Happy Anniversary!

by P.S. Harper

“Great leaders and performers consistently take moments of celebration to mark small wins. They relish little victories because they see them as part of a long-term process.”

Dr. Henry Cloud

August 13, 2025

This week marks one year of writing 1-Minute Sharper! Wooo-whooooo!

- One year of profiling amazing Sharper Leaders.

- One year of creating, tweaking, and fine-tuning SharperLeaders.com and its content.

- One year of leading, learning, and growing alongside amazing leaders.

- One year of making a massive difference in the lives of millions of people!! . . . Ok, not really.

Yes, I’ve been plugging away at SharperLeaders.com for a year.

Yes, it has been a great experience leading, learning, and growing personally and professionally.

Experiencing countless conversations and interactions with others about leading, learning, and growing has been such a blessing.

SharperLeaders.com, 1-Minute Sharper, and Sharper Leader profiles are created, written, and updated to be helpful, inspirational, enlightening, and challenging to struggling, insecure, confident, and even cocky leaders.

I want hundreds of thousands of subscribers to join me in being part of a movement of positive change in the lives of leaders all over the world.

I strive to make a difference!

Time to celebrate!! Right?

I recently read that the average read rate for email subscribers is typically between 15 and 30%. I should only expect one half of one percent of my subscribers to do anything with the information I share.

Ouch! That’s not encouraging. It’s hard to celebrate statistics like those.

As reality sets in, I am reminded that statistics of likes and open, read, and share rates are not the things we should be celebrating. We should celebrate our acceptance and submission to what God has called us to do. We need to celebrate being faithful and consistent.

When God puts something on your heart to do, do it! If you’re not seeing the fruits of your labor, keep doing it. Celebrate trusting God and the vision He has given you, and let Him worry about the results!

Sharper Leader:

1. What “little victories” can you celebrate today?

  • Action step: Identify something right now and congratulate yourself!

  • Bonus step: Share that victory with someone else. Regardless of their reaction, remember it's still a victory!

2. What has been put on your heart to do that you keep putting off for fear of failure or believing you aren’t qualified?

  • Action step: Write it down.

  • Bonus step: Don’t worry about why not at this point. Write down all the reasons why you should do it. If you can’t think of any other reason, write, “God wants me to . . .”

3. What is something you need to be more consistent with but are discouraged because you haven’t seen the results you want?

  • Action step: WRITE IT DOWN!!

  • Bonus step: Put it where you can easily and regularly see it. 

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