I wanted to make the title, “How Do You Handle Challenges?”, but I couldn’t bring myself to soften the blow that much. I think how we posture ourselves during difficult times or difficult negotiations separates the pros from the amateurs much more than other scenarios. The old adage that you find out who you truly [...]
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Roget’s defines fear as great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger. OK! We know the definition of fear. Now, how do we combat this fear? I remember when I was young and I was walking through a field with my Dad and a snake slithered across my path. I [...]
As you go through your life and career you will run across people whom you are drawn to that will be detrimental to your future. I call these people Time Wasters. These people do not have your best interest at heart. Moreover, they have a tendency to drain your assets and waste your time. Most [...]
Humans learn new things in a specific order. If you can understand that order and the ramifications of how that applies to learning, you can learn much quicker and in depth almost anything you are studying. Marcy Driscoll in 2002 wrote about How People Learn. She broke the process down into four categories: Learning occurs [...]
Webster’s defines discipline as: Main Entry: 1 dis·ci·pline Pronunciation: \ˈdi-sə-plən\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin disciplina teaching, learning, from discipulus pupil Date: 13th century 1: punishment 2 obsolete : instruction 3: a field of study 4: training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character [...]
Have you ever received a compliment? It’s great isn’t it? Yes it is. I wonder how many of us have felt the ensuing feelings of a mental debt? Kurt Mortenson (Founder of the Persuasion Institute) calls it obligation. Its that funny feeling that you need to “Repay” the compliment or gift. Even though it may [...]
Have you ever heard someone say, “He/She make me so angry!” Can anyone make you anything? Or, do you allow others to affect you so dramatically that their emotions become yours? 95% of all your decisions are made subconsciously. You have to train yourself to be whatever it is that you choose. You get to [...]
