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Eliminate the Twin Killers of Success Part 2
By Dr. Ron Ross
Many worthy goals, promising relationships, and terrific business ideas are ruined by the Twin Killers of Success: Speed and Greed. Last week the focus was on speed, this week on greed.
Let’s start with what greed is not. ... Views: 1156
Having spent many years in senior executive roles experience tells me that when it comes to succeeding at work it isn’t necessarily about how much experience you have, how many qualifications you hold or even how knowledgeable you are.
It’s about how you speak!
It’s clear to me that the ... Views: 2742
Positive energy is not the type of energy that provides you the ability to turn on lights or start engines but rather the kind of energy that helps you maximize your personal productivity and enjoy life more.
Do you remember a moment when you were feeling totally empowered to take on your ... Views: 1982
Eliminate the Twin Killers of Success Part 1
By Dr. Ron Ross
Many worthy goals, promising relationships, and terrific business ideas are ruined by the Twin Killers of Success: speed and greed. This week the focus is on speed (impatience), next week on greed.
A cute little girl in “Willy ... Views: 1076
The interactive world we reside in permits a lot of diversions. At the office, there are interruptions by our colleagues or our partners in addition to calls from our family at times always important and many times a priority to address. There are our own vices sometimes searching phones, email ... Views: 1616
How do you define success? Is it about wealth? Is it about power? Is it about happiness? Success means something different to every person, like beauty, it exists in the eye of the beholder. It depends on every one of us to determine what success means to us and do something to bring it forth ... Views: 1430
When one wants to find out about something there is a strong chance that they will look for someone who has an understanding of what they want of know. They could believe that the most important thing is to find someone who has the right qualifications.
And once this has taken place, they ... Views: 1396
Work on List Three
By Dr. Ron Ross
Everyone keeps three silent lists deep within their heart.
The first is a list of the things we’ve done for which we are ashamed. For some of us it’s a long list: people we’ve disappointed, friends we’ve hurt, selfish things we’ve done, words we ... Views: 989
When it comes to how one experiences life, there are going to be a number of factors that will play a part. One of these things is the state of their health, and this is something that most people are aware of.
Physical Health
For example, it is not uncommon to hear about how important it ... Views: 1368
Ignore Insults
By Dr. Ron Ross
There was a day when intelligent people could insult each other with some real class. The story is told that playwright George Bernard Shaw disliked Winston Churchill so he sent him an invitation to the opening night of his new play with this note: “I’m ... Views: 1127
While some people are given the kind of care that they need in order to grow and develop whilst they are growing up, there are others who don’t have this experience. As a result of this, their latter years can end up being extremely different.
A Continuation
When one does receive what ... Views: 1092
Many people wonder about the lone worker. A lone worker is a type of worker who works alone. The worker is supervised either directly or indirectly. There are many people, who are subject to chances of accident or violence in the place of their work. There are many health and safety issues that ... Views: 787
When it comes to what most people know about history, there is a chance that the majority of what they know was picked up whilst they were at school. Along with this, there can be what they have learned through watching films.
On the other hand, there are the people who have taken matters ... Views: 1716
Fear Not
By Ron Ross
Belize is a small country located on the southern border of Mexico. My wife and I went there a few years ago to look at some land and buildings offered to us at a bargain price. We rented a car and drove to the property but once we saw it the reason for our trip was ... Views: 1124
Jerry was the CEO of a large bank headquartered in New York. As a client of mine for several years, he had grown to trust my ability to work with “difficult” executives.
