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ARTArticleTABOO TOPICS: Are some things too scary to contemplate? Two techniques to ensure death is not too scary to contemplate for youDEATHLY TABOOS We live, we die. That is a fact of life. People worldwide refuse to talk about it, refuse to think about it and refuse to do anything about it. They brush it under the carpet. Do they think it will not happen to them! Wrong! We all die at some time and it is ostrich behavior not to make plans. Ostrich behavior: A person who refuses to face reality. There is a notion that ostriches hide from danger by burying their head in the sand. LIFE AND DEATHr ARTArticleTake the Lean JourneyOne of the best ways to boost productivity of your organization is by following the ‘lean’ path. The very soul of a lean principle is to maximize production and at the same time bring down the wastage of resources. In short, lean transformation is geared towards building more values for your customers, but with fewer resources. So How Do You Take the Lean Journey? Though managers across various business verticals are mostly skeptic about venturing into the lean path, lean transformation does not demand much from organizations.ARTArticleTaking Control of Your Own Life: Making the Transition from Punching Bag to FighterTaking Control of Your Own Life: Making the Transition from Punching Bag to Fighter A fighter who quits can never win. A fighter who stays in the ring may win and will learn from the experience. Wm. Hovey Smith, Author of Create Your Own Job Security.ARTArticleTaming Our Terrible Twin WithinTaming Our Terrible Twin Within Byr Bill Cottringer “I have noticed that even people who claim that everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” ~Stephen Hawking.ARTArticleTeambuilding in the Home?If team means any organized group working together to accomplish a common goal, that means that your family is a TEAM! From better communication to just eating at the dinner table together, your Team-Family has goals and missions that you are always working on together. Simple teambuilding games build trust and help you all work together, get along, resolve conflict, and just have fun.ARTArticleTen Best Success Door OpenersTen Best Success Door Openers byr Bill Cottringer “If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you will find an excuse.” ~Jim Rohn. There are lots of ways to find to do something or the excuses if you don’t. In the meantime, here are the best-known door openers to success: 1. Learn, Grow and Improve.ARTArticleTen Best Ways to Build a Quality Work CultureTen Best Ways to Build a Quality Work Culture Byr Dr. Bill Cottringer “To win in the marketplace, you must first win in the workplace.” ~Doug Conant, Campbell Soup.ARTArticleTen Easy Ways to Increase Your Common SenseTen Easy Ways to Increase Your Common Sense Byr Bill Cottringer “Commonsense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.” ~Rene Descartes. If this quote were true, we wouldn’t have any of the challenges, problems, mistakes, conflicts and failures that overload us today. The best version of common sense that is not so common today belongs to Mark Twain. He viewed common sense as “the simple knack of seeing something the way it is and doing something the way it needs to be done.”ARTArticleTen Team-Building Essentials for LeadersTen Team-Building Essentials for Leaders Byr Bill Cottringer “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” ~Ryunosuke Satoro.ARTArticleTen Tips for Successful PresentationsTen Tips for Successful Presentations Byr Bill Cottringer Successful selling is often preempted by the requirement of giving a formal presentation to convince the customer to go with your product or service. These presentations require some sensible prep work to result in successful sales. Below are ten useful tips to make that happen.ARTArticleThe 4 Steps to Confronting Another Person and Getting Your WayHave you ever had a situation where you want another person to change their behavior, and you ended up arguing with them instead? There may have been yelling, put-downs and anger. This certainly isn’t the best way to get others to act in a different way.ARTArticleThe 7 Spiritual Laws of SuccessMany of you grew up with the belief that achieving success and making money necessitates hard work. Often, you believe you cannot achieve what you want without incredible efforts and reaching your goals is hard. Today, let’s change that and look at The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra: “The powerful principles you can use to fulfill your deepest desires with effortless joy. If you put them into practice, you’ll realize that you can manifest whatever you’ve been dreaming about.”ARTArticleThe Advantages of Outside Trainers for Companies to ConsiderEmployee training is one of a business owner’s or manager’s top priorities and can pay some of the highest dividends in terms of productivity and profitability as well as leading to greater customer satisfaction. There are such companies that can provide training services to other businesses, also known as outside training. While not a substitute for training by immediate supervisors, outside training has its own advantages and could have a place in your business’s training plan. The benefits of these training companies can outweigh the costs to provide a rewarding long lasting experience.r ARTArticleThe Amazing Power of Questions“A good question is better that a brilliant answer…” Richard Saul Wurman – Creator of TED Why do adults stop asking questions? Children ask amazing questions all the time. Their innate sense of curiosity is astounding. Yet somehow, as we move towards adulthood, that natural sense of childhood curiosity seems to disappear. Why is it that we encourage students to ask questions but as adults we seem to stop doing this ourselves? Isn’t that the most powerful way to learn? Where would we be today if Newton and Einstein had never stopped to ask questions?ARTArticleThe Baker’s Dirty Dozen Gaps Between What’sThe Baker’s Dirty