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How Are You Dealing with the New Normal? rn rnWe live in a constant state of change. Many people are calling it The New Normal because it's now become normal for things to no longer be normal. Some changes are significant and some aren't. Some changes are obvious and some are inconspicuous—at least at first. Whether it's in our business and career or in our family and home, we need to understand and anticipate—as best we can—what change will mean for us. There are two s

Finally, your hard work has paid off. Those hours in the gym - the sweat, the soreness, the shortness of breath, the dieting – it’s all come together, you’ve got there. You’ve reached your ideal weight. And it’s been worth it. You’ve made those long-term, healthy life choices with healthy eating and exercise, and it has paid off - shedding those extra pounds has been an achievement, and you look and feel great.

John, one of my clients, operated a very successful pair of auto dealerships. His personal income approached a million dollars per year, but he was not a happy camper. John hadn't taken a real family vacation in five years. He was on the treadmill of financial success but personal oblivion.rn rnToday, he owns five auto dealerships. His net worth has tripled over the last three years, and his personal income has doubled.rn rnHere's the beauty of this story. Last year, John wor

As a business professional or entrepreneur, you are probably very good at what you do. You intuitively know what works and what doesn’t. When you attain this level of expertise, you can easily fall into the trap of successfully performing your job “with your eyes closed.” If this sounds like you, you are operating within your comfort zone.

Until you accept full responsibility for your current conditions you'll use excuses, blame others, and complain about your lack of success. None of those habits and behaviors move you closer to success. They only take you farther away from success, and they do so rapidly. n n Whether you like your current situation or hate your current situation you have yourself to thank. When you realize that you created whatever your experiencing now you can take responsibility for changin

Making the Career RIGHT If you are in a job which you neither hate nor love, there are still chances to make things RIGHT. First thing first, find passion in your job. What are your job requirements that you could make the most out of you? Negotiate with your boss to relook at your tasks and if possible, bank on your strengths to make things work. If negotiating with your boss is a big NO, try making the environment around your job friendly. Start with somewhere around you - your own office or cubic at work. Place a family photo or photo of your pets.

“Much gathers more.” “The trick to getting more money is having some.” If you’ve been reading up on success philosophy at all, you’ve heard many sayings about the power of the mind. Have you noticed that the harder you try, the more you fail? It’s like running as fast and as hard as you can toward a specific goal you want to achieve. At every fork in the road, you stop for a moment and carefully read the signs to make sure you’re going the right way. You’re

Investing in Best Practices It’s expensive to be a maverick. It takes time, energy and resources to learn what works and what doesn’t. It’s much more cost effective and less frustrating to find out what other successful people have done and do what they do. It’s not as adventurous and maybe not as interesting, but it sure cuts down on frustration, wasted initiatives and outright failures. Over the last year, I’ve invested in a number of what I would have previously

In the workplace power is not only part of the game; in many ways it is the game. Thriving in the workplace, then, is often about discovering who has the power and then using that knowledge wisely, learning not to fight the powerful—unless you have the clout to defeat them and find it necessary to do so. In other words, your objective in relationship to power should be to find where it resides and then to live there in concert with it. The productive idea is to work with pow

THE REAL ENTRY POINT TO WHOLE-GRAIN HAPPINESS AND SUCCESSnBy Bill Cottringe n“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.” ~Stuart Chase. Several years ago my youngest daughter Abby was given an unusual final exam in her high school ...

When more than half of Americans were identified as overweight, people took notice. Major news outlets began educating on how to stay out, or get out, of that statistic. I wish the same attention had been paid when a new survey was released confirming more than half of Americans are dissatisfied with their job. Disliking your job is hazardous to your health and well-being, too. You can't be winning at working if you're dissatisfied with your work or languishing in the status-quo of dislike.

