I will be Guest Speaking to the Men’s Ministry of Powerbase Living. If you’re a guy, Join us if you’re in the South Lake area!
| Date: | September 13, 2014 |
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| Time: | 7:30am - 9:00am |
| Event: | Power Base Men's Ministry |
| Venue: |
South Lake City Hall (817) 748-8400 |
| Location: | 1400 Main Street Southlake, TX 76092 United States of America |
| Public: | Public |
Just when you thought getting through the adolescent and teenage years was difficult; welcome to the big leagues of parenthood. One of the last things you’ll want to do is lose your focus because of a few strikeouts.
Considering everyone’s journey to parenthood involved numerous mistakes, miscues, and errors; there is nothing quite as lethal as leading from behind.
Your greatest assets, being your children, have grown to be a liability over the years because your leadership is a reflection of your fear to guide, counsel, correct, and discipline them in the areas where you have personally made repeated mistakes, miscues, and errors.
Get over it. Get over yourself, and lead. Feeling good about making right decisions is not a prerequisite of Parenting or leading. It takes a village to raise a young man or woman of character and integrity.
Listen, train up a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. This doesn’t mean your child won’t make mistakes, but it does mean they will have a conviction of truth in them to return to the only place they know there is peace.
Until next time, Be encouraged.
I speak to hundreds of thousands of young adults, men, women, and couples annually on leadership, decision making, and relationships. Sometimes life has a way of being the antidote to life itself. If you’d like more information on this topic or how to bring me in as a speaker for your next event, please contact me.
In the meantime, I encourage you to subscribe to my Tribe/Newsletter on my homepage. Post your comment below, Share my blogs with your friends on social media, and visit my website often for daily inspiration.
Egypt McKee
Speaker | Author | TV Host | Life Coach
©2014 Copyright, Egypt McKee. All Rights Reserved.
Have you ever heard someone say, “Watch what you say?” It’s interesting how we use language to build up or tear down other people.
Back in the day, Momma used to say, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all.” If that were true today, the entire world would be silent.
Listen—judging by the regularly hear others saying & posting on social media; if you wouldn’t say it to the face of your Momma/Daddy’s, then don’t make a fool of yourself by saying it out loud.
Remember—the tongue of the wise enhances knowledge, but the mouth of a fool gushes with stupidity.
I speak to tens of thousands of young adults, teens, and parents on the influence of the tongue, and effective strategies to build healthy relationships in all areas of life. Invite me in as your next event Speaker and find out first hand what it means to listen up, speak up, and speak out as a matter of character and integrity. For more information, please contact me.
Be encouraged!
Egypt McKee
Speaker | Author | Life Coach | TV Host
One of the greatest frustrations that parents ask for my help is with how they should deal with their lying teen. I’m honored to facilitate Leadership & Parenting Workshops for Moms, Dads, Single Parents, and Guardians throughout the country on a regular basis.
Long before I recommend a specific strategy, I begin by asking them to describe their relationship with their teen son or daughter. More often than not, their perspective is ripe with animated testimonies of foul language, mistrust, poor decisions, and irresponsibility. Sound familiar?
No parent ever wants to hear that they are somehow partly responsible for their child’s dysfunctional behavior. It’s in these moments of truth where true leadership is brought to bear. Listen–what you value, you do. Lying, for a young person, is generally a means to an end. Once they study your behavior, and practice what they’ve learned, “Why should there be any cause for concern?”
How many times has your phone rang, and you’ve instructed your child to tell the caller you weren’t home or unavailable? How many times have you complained or gossiped about someone, and later told them everything was great? How many times have you lied about your age, and your child had a front row seat to witness the mastery of your conviction?
The sum total of what appears to be little “white lies” will grow up to become your greatest nightmare. I have never met a person who ever wanted to have their child grown up to be world famous for lying. Sadly, our culture is filled with varying levels of deceptions and lies. If you want your child to speak truth or display integrity, then you will be required to model character that’s taught, learned, and demonstrated in your teens life. Rules without relationships always lead to rebellion.
Until next time, Be encouraged.
I speak to hundreds of thousands of young adults, men, women, and couples annually on leadership, decision making, and relationships. Sometimes life has a way of being the antidote to life itself. If you’d like more information on this topic or how to bring me in as a speaker for your next event, please contact me.
In the meantime, I encourage you to subscribe to my Tribe/Newsletter on my homepage. Post your comment below, Share my blogs with your friends on social media, and visit my website often for daily inspiration.
Egypt McKee
Speaker | Author | TV Host | Life Coach
©2014 Copyright, Egypt McKee. All Rights Reserved.