Category Archives: Life Coaching: Be Your Own or Becoming

by Charles K. Barnard Are the stories you tell yourself literary fiction? Do these stories have artistic value even if they are fiction? Are you – your character, your personhood – the central focus of the story or is it about the events of your life? Are the stories you tell yourself mysteries? Are theseContinue reading “The Stories We Tell: Your Life as a Genre”

by Charles Barnard One summer day, a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to his heart’s content.An Ant passed by, bearing along a kernel of corn he was taking to his home. “Why not come and play with me, instead of working so hard?” asked the Grasshopper.  “I am helping to store up foodContinue reading “The Stories We Tell”

It seems that many of us cringe at any discussion associated with one three letter word. It is a word packed with emotion. It has deep implications when creating public policy and laws. It has deep ties to religious theology, particularly Christian. It has important implications in our mindset and in turn our health. TheContinue reading “Internal Conflicts and Your Mindset”

by Charles Barnard             When children are born, they are born with an innate curiosity. They desire to learn. Of course, initially that desire operates at the instinctual level. They are not consciously seeking knowledge. During these early imprint years, their environment is helping to establish the beliefs and values around learning that will guideContinue reading “Training Young Minds”

by Charles Barnard What imagery comes to mind when you think of someone who is meek? Meekness is often wrongly used synonymously with weakness, which is a misnomer.  Meekness or even gentleness misses the essences of the Greek word praus which is the word meek or gentle comes from in biblical translations. To understand whyContinue reading “Meekness is a Virtue”

by Charles Barnard “Officer Me’Atia Sanderson with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has been praised as a hero for risking her own life to save the infant… “Sanderson, who joined the force in March 2019, was the first officer to arrive at the scene [where a toddler was in a pond] on June 9, according toContinue reading “Where Does Courage Come From?”

by Charles Barnard Be humble. How do you see the word humble? Do see someone who is strong and self-assured or insecure and weak? Sadly, I agree with June Tangney, Professor of Psychology who acknowledged that the layman’s view of being humble often tends to be negative. People often use descriptors such as unimportant, lackingContinue reading “Humility is a Virtue”

by Charles Barnard In my Success Institute’s mindset of a champion arch, one of the two pillars holding up the arch is the pillar of faithfulness. It, like its foundation of love, has some important characteristics that should be trained. It bears repeating that training these character traits is a life-long process. One has neverContinue reading “Being a Leader and a Follower”

by Charles Barnard What does it mean to be a success? Success in life happens when you feel love and give love, have faith and are faithful, count your family and friend relationships as vital to your overall happiness, find joy in seeking knowledge, wisdom, and truth materially and spiritually, pursue physical, mental, emotional orContinue reading “8 Laws of Success”

by Charles Barnard             To positively influence mindsets, I was taught that research indicated people would perform best if they heard three positive comments for every negative. A 2013 study mentioned in the Harvard Business Review puts that number at six to one.[1] Regardless, the point is we need to counteract negativity, which cannot beContinue reading “Dwell on the positive”