YLY 142: Networking And Personal Brand Strategies With Matt Handshakin Holmes

In episode #142 of You Leading You, Matt “Handshakin” Holmes, author, speaker and founder of the Handshakin Video Series discusses building relationships through networking and how we define our own personal brand. A fun talk with a passionate person that focuses on why we need to build a strong camaraderie of fellow entrepreneurs to help us grow.  Today Matt […]

Leadership Lessons From The Recital

Leadership Lessons From The Recital As a dad, I was pretty lucky a few weekends ago with being able to watch my kids perform in the annual recital from their dance school, Terpsichore in Monroe, NY. My girls have been dancing for almost a decade, and I’ve been to just as many dance recitals. To be honest, […]

Success Means Being Personal

Thanks for taking a few minutes to read this, I respect your time and of course, everyone wants success. My realization on how being personal has contributed to my success became evident more recently, and I hope this connects with you.   A Chameleons Journey As most of my listeners and readers know (but I’ll summarize […]

Taking A Breather And Looking Inward

I have to admit, I thought about just throwing in the towel on You Leading You. I enjoy the interviews, the coaching clients, speaking to groups about things that I’m passionate about, but… The returns didn’t seem to add up, not just financially, but from a viewpoint of the diversity of my projects and client […]

Can You Be Happy With The Simple Pleasures?

  This past weekend I had plans all weekend long, and I thought, man I am going to be exhausted on Monday. Friday was dinner plans with my wife for our anniversary, Saturday was painting a few rooms in our house, Saturday night was a meet up with my cousin to go see some old friends […]

Why I Don’t Feel Guilty About Bribing My Daughter To Read

Ok, so I’ve been an avid reader all of my life. I started early, probably because I was always sick when I was young. My oldest daughter Ally, she picked up the reading bug early on, and sits and enjoys a good read as well. Then there is her sister, my youngest, Cassie, who up until […]

Leadership Is A Unicorn

As I plan my week as a strategic leader, preparing to ignite the fire within my employees, co-workers and clients, I’m reminded about how utterly difficult the concept of inspiring leadership can be. Every day we deal with the ups and downs of day to day business, as well as social and personal interactions. It […]

Choosing To Climb The Mountain Makes The Difference

As I sat on my couch planning out my week, I looked out my window and saw beautiful Storm King mountain behind my house. Of course, I’m blessed that I can hike a mountain trail, or walk along the Hudson River shore within 10 minutes of my home. It occurred to me thought that with […]