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- Taming Our Terrible Twin Within - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2019 from William CottringerTaming Our Terrible Twin Within By Bill Cottringer “I have noticed that even people who claim that everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” ~Stephen Hawking. We are all on a mission to become our best selves and to help ...
Views: 741 - Are You Lucky Or Unlucky? - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2021 from William CottringerARE YOU LUCKY OR UNLUCKY? by Bill Cottringer “Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.” ~Eliyahu Goldratt. Are you lucky or unlucky? I suppose how you answer this question depends upon how you define “luck.” The ...
Views: 716 - Reality Repair Rx 4 Normal Folks - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2007 from William CottringerA big challenge in life is to fix the broken realities you don’t like and to create newer and better ones you want. Unfortunately this is much easier thought about in our heads than done with our hands. Most of us are still stuck trying to deal with undesirable realities that are getting in the ...
Views: 711 - The Truth Shall Set You Free - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2021 from William CottringerThe Truth Shall Set You Free By Bill Cottringer “The beautiful irony about the truth is that it hates dark places. It despises being hidden. It loves the limelight, and it always forces itself out.” ~Mitta Xinindlu. From my research, there seem to be two main opposing sources for ...
Views: 690 - Benefits & Challenges of Diversity - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2021 from William CottringerBenefits & Callenges of Diversity By Bill Cottringer “Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi. The rest of the workforce diversity story is unfolding as every great social change brings sometimes unexpected ...
Views: 689 - Hopelessness: The Only Real Enemy Worth Defeating - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2021 from William CottringerHopelessness: The Only Real Enemy Worth Defeating By Bill Cottringer “Hopelessness is a feeling. It's not a fact.” ~Anohni Hopelessness is the main cause of all the world’s problems and hope is the only real antidote. Thank heavens for the reality of the quote above, that ...
Views: 669 - Human Capital Leadership Essentials - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2022 from William CottringerHuman Capital Leadership Essentials By Bill Cottringer “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” ~Jack Welch. If the dreadful COVID-19 pandemic taught the gamut of private business world, ...
Views: 669 - Writing Options - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2021 from William CottringerWriting Options By Bill Cottringer “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” ~Ernest Hemingway. Writing is both an art and science involving both the right and left hemispheres of the brain, including the thinking and feeling brain functions. ...
Views: 668 - The ABC’s of Success - by Submitted on May 27, 2021 from William CottringerThe ABC’s of Success By Bill Cottringer “Success is what you do to get what you consider to be a success.” ~The Author. The only “luck” that is involved with success comes from two sources: (a) You are lucky enough to be among the few to be born into an established success ...
Views: 662 - The four Crucibles of Success - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2022 from William CottringerThe four Crucibles of Success By Bill Cottringer “The ‘luck’ of success is when your talents and efforts meet the right opportunity to apply them.” ~Anonymous. There are four crucibles to success: Purpose, Perspective, Principles, and Passion. No substantial, long-range success ...
Views: 659 - The Truth Will Set You Free2 (John 8: 31-32) - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2022 from William CottringerThe Truth Will Set You Free2 (John 8: 31-32) By Bill Cottringer “The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.” ~David Foster Wallace, author. From my research, there seem to be two main opposing sources for interpreting the true literal and the intriguing ...
Views: 650 - A Baker’s Dozen Classic Ah-Ha Moments - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2023 from William CottringerA Baker’s Dozen Classic Ah-Ha Moments By Bill Cottringer “We often get the thinking-feeling-behavior sequence mixed up. It is important to understand that it is behaviors and actions, not thinking, that result in our feelings, which in turn often prompt problem behaviors.” ~The author. ...
Views: 647 - Some Uncommon Sense We Should Teach in Schools? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2021 from William CottringerSome Uncommon Sense We Should Teach in Schools? By Bill Cottringer “Common sense is the simple knack of seeing something as it is and doing something as it should be done.” ~Mark Twain. During my last seven decades of living, I accidentally stumbled upon some uncommon sense which I ...
Views: 640 - The ABC’s of Success in Anything & Everything - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2022 from William CottringerThe ABC’s of Success in Anything & Everything By Bill Cottringer “How much or how little you have of something, depends mostly on how you define that something.” ~The Author. If you want to be abundantly successful by any definition, all you need to do is practice the ABCs ...
Views: 639 - Challenges in Virtual Communication - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2022 from William CottringerChallenges in Virtual Communication by Bill Cottringer “Texting is a brilliant way to miscommunicate how you feel and misinterpret what other people mean.” ~Anonymous. Face to face (f2f) communication itself has many challenges but communicating in the new virtual world surrounding ...
Views: 634 - The Wisdom of Insecurity - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2022 from William CottringerThe Wisdom of Insecurity by Bill Cottringer “Uncertainty is the only certainty there is and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.” ~John Allen Paulos. I wish I had originally come up with this simple but profound article title, but I have to give full credit to a ...
