Coach Dan Foster | Purpose Driven Broker

We are masters at the art of distraction. In most of my coaching sessions lately my team has shared with me there difficulty in staying focused on the behaviors they know lead to success. This struggle is not foreign to me either. It is so easy for my attention to get distracted from what I know to be important for me to focus on and instead be pulled towards other interests.

I created this list of questions that I think all professionals need to reflect on as we come to the end of another year. I will be taking the next two weeks to reflect on the last year. I’ve been recording successes and challenges, prayer requests and answered prayers, frustrations and blessings in the hope that I will be able to see the bigger picture of what is going on personally and professionally for me. These 13 questions are not exhaustive but they are the ones I will be answering before January 1st 2010. On January first I will begin to put into action a plan to ensure that in the near future I am able to answer “Yes.” to all of these questions.

I read this post from Rick Warren last week and thought it was so good that I needed to share it on my blog. I recently took some time to outline the convictions (values) and purpose for the teams I lead at Prudential and it was a fantastic experience. It helped me to refocus and [...]

In my coaching sessions I have the opportunity to engage people with high self-esteem, belief in themselves, and knowledge of their potential. These people are on track in their business and life and have a plan to achieve their goals. The greatest asset they have though is not the plan but their belief in themselves and their commitment to take action towards achieving their plan.

Last night my wife and I had the honor of hosting my entire sales team and staff for our annual appreciation dinner. We held the event at our home and spent much of the evening outdoors in our backyard where we shared a meal, laughed, and shared our successes and challenges over the past year. [...]