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- Make Fewer Decisions – Step 2 To Making Decisions - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2007 from Mark V HansenLet’s not waste our time not making decisions when we are out there in the executive world. What are some of the steps we can take in making great decisions? We have all spent years and years teaching some of the most effective and successful executives on the planet how to make quality ...
Views: 836 - Get On With It! Step 1 To Making Decisions - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2007 from Mark V HansenIt is very simple. Time spent not making the important decision is time wasted. You have to make good decisions. Have you ever been driving down the road behind someone who is indecisive? It is terrible; they wander up and down the road. They pull off to the side. They slow down. You know ...
Views: 824 - Extend Your Philanthropy Past Money - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2007 from Mark V HansenDo Not Burden Your Children with Unearned Wealth While you want to give your money away, you want to give it to people and causes that will truly benefit from it. Unearned wealth can be a tremendous burden and stunt the growth and spiritual development of those who receive it. Wealth is earned ...
Views: 1121 - Step Three To Changing Your Internal Representations – Close The Distances - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2007 from Mark V HansenNow that you have distanced yourself and learned how to edit images internally, it’s time close the distance to the image you fear to see how you did. This should be done one step at a time. First, move from the third to the second position. Go down from the blimp to the bleachers or from the ...
Views: 630 - More Ways To Make Deeper, More Sincere Friendships - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2007 from Mark V HansenBe Honest Sometimes we are afraid of hurting our friends’ feelings. We don’t tell them our honest feelings. We feel that we are protecting them. Think about it. Do you want your friends hiding their true feelings from you even if it may hurt? I have asked dozens of people this question. ...
Views: 811 - Make Deeper, More Sincere Friendships - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2007 from Mark V HansenSincere Interest Show sincere interest in the other person. Care about what they care about. Years ago in Japan I had a very close Japanese friend. As an American I was interested in how he defined friendship. So I asked him, “What does it mean to be a true friend in Japan?” He thought for a ...
Views: 763 - Creating True Friendships - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2007 from Mark V HansenOur Common Humanity We are all part of the human race. We share the resources of this world. We have so many things in common. One of the key steps to taking friendship to the next level is to treat your friends with great respect. Treat them as human beings, not as a source of gain or ...
Views: 726 - Learn From Your Mistakes - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2007 from Mark V HansenTake mistakes as a learning experience. Yes, learn. If you can forget and let it go, fine; but learn from it in your forgetting process. The learning will prevent you from doing it again, and you will say to yourself, “I have learned my lesson. This I will never do again.” I am going to tell ...
Views: 737 - Believe That God Has A Plan For You - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2007 from Mark V HansenIt is very difficult to forgive someone else if you haven’t forgiven yourself. I don’t know about you, but I believe there is a Force greater than myself in this universe that has a plan for me. I truly feel I am a part of that plan. As I go around the world and learn about different religions ...
Views: 3336(1 vote) - Positive Language Can Bring You Luck – Banish the Word IF - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2007 from Mark V HansenTo be lucky, you have to use lucky language, and lucky language is positive language. To have positive language, you have to think positively. You have to see, you have to believe in yourself—and then you have to reflect that belief in the words that you use. Shut off all the media, the ...
Views: 1705 - Living With Class, Dignity, And Style - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2007 from Mark V HansenI have a great friend, Jim Rohn, who is probably the classiest business teacher on the planet. He is in his 70s, and has spoken to millions around the world; perhaps you have heard him speak. Jim was traveling in Carmel, California, with his wife before they were married, and they pulled up to ...
Views: 908 - Positive Working Relationships Can Move You Up The Corporate Ladder - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2007 from Mark V HansenThere are some practical things that you can do to solidify your position as an indispensible asset in your organization. You can bring solutions to the table, not problems. You can build strong relationships and be a true team player. What is the benefit to these practices? Overwhelming ...
Views: 868 - Build Confidence With Your Voice And Body Language - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2007 from Mark V HansenBody Language Stand tall. Use your body to project confidence. When your head is down and your chest is collapsed, you are not depicting confidence. When you’re looking depressed and you’re acting nervously shy, you do not look confident. Lift your chin up, have good posture, breathe ...
Views: 869 - Enjoy Your Problems, Understand Your Problems, Learn From Your Problems - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2007 from Mark V HansenIn The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain tells the delightful story of how Tom gets all the other boys in the neighborhood to paint his fence for him. He has been told that he can’t go fishing until the fence is painted. What a chore! When the other boys ask if he is going, he basically ...
Views: 791 - Boost Your Confidence By Boosting Those Around You - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2007 from Mark V HansenConfidence is also developed through lifting people around you. One thing I tell people who are just starting out in careers is you can’t rise above your boss. If you put your boss down, what does that make you? It makes you dumb. That is the nicest word I could think of to answer that ...
Views: 711 - The Secret to Writing… Is Writing! - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2007 from Mark V HansenWe recommend that you write out everything you know about a subject before you start researching the subject. Just sit down and write it. This approach allows for original thinking and breakthrough ideas. Write what you know. Surely you have a signature story that you frequently tell to the ...
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