The Pyramid of Success part 2. (The Foundation)

Between the corner stones of success lies the foundation for success. This truth holds the key to success in any thing you do in life. What is that foundation?

People Skills.

You need to establish good people skills....especially when...(drum roll please)...YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE. My personal advice is to go purchase a book from Dale Carnegie entitled "How to win friends and influence people" I would rank this book as one of my top 10 leadership books of all time.

In the foundation of success we have "People Skills" and those skills are broken into 3 main areas: Friendship, Loyalty, and Cooperation.

Friendship in John Wooden's terms- "Seeking to create a team that shares camaraderie and respect (friendship) is the right thing to do. And where it exists you'll find a formidable organization."

Loyalty in John Wooden's terms- "To be effective, you must have real Loyalty from those you lead. First, be true to yourself and your core values. Then be true to those under your leadership. Remember: All that we send out to others, comes back to us. Send out Loyalty and it will be returned in abundance"

Cooperation in John Wooden's terms- "The sharing of idea, information, creativity, responsibilities, and tasks-is a priority of good leadership. An effective leader understands that it is a sign of strength to welcome honest differences and new ways of thinking from those on your team as well as from others."


Good people skills includes learning how to listen. (God gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason)

Good people skills includes learning how speak and use language effectively. Communication plays such a vital role in good people skills.

Good people skills includes learning to give of our time and serve others without any false self-serving motives.

Good people skills includes learning how to have better manners, and better personal hygiene.

We all can learn these things.

Why is a dog man's best friend? Because a dog can't talk. Think about that for a second.

(Nala....our Golden Retriever sleeping with Kadyn and Tami...Life is good isn't it?)