“Why isn’t this working already?”

“I don’t want to do it if it is going to take that long”

“I’m not getting results yet… why should I keep trying?”

These are common thoughts for so many people in the quick fix culture we live in. If we want our kids to truly thrive in life, we must begin creating a Long Term Plan for their success!

We all dream of having our kids become more wildly successful than they even dream of being!

As parents, we want to help them down the path that empowers them to become the best versions of themselves. We want them to be 100% uniquely them while not feeling the pressure of conforming to whatever the world thinks.

This is a task that seems to be getting tougher and tougher each and every day with more and more distractions seemingly popping up as each day passes.

My brother Kyle is a recently promoted Captain in the Air Force, doing some amazing things to help this country. It is amazing to sit back and watch him as he has grown up into the man and leader that he is. We are blessed to have had the opportunity to steal some of his time as he was in town for our sister Shelley’s wedding.

When I asked him to come up with a Top Lesson Learned list, he without hesitation, boiled it down to 3 things.

So many organizations want to thrive and be the best, but often times fall very short. We have found that there are five common traps that many teams, organizations, families and businesses fall into that destroy their chances of becoming what they dream to be!

Take a quick read below to see if your organization, team, family or business is falling into any of these traps!