When it comes to breakfast, the chicken is involved, but the pig is committed. It takes self-awareness to recognize which you are — and a willingness to ask yourself if that’s really where you want to be. Victor provides some thought-provoking questions to put you on a path to the rewards of choosing to be committed in this week’s Power Cast podcast, Eggs and Bacon. Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! If you enjoyed this Power Cast podcast from Victor Pisano, be sure and visit the Charge Up Power Cast archives for our full library of past broadcasts. From the importance of character and taking action, to developing leadership skills and finding the right mindset — we cover the topics that help you venture, lead and prosper, through reflection, inspiration and empowerment. Catch up on what you’ve missed — it’s all available right here. Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
► If Money Weren’t An Object: Passion & Purpose
Can’t turn your passion into your purpose right now? You don’t have to sit around dreaming — you can still start doing. In this podcast, Victor explains how to design your life to find a real-world, practical path to making that journey a reality. If Money Weren’t An Object: Passion & Purpose is available NOW! Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! If you enjoyed this Power Cast podcast from Victor Pisano, be sure and visit the Charge Up Power Cast archives for our full library of past broadcasts. From the importance of character and taking action, to developing leadership skills and finding the right mindset — we cover the topics that help you venture, lead and prosper, through reflection, inspiration and empowerment. Catch up on what you’ve missed — it’s all available right here. Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
► Resilience: Going One More Round
It’s not about taking a hit and going down. Success depends on getting back up — resilience. So how do you as a leader teach those around you to develop their resilience? Find out in this week’s new Power Cast podcast from Victor Pisano, One More Round. Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! If you enjoyed this Power Cast podcast from Victor Pisano, be sure and visit the Charge Up Power Cast archives for our full library of past broadcasts. From the importance of character and taking action, to developing leadership skills and finding the right mindset — we cover the topics that help you venture, lead and prosper, through reflection, inspiration and empowerment. Catch up on what you’ve missed — it’s all available right here. Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
► 365 Days: Charge Up’s First Anniversary
An anniversary is important. Being committed to something for a whole year can change your life — and the lives of others. In this week’s special anniversary podcast, Victor reflects on Charge Up’s first 365 days. Who have we inspired, what have we learned, and what was our most important number of all? Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! If you enjoyed this Power Cast podcast from Victor Pisano, be sure and visit the Charge Up Power Cast archives for our full library of past broadcasts. From the importance of character and taking action, to developing leadership skills and finding the right mindset — we cover the topics that help you venture, lead and prosper, through reflection, inspiration and empowerment. Catch up on what you’ve missed — it’s all available right here. Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
► (Step Up to) Rise Up
The world doesn’t need more leaders — it needs better ones. But that means established leaders need to step up. In this week’s Power Cast podcast, Victor shares 10 ways you can pay it forward by encouraging others to lead. Step Up to Rise Up is available NOW! Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
► Good vs Great: It’s a Fine Line
What separates good vs great? Is there a common theme to greatness? In this week’s podcast, Victor explores what it is to be great — and gives you 5 things that you can do right now to raise your own bar and move the needle from good to great. Listen to Good vs Great: A Fine Line right now! Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
► Support: Give and Take
No one truly succeeds on their own — but are you looking in the right place to recognize the support behind your success? And what obligation do you have in return? Find out this week’s highly insightful Power Cast podcast, Support: Give and Take. Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
► Motivation and Inspiration: a Follow Up
Motivation and Inspiration. Victor’s previous podcast on this topic resonated so deeply that he’s created a follow up! Motivation and inspiration are two similar words, but with vastly different drivers. Learn which one is temporary, and which one is lasting — and much more — in this episode of the Power Cast from Charge Up. Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
► The Motivation of Time
Time. We all want more of it, yet it’s the thing we waste the most. And it’s how you use it that sets you apart. In this week’s Power Cast podcast, The Motivation of Time, Victor tackles the challenges to truly spending this precious resource wisely. Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
► The Rewards of Leadership
The rewards of leadership. Good leaders understand where they really lie — in the small wins. But whose? In this week’s Power Cast podcast, Victor examines the rewards of leadership as measured by the success of others. Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
► I Wish . . .
