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Dangers of a Divided Mind Byr Bill Cottringer “Warning: A divided mind misses half of everything but deludes you into believing you have the whole truth. So, if you want to get twice as much done in half the time in finding the whole truth, rejoin your divided mind.” ~The Author.
Ten useful Suggestions on Improving the Quality of Your Life byr 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 life.” ~Craig D. Lounsbrough.
The Path from Nobody to Somebody byr Bill Cottringer "Be a somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody." ~anonymous.
Seven Sure Paths to Self-Actualization Byr Bill Cottringer “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ~Theodore Roosevelt.
The Success Team Formula Within Byr Bill Cottringer Effective teamwork between quality thinking, healthy emotionality, disciplined behavior, and spiritual intelligence invariably results in long-term success, along with authentic happiness, genuine peace of mind, and inherent satisfaction. ~The Author. Here is the simple Success Team Formula that tells you what to do and how to do it, with the why built in: Quality Thinking + Healthy Emotionality + Disciplined Behavior + Spiritual Intelligence = SUCCESS.
Life’s Ground Rules byr Bill Cottringer Reality is the composite of the a priori laws of the universe which are left over from when we strip away all the perceptions, beliefs, interpretations, and assumptions that have been made. ~ The author.
Understanding Violencer By William Cottringer, Ph.D. "Violence in an uncontrollable animal, which usually ends up attacking its own master." ~Renny Yagosesky. There are two main problems standing in the way of understanding violence. One roadblock is that the violence trauma event is strictly an emotional one that can’t really be understood or corrected with rational thought. This is because these two mental processes use different languages to process information.
Navigating Conflicts Successfully by Bill Cottringer Conflicts are an inevitable part of life and when they are not resolved, they often come back with increased velocity and vengeance to take a bigger bite from a part of the anatomy that really hurts. ~The author.
In and Out of Ruts byr Bill Cottringer “It takes guts to get out of the ruts.” ~Robert H. Schuller. First of all, here are the two main elements of a “rut” that can help us arrive at a common understanding of what we are talking about here. • Being somewhere where you don’t want to be or not being somewhere where you do want to be and not seeming to be able to do anything about the situation. • Doing something you don’t want to be doing or not doing something you do want to be doing and being stuck in the situation.
Ten Essential Elements of Violence Trauma Recovery byr William Cottringer Ph.D. There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.rn~Laurell K. Hamilton, Mistral's Kiss. Building Blocks (the basement). 1. Supportive Communication.
Enemies of Truth byr William Cottringer, Ph.D. Truth is like the beauty of a great sculpture—all that is left when you can’t take away, add, or change anything more. ~Anonymous. At times there seem to be more enemies of truth than friends. If you are a real truth seeker, here are a few truth “enemies” of which to be more watchful: 1. The Brain.
Seven Learning Lessons from Failures "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." ~Winston S. Churchill.
BELIEFS & BEHAVIOR byr William Cottringer, Ph.D. You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. ~C.S. Lewis.
Several Sound Sources of Happiness Byr Bill Cottringer Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. ~Mahatma Gandhi. Unhappiness is easy to have, but having authentic happiness is one of life’s greatest challenges because of the many adversities that inevitably occur in our lives. In this article we will first go for the low hanging fruit and then work our way through the weeds to explore the more complicated ways to be happy. Happiness can simply be defined as what you get from what you are doing to get it.
A Sensible Spiritual Viewpoint to Seriously Consider Byr William Cottringer, Ph.D.
Better Success with More Failure byr Bill Cottringer It is not the things in life that bothers us, but rather our opinions about these things. ~Epictetus.
SEEING THE REAL ENEMY Byr Bill Cottringer It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend. ~Margaret Thatcher. The real enemy is not a person, group, country, or thing that we can easily see and fight against, but rather a compelling, persistent, and invisible illusion behind the curtain, well out of sight. A pervasive conflict, which hides the real enemy from our awareness, is the conflict we all feel between “us” and the rest of life. This all begins at our birth into this world with our own unique identity.
Four Main Perspectives in the Game of Life Byr Bill Cottringer The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective. ~Al Neuharth. Heroes, Villains, Victims and Bystanders There are only four choices, For all the unheard voices: Be an honorable hero, And gain respect. Be a vicious villain, And gain distain, Be a sorry victim, And gain sorrow, Be a passive bystander, And gain nothing. Heroes use character, Villains use anger, Victims use pity, Bystanders use nothing. Heroes are positive and hopeful, Villains are negative and selfish,r
Ten Sensible Problem-Solving Strategies From the Trenches by Bill Cottringer Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them. ~Rick Warren.
The Spiritual Split Byr Bill Cottringer “Three things cannot be long hidden: The sun, the moon, and the truth.” ~Buddha. One such truth is the awesome power of threes. Just consider the influence of the threes in pyramids, the Christian trinity, colors of traffic lights, a tri-fold dinner menu, the times of the past, present and future, the Bill of Rights with the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and even Freud’s personality divisions of the id, ego and superego.
The Two Problems of Problem-Solving byr Bill Cottringer If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution. ~Albert Einstein.
The Big Three Gap Closers byr Bill Cottringer Building on what we have in common always seems to be more productive than over-focusing on the sometimes annoying, noisy and irritating differences we have between us. Two early psychologists gave us some important clues about what we all have in common in living our lives. Abraham Maslow gave us the hierarchy of essential needs we all seek to satisfy. These are safety and security, physical comfort, belonging, self-esteem, love, meaning and self-actualization
Getting In Sync with The Way of Lifer By Bill Cottringer “In anything, timing is everything.” ~Benjamin Disraeli. During our lives we are all part of one main conflict, which is us vs. life. Of course, our everyday lives involve two other conflicts within this main one, which are us vs. others and even us vs. ourselves. The path of least resistance to resolving all these conflicts requires us to get more in sync with the Way of Life. Here are the seven behaviors that help us find this path so we can enjoy the benefits of being in sync with the Way of Life. 1. Slow Down.r
Check Your Beliefs at The Door byr Bill Cottringer “Beliefs are choices. First you choose your beliefs. Then your beliefs affect your choices.” ~Roy T. Bennett.
The Impacts of the Human Trafficking Violence Trauma Experience by Bill Cottringer I’m tired. I just want to go home. ~Anonymous survivor. Helping survivors get past the violence trauma of a human trafficking experience is a challenging effort. It requires an informed understanding of the total impact this horrid experience uniquely has on each different person. Below are the various impacts of loss that each survivor goes through to some degree or another, which need attention by human trafficking service providers in their trauma informed care model.
Adaptable Leadership for our VUCA Worldr By Bill Cottringer
Barriers to Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases Byr Bill Cottringer