In our last post we took another look at Personal Default Settings; this time — not in terms of our own but — those of others, and how to work within them most effectively for the benefit of all. We left off discussing “Joe,” a great person who does some consulting/contracting work for me. We…
A very valuable book for me was The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield. I read it years ago, only once. And, really, I don’t remember a whole lot about it other than two things. First, that I enjoyed it immensely. Secondly, that I learned about personal dramas. We all have them. They manifest themselves differently…
In past posts I’ve admitted to having — for a large part of my life — a huge problem with anger. As with other areas where I felt a weakness with a particular character trait, I began to work on personal transformation. Fortunately, it is no longer an issue and most people who know me…
Movies — perhaps most especially the classics — provide us not only with good feelings and memories, but with valuable life lessons, as well. Then again, sometimes, the lessons are not so positive. What’s important is that, while we enjoy the show, we stay conscious of what we’re seeing and what they’re saying. Let’s take…
In past articles we’ve looked at the concept of stretching your comfort zone via building on your small successes. This concept was beautifully demonstrated in Todd Smith’s new book, LITTLE THINGS MATTER: 100 Ways To Improve Your Life Today, a book on success written by a hugely successful entrepreneur. In Lesson 10, he suggests that…
Their intent is totally opposite, isn’t it? After all, one aims to out-point or even harm the other person (yes, that would be boxing) 🙂 and the other to help them. Yet, there is also a similarity. In this video, we’ll see that both call on you not only to be effective with every move,…
A recent post in which I suggested that if your joke has a target that it should be you, yourself (rather than cause someone else pain or embarrassment) elicited some very emotional comments from people who, based on their own experience, agreed with that suggestion. You never know if the person you are “jokingly insulting”…
As discussed in a previous post, having to say no can be difficult and awkward. Whether due to a desire to please others or simply a difficulty with perceived conflict, the inability to turn down an offer or request you really don’t want to accept can result in both a loss of productivity and self-esteem.…
Last post, we discussed the importance of having one’s Default Setting on calm and serene rather than on an opposite, negative state such as panic, anger or upset. But, can one really change their default setting after living with it for a lifetime? Absolutely. Just follow these six steps: Decide you want to change and…
Default Setting (computer science): A particular setting or value for a variable that is assigned automatically by an operating system and remains in effect unless canceled or overridden by the operator: (Example: Susan changed the default for the font in the word processing program.) No, I wouldn’t have known that myself. Had to look it…
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