Dozen Gaps Between What’sr Byr Bill Cottringer “The main challenge in life is to close the gap between where you are now and where you really want to be.” ~The Author. We all have much work to do to close the above gap. Here are a Baker’s Dirty Dozen Gaps we need to figure out how to close before they widen past the point of no return:ARTArticleThe Best Ways to Deal Assertively with ConflictsConflicts are normal in all relationships, even loving ones. It’s vital that these differences are resolved. If not, the feelings between you and your partner will gradually diminish.ARTArticleThe Business of MindfulnessI was twenty-two years working for myself a couple of weeks back - an anniversary which give rise to a pause for reflection.ARTArticleThe Case for a Child Parent HuntThe Case for a Child-Parent Huntr Wm. Hovey Smith November 4, 2019 ARTArticleThe Compromise ImperativeThe Compromise Imperative Byr Bill Cottringer “I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle. ~Andrew Carnegie. Our main thinking paradigm today is still stuck somewhere between a competitive, win-lose mentality model and a cooperative, win-win model. Russell Crowe in the movie “A Beautiful Mind” played the genius John Nash in discovering a primary driving force in economics. He realized the inevitability of this progression from a win-lose mentality to a win-win one.ARTArticleThe Core Beliefs That Plague MenYour core beliefs are those beliefs you created when you were a child based on your experiences and how you were treated and talked to. You had certain experiences and heard the same messages over and over again from family members, peers and others, and you formed certain core beliefs about yourself and how you fit in with the world of work.ARTArticleThe Core Beliefs That Plague WomenAs girls are growing up, their parents and culture teach them how to be. Most girls get the message that they’re supposed to be and act in certain ways. Many of these messages encourage girls to be “less than.” In many ways, girls are taught to have low self-esteem as part of their personality. Which of These Do You Remember Hearing? • Don’t be too smart or boys won’t like you. • Don’t get your dress dirty! It’s better to sit in that chair like a good little girl. • You need to be well-mannered. • Don’t speak up because you might hurt other people’s feelings.ARTArticleThe Easiest Management Trap to Fall Into & The Hardest One to AvoidThe Easiest Management Trap to Fall Into & The Hardest One to Avoid by Bill Cottringer “The first rule of business: Control the few controllables and manage the rest the best you can.” ~The author.ARTArticleThe EscapeWe live our lives grabbing every moment of happiness that we can. We cling to the fabulous moments and pray to get through the tough times. We enjoy the company of those who surround us in good times and bad. We treasure those relationships that are far away and strive to keep the communication going.r ARTArticleThe First Step in Overcoming Social Anxiety.Feeling unnecessarily anxious, nervous or scared around people is a much more common problem than people like to admit. There are a wide variety of thoughts and theories as to where this phenomenon originates. Genetics, child development, chemical imbalance and nutrition have all been cited at some stage as playing their part in the make-up of what can often, on the surface, appear a complex problem…ARTArticleTHE FIVE PILLARS OF ENGLISHTHE IMPORTANCE OF PILLARS Without pillars, buildings will never stand. They are the strong columns that are the supports for a building. In the English language there are five pillars. They are the building blocks and the key to fluency and exceptional ability in English. These five pillars are not all equal and are in order of importance. 1. CONTEXT IS ALLr ARTArticleThe InnocentSomewhere, lost in the shuffle, is a person who has no part in anything other than just trying to exist is this world. This is a person who knows the true meaning of the word struggle. Their main goal in life is just to survive one more day on this earth. This person has no internet, the food they have is scarce, no doctor or dentist visits, their income is so low that it is unimaginable. They live among thieves and violence. They my friend, are the innocent.r ARTArticleThe Jack Canfield StoryDuring our Passion Test training, we learned about “Jack Canfield’s story” when Janet Bray Attwood, Founder of the Passion Test (http://ulrikeberzau.com/the-passion-test/), took him through the Passion Test.ARTArticleThe Law of Attraction is BS!The law of attraction has become a common staple of the self improvement community for quite some time now, especially since the book and movie "the secret" came out... And opinions are always divided, some say it's a law as certain as the law of gravity and others claim it's complete garbage, but at the end of the day I'm going to tell you it is bull crap, because of one simple thing... It sets the wrong expectations.ARTArticleThe Machine Guns of GodConstantly told about the beginning of the cosmos as having been perpetrated by some sort of ‘big bang’ theory, major and certain acclaimed scientists have alluded to the idea that there was one such event and that it is the causation of all we know and see and, in most instances, think. Exploration of physical laws also suggests this event occurred some fifteen billion years ago, and the result is that the universe will constantly expand until it gets to the point where it will implode upon itself.ARTArticleThe Magic of TreesThe Message of Trees Summer is here and many of us enjoy spending time in nature. I always love being around trees and wonder what messages they have for us. They seem to be so grounded and deeply rooted, with so much wisdom and strength. I love seeing them grow and love the shade and protection trees provide. Globally, there is a growing trend to tap into the therapeutic aspects of trees. Forest Therapy is an expanding practice that benefits mind and body. Forest Therapy

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