Ambition Archives - Motivationeer

24 Aug

ZOOM S2 Session 21 – Are We Chasing the Wind?

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In Ambition, Career Growth, Earning Potential, Motivation, NEW, Performance Management, Personal Growth, Premium Content, Servant Leadership, Video, ZOOM Sessions

As I have always maintained, ambition is truly a virtue. We did a Saturday ZOOM session, back in early June, to explore the difference between building a successful Christian career foundation or just chasing fantasies. What we didn't cover, however, was knowing how to prevent becoming a wind-chaser. What steps...

20 Jun

ZOOM S2 Session 08 – Chasing Fantasies vs Building a Future

By Motivationeer
In Ambition, NEW, Premium Content, Success, Video, ZOOM Sessions

There's never been more get-rich-quick scams. Just watch a few videos on YouTube and you will be interrupted by advertisements to "follow-this-new-process" or "just-do-things-this-way...to gain massive financial returns in a short period of time." They are very convincing and certainly tempting as they keep getting more and...

28 May

ZOOM S2 Session 09 – Righteous Ambition or Selfish Ego?

By Motivationeer
In Ambition, Christian Career Growth, Personal Growth, Premium Content, Video, ZOOM Sessions

As we pursue career excellence, Christians often arrive at an important question: Is my ambition righteous or egocentric? Some career roles seem to play into our ego. Some Christians, out of fear of this happening, ignore their talents and take lesser roles within their company. So, wow can...

04 May

ZOOM S2 Session 01 – How to Know If You Are a Rich Fool

By Motivationeer
In Ambition, Premium Content, Video, ZOOM Sessions

No one wants to be foolish…even less so a fool. How can we, as devoted followers of Christ, know if we are being a rich fool in our professional aspirations? The answer is found in God word, in general, and some really unexpected places, specifically. I'll give...

04 May

ZOOM S2 Session 06 – Is Work-Life Balance a Myth?

By Motivationeer
In Ambition, Premium Content, Success, Video, ZOOM Sessions

If you listen to many of the modern sociologists, you'll hear them say work-life balance is a thing of the past. Well, in this Christian professionals group coaching session we will explore whether or not this is true or a myth. You will surely be surprised at what we...

16 Aug

ZOOM Session 017 – Your Next Move…Make It Strategic

By Motivationeer
In Agreeableness, Ambition, Career Growth, Organization, Performance Management, Personal Growth, Premium Content, Strategy, Video, ZOOM Sessions

Few professionals, let alone Christian professionals, take the time to plan out a career path. It takes strategic thinking, like you might find in a chess match. In this video I take examples from three chess grand-masters to parallel with career aspirations. As it says in Proverbs 21:5, the...

24 Apr

ZOOM Session 004 – How to Overcome Politics in Any Organization

The next installment in my series of FREE Saturday morning Group Coaching sessions. One of the key contributors that keep Christian professionals from pursuing mid and high-level corporate leadership roles is the fear of having to play politics. Truth is, politics don't exist. The behavior we see in...

07 Jul

Tools – Leadership Wheel Worksheet

By Motivationeer
In Ambition, Executive Toolkit, Leadership, Personal Growth, Planning, Premium Content, Servant Leadership

The Leadership Wheel worksheet is a simple but effective self-assessment along the eight dimensions of effective leadership. Just as a wheel is smooth when balanced, this tool allows you to better understand where the bumps occur in your leadership role. It will highlight areas of development. These are the...

01 Jul

Expand My Land or Sell It?

By Motivationeer
In Ambition, Career Growth, Earning Potential, Premium Content

Is it unrighteous and displeasing to God when we are ambitious and professionally driven? An interesting new look at the prayer of Jabez and how it applies to our professional aspirations will shine more light. Jabez prayed to God asking Him to give him more land, to...

01 Jul

Is Prayer Enough

By Motivationeer
In Ambition, Career Growth, Motivation, Prayer

You are undoubtedly familiar with the Biblical phrase “Ask, seek and knock”. It’s part of a series of lessons Jesus taught his followers throughout Galilee. These three words are found together in only two of the four gospels, Mathew and Luke. And, like most Christians, you’ve...