In sport and I suppose all walks of life there are always those people who possess that mentality of a winner, the so-called winning mind that always sees them Winning Mindcome out on top despite the odds. They have this attitude which doesnât accept anything but victory, and we just wonder how they manage to do it time after time. During my time in rugby, I played with and against some of the best and most gifted players in the game. But the players I respected and admired
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So you want an abundant life? In order to experience abundant living, you must get out of debt. You need to pay off your credit cards to do that. Feel like you don't know how? I'm here to help. As The Doors say, "The time to hesitate is through." Our goal here is to freeze your credit cards before the bank does. You've got to rid yourself of the debt that is sucking the life out of you, not to mention the money out of your banking account. You've got to learn to use credit wisely or so you can live a rich life you love.
Throughout history, many Eastern-based ancient cultures, including India and China, have hypothesized the existence of a universal energy that flows through the physical body of all living things. On the basis of spiritual traditions, they believed that a subtle energy body surrounded all living creatures and was responsible for sustaining the life of organs, cells, tissue, and blood and was considered to be the connective flow to their creator. Associated with this idea was
Is it time for a radical move that’s rarely done in your world? Have you been through a radical transformation in your organization? Radical times usually elicit radical politics, radical soul-searching, and radical decision-making and re-decision-making. Radical change necessarily involves radical wins and radical mistakes, radical opposers and radical advocates which, as time goes by, are often re-interpreted as collaborations lead to bigger successes and losses lead to bigger wins and wins didn’t yield expected results.
Reality Repair Rx Book Outline By William Cottringer, Ph.D. nnn In writing books or articles it is always good to stop now and then to question the importance and value of your writing topics and what your truest intentions are. I made a door sign some time ago that reads, “Dr. Cottringer, ...
Let's face it; nobody enjoys having to sacrifice a night out at the movies, just so you can stay at home studying. It would be even worse if you had to miss your favourite band's only performance of the year. Having said that, you could of course join the millions of others who choose the fun things first and just put there studies off. So, Friday night is a night for going out? Just put writing that report off until Saturday but be prepared for something because rest assured, on Saturday something else will pop up and the same is likely to happen on Sunday.
Many people strive for their dream of success, but often miss the one element they absolutely must have in order to achieve their outcome - balance. I speak from the experience of having achieved a very high level of outward success by the time I was in my late twenties, yet my life was far from ...
There is actually nothing like getting âsomething for nothingâ, in this world! Making a difference, involves the expenditure of time, energy and resources. Generally, Mother Theresa of Calcutta, India, made a difference in the world: specifically she made a difference by helping the poor and underprivileged people on the streets of one of the worldâs largest and poorest cities, Calcutta. She often brought her served meals in the aircraft to feed the poor. After receivin
"You can buy a man's time; you can buy his physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of his skilled muscular motions per hour. But you cannot buy enthusiasm...you cannot buy loyalty... you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these." — Clarence Francis, Chairman of General Foods During the 1950s
Part time jobs in Chennai has made the city center of attraction for all the job seekers and a large variety of career options as an employment for all. There are countless jobs for fresher and experienced professionals in Chennai. The city comprises jobs almost in every field from a lower level job to a high class job. Banking and finance, information technology (IT), hospitality and healthcare, journalism, media and transport, you can easily attain a call center job and wor
A friend called me yesterday with a very good question. "If I am trying to make my life better - watching whether what I say is positive or negative, behaving in such a way that the universe knows I'm serious about wanting change - how do I know when I'm being simply impractical?" Forget "good" ...
It is been stated that those that fall short to discover from your previous are destined to repeat it. For a few of us that indicates a paradigm shift for 2011. If you are looking for methods to function smarter, improve your function expertise, improve your worth for your organization, and transfer ahead inside your profession, you require appear no additional than lessons on adore. That is correct. Relationships (previous and current) could be a gold mine with regards to
You sometimes come across those people that when you ask them what more they want out of life they say, "Nothing..." The kicker here is they actually mean it. Do you feel this type of contentment and joy in your life? Many people spend a lot of their time being envious of their more fortunate neighbors and find themselves constantly wishing for things they can't really afford. But simply sitting around and having wishful thoughts will not bring success into your life. You ne
It's in the news every year: That guy over there came up with that simple idea and made it big. That woman over there came from poverty, worked hard, and achieved massive success and wealth. Wealth is always over there, with that other person. We seem to always be watching that person over there. What about this person here? Why can't that news story be about this person here now? Why not us? Why is the success and wealth always with that person over there in that place over
I have discussed the ways in which our minds deceive us and how that deception causes malfunction/dysfunction in our lives and businesses. I enumerated several actions that should move you closer to fact and away from fiction. For context, here's that list: ⢠Deliberately put people in your life who will give you critical feedback and when they give it, pay attention. ⢠Read material that provides varying perspectives on any issue or subject. I often challenge people to p
“Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.” ~William James. What is this hurricane that disrupts all relationships at work and home? In two words: Wrong ...
