No matter how many times I listen to The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn, I discover something new. It seems like just about every sentence in the book is a useful quotable.
It offers great advice for useful attitudes, much like Nicholas Boothman does in How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less. The advice offered in these books is not easy to live by but, if followed, will bring you success and happiness.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Your Faith Life
Most motivational speakers will advise you that having a balanced life is very important for success. It is important for success in your professional life as well as in your personal life.
Regardless of what your beliefs and religious heritage are, it is important to understand them and follow them. This gives balance to all of the other areas of life. In fact, the argument can be made that a strong faith life greatly enhances all other areas.
As with every other aspect of life, this takes time and it is time well spent. Replacing work with faith practice does not put you behind in your work, it improves your focus and attention during your working hours. The same is true for your personal life in that practice of faith makes your personal life so much more meaningful and it makes you much better at it.
Regardless of what your beliefs and religious heritage are, it is important to understand them and follow them. This gives balance to all of the other areas of life. In fact, the argument can be made that a strong faith life greatly enhances all other areas.
As with every other aspect of life, this takes time and it is time well spent. Replacing work with faith practice does not put you behind in your work, it improves your focus and attention during your working hours. The same is true for your personal life in that practice of faith makes your personal life so much more meaningful and it makes you much better at it.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Making Investments
Every time that you are nice to someone else, you are making an investment. It is worth much more than your monetary investment because it pays dividends for sure. When you extend your pleasant attitude toward others, you benefit.
You improve your postion with the person you are being nice to. You are gaining in the perspective of people who witness it.
Start making those investments.
You improve your postion with the person you are being nice to. You are gaining in the perspective of people who witness it.
Start making those investments.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Work With What They (You) Have
Some very sound advice by Marcus Buckingham in his book First Break All the Rules states that good managers should first understand the strengths, knowledge, and talents of their employees. Then, rather than concentrating on adding to an employee that which has been left out, focus on getting out what was left in.
In other words, work with what they (you) have. This is also good advice for yourself. Evaluate your strengths and continue to work with them. An analogy would be the parent who spends more time on their child's strength than on their weakness.
Imagine if you could more fully understand your stengths and spend time working on them. You cannot get better only by improving what you are bad at. Instead you need to develop what you are good at.
In other words, work with what they (you) have. This is also good advice for yourself. Evaluate your strengths and continue to work with them. An analogy would be the parent who spends more time on their child's strength than on their weakness.
Imagine if you could more fully understand your stengths and spend time working on them. You cannot get better only by improving what you are bad at. Instead you need to develop what you are good at.
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