As the founder of Ray W. Lincoln & Associates, Ray coaches professionals, parents, and all who seek his services in discovery of their temperament's strengths, which he calls InnerKinetics™, to help them become all that they were designed and gifted to be.  His further services include teaching groups via seminars and classes, trainings in corporate environments to increase productivity and work relationships, keynote addresses, and more. 

It was not by accident that Ray became the skilled international speaker and coach that he is today, and acquired the ability to guide so many to a happier, healthier, more fulfilled life.

 

Ray has studied extensively in the fields of Theology, Philosophy, Temperament Psychology, and Personology.  He has graduated from four colleges with several degrees, including MDiv and LTh.

Ray’s 40 plus years of speaking, teaching and counseling began in New Zealand and have carried him to Australia and the United States.  He speaks with energy and enthusiasm before large and small audiences.  His expertise has been used as a lecturer, seminary professor, teacher and pastor.  Because of his passion for understanding mankind he has had the honor to serve as a guest speaker for the United States Air Force and, just as important, to serve as a mentor, coach, and friend to many over the years of his meaningful career.

 

Author of several books, Ray has just released his new book, INNERKINETICS™ -- Your Blueprint  to Excellence and Happiness.  I May Frustrate You, But I'M A KEEPER!  (Parenting the Temperaments with Love and Confidence) was released in December 2009.  (Learn more about it at www.imakeeperkid.com.) Previous works include The Path to Positive Internal Power; The Art of Encouragement, Path to Excellence, and The Four Temperaments (A Guide for Parents); and more. 

 

Ray lives with his wife, Mary Jo, in Littleton, Colorado where they enjoy hiking, snowshoeing, fly-fishing, and all the beauty the Rocky Mountains of Colorado offer.  He is also an art enthusiast and enjoys painting with oil and photography. Both are highly involved in their work, each filling the role for which they were designed, as they travel to speak to groups, and to present seminars and workshops throughout the US.

 

OUR PHILOSOPHY ABOUT TEMPERAMENT

• We are born with a temperament in place - not a blank slate. It is hard-wired from the beginning.
• Our temperament is shaped by the urges or drives deep down in our nature that show themselves as our preferences and that we often observe as our preferred strengths.
• Weaknesses are not part of our temperament.  We make our weaknesses by either not using our strengths, overusing them or wrongly using the (using them for destructive purposes against ourselves or others.
• We can be thankful that weaknesses are not a part of our temperament because if they are a part of our temperament (as many suggest) we would be stuck with our weaknesses for life.
• If we make our own weaknesses we are able to delete them whenever we focus on our strengths and use our strengths positively and constructively. This gives us hope for change and renewal.

   

OUR FOCUS IS ON

• Understanding how we (and others) are made on the inside.

• Learning to appreciate and respect each other, since we are all wonderfully made.
• Discovering our strengths and the direction our lives are intended to go (which our strengths can clearly indicate).
• Strengths to get rid of weaknesses.Enriching relationships and on reaching our potential.  Enriching relationships and on reaching our potential.

  We aid people in these understandings through speaking, teaching, training, seminars/workshops and personal coaching.