What is Time Efficiency and How to Achieve it In the early 1900s when Ivy Lee advised the managers of Bethlehem Steel to list their top priorities and to then work on tasks in that prioritized order, not proceeding until a task was completed, he was rewarded handsomely. Charles M. Schwab, who was the head…
Why Is It Important to Stay Humble? ‘If you’d gone up the way you came down, you’d have come down the way you went up.’ Charles Spurgeon When one of Charles Spurgeon’s students proudly stepped up to preach, but came back down failing miserably, Spurgeon supposedly said something like, ‘If you’d gone up the way…
Self-Improvement: Tips to Be More Articulate and Speak More Clearly It’s no surprise that the way you speak can affect another person’s perception of you. Whenever you open your mouth to speak, people are judging you by the sounds that you make. Within minutes or sometimes seconds, people determine whether you are smart, funny, talented,…
Living in the Present Moment: Transform Your Life with Mindfulness ‘The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift. That is why this moment is called ‘the present.” Anon There is nothing you can do to undo the past. You are not in control of the future. All that…
Ditch Your People-Pleasing: You Can’t Please Everyone No matter what you do, you will not be able to please everybody. If you speak to an audience of one hundred people, it is said that three of the hundred will not like you. But do we get concerned about the three, or rather press on with…
The Goethe Principle: Why Boldness Has Genius, Power, and Magic ‘Whatever you can do, or dream you can do it, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.’ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I recently received a copy of Peter Buffet’s book ‘Life Is What You Make It’ in the mail….
The Expansive World Of Mind Muscle Development I heard Peter speak again this weekend at my local church, and it’s twenty four years since I first came in contact with the author of that quote. For three days I shut myself away in a motel room with three books – one book written by Peter…
Complacency Kills: The Dangers of Complacency in the Workplace Success can actually be the worst thing to ever happen to your life if you become complacent. Vigilance is required for onward and upward success. Many a successful businessman, politician, statesman, preacher, entertainer have met with demise – not when they were unknown – but rather…
What is the relationship between financial success and personal growth? You’ve probably heard about the recent studies that show definitively that money isn’t everything. One report from US News and World Report cites plenty of studies that show making memories, achieving personal growth goals, and living by your own value system are much more important…
How Resilience Helps You Cope With Life’s Challenges Diane Coutu wrote in the Harvard Business Review that resilient people shared three traits – a resolute acceptance of reality, a sense that life is meaningful, and an exceptional ability to improvise. One of the most resilient people I know is my wife Shelley. The very first…
The Art Of Worldy Wisdom I was recently introduced to a relatively obscure work entitled The Art Of Worldly Wisdom and as I read it I knew that I had stumbled upon gold. Written hundreds of years ago it still to this day has a relevance that readily enables the reader to apply this wisdom…
Missing Your Motivation? Your lack of motivation isn’t unique I’m amazed at how many people declare that motivation is all hype, and that it’s not necessary to read personal developmental or inspirational material. So why don’t we take a reverse look at the motivational world for just a minute by adding the two letters ‘u’…
The Power of Unlearning: How to Let Go of Beliefs to Embrace Success ‘Nothing was ever so unfamiliar and startling to me as my own thoughts.’ Henry David Thoreau My experience with life to this point has taught me a number of things. One of which is that to become an ‘exceptional liver’ it often…
4 Core Qualities of Truly Genuine People We live in a day and age where we are surrounded by an air of superficiality. Now superficiality and its presentation will last for a while, but in time the winds of change will blow them away – and all will be revealed. So let’s run from such…
Positive Mindset: How to Develop a Positive Mental Attitude I was nearly 30 years of age before I was exposed to the world of positive mental attitude books, or even had any idea what PMA(Positive Mental Attitude) meant. For the first 30 years of my life I had battled constantly with maintaining a positive directive…