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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Little Laws 4 BIG SUCCESS

Little Laws 4 BIG SUCCESS Byr Bill Cottringer “We don't see things as they are; we see things as we are.” ~Anais Nin. A long time ago an MIT Math professor friend introduced me to a very intriguing engineering term called perturbation point. These are the few key stress points in a building where small explosive devices can be strategically placed to cause a quick, easy and effective implosion of the whole building. At the time, I had no idea of how this little principle would open my eyes to much bigger ones.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Don’t Let Your Ability Get In The Way Of Your Capability

Don’t Let Your Ability Get In The Way Of Your Capabilityr By Bill Cottringer “You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'” ~ George Be ard Shaw. Is your current limited ability interfering with your desire and effort to explode into your unlimited capability? Is there a gap between the current you and the ideal you that you want to be and know you can be? Are you having trouble seeing past the roadblocks and obstacles in your way? Or do you just not know how to get started?

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Do We Have a Common Purpose Here?

Do We Have a Common Purpose Here? Byr Bill Cottringer “Life is a promise; fulfill it.”~ Mother Theresa. I have been thinking about this question for a long time now during my life’s educational classes—my journey through formal schooling, interacting with a wide variety of people, working in several different careers, observing nature closely, learning from “teachers,” listening to different religions’ church sermons, reading many books, and watching lots of movies.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

When Your Back is Against the Wall…

When Your Back is Against the Wall… by Bill Cottringer

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

#1 Success & Happiness Solution: Rubber Band Thinking

#1 Success & Happiness Solution: Rubber Band Thinking Byr Bill Cottringer “I wouldn’t give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but for the simplicity just on the other side of complexity, I would give my life.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

The Common Misalignment Problem in Organizations

The Common Misalignment Problem in Organizationsr By Bill Cottringer “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” ~John F. Kennedy. Every “group” goes through a similar progression of four stages in its development and maturity: • Stage One: Members start out interacting with superficial “cocktail chitchat,” warming things up as an introduction of what is to come. • Stage Two: Then the conversations eventually switch to deeper subject matter conce s and issues, like the purpose of the group and how to proceed with that purpose and other related topics.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Ten Easy Ways to Have Hard Conversations

Ten Easy Ways to Have Hard Conversations Byr Bill Cottringer “Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” ~Ronald Reagan.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

“The Dark Depression Cloud of Later Life”

“The Dark Depression Cloud of Later Life” By Bill Cottringer “The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.” ~Doug Larson Later life often brings a dark cloud of depression that can be very worrisome and quite difficult to deal with, alone or as a couple. This period of life can be especially difficult because it involves a lot of things that work against each other to make matters worse.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Resolving The Clash Between Younger and Older Workers

Resolving The Clash Between Younger and Older Workers Byr Bill Cottringer “Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.” ~Max Lucade.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Little Things That Can Help a Good Relationship Stay That Way

Little Things That Can Help a Good Relationship Stay That Way By Bill Cottringer “A man's sense of self is defined through his ability to achieve results; a woman's sense of self is defined through her feelings and the quality of her relationships.” ~John Gray.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

The Flashing Red Flags of Fatally Crashing Relationships

The Flashing Red Flags of Fatally Crashing RelationshipsnBy Bill Cottringe n You may wonder why anyone in their right mind would miss these blatant red flags before they found themselves stuck in a fatal relationship; but the real problem becomes more of how to get out of such a ...

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Double Vision Decision-Making

Double Vision Decision-Making Byr Bill Cottringer “Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.” ~Phil McGraw. Double vision decision-making is a very useful and valuable skill in maneuvering around in today’s plethora of information overload that confronts us all. Basically, double vision is seeing both sides of the decision-making equation, or things like: • What information you already have and what you may need, and using what you already have smarter?r

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Brain and Heart Management for Better Success

Brain and Heart Management for Better Success Byr Bill Cottringer The lion’s share of success and failure is mostly due to how well we manage our brains and hearts—specifically how we learn, grow and improve the thinking and feeling which drives our behavior. Psychologists have never really explained the complicated process of thinking and feeling very well, notably as to which causes which and where one stops and the other starts. They are inter-twinned and seemingly inseparable but still called different things.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

A Simple Life Gap Map That Makes Sense Of The Ones You Have To Pay For

A Simple Life Gap Map That Makes Sense Of The Ones You Have To Pay For Byr Bill Cottringer “Life gets to be fun only when we begin to feel free to live it; but there is no real freedom apart from responsibility and ownership.” ~Dr. Henry Cloud. Here are two important things you know than no one else does: First, only you know exactly where you are on your journey (probably not exactly where you would really like to be). And secondly, only you know where you want to be (living your dreams and goals happily and dealing with misfortunes gracefully).

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Character-Building

CHARACTER-BUILDING By Bill Cottringe nn If you do a Google search on “character-building programs in schools” you will uncover nearly a quarter of a million hits. Why is character-building such an important topic getting so much attention in our schools? First of all it is not ...

