business planning: Learned Happiness? Can It Be So?
- 01/08/07 07:40 AM
How timely my post yesterday on Emotional Mastery? There was an article in the NY Times Magazine yesterday about how the field of 'positive psychology' is becoming a big thing on real college campuses and is now being studied for validity by psychologists.It's a great story on the 'power of positive thinking,' a philosophy which has been around for decades and maybe even centuries, although Norman Vincent Peale started that phrase, I guess. Anyway, here's the link to the article for anyone interested:NY Times Magazine - "Happiness 101" HAPPY READING! ENJOY! … (6 comments)
business planning: The #1 Skill to Guarantee Success in Business & Life
- 01/07/07 07:37 AM
As we all look to get off to a fast start in 2007 and set the stage for a good year personally and professionally, I believe there is really only one skill we all need to master to really become successful.This skill permeates every facet of our life and business and once mastered will virtually guarantee our long-term happiness and success. This skill is the foundation of everything else. What is this skill? It's 'Emotional Mastery.' What do I mean by 'Emotional Master?' I define 'Emotional Mastery' as the ability in any situation to adjust your thoughts to empower you to respond proactively and in a way that … (1 comments)
business planning: Best Wishes for a Great New, New Year!
- 12/31/06 10:23 AM
Tp all AR acquaintances with whom I've begun to build a relationship with and all those with whom I am waiting to get to know, best wishes for an outstanding 2007! On my list of the things I'm most grateful that 2006 brought into my business and my life is this outstanding community of success oriented professionals. Here's to a new year of personal and professional growth. Commit to improving just 1% each day and you will be twice as good in 70 days! Not a bad resolution. Imagine if you were to select 1 area every two months to improve at that level, where … (5 comments)
business planning: How's Comfortable is Your Comfort Zone? I Just Blew Up, Mine
- 12/19/06 05:08 AM
Been away from AR for awhile as I was preparing for this past weekend. Wow, what a weekend. If I had a comfort zone going into it. It got blown up the past three days.I just spent the weekend in Atlanta, Georgia working on my presentation skills with a real pro.What a comfort zone busting experience that was. For two days I stood in front of a video camera in my coach's living room and had everything from my posture to my program content turned upside down, inside out and backwards.It wasn't a place for the faint of heart, or an ego.But, … (11 comments)
business planning: Success or Failure? The Choice Is Yours - Answer My Trivia Question & Win a Prize
- 12/11/06 01:52 PM
There are three things I listen to when driving in my car. Some of you probably have some of your favorite things, these are my top three:1) Personal/Professional Development CDs;2) Bruce Springsteen Live concert recordings;3) NPR, National Public Radio I would say I balance my time between the three pretty well. Today I decided to revisit an old CD series I've had for about 6 years, Napoleon Hill's "The Science of Personal Achievement." It's a 5 CD set so it will take a lot of driving over the next week or so for me to go through it all again, but it's really … (4 comments)
business planning: In Sales - It's Not Just Questions & Listening, But How You Ask & How You Listen
- 12/06/06 05:12 AM
I am overwhelmed by the comments to my blog posting yesterday about the sales mistake I almost couldn't get myself out of. The follow up today from that situation is they called me back wanting more specifics as to the topics for workshops I could offer their best referral sources. They are going to take those topics and survey their best customers and select one of them to get started in the first quarter of the year.One thing to remember regarding questioning and listening is that you have to be careful in how you ask the questions. You must do so … (5 comments)
business planning: Did you achieve your goals in 2006?
- 11/30/06 06:48 AM
Based on the feedback I'm getting from those on my e-zine list of over 3,200, I'm going to guess that you did not meet all of your goals in 2006.If you did meet all of your goals and you had a very successful year, congratulations, but this e-mail is not for you and you should ignore the free gift I'm giving away. However, if you did not meet your goals this year, I'd like to help you. I've put together a 5 part mini-course that will help you start the new year off on the right foot. The course will ask a … (8 comments)
How timely my post yesterday on Emotional Mastery? There was an article in the NY Times Magazine yesterday about how the field of 'positive psychology' is becoming a big thing on real college campuses and is now being studied for validity by psychologists.It's a great story on the 'power of positive thinking,' a philosophy which has been around for decades and maybe even centuries, although Norman Vincent Peale started that phrase, I guess.;)
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