Good People, Bad Ethics byr Bill Cottringer “In my college ethics class, someone stole my textbook and I thought that was rather ironic.” ~The author.
TEN SUCCESS PRINCIPLES TO IMPROVE TRAINING RESULTSnBy Bill Cottringe nn Here are the ten best common sense principles to understand and apply in order to improve the quality of your training efforts and the actual results you get: 1. Separate “training” from “teaching” in your mind and ...
When working toward goals or striving for success in any endeavor, self-discipline is one vital quality you need to have. Most of us cringe at the thought because it brings to mind instant visions of sacrifice, difficulty and strain. However, discipline doesn’t have to be so hard. The problem occurs when you try to go from having no self-discipline to forcing yourself to undertake a heavy load of responsibility. Talk about pressure! Below are three easy ways to become more
"The world is moving so fast these days that anyone who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it." â Elbert Hubbard, 19th century American editor, lecturer, and essayist My library is full of books chronicling, charting, and categorizing the major changes societies, organizations, and people are going through. My research notes tracking and detailing these changes run to over four hundred pages. After wading through endless models, "megatrends", "c
How do successful people solve challenging problems in tough situations? How do successful people consistently produce positive results? These questions and more like them are answered in the simple to understand program titled Empowering Basics Guide to Solving Problems With More Confidence and Less Stress. Here are six tips for gaining more confidence and eliminating stress while solving problems.nnTip 1 â Identification Check to Clarify the Problem nnDo you sometimes fee
"When you arrive at a fork in the road â take it." â Yogi Berra, major league baseball Hall of Fame player and coach Many paths lead to higher performance. The high performance route is individual and unique for every person, team, and organization. There is no one or best way. What works for me, or anyone else, may not work for you. We can't follow someone else's path. We need to blaze our own trail. While no route is exactly the same, successful organization change and
Never forget that entrepreneurs are not born – they are created! Within you already lie the essential elements to be successful as an entrepreneur – and in anything in life – because you literally are capable of becoming and accomplishing anything. Remember though that an understanding of the principles below will certainly contribute to the accomplishment of your dreams and goals, but only if they are applied and acted upon continually. Perhaps most importantly, the attribute, characteristic, and action that will contribute most to your success is determining now to never quit.
Have you ever had your credit frozen? Ever get that panicky feeling in your chest when you whip out the plastic and say the "I hope this isn't denied" prayer? Ever tried to apply for a loan only to hear "I'm sorry, we can't help you!" (which is the polite form of "No way Jose!")? Would you like to stop worrying about these kinds of situations? Then grab a Perrier, hon, and let's have a little chat about how to use credit wisely.
A Prescription for Resolving Interpersonal Conflicts byr Bill Cottringer “All conflict can be traced back to someone’s feelings getting hurt, don’t you think?” ~Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies.
REALITY REPAIR: With Stress-less SuccessnBy Bill Cottringe n“Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.” ~Lily Tomlin. This is my 7th book and I am trying something entirely new this time around. I am starting out with a definite title to my book in mind; ...
Super Achievers Suffer from Achievement Amnesia Busy professionals, executives and entrepreneurs execute complex strategies, lead wildly divergent teams, meet ambitious goals, and deliver on their commitment to the success of their organizations. Yet often they feel like professional and personal success still eludes them. Why? Because the pace of their work and life keeps accelerating. Like you, smart women and men like to perform at their best. Driven by their own expecta
Most people these days feel overloaded, overworked, overtired, over-everything! Not only are our plates full but our china is cracking under the weight of so much to do! May I suggest that boundaries are the key to regaining your energy, your peace of mind, and your productivity? Think about it. If you're going in a million directions trying to please everyone, will you ever reach even ONE destination?
Sailing. Reading. Biking. Sewing. Cooking. Singing. Golfing. Everyone has something other than work and tending to home responsibilities that they love to do. nnThink of your favorite pastime, but not quicklyâslow down and really put yourself in the moment of teeing off on an ideal course, or hitting that high note, or adding just the right touch of oregano. nnAre you there? Do you feel the rush of endorphins flooding your system as you imagine doing something that brings y
When it comes to generating leads in the B2B marketplace , what factor is most considered in the bottom line? Today, we will be discussing how a health-tech organization precipitated a 5100 percent ROI from a marketing campaign worth $1 million. We will also be observing how an accounting organization attained $1.3 billion of revenue from content marketing. 1) Stay Away from the Leaky Bucket effect: Majority of the marketers in B2B invest many hours metaphorically speaking, p
âWork hard and youâll be successfulâ is a common saying. The corollary that you canât succeed without hard work is a widely held belief. Yet a few people seem to succeed effortlessly. If you want to join them you need to understand the âLaw of Least EffortânnThe law of least effort is one of the seven spiritual laws of success. The law states that if you follow natural principles you should not have to struggle to create whatever you want. If you desire success it
A Quick Preamble: Youâve heard of a âwomansâ intuitionâ, right..? First, it really does exist and second, and as a matter of fact, it isnât just women â sorry âbout that ladies â that have this particular power and experience itâ¦men and even kids experience it and use it on a pretty regular basis tooâ¦so, in essence we all use it â and more often than not, without even realising it. Yep, that gut-feeling, when you KNOW someoneâs BS-ing you â especiall
Are you looking for a way to pull together the costs involved in a certain building project? Are you trying to develop an overall budget for that same project? If you answered âyesâ, then you are in the need of a Quantity Surveyor. A Quantity Surveyor is usually involved in finding hidden defects on behalf of potential purchasers. This will bring to light hidden costs that you will run into in a certain project you might be involved in. This way you will know exactly what
GETTING YOUR HEAD, HEART AND SOUL TO AGREE By Bill Cottringe n Oh boy, I hope I haven’t bitten off more tha I can chew here with this title. It just came to me as a very important problem to solve—the many important disagreements between the information and choices these three things lead ...