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Why You Want To Abandon Your Comfort Zone Right Now

Why You Want To Abandon Your Comfort Zone Right NownBy Bill Cottringe n“The security and safety of a comfort zone are a persistent illusion; but the only real security is in accepting your insecurities as you venture outside of your comfort zone.” ~The author. Here are six very good reasons to ...

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Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Three Beatitudes for Better Communication

Three Beatitudes for Better Communication Byr Bill Cottringer “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” ~George Be ard Shaw.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

The Obvious But Most Misunderstood Quality Behind Success

The Obvious But Most Misunderstood Quality Behind Success Byr Bill Cottringer “I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also that has that challenge for me to play - a different kind of role, a different type of character, a different time period.” ~Kathy Bates

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

A Mission Every Employer Has with Every Employee

A Mission Every Employer Has with Every Employee Byr Dr. Bill Cottringer “The obscure takes a while to see, but the obvious even longer.” ~Anonymous. The above quote relates to a lesso I seem to have to keep relea ing and remembering from the first book I wrote several years ago—“You Can Have Your Cheese & Eat It Too.” The important lesson is in understanding how to do this by understanding the opening quote. Oddly, the solution to this challenging paradox is rather obvious, yet obvious things usually take longer to see than even more obscure ones.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

TERRIBLE CHOICES

TERRIBLE CHOICES Byr Bill Cottringer “We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.” ~Kahlil Gibran. There are some terrible choices we seem to have to make through all ages. Consider the following very uncomfortable choices confronting us all at different times in our lives: • Youth: The choice of staying cool with the peer group and doing whatever that requires—even engaging in wrong or illegal behavior—and then suffering the dire consequences vs.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

The Ego Diet

The Ego DietnBy Bill Cottringe nn “Learning that just increases self-importance and autonomy, isn’t really learning at that point, it is over-nourishment of the ego, just like too much food causes the body to become obese.” ~The author.nnn We pretty well understand the importance of ...

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

TRANSFORMATIONAL THINKING: Healing The Crack In The Cosmic Egg

TRANSFORMATIONAL THINKING: Healing The Crack In The Cosmic Eggnby William Cottringer, Ph.D.nnn“You can’t solve a problem with the same type of thinking that created it.” n~Albert Einstein. My Native American Totem is the deer. What this means for me is that the deer spirit is here to ...

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

The Best Way To Love

The Best Way To Love Byr Bill Cottringer “Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Facts of Life That Get In The Way Of Living

Facts of Life That Get In The Way Of Living Byr Bill Cottringer “It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.” ~Victor Hugo, Les Misérables.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Seeds of Anger

Seeds of Anger Byr Bill Cottringer

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

God’s Five Favorite Hiding Places

God’s Five Favorite Hiding Places byr Bill Cottringer Sometimes God is hard to find, let alone know very well. Not being able to see God, we have to go places where a God-like presence can be sensed in some distinct way. Here are God’s seven favorite hiding places, where such an invisible presence can be felt from the heart and validated by the mind. Troubled Waters

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Angry Hearts

ANGRY HEARTSnby Bill Cottringe nn There is an unexpected side-effect of being mentally and spiritually healthy: You become more aware of and obligated to help resolve the phenomenon of angry hearts. And this can be more time consuming, draining and beyond what you may think you are ...

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

An Ever-Growing Gap Between Managers And Employees In The Information Age

An Ever-Growing Gap Between Managers And Employees In The Information Age Byr William Cottringer When we first started on the path of the Information Age in the early eighties, we had no earthly idea where it was going to take us. Ironically, here in 2014, we still don’t know the answer to this question because the possibilities keep expanding. And, there is no end in sight if what they say about knowledge doubling every few years is true.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

The Reality Principle of Success and Why Many People Don’t Follow It

James Gray’s “Two Lovers” with Joaquin Phoenix, Gwenth Paltrow, and Vinessa Shaw was an amusing, but predictable movie. The plot involved a confused young man carrying on with two completely different lovers—one very passionate, slightly out-of-reach relationship with all sorts of possibilities, good and bad, and the other a comfortable love that he could easily grow into. He follows his heart and gets jilted at the last minute in his plans to run away with the hoped-for love, but luckily still has the comfortable, fall-back relationship as an alte ative to his suicidal thoughts.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Five Questions We All Have At Work

Five Questions We All Have At Work Byr Bill Cottringer “All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way.” ~Duane Michals.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

A Work Conflict Deserving a Thoughtful Resolution By Bill Cottringer

“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means” ~Ronald Reagan.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Are You Smart Enough?

Are You Smart Enough? Byr Bill Cottringer “Half of being smart is in knowing what you are dumb about.” ~Solomon Short. I have been an avid researcher of the connection between intelligence and success for several decades now, and am finally ready to release my short list for guaranteed results—How to be smart enough. Maybe I should start out with the disclaimer that you can never be smart enough, as becoming smart is a forever road you have to travel. So, to become smarter, there are three aspects of intelligence to consider that collectively define smartness: IQ

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

The Difficulties Of Selecting The Best Of The Bunch

The Difficulties Of Selecting The Best Of The Bunch Byr Bill Cottringer “Never make predictions, especially about the future.” ~Casey Stengel. I won’t argue with Mr. Stengel’s wisdom when it comes to baseball; but in business, employers have way too much to lose without at least trying to be good predictors. And one of the areas that is too costly as a result of poor prediction by employers is the one of employee selection. The adverse effects of ineffective employee selection practices by an employer, can literally kill the bottom line.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

TWO BIBLICAL CHALLENGES TO FIGURE OUT

TWO BIBLICAL CHALLENGES TO FIGURE OUTnBy Bill Cottringe n“Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.” ~Be ice Johnson Reagonnnn There are two very powerful Biblical challenges that have provoked me for years in the search for ...

