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ARTArticleThe Only Unwinnable Conflict Worth Trying to WinThe Only Unwinnable Conflict Worth Trying to Win
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Bill Cottringer
“There is one conflict that will never go away until we either figure out how to communicate past it or die trying. This conflict involves arguing for the beliefs and truths we are most certain about.” ~The Author.ARTArticleThe PastOne cannot look at the future without remembering their past. As the New Year approaches, you think about the future and you measure how far you’ve come by looking back on the past.
The past is much more than a mile marker of your life. When you sit and think of the past you will piece together who you are at this moment. You will remember school, the kids you hung around with, every special occasion and who was there and all the ups and downs of growing up. Each and every experience molded you to who you are today.rARTArticleThe Past is Simply a Stepping Stone to Better ThingsRecently, I had the opportunity to provide consultative work in New York and this month it’s Boston and Cincinnati. On the flight back from New York to the west coast, I was thinking about my past ups and downs. We all have them and I want to inspire you to look at it in a different way.
We all experience times when our business, career and income are not flourishing. We get discouraged and focus on what does not work. We ruminate on the past and what we could have done or said, or maybe not done or said, and we rarely think about what went really well in the past.ARTArticleThe Paucity ParadigmThe Paucity Paradigm
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Bill Cottringer
“Usually the first problems you solve with the new paradigm are the ones that were unsolvable with the old paradigm.” ~Joel A. Barker.ARTArticleThe Perfect Time to Enhance Your BusinessThree years ago, after a rewarding and successful career as a healthcare executive leading rehabilitation services and hospitals, I shifted my focus to follow my entrepreneurial spirit. Over the years, I had the opportunity to learn from the world’s best in the personal development area—mind, body, and spirit—and I wanted to apply the spectrum of my skills and experiences to benefit others.ARTArticleThe Power of AwarenessThe Power of Awareness
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Bill Cottringer
“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.” ~Abraham Maslow.ARTArticleThe Power of Our Beliefs and Self-ImageOur views and habits have developed over time and we typically underestimate the power of our ingrained beliefs, the ones deeply rooted in our subconscious mind. They affect how we think, act and ultimately, affect our results. It’s not necessarily all negative. Actually our programming can be very powerful and enable our success; however, it can also limit our ideas of what is possible in life.ARTArticleThe Power of Saying Yes“Yes, has magic within it,” says Susie Moore in her Huffington Post article 9 Little Known Truths About the Power of Yes! <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susie-moore/success-and-motivation_b_5198200.html>
How often do you say yes or wish you had said yes? What is holding you back from saying yes? We often regret that we did not realize an opportunity, experience something new or stretch beyond our comfort zone.ARTArticleThe Problems a Divided Mind CausesThe Problems a Divided Mind Causesr
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Bill Cottringer
“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.” ~Alan Watts.ARTArticleThe Secret to Becoming a Good Workplace LeaderThere are numerous things that you ought to learn rapidly amid a great time. The fundamental one is the means by which to wind up being a good workplace leader, since that will be of key significance for your business. The fundamental one is the means by which to wind up plainly a good workplace leader, since that will be of key significance for your business when you are figuring out how to end up plainly a good workplace leader and here are some of them:ARTArticleThe Secret to Giving an Effective Presentation with PowerPointMost people have a fear of speaking in public, but when tasked to give an effective presentation by power point they feel a little more at ease. The reason is that they now have the information they are going to present at hand. This can be a double edge sword because the presenter in this scenario will end up using the slides as a crutch and may actually fail as a true presenter.ARTArticleThe Seduction of Social Media: Are You on the Path to Addiction?Have you ever started out on a path going in one direction only to find yourself, hours later, mindlessly ending up somewhere else?
You planned to check your Facebook page but somehow you ended up on Twitter.
You intended to have a dialogue in one of your LinkedIn Groups, but two hours later you find yourself down a rabbit hole reviewing interesting but irrelevant information and you have no idea how you got there.ARTArticleThe Seduction of Social Media: Are You on the Path to Addiction?Have you ever started out on a path going in one direction only to find yourself, hours later, mindlessly ending up somewhere else?
You planned to check your Facebook page but somehow you ended up on Twitter.
You intended to have a dialogue in one of your LinkedIn Groups, but two hours later you find yourself down a rabbit hole reviewing interesting but irrelevant information and you have no idea how you got there.ARTArticleThe Sky is No LimitQatar Airways, rated #1 in the world in 2015 and #2 in 2016, knows how to treat its customers, as do Emirates and Etihad, both UAE airlines, also at the top of the world’s best 100 Airlines.
The Top 100 Airlines of 2016
1. Emirates
2. Qatar Airways
3. Singapore Airlines
4. Cathay Pacific
5. ANAs
6. Etihad Airways
*Top Airlines of 2016 Data gathered from: www.worldairlineawards.com
What makes the customer experience different and how do we know what our customers want?ARTArticleThe Super Bowl and Team BuildingWatching the Super Bowl yesterday I was not surprised of the turn of events leading to the final outcome even though one team had a considerable lead at halftime. Not that the Atlanta Falcons are poorly managed as a team, but One of the reasons the New England Patriots are and have been so successful is because of the coach Bill Belichick. Belichick is known for having a well oiled machine or system in place. There are a lot of teams that have equally good and maybe even better players but the New England team is a very successful system.ARTArticleThe Two Main Goals of Personal DevelopmentThe Two Main Goals of Personal Development
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Bill Cottringer
“Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long-term results.” ~Anonymous.ARTArticleThe Ultimate Guide to Creating New Friendships, Part 1Studies have found that having friends is one of the most important contributions to having a happy and healthy life. Forming friendships isn’t difficult, but it does take some effort.
