Monthly Archives: August 2019

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

A Reel Leadership Article

For many of us, there’s nothing better than a good summer action movie. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw gives you and I just that. A movie you can sit back, shut off, and enjoy from beginning to end.

Taking place after Fast & Furious 7, lawman Luke Hobbs (Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson) and criminal Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) are forced to join forces in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. The action is fast, the story is passable (especially for a summer movie), and it sets itself up for a sequel.

Idris Elba, Jason Stathom, Dwayne Johnson in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw team-up of Hobbs and Shaw happens because of a cyber-genetically enhanced villain appears. Hobbs and Shaw are tasked with tracking a stolen virus and catching the bad guy.

Their journey takes them around the world. It also takes them back to family.  Read more...

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Love And Leadership – An Interview With Author Lisa Shumate

I have the great pleasure of introducing you to a fellow author today. This author is Lisa Shumate.

Lisa is the general manager of Houston Public Media, Associate Vice President at the University of Houston, and also Executive Director of the Houston Public Media Foundation.  Houston Public Media is comprised of News 887 (NPR), TV8 (PBS) and houstonpublicmedia.org. She recently released her latest book, Always and Never 20 Truths to a Happy Heart. I’m happy to have her on the blog discussing leadership, love, and more.

At the end of the interview, I share how you can win a copy of Always and Never: 20 Truths to a Happy Heart. I hope you enjoy what Lisa shared and pick up a copy of her book!  Read more...

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How to Find a Job You Love

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Your career is going to take up a significant amount of your life. If you plan to work from your early 20s and retire, you could be looking at 40 years of work at least. Think about that for a second and then consider this: do you want to be bored for 40 years?

When writing about getting a dream job, people often suggest that you follow your passions. There’s some logic to this because if you can get paid for doing something you wanted to do anyway, that’s a win-win. But this doesn’t always work out, and for some, the dream job quickly becomes a nightmare as their hobby becomes laborious.   Read more...