Describing the Indescribable Feeling We All Want: Peace of HeartnBy Bill Cottringe n“Words are the voice of the heart.” ~Confucius. I feel rather foolish. I have been barking up the wrong tree for a couple of decades. I imagined that the end goal of all our reality repair efforts—fixing ...

How do you define ’success’? Would you say that it is finding the perfect job or career? Would you think that it is finding the perfect mate or circle of friends? Maybe you would say that success is the acquisition of great wealth or property or all of the toys that you have been ...

It feels like I’ve spent much of my career trying to persuade business leaders they need to focus as much attention on their human assets (their employees) as they do their physical and financial assets (infrastructure, equipment, facilities, capital, etc.). Said differently, they should focus the same level of energy on managing their human capital as their financial capital. That’s one reason I’ve supported the migration to using the term Human Capital as a descriptor

We all know how important it is to have a good, solid website if you want to improve your exposure and business online. Making sure you have a website that is user friendly is an important part of boosting business. However, developing the perfect website can be difficult unless you have the right tools and expertise on hand. There are various tools that you can use to help with your website such as Elite SEO . However, there are many people that require a helping hand when i

I get this a lot. A Plastic Adhesive Duct tape is said to be an adaptable tool on any job site virtually. This tape is prepared to provide a versatile, robust, and a quick suspension for applications that demand a lot of bonding and attaching. In this regard, Non Adhesive Tapes , Ceramic Fiber Tape ,and Carton Sealing Tapes are the best examples.rn rnDuct-tape in this regard is at times referred to as the most sought-out go-to tape for contractors and industrialists all over

Notice how often people distrust their memories, but not their judgment. Psychologists have developed thousands of experiments that demonstrate just how poor we are at making judgments, judgments of any kind – moral, business, even perceptual. You can get people to misjudge the length ...

With the official arrival of spring upon us, contenders for the 2012 Kentucky Derby will be tasked with carrying their speed at even longer distances. Races such as the Wood Memorial Stakes, Santa Anita Derby, Florida Derby, Arkansas Derby and Florida Derby, each contested at 1 1/8-miles, will help to clarify which Kentucky Derby contenders possess the sufficient stamina and proper running style to excel at the 1 1/4-mile-distance of the Kentucky Derby. Each year during the l

Why Is It So Hard To Talk About The Elephant In The Room? BynBill Cottringe n“Two cows were talking in a pasture. One says to the other, “Are you worried about catching mad cow disease?” “No” said the other, I am an elephant.” ~Bad joke. A work colleague of mine, Bob Bennett, is quick to ...

The basic principle behind Feng Shui informs us if you change your environment to reflect your aspiration for something, you can improve you chances of obtaining it. As a result, Feng Shui techniques can be implemented to try to attract love, push your earning power to the next level or to gain success in your chose field. Several different theories try to explain why, and how, Feng Shui works. Whether you believe one or all of these theories are or not valid, their sum total

It was the end of the school term and my son Tom had less than three months left before he would finish his six years at high school. During this time he had developed a passion for basketball and may I say as a proud and some what biased father, he is energetic, skilful and plays a key role in the three different teams that he plays for each week. Sadly, due to my work commitments over the last twelve months, I had only been able to attend a few of his games, however, I was

You may have heard about it in the news recently — the scandal that’s making headlines, deemed the largest online information leak in history; the Panama Papers. If you haven’t heard about it, here’s an overview: Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm, got hacked through their WordPress website. 2.6 terabytes of data including 11.6 million files were exploited — they revealed details of offshore shell companies participating in fraud, drug trafficking, tax evasion,

There's no hiding the fact that the biggest gripe for many home business entrepreneurs is generating home business leads. The main reasons for this is an unfocused marketing strategy and inadequate lead generation training. Most home business owners try to become an expert in all marketing methods, resulting in them becoming an expert at none. The real secret is to keep it simple. Generating home business leads can be done using two approaches - offline and online marketing.

"Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost." rn -Martina Navratilova 1. Leaders know their business attitude is a choice. You choose your attitude. You alsorn choose your business attitude in the same way. You choose these in the same way you choose what to wear each day. No one is responsible for your business attitude but you. A friend told me, 'You choose your attitude so make it a good one." If you feel scared, it is a choice. If you feel

Keeping ourselves balanced during challenging times..... can be difficult! Sometimes it may feel like you are on the roller coaster of life and you weren't even asked to get on the roller coaster. You just "happened" to grab the handle bar and are holding on for dear life! Many people feel this chaotic ride in the form of anxiety, fear, worry and sometimes it leads to frustration, depression and even anger! These unexpressed emotions can create bouts of illness/disease etc.

TEACHING RESISTIVE OLD DOGS NEW TRICKSnBy William Cottringer, Ph.D.nnnn“The best way to teach something is to share a story of your own failure, tell what happened to help you get past it, and offer some helpful hints to succeed.” ~The author. A common problem in management and training is ...

What Happens When We Don’t Make It? “An oak tree is just a little nut that held its ground.” We all like to read about successes. We’re encouraged by the achievement of others and inspired to hear about how they overcame difficult odds. But what happens when things don’t go as planned? What happens when we just don’t make it? Successful people don’t reach all their goals. In fact, they usually miss more than they make. The fear of missing the mark is one of the

It's not always obvious what to do next. Finding your way in your business can feel confusing, especially if you're struggling with processes like marketing and client contact. When I started to feel this way, I used to do one of two things. I either worked harder, hoping that clarity would dawn, or I looked for some dramatic major shift that would help me see the way to go. Working hard isn't always a bad thing. You need to in order to bring something to life, or take adv

Wouldn’t it be great if we could just pick the exact self help advise we needed for any particular need we had at any particular time much like we’d pick an apple off a tree, or a can of soup off a grocery shelf? What if self improvement advise were free and scattered around everywhere? Maybe then there would be no problems regarding life, happiness and success as each of us defines it individually, and together we interpret it collectively. That’s a nice idealistic tho

None of us can achieve the success or the validation we deserve alone. In this troubled economy, more than ever, we need the input, the feedback, the support and the feet-to-the-fire accountability of a few deep, trusted relationships in our professional and personal lives that we can count on, in good times and bad. We’ve all had those relationships at some point in our lives, best friends in school or roommates in college we shared everything with. But we can’t wait for

Do you want to be more successful, but you just don’t know what you want or what you need to do? Are you just a little lost? No problem. It’s as easy as changing your thoughts. If you are going to be more successful, you must change any negative thoughts that you may be having into positive thoughts. If you think something might be impossible, ask yourself these questions: What can be changed or done to make it possible? How can I be better tomorrow? If it was possible, wher

BEING CERTAINnBy William Cottringer, Ph.D.nnn“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” ~Philip K. Dick. The other day my daughter Abby was given a question to answer by the instructor of her epistemology class as a high school senior. The question was ...

Modernize Your Mind byr Bill Cottringer The year 2020 might be a good time to think about modernizing your conventional mind, that is, if life hasn’t already forced you to do this. Here are some low-resistance, practical tips on facilitating mind- modernization:

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to exercise with maximum efficiency in minimum time, yet still achieve great results, then you’re in luck. That’s because this report will reveal to you a high intensity, all body workout that you can do almost anywhere, anytime, without the need for any equipment. Indeed, in just moments you’ll discover: How to achieve fat loss, body toning and all round fitness A surprisingly simple way to combine strength, cardio and agility training A cost-effective way you get all the exercise you need in minimal time Read on to learn more….

GREEN, YELLOW & RED LIGHTS Byr Bill Cottringer “Three things cannot be long hidden: The sun, the moon, and the truth.” ~Buddha.