I wish . . . Have you ever found yourself uttering those two little words? It’s natural – we all have limitations on what we can and cannot do. But when you say “I wish”, you are creating a mindset that something is beyond your reach. Here’s how to adapt, and avoid turning wish into regret. Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
► Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes
The amount of negativity all around us is no longer empowering us as a society, but instead, it is slowly crippling us in a time where we need to find and acknowledge the progress, gratitude and appreciation for life to set the example for the next generation. Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
✏ Grow Like the Bamboo
GROWTH. It is something we all strive to achieve. We look for growth in so many areas of our life: personal, spiritual, relationship, and career. I tend to be realistic when discussing growth because the speed of technology has put us in a position where we lack the skills to develop our sense of patience and no longer respect the process. We live in a society of instant gratification; however, some things can’t be rushed. Success is like Rome — it wasn’t built in a day. Nor was it ever intended to be. “Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave — Joyce Meyer When I talk about success, I am talking about achieving your purpose. It goes back to growth, finding your true meaning in life whether personal, spiritual, relationship or career and building it to prosper, as well as sustain adversity. Real growth will require work. It will demand the best out of you every day. You will be responsible for your own integrity, morals, values, and perseverance to establish as a foundation for a fulfilled growth to actually occur. Once this is formed, your individual character is displayed. It is done so because what we believe and is passionate about “inward” will be displayed “outward,” and that is why others can sense the type of person we are from our words and actions. There is a parable about the Chinese Bamboo Tree that explains the lessons of growth through patience, faith, and perseverance. No different than any other plant, the Chinese Bamboo Tree requires the perfect conditions: water, fertile soil, and sun. What is distinctly different, however, is after one year, there is no sprouting. The second year passes, and there is still no visible activity. The third year looks no different than the first two. The fourth year arrives, and the farmer sees nothing. One would expect despair, frustration, or anger. But to grow the Chinese Bamboo Tree, one must be patient, because it is in the fifth year that the miracle of growth begins, and in a radical way. The farmer has nurtured this plant for four years, investing time, resources, money and most of all, patience, in not rushing the outcome, but rather respecting the process. The rewards are amazing. The Chinese Bamboo Tree will grow up to 80 feet in just six weeks! Numerous culms, or small hollow shoots, will grow in an entire field. Four years of being stagnant only to flourish in the fifth year? How is that possible? We tend to judge growth by what is visible and tangible, but does all growth show outwardly? We may spend years developing a skill that is not necessarily one that is required in our current environment, but we are building ourselves up for success in the future. Think about things like integrity, character, knowledge, faith, perseverance, gratitude — all of these are traits that require the same nurturing process of the Chinese Bamboo Tree. That tree didn’t lie dormant for four years. Below the soil was an explosion of roots growing wide and deep, capable of supporting its outward growth once it sprouts. “Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less.” — Mother Theresa The lesson lies in patience. When are you building your dreams, goals, and purpose, you must have the patience to overcome the adversity, barriers, fear, and doubt that will accompany the process. The Chinese Bamboo Tree requires a stable base of roots to sustain its height and weight; imagine if it did grow after just one year. The first strong wind of the season would destroy the entire crop. The same goes for each of us as we build our character. We can look for shortcuts and excuses to portray a person who is prepared, but unable to sustain the confidence that they start with. Or, we can trust the process, stay in the present, develop ourselves and grow through experience and lessons learned to and establish our own roots. Remember, what we establish inwardly will be exposed outwardly. If you live by the mantra, “Fake it until you make it”, I have bad news for you — you will never make it. Personal growth is not natural; it takes time, focus and a commitment to better ourselves. It is a slow process — in some cases, we won’t see the results immediately, but anything earned is worth it in the long run. If you are willing to be patient and persistent, I assure you the reward will far outweigh the investment. Too often people allow “the process” to frustrate them to the point that they want to move on to where “the grass is greener.” Whether it is a relationship, a job, a team, or school, if we don’t get what we want now, then it’s on to the next. “Patience is not passive waiting. Patience is active acceptance of the process required to attain your goals and dreams.” — Ray Davis Success is easily defined – it is a series of small steps forward. It isn’t leaps and bounds. If you are committed to this process of growth, and if you respect the investment of time and patience, you will develop leadership qualities which will be displayed and reinforced by your confidence, character, and understanding of what it takes to be successful. Growth is not associated with luck. Growth is an outcome of becoming comfortable stepping outside your comfort zone with a passion and zest to be the best you possible. Do great things today and make a difference. VENTURE + LEAD + PROSPER Humbled to lead, #chargeup #lessonsinleadership #leadership #lead #process #patience #change #venture #lead #prosper #reflect #inspire #empower #motivate #beyou #gratitude #integrity #starttoday #humility RECEIVE MY FREE WEEKLY E-BLAST, THE WIRE ©2019 Victor Pisano/Charge Up. All rights reserved. You are free to use portions of this publication, provided the following credit is listed at the bottom: ©2019 Victor Pisano/Charge Up, is a media-based entity that provides intriguing, innovative and distinctive content, engaging its readers with real-world challenges and solutions while embracing obstacles and the value that failure can provide. While that sounds serious, we promise you will both learn AND laugh (and sometimes cry).Contact Charge Up at victor@chargeuptoday.com or visit our website at www.chargeuptoday.com.
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► Pressure is a Privilege
If you’re prepared, pressure is a reward for your hard work — a privilege to embrace. Here’s how to accept that positive pressure, and turn it into a driving force that helps you reach your goals. Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now
► Empathy: A Leadership Superpower
Why empathy? After all, workers are just paid to do a job, and it’s not a leader’s business to worry about emotion, right? In this week’s new Power Cast podcast, Victor explains why the real weakness isn’t embracing empathy, but lacking it. Excited? Inspired? Get our motivational e-news, The Wire, delivered weekly right to your inbox! Know someone else who needs to Charge Up? We invite you to share what you’ve heard! #action #character #leadership #leadershiplessons #reflect #inspire #empower #payitforward #chargeup Power Cast is Charge Up’s weekly podcast, hosted by Victor Pisano. You’re invited to tune in and turn it up as Victor talks leadership, real-world style.Listen Now