When faced with a situation we can choose. We have the power to make the choice to respond or react.The choice we make is a powerful one that can have a lasting impact on our lives and on our business. When we choose to learn from our past and have a plan for our future we can respond in a manner that helps guide us to being the person we want to be. When we react without thought to a circumstance we allow that event to control not only that moment but the direction of our life.

Steve talks with Rodney Lawson about his discovery that the abuse in his childhood had led him to be a successful businessman, but also very angry inside. Hear Rodney’s amazing journey to self-discovery book Broken Inspired and Driven.

Leslie Cottrell Simonds share her amazing workbook that allows you to plan for of the most difficult, usually avoided and definite events in our life – DEATH. Learn how you can choose to be powerfully prepared and proactive response to this event in life rather than having to react when it happens in her book I Want You to Know.

Lori Tsugawa Whaley shares secrets to a happier more powerful life in her book The Courage of aSamurai. This book shares real world stories from Loi’s life and other lives as there take the bold journey to empowered happy successful living. The basic principles of a Samurai are brought into easy to follow impact ways you can use them in your own life.

Steve weaves through all of this lessons on how you can learn to respond in life rather than react to situations on this episode of Thriving Entrepreneur