One Friday evening I got a call from Jerry’s executive assistant, asking me to meet with him to discuss one of his direct ... Views: 1267
If one was to pick up a paper or to go onto a news website, for instance, it wouldn’t take them long to come across something negative. It could be said that this is partly because bad things happen in the world, and partly because the mainstream media generally focus on what is wrong as opposed ... Views: 1124
Recently I had the pleasure of seeing the Tony-nominated production of The Crucible. I am a huge fan of director Ivo Van Hove's work and loved his powerful production of A View From the Bridge earlier this season. Needless to say I was really looking forward to this evening at the theater. ... Views: 2130
If you want that your employees become more productivity maybe it is time for you to stop blaming your team and start rolling up your own sleeves. Sometimes, yes, it is your employees’ lack of essential skills the cause of tasks not getting done, but, on many occasions, you could have done ... Views: 1306
My yoga teacher has said this phrase dozens of times, but one morning it went in differently and landed in the places where breath meets bone, where sinew aches with loss and the water in the pelvic bowl of my hips shimmered like a moonlit lake. The words traveled along ancient blood-lines to ... Views: 1121
Begin Now
By Ron Ross
The easiest thing you can do if you’re stuck in the mud is to PROCRASTINATE! Do nothing. Just sit there and wallow in the sticky, putrid, dreary muck you have been comfortable in for years.
After I earned my 4-year bachelor’s degree I wanted to get a master’s ... Views: 1029
Seven Sources of Self-Confidence
By Ron Ross
If God himself could give you a report on how much raw untapped talent lies within you, you would be embarrassed to ever whine or complain again.
No matter how stuck in the mud you may be today, you have the capacity to summon empowering ... Views: 1164
The very fact that many people rank the fear of speaking in public as one of their greatest sources of anxiety could be hurting their professional and personal life.
It’s far more common than you may ever imagine; perhaps you’ve even experienced it yourself.
Sweaty palms, feeling nervous, ... Views: 2445
Live With Purpose
By Dr. Ron Ross
Who am I and why am I here? Those are the two most important questions you can ask yourself.
Question 1: Who am I?
Some say you’re the product of a bit of slime that squirmed its way out of some prehistoric bog and evolved from this to that, then ... Views: 1060
Starting writing, that’s easy. It’s the continuing that’s the hard part. And yet if you’re not writing consistently you can’t really call yourself a writer – a dreamer, maybe but not a writer. So what makes it so hard to continue writing?
The first piece of the puzzle we’re going to have to ... Views: 1338
The Structured Mindset and The Power of Positive Thinking
Can you imagine that… You can choose completely how you feel always…
So allowing frustration, depression, stress, anger to remain is merely an unconscious choice…
Imagine if you worked on and protected your mindset then you can choose ... Views: 2435
A New Series Begins!
By Dr. Ron Ross
My mother nearly killed me during the summer before I entered the first grade.
I really hadn’t done anything terribly wrong except to play in the back yard. Well maybe I did a little wrong – I played in the part of the back yard that Dad had just ... Views: 1088
It’s true that no two persons share the same identity -not even the most identical set of twins. Although it’s possible to share semblance with different people either through name or appearance, sharing the same qualities, values and ideals with someone else is definitely impossible.
Your ... Views: 1502
"Lovers are those for whom no minute is like any other, people between whom nothing habitual takes place, just what is new, unprecedented, unexpected. In such connections there exists an almost unbearable happiness. When we understand our lives correctly, we can slowly grow into such happiness ... Views: 1622
If you are one in a creative career field, then you must have experienced a creative block at some point in your journey. To some it comes only once in a while, but to others it can be so frequent that it impedes productivity. So how can you keep you prevent these creative blocks and keep your ... Views: 1458
Manners of Personality
By Ron Ross
“An ugly personality destroys a pretty face.” Does that sound true to you? If so, allow me to introduce you to a few ugly personalities and make sure none describes you!
The arrogant. The arrogant have a need to diminish others in a pitiful attempt to ... Views: 981
At some point, you are going to be asked the question and you had better have a solid, impressive answer. More importantly, you should know the answer for your own personal edification. If you cannot effectively express why you want to be a nurse, you cannot convince people you're the right ... Views: 1382
Manners at the Airport and at 25,000 Feet
By Ron Ross
“Hi there!” a pretty lady said to me with a big smile, “I’m Julie and I am going to be your BFF for the next two hours!” We were flying from Denver to Chicago on a direct flight. I had the aisle seat and she was stuck in the center seat ... Views: 1301
Conversational Manners
By Ron Ross
Good conversations are fun to be a part of – unless someone is rude. Bad manners in conversation will stifle communication and short-circuit camaraderie. Here are a few simple guidelines for mutually satisfying conversations:
Share the floor. To talk ... Views: 1028
While there are some people who find it easy to empathise with others, there others who are not in the same position. What this shows is that although everyone is a human being, it doesn’t mean that they operate in the same way.
