Posts by Brandon Johnson

Life Lesson #5:  You become your environment. The people you choose to surround yourself with – personally and professionally – have a direct impact on the path your life takes.  In fact, many of the gurus of the day say that the 5 people you spend the most time with are what you will become…

Life Lesson #4:  Just be you. There has been almost 80 billion people that have now walked this earth and never has there been another you.  Nor will there ever be another you – with your talents, abilities, heart, uniqueness, and gifts – how awesome is that?  For the longest time I didn’t realize the…

Life Lesson #3:  Not everyone is going to like you. Throughout my life I have always wanted to be liked – by friends, by teammates, by co-workers, by guests, by strangers, etc.  I just wanted to be accepted and feel as though I mattered. What I’ve discovered in this world is that there are just…

Life Lesson #2:  You have reasons or you have results. This mantra has helped me immensely over the years – when I wanted to give up on a goal or I began to create an excuse or reason why something wasn’t working for me, this mantra kept me on track to finish. It’s so easy…

Life Lesson #1:  Leave things better than you found them. Such a simple lesson, yet it is often forgotten in the busy-ness of life.  In every relationship, conversation, and situation you encounter, leave it better than you found it.  Short term it may hurt at times, but overall, living by this philosophy will have an…