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Are You Asking The Right Questions?

Are You Asking The Right Questions? Byr Bill Cottringer “Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.” ~Tony Robbins.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Redefining Success: Seven New Super-Sized Success Secrets

Redefining Success: Seven New Super-Sized Success Secrets Byr Bill Cottringer “Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.” ~A old H. Glasow.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Ten Best Ways to Build a Quality Work Culture

Ten Best Ways to Build a Quality Work Culture Byr Dr. Bill Cottringer “To win in the marketplace, you must first win in the workplace.” ~Doug Conant, Campbell Soup.

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Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

How Successful Are You?

“Success is the progress we each make in our private, lifelong journey of learning, growing and improving into our best selves.” ~The author. There are currently as many “tests” to measure success as there are personal definitions of it or criteria for defining it. Where do you go to sort this all out and really know how successful you are? A good starting point is to ask the toughest question there is: What is your main purpose for being here?

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Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Sharing The Secret of Single-Mindedness

SHARING THE SECRET OF SINGLE-MINDEDNESSnby Bill Cottringe nn The most important gift a leader can share is the illusive secret of single-mindedness. No organization can flourish with consistent growth, abundant prosperity and genuine success without single-mindedness of purpose and effort. ...

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

There Is No Quick & Easy One-Size Fits All Success Prescription. So Why Do You Keep Looking?

There Is No Quick & Easy One-Size Fits All Success Prescription. So Why Do You Keep Looking? Byr Bill Cottringer Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.rn~Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Going From The “What To Do” To “How To Do It” Level Of Self Growth

Going From The “What To Do” To “How To Do It” Level Of Self Growth Byr Bill Cottringer “Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.” ~anonymous. The common purpose of life for us all seems to be to learn, grow and improve into our best selves. Why is this? It is because this road gets us all the things we want—wealth, health, influence, meaning, happiness, success, contentment, peace of heart and sense of accomplishment in making a difference.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Relationship Reality Repair

Relationship Reality Repair byr Bill Cottringer “Man is a knot into which relationships are tied.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Successful relationships are all about keeping things in proper perspective. This is especially true about the different perceptions of the realities of the relationship, and what happens when the water starts getting a little rough on its way to being a tsunami. People get drawn into relationships for many different reasons (some overlapping), and of course it is best if these reasons are mutual, whatever they may be:

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Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

TWO QUESTIONS WORTH ANSWERING

TWO QUESTIONS WORTH ANSWERING Byr Bill Cottringer “The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” rn~ Norman Schwarzkopf. There are two very important questions you should ask yourself. Having the right answers can determine the quality of your life in regards to the amount of success and happiness you get to enjoy. These two questions are: 1. Do I know what the “right” thing to do is? 2. Why don’t I always do it?

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Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

SEVEN MANAGEMENT “SINS” THAT WON’T GO AWAY

SEVEN MANAGEMENT “SINS” THAT WON’T GO AWAY Byr Bill Cottringer "Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end."rn~Immanuel Kant. There are seven “sins” that plague all managers from time to time and which even the best MBA trained managers like to deny they exist, at least in their own toolboxes. But the truth is that these “sins” do exist and are not likely to disappear and so they are a very real problem for employees to deal with. Of course it helps to accept and understand two important realities about these seven sins:

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation Byr Bill Cottringer Hagar the Horrible was giving worldly advice to his your Viking son. He says, “The secret of happiness is be content with what you got,” …so, he continues, “get enough.” ~Dik Browne.

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Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Common Sense Or Good Sense?

Common Sense Or Good Sense? Byr Bill Cottringer “Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”— Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

DO OR DIE

DO OR DIE Byr Bill Cottringer “Conflicts give rise to villains, heroes, victims and bystanders. Which are you willing to be, in doing or dying for? ~The Author.

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Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

Three Questions to Answer in Measuring the Success of Your Relationship

Three Questions to Answer in Measuring the Success of Your Relationship Byr Bill Cottringer “Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.” ~James Dobson.

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Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

“The Truth About Success That Most Of Us Need To Know.”

“The Truth About Success That Most Of Us Need To Know.” Byr Bill Cottringer “To succeed in life you need two things: Ignorance and confidence.” ~Mark Twain.

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Success Principles

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By William CottringerRecently published1 topic

The Most Difficult Thing About Managing Others Is…

The Most Difficult Thing About Managing Others Is… Byr Bill Cottringer “Mis-management of others is usually a symptom of mismanaging yourself.” ~An older, wiser, unnamed manager of sorts.

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Success Principles

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