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If I were to ask you what it means to live successfully, what would your answer be?
Success means different things to different people, but in general, most people would agree that to be physically healthy, have healthy relationships, and have enough money to live comfortably and not worry ... Views: 2601
The Common Misalignment Problem in Organizations
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 ... Views: 1596
The Curse of the Conditioned Mind
The conditioned mind is a box of standard thoughts. This mind asks questions that only can be answered from the thoughts it has in its box. It can only think up to the walls of the box, and think no farther.
The conditioned mind is a box of thoughts.
If ... Views: 2278
Every small town has its Friday night rituals, and the community I grew up in was no exception. When my father's shift at the tool and die plant ended at 5:00 pm, the men who worked on the factory floor gathered at the Silver Front Bar and Grill to have a few beers, talk, joke about the day, ... Views: 2115
The Difficulties Of Selecting The Best Of The Bunch
By
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 ... Views: 1431
Is being cynical the best approach to life? Does it beat being either skeptical or gullible?
Being cynical is a very negative way to approach your life. A cynic focuses on the problems rather than the benefits, sees what could go wrong and says no. He tends to reject things and experiences he ... Views: 1775
Suppose that each morning when you awoke you were given “energy cookies” or packets of energy to use as you see fit. You could take this energy and exercise, go to work, and use it to play or even to hug your kids. You could expend the energy in any activity but when it was used up, it was ... Views: 706
There is no doubt that the availability of jobs have a deep impact on society and the growth and prosperity of communities, countries and lifestyle of each person whether young or old. The online presence has further enhance the gig concept to unforeseen levels that the freelance world is a ... Views: 544
If the cynical stance is not the best approach to life, then does being gullible give better results?
Being gullible is the complete opposite of cynicism. Here you're very positive about what might happen in the future. You may not know much if anything about it, but you subscribe to the view ... Views: 1368
Article Title: The Key Elements of Determination and Self Discipline on the Pathway to Success (from 'The Winning Mind'')
Author: Craig Lock
Category (key words): Success, Success Principles, Motivation, Inspiration, Sports Psychology, Sport, Mind, Mind Control, Positive Thinking and ... Views: 1415
Article Title: The Key Elements of Determination and Self Discipline on the Pathway to Success (from 'The Winning Mind'')
Author: Craig Lock
Category (key words): Success, Success Principles, Motivation, Inspiration, Sports Psychology, Sport, Mind, Mind Control, Positive Thinking, Books, ... Views: 1540
This Personal Power series started by simplifying the complexity of life and seeing that there's no free lunch. Just as you don't benefit by delegating your exercise, you can't change your life by delegating your thinking.
Personal power is crucial, it enables you to produce desirable results ... Views: 1145
Our lives are a constant statement of reciprocation and balance.
We show kindness, we receive gratitude…
I give, you receive…
We believe strongly enough, our belief transpires…
By acknowledging our failings, we can appreciate our strengths…
You harbour bitterness and vengeance, hurt ... Views: 1093
In a meeting with an alumni group, a young man stands up and tells me his “MBA is broken.” He goes on to say that it hasn’t done anything for his career. My response to him was that the MBA is blind. Of course, the expression on his face was pure bewilderment. As I began to elaborate on that ... Views: 1013
How many times have you heard business gurus telling you to visualize success if you want to achieve it? I can't count the number of pieces of literature I've opened on subjects totally unrelated to psychology with a section in the book telling me to "program my subconscious" by "visualizing ... Views: 1440
Are you gullible? When somebody says something do you automatically believe them? Or do you automatically disbelieve, assume they have a hidden agenda, and discount everything they say?
Both are reactions, yet a reaction, to re-act, to act again as you did last time, has little personal ... Views: 2306
Whatever you believe is involved in improvement or success, the power of a decision is key. It will help if you understand what this really means.
A firm decision is one without discord, or one that transmutes any discord that makes an appearance. A firm decision is made and a knowing ... Views: 3590
I was told many years ago as a boy that the difference between man and beast was our power to choose. Yes, free-will ladies and gentlemen. Leaving out natural phenomena, all else around us and often in us stems from a deep lying source called choice. Choice is the younger submissive cousin of ... Views: 1253
Ed Strachar, creator of the Reading Genius® program, once said, "Positive thinking is better than negative thinking, but no thinking (just effective action) is better than positive thinking."
Negative thinking
Can negative thinking serve you?
What if I told you that there is an ... Views: 1039
Attitude is a choice. Women are confronted daily with situations, words, outcomes that force them to choose a response. That response is based decidedly on their attitude. Attitude is the difference between winning the battles, but losing the war. How many times have you realized that your ... Views: 1266
Attitude is a choice. Women are confronted daily with situations, words, outcomes that force them to choose a response. That response is based decidedly on their attitude. Attitude is the difference between winning the battles, but losing the war. How many times have you realized that your ... Views: 794
Article Title: The Principles of Success (from 'Steps to Success, Prosperity and Happiness')
Category (key words): Success, Success Principles, Personal Growth, Self Help, Motivation, Mind, Mind Control, Mindpower, Sport, Sport Psychology, books, new books (enough there now, craig)
Web Sites: ... Views: 941
Ever wondered how you can get the most of your life and further develop yourself mentally in areas that you haven’t been able to before? The path to change and self-improvement is a long and arduous one, but subliminal audio tracks are the perfect tool to help you get where you want to go. With ... Views: 939
What is the Goal?
How effective are you in reaching your goals? If you're not as effective as you'd like to be, these life strategies are for you. Have you decided what your goals and dreams are, how will their achievement look to you?
