1. “I don’t know how." No doubt this can be an honest and valid concern. Most folks never receive any type of training on giving recognition. But, it is a skill that can be learned. 2. “I don’t have time." For sure, most of us have more stuff to do than time to do it in. But somehow we all manage to do the things that are really important to us. Maybe, you just haven’t made recognition high enough of a priority. Besides, how much time does it take to say, “Thank … [Read more...]
How to Squeeze the Most Out of Your Time
How do you start your day? Years ago I started planning mine by writing everything down I would have to do, the night before. I found that drawing up your list the night before prompts your subconscious to work on your plans and goals while you sleep. When you wake up, you feel ready to tackle your challenges. When prioritizing and planning your time, consider the following points: • Key questions. What is the highest value-added action I can do? What can I, and only I, do that I've … [Read more...]
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"Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through my conscious thoughts." - Anthony Robbins … [Read more...]
A Little Equation that Creates Big Results
The purpose of man is in action not thought - Thomas Carlyle Often people will ask me how I get so much done in my life. They wonder at how I am able to accomplish so many things. The answer is found not in what a great person I am, but in an equation I came up with a few years ago and remind myself of on almost a daily basis. And when I live this equation out, it produces big results. What people don’t seem to grasp is that this equation will work for anybody! Anyone can see results in … [Read more...]
Brian Tracy – Doubling Your Productivity – Time Management Training Video
Effective time management is one of the most important skills for boosting productivity. In this powerful time management session by Brian Tracy, you'll learn how to organize every area of your life. You'll discover several time management tips, including the best ways to eliminate time wasters, time management techniques for maximizing productivity, how to increase your personal power, how to make yourself more valuable, and keys for staying motivated. No matter what you do for a living, this … [Read more...]
The Difference Between Beliefs and Knowings
Emerson reminded us, "The ancestor to every action is a thought." Every night when you go off to sleep, you enter into what we call the dream state, also known as the dream consciousness. When you enter into dream consciousness, you leave behind this physical world and all of its limitations, and you enter into this world of pure consciousness, and you enter with no doubt. And as you enter into this world without any doubt, you open up a whole world of possibilities. Now … [Read more...]
Make the Most of Your Day!
Paul J. Meyer When was the last time you complained that you had too much time on your hands? You probably cannot remember that far back. The truth is that most of us cannot squeeze into a 24-hour period all the items written on our daily planners. A common mistake most people make is to attempt to find time instead of make time! How do you MAKE time? FIRST, define your most important goals: A burning desire to reach a specific goal motivates you to make time to take the required … [Read more...]
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"If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed." - Anthony Robbins … [Read more...]
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Proactive people take the initiative and responsibility to make things happen. They cause action rather than being victims of circumstance. -Chris MacAllister … [Read more...]
A Special Kind of Courage
There are several different aspects of courage. Perhaps the most important is the courage to endure, to persist, to "hang in there" in the face of doubt, uncertainty and criticism from others. Practice Patience in Adversity: This is called "courageous patience," the willingness and the ability to "stay the course" in the face of uncertainty, doubt and often criticism from many quarters. Stay the Course: In my experience, there is a critical time period between the launching of a new … [Read more...]
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Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation. - Noam Chomsky … [Read more...]
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I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. - Helen Keller … [Read more...]
Secrets of Successful Teams
By Chris Widener To be a success is not always to be a success individually. In fact, most of the time we achieve our successes as part of a team. That is why I want to devote this issue to the secrets of successful team. We are all part of teams. Our family is a team. Our place of work is a team. The community groups we belong to are teams. Sometimes we are the team leader or “coach,” while other times we fulfill the role of follower, or “player.” It is so important … [Read more...]
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"Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it." - Jim Rohn … [Read more...]
Moral Community, Faith, and Belief
The notion of a moral community resolves many paradoxes of human behavior. How is it, after all, that a Nazi guard could return each day from his labors at the crematoria and then be a loving father to his children? The answer is surprisingly straightforward: The Jews he spent the day torturing and killing were not objects of his moral concern. Not only were they outside his moral community; they were antithetical to it. His belief about Jews inured him to the natural human sympathies … [Read more...]
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A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do. - Marilyn Manson … [Read more...]
