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The Silent Impact of Fear in Leadership
If you’ve been a leader—in any capacity—whether it’s in a business or sports setting, at home with children, or in your group of friends, you have probably encountered the ankle-biting doubt demon known as fear. Are you enough? Can you get the job done? Will you make...
The Gumption Trap
If you have ever started a project with full confidence and inspiration, only to be left empty of both within a short while, you have experienced what I call a “gumption trap”. These traps halt progress, seize forward momentum, plant seeds of doubt and destruction,...
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The Keys To Motivation: A Guide to Success
Motivation is a concept I’m pretty fond of. Actually, if you trace back...
The Comparison Trap: What It Is & How to Escape
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The 4 Types of Fear That Are Holding You Back
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Forged in Fire: How Adversity Can Help You Win
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Attack the Day Like a Real Leader
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6 Southern Expressions With Hidden Leadership Lessons
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ABOUT ME
“The scarcest resource in the world is not oil, it’s leadership.”
As Co-CEO of the largest independent financal services company in North America, John Addison’s skill as a leader was tested and honed daily. He retired in 2015 after taking the company and it’s people to massive heights. He’s just not done helping people get to the top. Today, he’s at the helm of Addison Leadership Group, INC working daily to mentor and educate new leaders.
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Big Business Lessons You Won’t Learn in a Classroom
You know, it would be a real shame if I’d come this far without picking up a few lessons along the way. Without the wisdom passed down from the incredible mentors I’ve had, I might not have made it here at all. I have been fortunate to learn from some of the best, and...
How Doubt is a Tool for Success
I doubt you’ll read these first few lines and think that doubt is anything good or useful. As a society, we have been taught that it’s not a positive thing. It has a negative connotation in just about every use of our language. From self-doubt to doubting others and...
How Time, Tenacity, and Effort Equal Progress
Time takes time. It’s one of those annoying truisms that leaves you saying, “Well, duh.” In this case, the first mention of “time” in the saying really means progress. So, we can translate that sentence to read, progress takes time…well, duh. I joke, of course, but...
A Conversation with Fear
Fear and I have been constant companions for quite some time. Initially, our relationship was far from friendly. He would show up unannounced, interrupt conversations, and offer unsolicited perspectives on my life. Just the other day, Fear made an unexpected visit in...