by Joanne | Mar 23, 2018 | Book Reviews
Everyone wants to learn how to bring out the best in others. Whether we are a boss, a teacher, a coach, a parent, or a friend, we desire to impact and influence others to reach their full potential. In his newest book, “Extraordinary Influence: How Great Leaders...
by Joanne | Mar 15, 2018 | Encouragement, Prayer
I have been a Mimi now for ten years. Not sure how the years managed to creep up and get away from me, but they did. I went from Mom to Mimi faster than one could believe. In a flash, right before my eyes and I didn’t see it coming. Now I have found myself in...
by Joanne | Jan 25, 2018 | Devoted Living, Prayer
Our lives influence others. Influence is “the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others” (from dictionary.com). As parents we have hopes of impacting our...
by Joanne | Sep 12, 2017 | Devoted Living
This school year brought a major change at our house – it is the first time in ten years there will be no little ones at my house each day. Jocelyn, now five years old, started kindergarten full time, all day, five days a week. The house is quieter, much quieter...
by Joanne | Aug 16, 2017 | Devoted Living
Today I am pulling out a post I wrote several years ago … So much talk about leadership these days. There are more books, more articles, more blogs and more tweets on the subject than ever before. Yet I wonder if for all that, are we really becoming any better...