Wisdom: Surviving the Test of Time

Thought Tweet #450 “Self-help has accomplished about all the great things of the world.” The Thinking Behind The Tweet Recently, I made a rule - not to post…

Many leaders understand the merits of principle-based leadership. But...what does principle-based leadership mean? Specifically - what exactly does…

I have touched on the topic of self-management , but, as yet, I have not presented a concise summary of how to go about it . I am about to remove that…

Boil down your business. That's what Robert Collier did at Volume 5 of his 1926 classic, ' The SECRET of the Ages '. He stated, " Volumes have been written…

Thought Tweet #419 " Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it ." #ReneDescartes The Thinking Behind The Tweet…

Thought Tweet #418 " You wouldn't look for good scores from a ball team whose pitcher was at odds with the catcher. " The Thinking Behind The Tweet Robert…

Thought Tweet #415 " Only the strongest survive. " That's not what Darwin said! The Thinking Behind The Tweet Here's what Darwin said, “ It is not the…

Thought Tweet #413 Self-control..." It should not be associated with a destructive repression, but with a constructed expression ." The Thinking Behind The…

Thought Tweet #403 "But you've got to use your talent if you want to profit from it." Robert Collier (1926) The Thinking Behind the Tweet Two thoughts here…

This is the first in a series of Thought Posts about building self-confidence. To get started, here is our definition of self-confidence: Confidence is what…

Thought Tweet #397 "Courage begets strength, fear begets weakness. And so courage begets success, fear begets failure." The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet…

Thought Tweet #396 "Past and future are dreams; now is a reality. All things are now; all power, all possibility, all action, is now." The Thinking Behind…

Thought Tweet #392 "We bemoan the loss of our forests. We worry over the dwindling resources of coal and oil." The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet and..."We…

Thought Tweet #387 Mahatma Gandhi read 'Think and Grow Rich'. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet ...and the classic self-development book was translated and…

Hello. How do you do? or Hi. How are you doing? Where did these sorts of greetings come from? Why do we do them? [and...lurking behind the curtains of the…

If you could travel in time... ... and if you could only meet one person! Whom would you choose to meet? I bet you've heard that question before. I bet…

The great Ralph Waldo Emerson said, " Our strength grows out of our weaknesses ". Ralph Waldo Emerson isn't a fellow I would want to debate. Well...let me…

Thought Tweet #343 Know Nature’s laws, use those laws, and obtain the help of other people. Time, thinking…then wisdom. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet…

If the historical record is correct then the ancient Egyptians threw away their brains. I mean, when they preserved people’s bodies using the mummification…

Sales Tweet #171 Some sales people are like ship captains in the fog...repeatedly blowing their horns. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Don’t blow your…

Sales Tweet #162 Some ancient wisdom for Success: Have bone in back, not bone in head. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Probably no ancient person ever…

Sales Tweet #158 Ancient advice: better to have broad mind than long face. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Body language is a powerful source of…

Sales Tweet #142 Two more Keys to Success: Be easy to start & Be hard to stop. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet This is a rewording of an old saying. A…

Sales Tweet #140 Two Keys to Success: Don’t let down & Don’t let up. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Napoleon Hill wrote “Winners never quit and quitters…

Sales Tweet #132 "Great geniuses have the shortest biographies." Ralph Waldo Emerson The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Reading thoughts like this one from…