Friendships Come in All Shapes and Sizes
Some friends we know from childhood are with us our entire lives. Others come into our lives for a short time, and our lives are enhanced. With some friends, we feel close right away, and we’re are able to share intense experiences soon after we meet. Other friendships develop slowly, perhaps over years.ARTArticleThe Ultimate Guide to Creating New Friendships, Part 2Once you’ve met people and discovered you have some things in common, the next step is to arrange to meet again. If that’s satisfying to both of you, you’ll need to continue to meet.ARTArticleThe World Is a StageOccasionally I watch various TV shows where people display their talents. Inside each person was a level of nervousness. Sadly, I felt that some were judged by the way they looked before they even displayed their talent. Not every show displayed this, but there were some.rARTArticleThe Zappos PhilosophyOn my way to San Diego, after providing hospital consulting for a few days in the greater Chicago area, I re-read Tony Hsieh’s book, “Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose.” This book was a great preparation for The Passion Test conference I was headed to, and following the ASAP Engagement Consultant training, a process to transform businesses’ world, from solopreneur and small companies to large corporations.ARTArticleThese 3 Things Will Improve Your Workplace ProductivityInvesting in yourself to become more competent or to reach a higher skill level seems to be the rage these days. People are hitting the gyms and doing varied forms of exercise and classes aimed at streamlining their bodies, going on special diets to improve their inner health and insure longevity.Many people are reading self help and self improvement books to become more esteemed and empowered.So why don’t we put that much effort into our workplace, yes there are a few who take classes at night to advance at work and some companies do offer courses from outside sources but most do not.rARTArticleThese Time Management Tips Will Help you Accomplish your Immediate GoalsThe issue of time management typically has different goals for each individual. Here are some ways that you can manage your time more effectively to reach your goals and not fall short which happens to most people most of the time. These suggestions will help you manage your time effectively. First of all you will need to make a list of all the things you need to do/want to do to complete your goals in allotted time frames. For each time period it is necessary to put the items from your list into the following categories:
(Urgent - definite time limit)ARTArticleThings to Consider for Successful Corporate Team Building EventsSearching for a corporate team building events can be an arduous task let alone finding a company that can deliver an effective and memorable corporate team building events. The best thing to do is develop a list of keyword objectives that you will want to accomplish. For instance if your mission is to have a fun team building activities for work that are not too intensive that will tax the participants to where they will feel stressed out after the team building event is over.ARTArticleThings to consider while developing a food delivery AppWe are living in a tech-driven world where things get complete with just one click. Gone are the days where a trip to various restaurants for the choice of your food can found. Therefore, food delivery apps are serving all kinds of food for any occasions and events. People usually order food to save time and fuel. One can easily order food through the app and can take pleasure at their convenience.ARTArticleThings to keep in Mind before Hiring Magento DeveloperMagento is one of the most leading platforms for eCommerce website development. It is considered to be one of the most leading eCommerce solutions for creating features, modules, extensions and various customization options to make the Magento an ideal platform for building a robust ecommerce store. However, choosing Magento for your site will not take you anywhere instead, you need to select the right Magento development company or hire Magento developer who will not only understand your business needs but also help to give best Magento solution.
Know what you wantARTArticleThings you need to know about Mobile Grocery AppVariety of features contributes towards the success of an online grocery shopping app. So, with the growing desire of saving time or money for organizing the daily routine of people effectively, lots of improvement in the technology has found because most of the time doing everyday household chores becomes an unpleasant task for people, and grocery shopping over this makes the situation, even more, worsen and tiresome. There are many surveys shows that more than 60% shopper, shop their household items through their smartphones and other handy devices.ARTArticleThings You Should Ask the Doctor Before a Hair TransplantHair transplant is by no means a very common procedure, a lot of people either don’t know about it, or don’t understand it. There are some misgivings about the procedure based on lack of knowledge and awareness. So if you want a hair transplant, get down to some research and prepare a list of questions for the doctor.
If possible find people who have undergone the procedure before, and in case you can’t find them there are a lot of online forums that you can join. The point being - before you pick a clinic, be prepared to ask them the right questions.ARTArticleThree Beatitudes for Better CommunicationThree Beatitudes for Better Communication
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Bill Cottringer
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” ~George Be
ard Shaw.ARTArticleThree Key Success Factors in Effective ManagementThree Key Success Factors in Effective Management
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Bill Cottringer
“The effective management of others always starts with effective self-management.” ~The author.ARTArticleThree Paths to The TruthThree Paths to The Truth
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Bill Cottringer
“I wouldn't give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, I would give my life.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes.
As the above quote implies, there are but three main paths we walk to learn what we think is true about something. In a three words, these paths are—short, long and longer. Or, in a little more detail, this is where we walk and what we do: