Pocket Change

Pocket change is an area where I will share various items including leadership quotes, stories and tips that have impacted me and I hope can add value to your personal and professional life as well.

If you don't plan your time, someone else will – Time Blocking

by John Gallagher

Priority Management is critical. Time Blocking is a great tool taught to me by Building Champions. This article in Fast Company simply reinforces the use of that tool.

“If you don’t manage your priorities and time, everyone and everything else will!” – Coach Raymond Gleason

January 27th, 2010

Pocket Change – Now THIS would be a cool journal/calendar

by John Gallagher

If you can’t see the embedded video , CLICK HERE

Better have good writing, though. Technology continues to change SO rapidly. Remember when it was cool to have a PALM (even before it was a Palm phone!)?

January 27th, 2010

Resource for your leadership presentations – Movieclips.com

by John Gallagher

Movie clips and movie scenes at movieclips.com.

Often, I like to use clips from movies to tell a leadership story. Here is a site with over 12,000 searchable movie clips!! Hope it helps.

January 27th, 2010

Pocket Change – How to Whip the Ends of Rope

by John Gallagher

I got to teach a group of 5th grade Cub Scouts how to whip the end of a rope at their meeting tonight. I had no idea how to do this. Thank goodness for YouTube!!!

via YouTube – How to Whip the Ends of Rope by TIAT.

January 27th, 2010

Pocket Change – The State of The Internet

by John Gallagher

YouTube – State of The Internet.

Pretty cool video on the ‘state of the internet’ – What stat in this video fascinates you the most?

January 27th, 2010

Pocket Change – Leaders Keep it Simple

by John Gallagher

Connectors Keep It Simple | GiANT Impact.

Good article on simplicity from John Maxwell and Giant Impact.

January 27th, 2010

Pocket Change – Everything Rises and Falls on Leadership

by John Gallagher

I wonder if the Chargers still think they made the right decision when they let Drew Brees go and kept Philip Rivers?

January 27th, 2010

Pocket Change – Our Deepest Fear

by John Gallagher

I watched Coach Carter last night with my family. There were several leadership moments in this movie, but to me, none more powerful than when Cruz finally explained his deepest fear.


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Enjoy. Share. Pass it on

January 27th, 2010

Pocket Change – Everyone Communicates, Few Connect

by John Gallagher

If you can connect with others at every level

January 27th, 2010

Pocket change – Good Government

by John Gallagher

“A wise and frugal government which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned – this is the sum of good government.”
- Thomas Jefferson

January 27th, 2010

Pocket Change – Leadership Development

by John Gallagher

Pocket Change – “Find someone with the ability and willingness to learn, and then invest a lot of time in their lives.” – John C. Maxwell

January 27th, 2010

Pocket Change – "Don't Bankrupt Your Leadership"

by John Gallagher

Pocket Change – “Don’t bankrupt your leadership” – by John C Maxwell – http://ping.fm/aKRiy

January 27th, 2010

Pocket Change

by John Gallagher

Great article on investing in relationships by John C. Maxwell http://ping.fm/715IS

January 27th, 2010

Pocket Change

by John Gallagher

What a profound post about deliberate practice. http://ping.fm/tTIxd

January 27th, 2010

Pocket Change

by John Gallagher

What a great post I wanted to share from Michael Hyatt about 7 ways to keep your spirit up in a down economy. http://ping.fm/pBCV3

January 27th, 2010

'Pocket Change' and relationships

by John Gallagher

When Chris and I first got married, I brought along the “Bud Light” bottle bank when we moved to St. Louis. When we got some extra pocket change, we ‘deposited’ it in the bank. Over the first few years of marriage, we had enough Pocket Change that added up to buy a new TV, and have spending money on a trip that we made. Pocket Change can add up.

In relationships, we have Pocket Change. When I spoke to a group of college students a few years back, I used a story that I had learned about Pocket Change and relationships. You see, when we build relationships, we, in essence, build up Pocket Change. Each time we build a relationship – be affirming, write a note, even smile – we build up our pocket change in that relationship.

We can also lose that pocket change. When we lie, talk about someone behind their back, or don’t keep a commitment, we lose that pocket change through a ‘hole’ in the pocket…and it’s HARD to get it back. You need some help from someone, you reach in to your ‘pocket’ for some change and find the hole and only pull out lint! So, don’t deplete your pocket change with your relationships due to lack of character, integrity, and trust. It takes a while to build it back up! But, when you do build up your Pocket Change, the payoff can be enormous!!

With this post, I am going to start a snippet on Pocket Change – small leadership tips, quotes, stories, that I hope can add value to your life.

So, is your pocket change building up, or is there a hole in your pocket?!

January 27th, 2010

Quotes of the day – From Jim Collins (Good to Great)

by John Gallagher

January 27th, 2010

"We must all suffer from 1 of 2 pains"

by John Gallagher

I heard this quote on a conference call today. It made me think!

“We must suffer from 1 of 2 pains: 1) The pain of Discipline 2) The pain of Regret. The difference is…Discipline weighs ounces, but Regret weighs TONS!!! ” Bill Hart – Coach at Building Champions.

Which pain do you suffer from? I don’t think I like my answer alot of the times!!!

January 27th, 2010