Still, it could be said that this is not the only difference, ... Views: 1628
Appliance repair companies are very common today and it is almost easy to find them. Locating the repairing companies is not difficult and there is no question to pay them higher prices as well. There are appliance-repairing shops everywhere and no one finds it difficult or stressful to find ... Views: 955
Rude Pets and Rude Pet Owners
By Ron Ross
My wife used to share her ice cream cone with our dachshund. The neighbor girl wasn’t impressed, however, when he took a lick of her cone.
What is socially acceptable to a dog or to a dog owner is not necessarily acceptable to humans. Sniffing, ... Views: 841
People in organizations talk about trust. Much of that time, however, is devoted to talking about others who they do NOT trust. I hear comments like the following with regularity:
• "I don't trust my boss. He gives me an assignment and then micro-manages me."
• (From a CEO) "I don't trust ... Views: 1399
In this thread I would like to share few victories on myself.
For me that's mean something because I have not believe that will work and perhaps yes.
My first victory is to have stopped drinking cola soda; in my past it was my "water".
I had never believed it, but when I have tried the ... Views: 498
Punctuality
By Ron Ross
“We will wait a few minutes before we begin our meeting as some folks are still arriving.” I hate it when the guy in charge of the meeting says that. Rude late arrivers should not be awarded for being tardy while those on time get punished for their ... Views: 1090
We now know a lot more about procrastination and willpower than we ever did before. Where procrastination was a weakness and willpower was something akin to the force, we now understand it’s a little bit more complicated than that.
Procrastination, for example, isn’t so much a weakness. ... Views: 1793
Renowned author Mark Twain, famously quoted, "Kindness is a language, which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
We see the power of money, fame, reputation, etc. and have this mind-set that these are the only things which have an impact. The materialistic world, has over the years, ... Views: 1191
Many people have a lot of confusion or shall I say, assumption that peace, calm, serenity and tranquillity mean the same thing or something around the same concept. There are various stories on the very same subject, written by the ancient kings and sages, who advocate that achieving a state of ... Views: 4273
It is not uncommon, for the terms, personal development and growth, to be met with a certain amount of sighing and an expression of 'been there done that'! We've been learning about the idea since we were in school and we've been working on it since forever. So, what is going to be different ... Views: 1412
Manners on the Road
By Ron Ross
Every road you drive on is filled with cheerful people who are courteous and careful on their commute, right? Wong. You and I, however, are always considerate and polite when we are behind the wheel, right? Wrong again. All drivers are guilty of angry ... Views: 931
It’s amazing when you cross your own invisible line from, “Ugh! I have to do this,” to “Wow! I get to do this!”
Such is the case with running. Never, in my wildest dreams, did I think I would enjoy, let alone love, running. But I do. A LOT! So much in fact, I regularly participate in local ... Views: 1256
No, of course you haven’t heard any good negative predictions lately. That’s because there aren’t any good negative predictions. There are only negative negative predictions. That’s because there’s nothing good about a negative prediction! Negative predictions can only be ... Views: 1841
Table Manners
By Ron Ross
When you eat by yourself you may gobble your food like a hungry pig if you want because no one cares. But when you eat with someone else, and especially when you eat in public, table manners matter.
In 1922 a writer named Emily Post wrote Etiquette in Society, ... Views: 860
When your life is meaningful, fulfilling and purposeful you carry in your heart the passion to create something extraordinary for others and for yourself
Wouldn’t the world be a great place if we all discovered happiness! What if we had the opportunity to find our purpose in life? Imagine ... Views: 1356
When we stand resolutely in support of others, we give optimism, passion and purpose to our own path to abundance
Every day, in so many parts of this wonderful world in which we live, there are people who embrace their purpose. They are living fulfilling lives through doing what makes them ... Views: 2316
If one was to talk about the world, there is a strong chance that the mainstream media will have played a part in what they have to say. And this could be a time where one will talk about what is currently taking place in their own country, as well as what it is like in other countries.
The ... Views: 1313