How I Ended Up Here

Posted on 2022-12-05 by wil becker

While I have my own coaching business, I also have a partnership with two of INC Magazine top leaders, Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward. They have been business partners for about 30 years! Brady and Woodward started out in the network marketing industry with a well-known company. However, they landed in an ethical dilemma and felt it would be better to leave the company to do their own thing.

When word got out, 50,000 people left with them. The company decided to sue Brady and Woodward because when they left, one-third of the company’s income left with them. (Yes, their share of the profitability was creating about one-third of the income for that company.)

While this was heating up, Brady and Woodward had published a book titled, Launching a Leadership Revolution. This book shot up the New York Times Best Seller list and landed them in the world of international leadership. Their work has provided numerous speaking and teaching opportunities around the globe.

Kung Fu Panda And Leadership

Posted on 2022-04-262022-04-25 by wil becker

as Posted on Brainz Magazine

I was invited to speak at one of my son’s school for career day. I was surprised when my son asked me. He said, “Dad, maybe one of the kids or teachers will hear what you have to say, and they will want to do what you are doing. It has helped you and our family so much!”

I was humbled by his request and started thinking of how I can teach what I do to a classroom of 10-year-old kids. I had about one and a half months to think about it before I would be speaking. Little did I know that I would get the privilege of speaking before 8 classrooms for about 15 to 20 minutes each.

I decided to use a kid’s film that many of them had probably seen … Kung Fu Panda. I love these films and believe that they teach some important lessons about life.

First, who is Po’s dad? What does Po’s dad do?

He’s a goose and he owns a restaurant where he makes soup, dumplings, stinky tofu, and noodles.

What does Po dream about in the beginning of the movie?

Poe wakes up from his dream and he’s dreaming about one thing. He spends all day thinking about that one thing. That one thing is not cooking, but Kung Fu!! We learn that Po wants to be a Kung Fu Master one day! However, Po doesn’t believe that he can become a Kung Fu Master because he isn’t like the Furious Five.

As the movie unfolds, we learn that Master Oogway is going to pick the Dragon Warrior. This is a huge event that many in the valley have been anticipating. When Po learns of this, he encourages everyone to go to the Jade Palace (the center of town and where some learn Kung Fu).

Po then goes to the Jade Palace to see who is going to be the Dragon Warrior. As he attempts to see who it will be, he ends up lighting a chair packed with fireworks. It launches in the air and dissolves before landing Po in the middle of the courtyard of the palace.

He opens his eyes to Master Oogway pointing at him. He asks if he was pointing to Tigress and he said, “No, I am pointing to you”.

Kung Fu Panda and Leadership

Posted on 2022-03-232022-03-21 by wil becker

how Kung Fu Panda teaches leadership

reading changes your brain and challenges your presumptions, pick up a book and install new software!

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Book Review: LeaderShift

Posted on 2022-01-292022-01-28 by wil becker

by Orrin Woodward & Oliver DeMille

a book about building a leadership engine in America.

reading changes your brain and challenges your presumptions, pick up a book and install new software!

check out my recommended reading list at https://turningleafs.com/book-list/

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Books!

Posted on 2020-07-222020-07-22 by wil becker

We have added our Book List! Check it Out!!

This book list is an ever growing list of books that I have read and recommend.

This list of author’s is not complete:

Ayn Rand, Ben Franklin, Ben Rife, Brendon Burchard, Brian Tracy, Cedric Penn, Chris Brady, Dale Carnegie, Darren Hardy, David Goggins, David J. Schwartz, Daymond John, Dennis Prager, Dom Faussette, Education, Eric Worre, Florence Littauer, Frank Bettger, Gary Vaynerchuk, George Gilder, George Samuel Clason, Gloria Mayfield Banks, Grant Cardone, Great Books, Guy Kawasaki, Hal Elrod, James Allen, James Gurick, Jason Riley, Jim Rohn, Jimmy Bluff, Jocko Willink, John C. Maxwell, Laura Hillenbrand, Leader, Lee Iacocca, Leif Babin, Les Giblin, Michael Ellsberg, Michael Hyatt, Michelle Malkin, Mike Fallat, Napoleon Hill, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Orrin Woodward, Patrick Von Horne, Podcasts, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ray Higdon, Rhonda Byrne, Robert Kiyosaki, Ryan Blair, Shawn Achor, Steve Jobs, Steven Pressfield, Sun Tzu, T.D. Jakes, The Arbinger Institute, Tony Hsieh, Walter Isaacson, Will Aylward, Work, Zachary Conley