Views: 628 - Ten Life Lessons You Can Only Learn the Hard Way - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2021 from William CottringerTen Life Lessons You Can Only Learn the Hard Way By Bill Cottringer “Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning, anyone can start over and make a new ending.” ~ Chico Xavier. Here are ten valuable lessons about life that lead to success and happiness. Unfortunately this ...
Views: 613 - Two Illusions That Spoil Reality - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2023 from William CottringerTwo Illusions That Spoil Reality by Bill Cottringer “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” ~Søren Kierkegaard. There are two persistent and compelling illusions that help spoil Kierkegaard’s version of reality. These are: (1) the strongly sensed ...
Views: 613 - Divide and Conquer - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2021 from William CottringerDivide and Conquer By Bill Cottringer “Divide and rule, the politician cries; Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gedichte. In war, the divide and conquer rule has always gotten the expected results. Ironically though, this same principle can also ...
Views: 611 - Understanding Extreme Behavior - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2023 from William CottringerUnderstanding Extreme Behavior By Bill Cottringer “Human behavior flows from three main sources—desire, emotion, and knowledge.” ~Plato. Is it my imagination or is extreme behavior becoming more commonplace these days? Is the incident rate of extreme behavior actually increasing or ...
Views: 606 - What is Our Basic Nature? - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2023 from William CottringerWhat is Our Basic Nature? By Bill Cottringer He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts. ~Samuel Johnson. A turtle was about to enter the water on the edge of a large ...
Views: 604 - Conflicts and Heartaches - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2023 from William CottringerConflicts and Heartaches by Bill Cottringer “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” ~William Ellery Channing. Conflicts are as much a part of life as change, taxes and death. Heartaches go together with conflicts like grass ...
Views: 598 - Seven Crossroads - by Submitted on May 01, 2023 from William CottringerSeven Crossroads by Bill Cottringer “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” ~Yogi Berra. Self-consciousness compellingly temps us into falsely believing we have a unique identity as “I, me, and myself,” which is a stand-alone person distinctly separated and different from ...
Views: 597 - The Dynamics of Trust - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2023 from William CottringerThe Dynamics of Trust by Bill Cottringer “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” ~Ernest Hemingway. Trust is an essential ingredient to successful resolution of the three main conflicts which we all must deal with in life: (a) us vs. life (b) us vs. ...
Views: 596 - The Tao of Teams - by Submitted on May 10, 2023 from William CottringerThe Tao of Teams by Bill Cottringer “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” ~Helen Keller, activist. Effectiveness and successful results in today’s government, business and non-profit organizations is delivered mostly by effective teams. The Gestalt Principle ...
Views: 595 - Spiritual Intelligence - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2022 from William CottringerSpiritual Intelligence by Bill Cottringer “Spiritual Intelligence is seeing past what you are looking at; or better yet, it is seeing the unseeable and knowing the unknown.” The evolution of human intelligence involves using whole-brained intelligence, which is the blending all of ...
Views: 593 - Peace of Mind - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2023 from William CottringerPeace of Mind by Bill Cottringer “When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.” ~George Harrison. The amount of peace of mind we have, like happiness, contentment and other states of mind, depends largely on who we define the concept. It may ...
Views: 592 - The Problem of Our Time - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2023 from William CottringerThe Problem of Our Time By Bill Cottringer “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” ~Albert Einstein. So, what is the problem of our time? The problem is that we all sense the pain from a growing monumental problem, but we don’t understand it ...
Views: 591 - Commonsense Solutions to Our Three Main Conflicts - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2021 from William CottringerCommonsense Solutions to Our Three Main Conflicts By Bill Cottringer “Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.” ~Eugene Ionesco. To help identify the source that drives our three main conflicts, I am taking the liberty of expanding the meaning of the ...
Views: 585 - Today’s Primary Problem: Commonplace Evil - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2021 from William CottringerToday’s Primary Problem: Commonplace Evil By Bill Cottringer “The way in which you define something has a lot to do with how much or how little of the thing you have in hand, both quantity and quality.” ~The Author. Such is the case with the greatly misunderstood term evil. ...
Views: 581 - Reality is Not What it Seems - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2023 from William CottringerReality is Not What it Seems by Bill Cottringer Every once in a while, I stumble upon a book that helps me reconcile harsh polarities into a bigger, better, and more useful truth, usually emerging from somewhere in-between the given opposite possibilities. Such is the case with ...
Views: 578 - Reality is Not What it Seems - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2023 from William CottringerReality is Not What it Seems by Bill Cottringer Every once in a while, I stumble upon a book that helps me reconcile harsh polarities into a bigger, better, and more useful truth, usually emerging from somewhere in-between the given opposite possibilities. Such is the case with ...
Views: 574 - Reality is Not What it Seems - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2023 from William CottringerReality is Not What it Seems by Bill Cottringer Every once in a while, I stumble upon a book that helps me reconcile harsh polarities into a bigger, better, and more useful truth, usually emerging from somewhere in-between the given opposite possibilities. Such is the case with ...
