plan It Out. If you find yourself, doubting your abilities to accomplish a task, push through the fear until it doesn’t speak as loudly in your ear. Put together an actionable plan, follow it, and the self-doubt that paralyzed you will disappear. Thought #2 – Resilience. Never give up! Keep

By - Dr. Charlene Bolton

NL # 47 – Show Up. Short-term Vision, Big Results. Distractions.

Thought #1 – Show Up. You will experience crises at some point in your personal or professional life. How you react during a crisis is a choice. You can choose to show up and lead, or you can choose to ignore what is happening around you. Yes, the choice is yours, but it is always

By - Dr. Charlene Bolton

NL # 44 – Perseverance. Handling Destructive Criticism. Peace.

Thought #1 – Perseverance. Keep moving no matter what obstacles you encounter. Walk around them, over them, behind them, through them and never let them stop you. This is what perseverance is all about. Thought #2 – Handling Destructive Criticism. Criticism that serves to harm, hurt, or ruin your reputation is destructive. This type of

By - Dr. Charlene Bolton

NL # 43 – Emotions. How To Show Up During a Crisis. Time To Reflect.

Thought #1 – Emotions. Don’t allow your emotions to dictate your attitude; emotions are fickle. They are here today and gone tomorrow. One minute you’re happy and at the drop of a hat you’re sad. One day you’re fearful, the next day you are filled with courage. When you allow your emotions to dictate your

By - Dr. Charlene Bolton

NL # 9 – Sacrifice. Consider your Success. Hopefulness.

Thought #1 – Sacrifice. According to John C. Maxwell in his book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You, “the heart of good leadership is sacrifice”. He gives a poignant example of the sacrifices Martin Luther King, Jr. made. King was stoned, stabbed, physically attacked, and his home was bombed.

By - Dr. Charlene Bolton

NL #4 – It Will Work Out. Don’t Give Up. Dream Big.

  Thought #1 – It Will Work Out Things will always work out. You’ll see. Thought #1–Don’t Give Up Giving up is the easy way out. And nothing worthwhile comes easy. Thought #1–Dream Big Do you wonder where you would be in life if you dreamed a little bigger? What would that look like? Would