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"You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision." - Bob Proctor … [Read more...]
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"Control is never achieved when sought after directly. It is the surprising outcome of letting go." - James Arthur Ray … [Read more...]
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. - Marcus Aurelius … [Read more...]
The Best Way Out is Always Through
An excerpt from The Best Way Out is Always Through by BJ Gallagher Mary Kay Ash banged her head on the corporate glass ceiling one too many times. Working for several direct sales companies from the 1930's until the early 1960's, she achieved considerable success. She climbed the corporate ladder to become the sole woman on the board of directors of the World Gift Company - quite an accomplishment for a woman in the 1950's. But life wasn't rosy at the top. Even though Mary Kay had the … [Read more...]
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"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe." - Dalai Lama … [Read more...]
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"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity." - W. Clement Stone … [Read more...]
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The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. - Tenzin Gyatso … [Read more...]
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{EAV_BLOG_VER:5dd1626884cb366d}One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression. - Howard Zinn … [Read more...]
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"A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes." - Mahatma Gandhi … [Read more...]
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"There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance." - Socrates … [Read more...]
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"Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them." - W. Clement Stone … [Read more...]
The Quality Life
The secret life is the key to a quality life and that in turn is the key to a quality culture, products, and services. Once in New York City, I attended the Broadway play, The Secret Garden. The play was particularly poignant for me that evening because my mother had just died. The Tony Award winning musical is the story of a young girl whose mother and father die of cholera in India as the play begins. She is sent to live with her uncle in a large British manor. The old house is filled with … [Read more...]
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"No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought which counts." - Bob Proctor … [Read more...]
Conceptualize Your Purpose
Mark Victor Hansen What were you put on earth to do? That's a mind-blowing question, because most people don't know the answer. Lots of folks get up, go to work, come home, eat dinner, sit in front of the television and go to sleep. That's their day. That is not anyone's purpose in life. That's not a life at all. Don't get me wrong – I'm not throwing blame or fault. In most cases, they probably don't know any better. This was how their parents lived each day; this was how they grew … [Read more...]
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"The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear." - Socrates … [Read more...]
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"Each time we face a fear and step into adversity our self-esteem grows, and each time we get a success behind us, we become more confident of overcoming the next hurdle. In the end, with a series of successes under our belts, we will understand that there is nothing that we cannot do." - Geoff Thompson … [Read more...]
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Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments. - Confucius … [Read more...]
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"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky … [Read more...]
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"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. - Socrates … [Read more...]
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"There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path." - Morpheus, The Matrix … [Read more...]
“Someday” and “If Only”
The young boy, the young girl, says, "Someday when I get out of school, move away from home and start to college, I'm really going to have fun, I'll be happy and life will be great." The college student says, "Someday when I graduate, get my degree, get a job, my own apartment, I'll be happy and am really gonna' live!" The young couple says, "When we get moved into our new home, get that promotion and join the Country Club, we'll really be happy and life will be so good." Mother and father say, … [Read more...]
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"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot." - Michael Altshuler … [Read more...]
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"Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one-tenth of the energy you put into complaining and put it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out." - Randy Pausch … [Read more...]
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“To achieve something you have never achieved before, you must become someone you have never been before." - Robert Schuller … [Read more...]
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"Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway." - John Wayne … [Read more...]
Accentuating the Positive
It's been estimated that we each have upwards of 50,000 thoughts per day. How many of yours are negative? Sometimes you have to do a mental spring cleaning to get rid of those negative ones that have become ingrained attitudes. Stopping self-destructive thoughts is like stopping any other bad habit-it takes time and effort. Among the most effective ways to do this are visualization and affirmations. Affirmations are positive statements about yourself that you repeat over and over in your head … [Read more...]
Einstein’s Formula for Success
Albert Einstein had a formula for success. Can you believe that? One of the greatest minds of all time developed a math formula for success! I suggest you read this carefully -- this may be the most important math equation that you will ever see. Einstein said, 'If A equals success, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." Einstein no doubt had an excellent sense of humor. Let's look at the 3 variables in this equation. They are: 1. Work 2. … [Read more...]
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"We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment." - Jim Rohn … [Read more...]
