Happiness vs. unhappiness = facts vs. opinions. Dr. Maltz gives examples of people who were unhappy because they confused the facts of the situation with their opinion (or interpretation) of the events, and was asked to boil down the entire … Continued
Don’t make assumptions. That’s one of the 4 Agreements in Don Miguel Ruiz’s book of the same name. Yet how quickly I sometimes forget this, even though I read the 4 Agreements to myself every day (if you want the … Continued
In the October issue of Inc. Magazine, Clayton Christensen quoted Theodore Levitt, legendary professor of marketing at Harvard, by saying “People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole.” Which I understood to mean that when you … Continued
I’m currently reading Charles Coonradt’s The Game of Work, and here’s a quote I liked: “Feedback is the breakfast of champions. People who want to get ahead, who want to win, who want to improve and get the job done- … Continued
Focus, defined by the dictionary, is “a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity; to concentrate.” Are you focused when it comes to running your business, or are you scattered all over the place and therefore ineffective? One of … Continued
The final quarter of the year begins today. The tendency, if you’re like me, is to look at your yearly goals, and, if you’re not on track to hit them, give up. “Oh, I had such high hopes back on … Continued
Here I am again, quoting from The New Psycho-cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz: “Happiness is native to the human mind and its physical machine. We think better, perform better, feel better, and are healthier when we are happy. Even our physical sense … Continued
Maxwell Maltz, in his book The New Psycho-Cybernetics, has this to say about multi-tasking: “The habit is particularly insidious because it is seldom recognized for what it is. When we feel jittery, worried, or anxious in thinking of the great … Continued
In the June, 2012 issue of Success Magazine, there’s a great article on Why Happiness Matters. In that article, the author, Patty Onderko, says the following: “Consider this chain reaction: Optimists set more goals for themselves, believing, optimistically, that they can attain … Continued