A Successful Life with Dr. Jerry Edmon: Recent Episodes
Jerry Edmon
For over 40 years Dr. Jerry Edmon has committed himself to address the pressures and problems faced in everyday life, and gives insight and direction on how to attack and leap the hurdles that slow us down. He challenges his audience to act upon their beliefs, making them work for and not against them. He helps us utilize our gifts and reshape our beliefs, to stand up like the champions that we were intended to be. He strongly believes that it is our decisions, not our surroundings that shape our destiny.
The value and usefulness of kindness has been lost to so many in this generation. It will open doors, heal wounds and grant favor.
This is an exploration of who you are and where you are going. Your Values are the boundaries of your life.
Sometimes your opposition looks like a giant. As we look at the birth of the movie industry, you see how many overcame that giant in their life.
There is a way to live in peace all of the time. We have lost our peace by continually fighting with fear, anxiety and anger.
It is the destination that every man desires. Ethics are the vehicle and integrity is what sustains you until you reach your destination.
Real success isn't just coming in first place. Only one will do that. But success is found in finishing. That is the life lesson for our children.
When we talk about the end of life for someone we love, what are the boundaries? Can I help them end their life of suffering?
Some never prosper because they have never experienced what it is to be planted. That is a generational terminology upon which empires are built.
This is such an interesting concept because we realize that we are not complete in ourselves, and there is more to life than the one piece that we are looking at.
Sometimes you can't change the attitudes and behaviors of certain people. You can't always be responsible for other people but you can be responsible for yourself. Walls are not always good because the same walls you use to keep others out are the same walls that imprison you.
Is quitting wrong? Sometimes we chase dimes with dollars because we have difficulty stopping a project that we have going. That project has to merit your time, talent and energy
Using the comedian as a model, we look at the boundaries of our ethics and see how we cross those boundaries and how we can lose our way.
There is a higher standard by which you should measure yourself. If you are going to excel to any level of authority in your life, then you are going to have to learn to control what you say as much as what you do. Our search for excellence should demand that we measure and control our words.
Debate is a healthy thing for all of us. However, it has its rules. In this session we will show you the pitfalls of the engagement and help create a path for you to better lay out your opinion.
This is the address of so many people who never excel in life. The words that follow this sentence tells so much about you.
Hurdles are not bad if you’re a hurdler, but most people or not. We put hurdles between us and the people we want to draw in the form of attitudes, disposition, convenience and we wonder why people have difficulty getting to us.
Prepping tells more about you than you realize. What is the motivation and where is the balance?
Anger is a good and useful tool. But where it leads you can be destructive and sometimes there is no way back.
Honor is the destination that every person desires. Honor is the destination, ethics are the vehicle and integrity is what sustains your vessel when the storms come hard against you. This story of Bobby Jones displays those characteristics.
We have all faced insecurity, maybe from a childhood wound or disappointment, yet like a tattoo we could not escape it. You were not born insecure. Something took you there. In this session, we will discuss what insecurity is and how to deal with it.
The Imagination is probably the greatest tool we have because it is literally a gateway.
Do you cave under crisis or are you a problem solver? It is unrealistic to think that you won't run into challenges and difficulties. How you respond determines the work they do in your life.
How do we handle it when we lose something or someone that is very precious to us? Grief is the process through which we walk through that difficult season. Grief is not evil, it is necessary. If there were no grief, there would be no value. However, if you don’t understand the rules to grief, it can become a destructive force in your life.
I function best if I have routines, that helps me find my rhythm, and that is important, especially when you find yourself in an unmotivated low place. These times hold the greatest danger for us because it is so easy to get off track. Your rhythm will bring you to a place of great productivity and success in life.
Relationships are one of the most important things in our life. Unfortunately, those relationships can become strained if we don't understand protocol. Proverbs says remove your foot from your neighbor's door lest he hate you, that simply means you need to know when to go home. Here are a few ideas that will help you make a graceful exit.
You have to want it. Life will produce as much as you are willing to fight for. There is another level for you if you will go take it.
There is always an opportunity to get stressed out. People will hand it to you in bucket loads. You have to know what to do with it.
History is littered with people who started on their journey and because of opposition they quit, but successful people get up as many times as they need to achieve their goals. Champions don't quit they play until they win!