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Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude
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I developed a serious interest in other people ... in less than 6 decades.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet From a very early age, I noticed people making mistakes . I didn't just notice it. Their mistakes scraped in my ears, seared my…
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No means No! (...well maybe we need to think a bit more on that!)
The Thinking Behind The Tweet When I was a kid I heard the word "No" so much I expected to hear it, as a matter of habit . When I was a kid I was told to say…
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None of us can forecast the future: the best we can do is predict...do our best...then deal with actual situations.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet About Planning: Why plan? Who should plan? etc. Predict! When the word 'plan' [as in 'strategic plan'] annoys people, don't…
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Invest the time it takes to understand people. Understanding provides for trust, motivation, & leadership.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet In part, inspired by a re-reading of Michael Gerber's ' The E-Myth Revisited '. Pick a demographic - learn its psychographics …
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The cornerstone of our personality, our mental attitude, shows up as the general flavour of our thoughts.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet We can choose from 3 mental-attitude flavours: Positivity , Negativity , & Indifference. Positivity is the best flavour...a…
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Why are some people so inclined to be morale busters at work? And - How might we help them get over it?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet I want to create a Top 10 list of ways to help morale-busting people get over whatever it is that causes them to want to spread…
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Good leaders don't drive people; good leaders fuel the drive in people.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Performance is about desire and drive. Enthusiasm takes energy. Leaders are uniquely positioned to fuel the drive in people…
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Some people take the same route to work every day...if that route is blocked, they cannot find a way to work.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Human Beings all creatures of habit. While considering our goals we always have many routes to achieve them. However, sometimes…
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Communication band-aids don't solve the discomfort of negative thinking.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Shape up, Man, you gotta improve your attitude! Great advice in theory - useless advice in reality. If you want to help people…
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Better to climb mountains in your mind than on the back of your donkey-ego.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet May your molehills remain molehills and may your ego choose molehills over mountain climbing. Refuse to allow your ego to join…
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When we look outward and feel things are beyond our control it is most difficult to look inward and muster self-control.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Some situations seem to be beyond our control. In fact, some situations are beyond our control . Other situations just appear…
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In small doses anxiety energizes and hones focus. In large doses anxiety becomes a demon that destroys quality of life.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Anxiety is part of our lives. Anxiety is laced with rumination about past mistakes and problems or worry about future mistakes…
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A thin skull allows important stuff to get in easier.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Mistakes bang into and bounce off thick skulls . This annoys Mistakes because their role is teaching lessons. The problem is…
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May your ego refuse to jump over molehills to join the mule trains climbing all those mountains!
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Sometimes those little voices in our heads goad us into thoughts and actions that really defy logic. Deep down we know the…
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Mediocrity muffles motivation
The Thinking Behind The Tweet When you want to reduce the sounds coming from the power of an automobile engine, you use a muffler. When you want to stifle…
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Take your big treasure chest of Curiosity off the shelf...dust it off...open it up...and put its contents to good use.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet At one time, you were an incessantly curious and creative person. You were chock full of curiosity. Over the years and through…
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Negative thinking cannot be band-aided into insignificance: it is a thick, multi-layered, multi-textured problem.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet When you witness negativity , what do you think? Do you have the ability to understand the negative person's…
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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." Einstein
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Good Questions are a, perhaps even the, key to excellence. Good Questions [to oneself] can maximize Self-knowledge. Good…
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People want to hear positive messages…give them what they want...deliver some positive messages.
The Thinking Behind the Tweet We tested positive and negative marketing messages. We tried both " in these tough economic times " and " to build for the…
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Sooner or later, entrepreneurship beats egos down to a successful size.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet To succeed for any extended period, an entrepreneur must have a balanced ego. When an entrepreneur's ego gets out of control…
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Don't thumb your nose at the grindstone.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet If you cannot put your nose to the grindstone, you might be tempted to thumb your nose at it. Thumbing noses at…
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Do you commit to being useful every day from here to eternity? Has making yourself useful become one of your good habits?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet We all have good days and bad days; our internal drive-energy ebbs and flows. Regardless, we can commit to thinking and doing…
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Anxiety is in our genes...it is the legacy of fight or flight, which allowed our ancestors to bring us us.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Anxiety : be present, don't fret over it, observe it in real time, & learn what it takes to control it if it gets out of hand…
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Embrace the realities of life...and do not be too disappointed in results.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Paraphrasing one of the messages Charles Haanel placed in ' The Master Key ' (1917). My take-aways... When we focus too much on…
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Do you spend more time (A) annoying people or (B) watching TV people you don't know annoying people you don't know?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet The mob loves reality TV . As technology advances the mob watches real TV people decorate cakes, dance with stars, and catch…
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Listen to what people say...are their words the words of Victims or Initiators?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet We do better with people when we understand them...as Stephen Covey taught - 'Seek First to Understand'. We all go through ups…
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Doubters don't build.
The Thinking Behind the Tweet Doubters criticize. Doubters demotivate. Doubters question when questions are simply annoying. In these ways, doubters are…
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Influencing Powerful People - #10
“Understand that powerful people think of others as their helpers first and foremost. Let them know that this is what you are there to do. However, don’t let…
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Influencing Powerful People - #9
This week's Dirk Schlimm quote - “Remember that powerful people identify greatly with their work and their enterprise. They expect the same from you. Show…
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Influencing Powerful People - #6
This week’s Dirk Schlimm quote: “The fact is that many powerful people successfully overcome conventional wisdom and have the resources to keep their…