OK, stop for just a moment. What were you doing right before you started reading this article? Was it one of your priorities? Chances are, if you haven't already completed your priorities for today, that you're procrastinating. It's something we all do at times. I know I do. Procrastinating pops up in various ways. It's not just the little, Facebook-for-just-a-minute periods during the day. It's also the difficult phone call, the hard conversation, the tough decision, tha

1) Lessons from the WannaCry Ransomware Attacks Surveying the damage in the aftermath of the WannaCry ransomware campaign, cyber security researchers have gleaned important lessons based on data and analysis collected from victims and their infected systems. The WannaCry epidemic, which began on 12 May and had largely ended four days later, was one of the most widespread ransom attacks in recent history and effected some 300,000 systems on five continents. Methods and Tactics

Many strategic plans fail at execution because they are formulated out of context. Many leaders go for a retreat for two to five days to formulate their strategic plan. They start with the following questions: What is our Vision: Where do we want to be?rnWhat is our mission: How do we get there?rnWhat values will guide our behavior and conduct?rnWhat are our strategic goals and objectives?rnWhat is the problem with the above? Most of the time, the ‘vision’ is out of conte

Renovation of a home can be accomplished in a cost-effective manner by using the services of a reputed construction company. Care must be taken to hire an experienced construction company, so that renovatio Vancouver can be undertaken in an efficient manner.

HereNow is Power and LifernOne man sits on the hood of his beautiful new Porsche. Another sits on the trunk (or should I say boot) of his fabulous new Bentley. Neither going anywhere. A third man sits in the driver's seat of his ten year-old Chevy. And gets to his destination. The hood-sitter and the trunk-sitter both look at him with disdain as he drives by.rnAll power is in the now. HereNow. HereNow. HereNow. The man on his hood represents a person living in the future. The

Some Uncommon Sense Needed todayr Byr Bill Cottringer “You can see a lot by observing and hear a lot by listening.” ~Yogi Berra

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PASSWORDS TO THE LAND OF PLENTY By Bill Cottringe nn In spite of the fact that far too many people are just surviving un-plentiful lives of quiet desperation, a thriving ride to the Land of Plenty does exist for us all. However, long ago when we decided to come to this life, we hid away the ...

We are seeing the most dramatic shift in public spending since the 1930s. Some businesses and entrepreneurs will be wondering how they will cope with the effects of a reduction of 81 billion pounds. Many small and large businesses will already be shaking in their boots, wondering what to do now and fearing a double dip recession. Tough times bring good opportunities for strong minded people who think outside the box. So if you are an entrepreneur or budding entrepreneur, I re

"Why isn't this working?", said a client, whom I will call Kendall for the sake of this article. "I should have more customers by now. When [insert name of a leader in her field] started, it wasn't this slow." Kendall had been working on building a new business online when we started working together. She had lots of business experience, having had a service business before for many years. And she was successful at it. So her frustration was understandable. In a way. The t

WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONEnBy Bill Cottringe n What remains when all is said and done? Take away all the additions, subtractions and changes we make to life with our thinking, perceptions and reactions and what remains is the 5% truth making up our personal success quest. Hidden away in that ...

REALITY INSTRUCTIONS FOR KIDSnBy Gandpaw Billnn“One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade” ~Chinese Proverb. My oldest granddaughter, Hannah Banana form Metropolis Illinois (the real home of Superman, no joke!), reminded me (and I have to remind her she did this) that nobody ...

Typically when we think about passion we also think about the heart. It is in our hearts we hold our deepest desires and passions. Pursuing these desires, we believe, will lead us to the happiness, success and fulfillment we really want. To acknowledge your passion is to live your life’s purpose and to live your heart’s true desire.nnFirst of all, it’s important to understand you can achieve whatever you want; you can be the person you were meant to be; and you really c

Are you going through some changes in your life? I am sure you are, even if the changes are small. If you are not experiencing change, there is something wrong. "If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change." - John A. Simone, Sr. Check if the mirror still fogs up when you breathe on it. If it does, it means you are alive and you will see change. Even if it is only the fact that today you are a day older than