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Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude
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Errors visit us to make sure we haven't forgotten we exist to learn.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Sure, problems can be annoying. They are impolite, arriving at the wrong time and place. And it often seems they are visiting…
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People eat sour fruit sparingly. Yet they complain about it much.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Sometimes sour fruit is the best thing to consume. The British found that out several centuries ago and the practice of eating…
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Procrastination is a lot like using your dentist's drill on your own teeth...
The Thinking Behind The Tweet If you have some skill at it, and you use it properly, then procrastination can be a very good tool and you can end up with a…
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Perhaps, complaining about other people is gratifying...perhaps, it satisfies a need?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Why do people complain about the actions of another person? Presumably, the answer is - complaining about other people is…
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Winners seek solutions and think of better places. Losers agonize over problems and fear uncertainty.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet The choice is yours. Choose fixing the problem over fixing the blame.
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When you make a fine argument...shut up, listen, watch, & learn.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet First, learn about the extent of the fineness of your argument. I mean, bring your thick skin and thin skull ...and keep your…
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May your molehills remain molehills and may your ego choose molehills over mountain climbing.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Better to climb mountains in your mind than on the back of your donkey-ego.
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Educate your brain: don't just stuff it full of facts and demand it work harder - mould it so it does a good job of thinking.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet If you are thrilled with the way your mind and brain are serving you...terrific! If you are not thrilled - take your mind to a…
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Energy is primal. Your energy is your gift. How are you making best use of it?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet In 1911, James Allen wrote - " Energy is a moral virtue, its opposing vice being laziness. As a virtue, it can be cultivated…
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Money- it can build quality character...but only if it is earned with effort, over time.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Money is an illustration of Value. Money is an extrinsic reward...something we give and get in exchange for other things and…
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If you think you are too busy then you are thinking wrong.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet I favour abundance thinking over scarcity mindsets. If I decide I think "I'm too busy" then I have selected a scarcity mindset…
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Small stuff is like a sponge. If you sweat over it long enough it becomes so big & heavy it drags you under.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet When fear of failure prevails, it causes people to sweat the small stuff. Fear of Failure...one of the 6 Fears identified by…
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Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.
The Thinking Behind the Tweet I read that somewhere, many years ago. An interesting mind-picture. A metaphor true to our anxieties. We should avoid the…
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Baby steps of action pave the path to unshakable self-confidence.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet We learn from our experiences. This learning grows experience by experience, piece by piece. And the more repetition of…
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Should you celebrate your Good Habits more often?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet People Only Do 3 Things: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things. Urged on by well-meaning friends, not-so-well-meaning foes, and…
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Biting your tongue just before it expresses something quite right but nonetheless doomed to be poorly received – that’s a good thing.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet You can choose to adjust your personality so it is more pleasing and less annoying. Sometimes, the choice involves biting your…
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The optimist probably are just as wrong as the pessimists...but optimists have more fun.
The Thinking Behind the Tweet Just don’t let optimism get outside the bounds of realism.
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Perfectionist: someone who takes great pains…and gives them to others.
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Perfectionists have trouble finishing. That becomes a problem when others rely on them. Leo Tolstoy "If you look for…
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The thicker the explanation the less absorbent the message.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet If that explanation you're hearing just don't make no sense and the explanations that follow make even less sense... methinks…
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Keep your chin up...especially when things are a pain in the neck.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Of course, take this much more figuratively than literally.
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It's easy to make a significant change: just tell everyone you have developed an electricity intolerance.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Sure, change is tough. But you gotta look on the bright side: if you don't like that last suggestion - when the urge to change…
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Hope is a waking dream much craved by people.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Aristotle said, "Hope is a waking dream." People want hope; people follow dreams. *** Regardless, Hope stands in the shadow of…
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Forget your mistakes…right after you learn from them.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Some say, " Forget your mistakes ". That's not good advice. Our brains are powerful machines, designed to remember, not to…
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How do we rebuild trust? One small, well-thought-out, personal, positive step at a time.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Maybe you care about the damage trust has experienced? Maybe you want to repair that damage? Maybe you do not know how?
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"Man was born into fear in that he was born into a world of which most of the energies were set against him."
The Thinking Behind The Tweet An interesting quote from [Canadian-born] Basil King's ' The Conquest of Fear ', (1921) Yes - most of the energies we…
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How do you psych yourself up for that really important sales call? Special clothes? Self-talk? Loud music?
The Thinking Behind the Tweet The sales gurus have lots of ideas. But, never mind that for now. This Sales Tweet is about self-analysis . What do you do to…
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2 types of people succeed in business: (1) those who naturally 'get it' and (2) those who observe well & learn.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet There are only 2 types of people who experience meaningful success in business: Those few, the intuitive, who somehow naturally…
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Accept the fact things will go awry: appreciate that provides opportunity to build courage and confidence.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Nothing meaningful happens without stress. Stress, when coupled with positive mindsets, invokes the wonderful things that bring…
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Without stress there can be no Self-confidence.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Self-confidence is built, over time, as stressful thoughts and situations are faced and dealt with. 'Stressors' bring learning…
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Even if that cloud doesn't have a silver lining it still might bring a rainbow.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet While I have never explored the interior of clouds to discern whether or not they are actually silver...I have marveled at the…