How’s life treating you?
Often, I hope.
This site is about Health, Wealth, and Inspirational Leadership… helping people grow in these areas is the “mission” of my company, Agents of Personal Change (APC). I’d like to think Ben Franklin, had he lived in our time and place, might have developed a site (and a firm) like this [...]
Demonstrate True Personal Commitment To Inspire
by Michael D. Hume, M.S.
How do you inspire people in your business, or in your organization? What does it take to be a truly inspirational leader? You have to start by being an inspired person, and then you have to have a superior awareness and sense of purpose. Beyond those [...]
An Entrepreneur Is His Own BEST Critic
By Michael D. Hume, M.S.
Anyone who’s played golf knows two things for certain: first, you’re going to hit some bad shots every time you play, and second, there’s a severe limit on how much the “coaching” from your playing partners can help you. When you’re playing badly, you have [...]
Inspiring Leaders Have Superior Awareness And Purpose
by Michael D. Hume, M.S.
Get to know an inspirational leader, and you’ll find she has two key attributes that less-inspiring people don’t enjoy; she has great interpersonal awareness (meaning, she knows herself well and can accurately “read” other people), and she’s driven by a deep sense of purpose.
Many of [...]
Not All Entrepreneurs Are Commercial Geniuses
by Michael D. Hume, M.S.
I’ve said it many times before, and I’ll say it again. There are two kinds of person out there, and inside each of us. There’s the Victim, living his life as if he’s entitled to whatever he wants or needs. The Victim is critical, and cynical. [...]
Coaching Potential Leaders Through Guided Self-Discovery
by Michael D. Hume, M.S.
Great leaders are inspirational leaders, and inspirational leaders are inspired people. What has inspired you? It might’ve been an impactful moment or event, or even the sort of personal awakening you might experience as you take in the beauty of the natural world. Most people will [...]
Re-Examine The “Why” That Drives You
by Michael D. Hume, M.S.
Why do you do what you do? What drives you? What makes you get out of bed in the morning and go to work?
There are two types of person out there, and in each of us. The Victim is fearful, cynical, critical, and political. He’s given [...]
The Direct Approach To Coaching Potential Leaders
by Michael D. Hume, M.S.
If you want to be a great leader, you need to be inspired. Only an inspired person can inspire others… and that’s what great leaders do. They lift people out of their own lesser nature and inspire them to be the best they can be. [...]
Respect Yourself And The Country Around You
by Michael D. Hume, M.S.
A few weeks ago, I drove from Colorado to North Carolina and back. I wanted to see my son and daughter and grandkids, and haul out several holidays’ worth of unshipped presents to them. And I wanted to have a little adventure, the type of [...]
Great Leaders Create And Inspire Other Leaders
by Michael D. Hume, M.S.
I’ve had the privilege of counseling some of the best and brightest leaders in business. Almost all of them have wanted to be more inspirational as leaders, and I’m happy to say the overwhelming majority of them have achieved that goal. They started by ramping-up [...]
