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Make present decisions based on future benefits.
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Handle your anger and hurt in a way that does not make the situation worse
Thursday, June 30, 2011
July 04
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Wanting / insisting on all keeps you from getting any.
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Take just one little step toward "it" every day
Wanting / insisting on all keeps you from getting any.
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Take just one little step toward "it" every day
July 03
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Face the situation and then lean into it.
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Apologize or confront or make amends or define the problem, ask how you can make the situation better, whatever is needed. But don't continue to expose yourself to the problem, don't stick around if...
Face the situation and then lean into it.
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Apologize or confront or make amends or define the problem, ask how you can make the situation better, whatever is needed. But don't continue to expose yourself to the problem, don't stick around if...
July 02
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Are you driving? or just going along for the ride? Take the wheel and be proactive.
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Take action, avoid complaining, get moving
Are you driving? or just going along for the ride? Take the wheel and be proactive.
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Take action, avoid complaining, get moving
July 01
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Successful plans are small, simple, and good.
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Success will seem slow. Value small increments
Successful plans are small, simple, and good.
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Success will seem slow. Value small increments
June 30
Next occasion you have some trouble in your life, try these two questions:
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How have my attitudes and actions contributed to this situation?
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What can I do to make the situation better?
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How have my attitudes and actions contributed to this situation?
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What can I do to make the situation better?
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
June 29
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Where will this situation go if I say this thing I am thinking?
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We are not passengers. We are part of the crew on Spaceship Earth
Where will this situation go if I say this thing I am thinking?
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We are not passengers. We are part of the crew on Spaceship Earth
June 28
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Unresolved issues are energy drains - avoid them.
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Yet, there is a place for patience, long suffering, even hope. But not all things work out. Nevertheless, do not let bad situations stagnate, infect and spread, and drain your life away.
Unresolved issues are energy drains - avoid them.
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Yet, there is a place for patience, long suffering, even hope. But not all things work out. Nevertheless, do not let bad situations stagnate, infect and spread, and drain your life away.
June 27
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Best fix for a big problem is to handle it when it is a small problem.
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...or, better yet, prevent it from becoming a problem in the first place
Best fix for a big problem is to handle it when it is a small problem.
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...or, better yet, prevent it from becoming a problem in the first place
June 25
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I am a carbon based electrochemical system with opposable thumb and bi-pedal locomotion, born to breathe, eat, drink, reproduce and die - the rest is just window dressing.
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Resist the impulse to say "yes" when you detect your internal "cringe factor" signaling
I am a carbon based electrochemical system with opposable thumb and bi-pedal locomotion, born to breathe, eat, drink, reproduce and die - the rest is just window dressing.
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Resist the impulse to say "yes" when you detect your internal "cringe factor" signaling
June 24
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Do not hang on to the bad stuff.
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Get rid of what I am not using - make space for what better serves me
Do not hang on to the bad stuff.
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Get rid of what I am not using - make space for what better serves me
June 22
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What we choose to attend to (or ignore) is the internal equivalent of how we choose to act (or not act) in the external world.
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Choose, and accept the consequences
What we choose to attend to (or ignore) is the internal equivalent of how we choose to act (or not act) in the external world.
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Choose, and accept the consequences
June 21
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This just in from the real world (the world of evidence, not imagination): Imagining success will not get you there. New York's University Motivation Lab reports from tests that a healthy dose of skepticism and a realistic outlook will do more to energize people than a rosy image of a successful outcome. "...Those that question whether an ideal future can be achieved, and that depict obstacles, problems, and setbacks, find it more beneficial for mustering the energy needed to attain actual success." So much for positive self-talk. Good luck to unemployed self-help gurus.
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I wish there was a switch that closed the mouths of those with closed minds
This just in from the real world (the world of evidence, not imagination): Imagining success will not get you there. New York's University Motivation Lab reports from tests that a healthy dose of skepticism and a realistic outlook will do more to energize people than a rosy image of a successful outcome. "...Those that question whether an ideal future can be achieved, and that depict obstacles, problems, and setbacks, find it more beneficial for mustering the energy needed to attain actual success." So much for positive self-talk. Good luck to unemployed self-help gurus.
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I wish there was a switch that closed the mouths of those with closed minds
Monday, June 20, 2011
June 20
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Too much of management consists of making it difficult for people to work together
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Engage fast, engage many, provide value, and give credit
Too much of management consists of making it difficult for people to work together
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Engage fast, engage many, provide value, and give credit
Sunday, June 19, 2011
June 19
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Make it fun and cool - not awesome and extravagant
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Keep it plain and simple - eliminate clutter. Understate and don't elaborate
Make it fun and cool - not awesome and extravagant
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Keep it plain and simple - eliminate clutter. Understate and don't elaborate
Saturday, June 18, 2011
June 18
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Success depends on mastering the obvious and the mundane - not magic and breakthroughs
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Balance too assertive / not assertive enough. Be a human shield to the people in your group or organization
Success depends on mastering the obvious and the mundane - not magic and breakthroughs
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Balance too assertive / not assertive enough. Be a human shield to the people in your group or organization
Friday, June 17, 2011
June 17
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I have a flawed and incomplete understanding of what it is like to work for me
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Confident enough to lead but humble enough to know I am sometimes wrong
I have a flawed and incomplete understanding of what it is like to work for me
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Confident enough to lead but humble enough to know I am sometimes wrong
Thursday, June 16, 2011
June 16
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Reverse the usual situation by judging yourself by your results, and others by their intentions
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Every good cause needs an advocate, a skeptic, a visionary, an evangelist, and a rain maker
Reverse the usual situation by judging yourself by your results, and others by their intentions
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Every good cause needs an advocate, a skeptic, a visionary, an evangelist, and a rain maker
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
June 15
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Think "screenplay" rather than a speeech - dramatize
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Move their hearts rather than bore them with logic
Think "screenplay" rather than a speeech - dramatize
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Move their hearts rather than bore them with logic
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
June 14
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Balance your tree hugging with forest management
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Muscles almost always pull, not push - the two exceptions are the genitals and the tongue
Balance your tree hugging with forest management
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Muscles almost always pull, not push - the two exceptions are the genitals and the tongue
Monday, June 13, 2011
June 12
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People are more likely to honor a committment if it is made public
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Suck it up and endure physical and emotional hardships with complaining
People are more likely to honor a committment if it is made public
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Suck it up and endure physical and emotional hardships with complaining
June 11
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MAP system: Mastery (improve skills), Autonomy (do it yourself), Purpose (meaning)
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New ideas do not stand a chance in the mainstream of life or business - so find a side stream.
MAP system: Mastery (improve skills), Autonomy (do it yourself), Purpose (meaning)
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New ideas do not stand a chance in the mainstream of life or business - so find a side stream.
June 10
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While most have the ability to speak, many do not have the gift of conversation
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Some folks descended from the chimpanzee later than others
While most have the ability to speak, many do not have the gift of conversation
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Some folks descended from the chimpanzee later than others
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