If you haven't decided on your goal, how can you ... Views: 1270
There are important habits that help motivational speakers to excel as they expand their speaking career. Some get so motivated that they forget the basic speaking principals. There is a great need to help speakers to spend their preparation times in the right places. You can increase your ... Views: 2905
There are six steps to successfully delegating tasks. Most managers and leaders only do one of these steps, while some conduct two of the steps. When the task isn't completed to the manager's satisfaction, all too often the manager comes to his coach or boss complaining that his employees just ... Views: 4555
As many of you know by now, I am a strong believer in the power of words.
“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 ... Views: 3717
Self-improvement: What do you think of when you see that term? A lot of us want to do it, but we don't really have any idea of how to actually go about it. Jeff Olson's Slight Edge Formula tells us just how to accomplish that.
The thing is, many of us want to work on self-improvement, but we ... Views: 2154
Each and every one of us has the potential to achieve anything you want in Life. On your journey to this discovery, you will all be made aware of a flame that has been lit deep within you for some great time now. This flame was lit long ago by a single spark. Even the tiniest of sparks can ... Views: 1464
After age 25-30, depending on marital status and other things, it becomes more and more helpful to have and to know certain things. Some are practical and some make sense from a life planning standpoint. The following are suggested for anyone over age 30, single or married, male or female, ... Views: 2171
The movie The Secret was created by a woman with a vision and a mission. But what happens when the purpose of the movie is somehow misinterpreted or distorted?
This article will reveal the secret behind the secret. Not so long ago an angel by the name of Rhonda Byrne had a vision while dealing ... Views: 3921
Why Make the Effort?
Why spend the time to come up with bad mood strategies to get yourself into a good mood in the first place? You're busy doing what you're doing and such pre-emptive planning can take a significant amount of time and energy.
The answer is very simple: It's far more fun ... Views: 1295
This Vero Beach Urgent Care Doctor has a valuable lesson for every entrepreneur.
One of the most important tips for any entrepreneur to grasp is to find an existing problem or need and provide a solution.
Educating potential customers as to why they need your products or service almost ... Views: 1657
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Are you a business owner, or in an intensely active, high-pressure professional position? Do you wish you had more time to focus on your spiritual development, but don’t know when to do that? Here are three easy ways to incorporate your increased consciousness into your spiritual ... Views: 1758
There's joy in having what you want in life. But there are three essential steps to achieving what you want. Do you know and follow them all?
Don't let Know Where become Nowhere
One of the most important is to know where you're going. If you don't know where you're going, then any road will ... Views: 1460
If you want to control your own life you need to have some direction – a track to run on. Otherwise, the decisions you make will be on a random basis, based on how you feel at any given moment. If you know where you are going, and how you want your life to be, your decision-making will have a ... Views: 770
I have had such a transformation in my business this year that’s in such contrast to the general way of thinking in terms of how businesses should be doing during an economic recession. One of the most important steps I took was looking inward at my beliefs that were holding me back and putting ... Views: 1060
What gives you joy? How do you take your attention away from feeling unhappy?
What do you enjoy doing? Which activities give you a rush, or maybe even just get you to smile inside? When you have an urgent need to get out of a bad mood, how do you stop your self sabotage? Anything which works ... Views: 1348
Everybody just wants to do the things they need to- and love to do - without any pain. Inflammation, pain and impaired mobility don’t have to be your lot if you have a computer job that keeps your hands clasped onto your computer mouse hour after hour.
For a condition such as Carpal Tunnel ... Views: 660
If you're wary of making commitments, see that making and keeping promises strengthens your personal power, which helps you realize your dreams. This implies that dislike of commitments is pure self sabotage. So to become more effective in keeping your promises, enjoy these tips to change your ... Views: 3127
How many times have you noticed yourself staring your notebooks at midnight or when you are about to start your dissertation? Maybe for a while or for a few deadly hours that always remind you of your dissertation which you need to submit the next morning in your school or college! We know that ... Views: 691
n life, trying is the most important thing that cuts across all winners. Why? Because if you don’t show up, you don’t register any performance. For example, to win any race like a marathon, you must show up and participate first. If it is an exam, you must show up in the examination room. ... Views: 771
We have all read about people who are successful briefly. They win a gold medal, make a fortune, or star in one great movie and then disappear. Or, there are those like Marilyn Monroe and Howard Hughes who achieve extraordinary success, at the cost of their own lives. These examples do not ... Views: 2445
Top 15 Questions to Plan For Success
To be a success in your career, you have to spend time not only IN your career (painting, teaching, coaching, designing, nursing, etc), but also ON your career (planning, marketing, networking, visioning, etc). This holds true for all parts of life. If you ... Views: 890
You are always at choice. Even in the way you feel. No matter what happens to you, you can adjust the way you feel about it. Even if it's something you wish did not happen, and "negatively" effects you, you always have the choice to look at the event in another light.
In my experience with my ... Views: 899
We need wisdom for success that addresses the pattern of the wave!
The wave describes the inevitable up-and-down pattern of life. Self-help success teachings usually seem to imply that there is a way to skip the lows, the falls, the losses and just rise right to the top. But that just leads ... Views: 1287
"Help! Please don't leave me here." Joseph's muffled cries rang out from in the pit. He couldn't believe that his elder brothers could actually cast him into this hole. They wouldn't leave him here, would they? They just couldn't. "Help!"
"C'mon, don't mind him," said one brother. "Let's eat; ... Views: 2160
If you are following this Personal Power series, and have experienced the increase in inner power possible, then you've already seen the big advantage of changing your perspective.
Recognize the Source of Personal Power
When you come across a fundamental truth, something within you ... Views: 1332
There are a number of classic children’s books out there, like Dr. Seuss, Cat in the Hat and Horton Hears a Who, to name but a few. All these classics are unforgettable; the pictures conjured up when we think about The Cat in the Hat, for example, brings vivid pictures into your head of a tall ... Views: 684