In the first part of this series we talked about getting started with Affiliate marketing. In every start up business we need to consider both effectiveness and expense. Let's begin where we left off. Article writing is a great way, although not the quickest way, to get your name associated with the 'niche' that you have chosen. If you spend 15 minutes reading articles about your 'niche' and 15 minutes per day writing an article about your subject, in 6 days you can submit 6 articles. That will soon add up to 24 articles per month and 288 articles in one year.
Whenever you embark on a project, relationship, action, etc.., first ask yourself, on a scale of 1 to 10, what is my level of commitment to the success of this project, relationship, action, etc.? If the answer is less than level 10 commitment, you simply aren’t committed enough to success to make getting started worthwhile. That doesn’t mean that your plan isn’t viable and isn’t a great idea, it simply means you aren’t ready YET to get started. What do you do? Say, for examp
How you live a great life by learning how to discover and follow your path (excerpt from the book The 5 Laws of Conscious Living)
A Break From Problems Can Be The Best Solutio The best way to solve overwhelming problems may be to quit thinking about them. Are you so overwhelmed by problems that you feel you can't get your life in order? Do your attempts to pray or meditate just make you feel more frustrated? Do you ...
Who does not want the best futures for his/her children? So what is the most important age for the development of a child? The first six years -- we learned most of our thinking and our behaviors, including how to succeed, how to deal with stress, and how to stay healthy, from the people close ...
FOUR CRUCIBLES OF SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP Byr Bill Cottringer "A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better." ~Jim Rohn. The four crucibles of successful leadership include: Becoming an expert at managing yourself first, developing proper focus, learning the people principles of managing others and resolving to be a perpetual, insatiable student of work and life. 1. Self-management.
Around this time last year, I made a decision which today, one year later, is proving quite difficult to undo. Despite my initiative, right thinking, gratitude and all the self help theories, I still find myself tangled in the aftermath of that very unwise decision A decision made today, is like a tree that you plant.
REALITY REPAIR OF THE HUMPTY DUMPTY FALLnBy Bill Cottringer Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses, and all his men, Couldn't put Humpty back together again!n ~Well-known nursery rhyme.n n This well-known children’s nursery ...
The Dynamics of Dishonesty byr Bill Cottringer “Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.” ~Nathaniel Hawthorne. One of the most important ingredients in any relationship is trust. Trust is enhanced by honesty, while dishonesty is a hungry termite that strips the foundation of trust. Understanding the dynamics of dishonesty can go a long way towards taming its impact on human relations and the quality of our lives. Below are the main interacting factors that drive dishonesty:
While some have said I’m some kind of Twitter expert, let me tell you a little secret: a few months ago I had zero plans (yes ZERO) to use social media. I found it to be confusing, overwhelming and frankly not much fun. While I may have figured a few things out, in no way do I see myself as a guru of any kind.
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 the ability to assist in just about any area of your life, the mp3 tracks can transform your outlook and actions into their most prosperous and successful forms. Subliminal messaging
In Truth and Method, philosopher Hans Georg Gadamer explained how people come to understand texts. This is an ancient problem; philosophers have long known that you can’t fully understand the individual sentences of a text until you understand the whole text—the context in which they occur. At ...
That is the question isn’t it. For some people these mysterious forces keep interjecting in their lives that they are forced to ask “Why me?” Somehow the thought is that whatever has happened to them is not happening to other people that they are the only ones who ever experience hardship of any ...
THE MOST IMPORTANT YES, BUT…IN ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN ANYTHINGnby Bill Cottringe n“One quality is worth more than four quantities.” ~The author. Although it may seem as though the quantity of your efforts are what lead to success at doing something your are trying, it is rather the quality of ...
"Remember, happiness doesnât depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think!" - Dale Carnegie Do you know what makes you happy? If so, what's currently driving you towards happiness? So do you know what would make you really happy? Do you think you are creating the right kind of happiness? If you think having loads of money, fetching looks, or the admiration of many will improve your life and make you happy - think again! A new study by thre
Why Going From Surviving To Thriving Is So Difficult By Bill Cottringe n“Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in awhile there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.” ~Ralph Ranson. There are ...
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