Views: 570 - Managing Success for a Better Destiny - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2021 from William CottringerManaging Success for a Better Destiny by Bill Cottringer “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” ~Tony Robbins. May needless failures start with the illusion of being able to control even the uncontrollable things, and end with the frustration and ...
Views: 568(1 vote) - Reality is Not What it Seems - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2023 from William CottringerReality is Not What it Seems by Bill Cottringer Every once in a while, I stumble upon a book that helps me reconcile harsh polarities into a bigger, better, and more useful truth, usually emerging from somewhere in-between the given opposite possibilities. Such is the case with ...
Views: 567 - Be a Winner of the Conflict Trifecta - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2023 from William CottringerBe a Winner of the Conflict Trifecta By Bill Cottringer Conflict is the beginning of consciousness. ~M. Esther Harding. There are three main types of conflicts—against life, between others, and within ourselves—which we all face in trying to get through life and live our own ...
Views: 565 - Reality is Not What it Seems - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2023 from William CottringerReality is Not What it Seems by Bill Cottringer Every once in a while, I stumble upon a book that helps me reconcile harsh polarities into a bigger, better, and more useful truth, usually emerging from somewhere in-between the given opposite possibilities. Such is the case with ...
Views: 564 - Unifying the Divide - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2023 from William CottringerUnifying the Divide by Bill Cottringer A house divided against itself cannot stand. ~Abraham Lincoln. It is ironic that our country, which was founded on rebellion against divisive principles, ended up as a divided house itself starting with slavery and bringing us to today’s Great ...
Views: 555 - Two Serious Problems We were Warned About in 1970 - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2022 from William CottringerTwo Serious Problems We were Warned About in 1970 By Bill Cottringer “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything” ~George Bernard Shaw. Are you feeling overwhelmed about the information overload and insane pace of technology ...
Views: 553 - A Serious Limitation with Words - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2023 from William CottringerA Serious Limitation with Words by Bill Cottringer “Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.” ~Rumi. Ever since being a young acolyte in the Episcopal Church studying the Bible and doing a book report on it for English class in high school, I have always been ...
Views: 548 - 7 Pillars of Character Power - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2022 from William Cottringer7 Pillars of Character Power by Bill Cottringer “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” ~ John Wooden. 1. Openness. I once commented on the importance ...
Views: 547 - Ten Teaching & Training Tricks That Stick - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2022 from William CottringerTen Teaching & Training Tricks That Stick by Bill Cottringer “No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.” ~Peter Drucker. Although Peter Drucker has a good point, having a full bag of teaching and training tricks can certainly help improve the learning ...
Views: 547 - “P” Point Power - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2023 from William Cottringer“P” Point Power by William Cottringer, Ph.D. Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you. ~Aldous Huxley. Earlier on in my correctional career, an MIT math genius, Herb Gross, introduced me to an obscure engineering term, which he called ...
Views: 545 - The Pursuit of Happiness - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2023 from William CottringerThe Pursuit of Happiness by Bill Cottringer Words can rarely capture the essence of an experience in life, especially common or over-used ones. Oddly though, the way you choose to define things like success, happiness, justice, freedom, and love, can often determine how much or how little ...
Views: 537 - Problem-Solving in Our VUCA World - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2023 from William CottringerProblem-Solving in Our VUCA World by Bill Cottringer “I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” ~Alan Greenspan. The new virtual VUCA world we are part of today requires a new set of problem-solving ...
Views: 532 - Reality is Not What it Seems - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2023 from William CottringerReality is Not What it Seems by Bill Cottringer Every once in a while, I stumble upon a book that helps me reconcile harsh polarities into a bigger, better, and more useful truth, usually emerging from somewhere in-between the given opposite possibilities. Such is the case with ...
Views: 528 - Reality is Not What it Seems - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2023 from William CottringerReality is Not What it Seems by Bill Cottringer Every once in a while, I stumble upon a book that helps me reconcile harsh polarities into a bigger, better, and more useful truth, usually emerging from somewhere in-between the given opposite possibilities. Such is the case with ...
Views: 524 - Repairing Virtual Communication failures - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2022 from William CottringerRepairing Virtual Communication failures By Bill Cottringer “In a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage to learn how to adapt and enjoy something better.” ~Kenneth H. Blanchard. Live, face-to-face (f2f) communication has always been difficult, unfortunately with ...
Views: 516 - Reality is Not What it Seems - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2023 from William CottringerReality is Not What it Seems by Bill Cottringer Every once in a while, I stumble upon a book that helps me reconcile harsh polarities into a bigger, better, and more useful truth, usually emerging from somewhere in-between the given opposite possibilities. Such is the case with ...
Views: 514 - Ten useful Suggestions on Improving the Quality of Your Life - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2021 from William CottringerTen useful Suggestions on Improving the Quality of Your Life by Bill Cottringer “Our egos are utterly convinced that ‘quality of life’ is found in the ‘domineering of life.’ And a very simple way to effectively destroy the whole of your life is to live by this for the smallest part of your ...
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