Author Chris Brady's Blog

Take 100% Responsibility

Until you take full responsibility for where you are in life at this moment, you can't take ownership of creating the future of your dreams. Without admitting that you are in life exactly where you have put yourself, you will never be able to believe you can place yourself in a better situation.  In other words, if you allow "situations" and "circumstances" to get the blame for your lack of results, you will never believe in your ability to overcome them in the future.  

You can't have it both ways.

Toughen up mentally. Admit your failures and mistakes. Then do something about them. Lesser people have accomplished more simply because they had the audacity to believe in the possibility of their dreams coming true. Do likewise, my friends, because audacity should not be reserved solely for scoundrels.

Dare to Believe it for Yourself

You can succeed.  You have the right stuff.  The seeds of greatness reside deep inside you; all that's required is for you to water them with dreams and effort.  

Why is it so difficult for people to believe great things for themselves? Do they really think other people (the ones succeeding in life and living their dreams) are really that much better? Do they believe in luck or chance?

The successful simply had the audacity to mount a pursuit of their dreams. They had the guts to try, the tenacity to stick with it, and the stubbornness not to quit.

Perhaps you need to consider the fear of regret that will result if you don't make the attempt.  Maybe you will find that fear to be stronger than the one holding you back. Your dream life is available for the taking. What are you waiting for?

Health Care Explanation Gets Rave Reviews

Flow Chart of Proposed National Health Care

Click on this photo to alleviate all your fears about the proposed National Health Care Plan being rammed through Congress. One glance and you will see that brilliant minds have been at work on this to produce for us the most simple, obvious, and soon-to-be most well-run government program in the history of bureaucracy.  I feel safer already.  

Leadership and Liberty

Orrin Woodward and I have been pleasantly surprised at the overwhelming response to the release of our latest book, Leadership and Liberty: Pieces of the Puzzle. It seems people are ready for a message like the one brought forward in the book.

I would like to hear from you three readers (of this blog) about the book. What passages spoke to you the most? What did you learn? What do you disagree with? How many of the books in the suggested reading list have you read? Have you shared the book with anyone yet? What was their response? 

These questions are important to us because we are doing all we can to fight for liberty, freedom, and justice for all.  Your feedback will help us get better at delivering the message. Thanks for joining the conversation!

Life is Deceptively Easy to Squander

Don't forget to actually live while you're alive. Life is deceptively easy to squander, first minute by minute, then day by day, unto years. Take the time to reflect on your true priorities. Then live them. If you do, you will be among the rarest breeds on earth; that marvelous species that lives on purpose.

Caption Contest 2009.12

It's finally time for another caption contest.  Do your worst!

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Americans Will Always Fight for Liberty

Leadership Nuggets

The uniform of leadership is thick skin.

Winners play hurt.

The battle in the trenches of habit is where success is won or lost.

Leaders are dealers in perspective. In a crisis, leaders keep their heads because they keep their perspective.

The pursuit of service and significance is the surest route to happiness.

Everyone will be called upon for leadership at some point in his or her life. Not everyone will be ready.

Not all of us die in the end. Some do in the middle.

Most people have a point at which their pragmatism overcomes their principles.

These are some of my recent Tweets on Twitter. If you would be interested in following for more, see me at www.twitter.com/rascaltweets

Lead on, the leadership revolution needs you!