Category Archives: General

Intuition…Or Not?

My friend, prosperity expert, Randy Gage emailed me to ask if I believed in “Intuition” or did I think that believing in such was irrational? Because intuition is a topic I’ve never actually studied in detail, I hesitated to respond too quickly or reflexively without giving it at least enough thought to respond intelligently (or,…

Larger Than Your Present Place, Part 2

In Part One we discussed a productive mindset for advancing within the company for which you’re working; be “larger than your present place.” This means adding so much value “above and beyond” what’s expected that you simply no longer fit your position, are eventually noticed for such, and promoted. Of the many excellent responses to the…

Larger Than Your Present Place, Part 1

I’m often asked what one should do when in a job position they don’t enjoy. Some say they would like to be promoted within the company to a position that would be more fulfilling and/or would pay better. Others would simply like to find a job at another company. In both cases, however, they feel stuck…

Business Courtesy – On Responding

A reader asked if I would post an article on, what he called, “business courtesy.” His premise is that, since we now have a huge number of communication media at our disposal, common courtesies such as returning phone calls, emails and other communiqués should be a no-brainer. Yet, he claims, we have – as a…

Happiness Is A Habit Worth Cultivating, Part 3

Leading a multi-week conference call series, the assignment between sessions was to focus on gratitude throughout the week.  Reported one participant, Jose, “The more I focused on gratitude and what I was grateful for, the less negative self-talk was taking place in my head.” All right, Jose! (and I literally mean, “all right!”) 🙂 Makes…

Happiness Is A Habit Worth Cultivating, Part 2

Summing up Part One, we could say that Happiness is both a decision and a skill-set. And, we can actually develop the Habit of Happiness. In this article, I’d like to quote several passages from one of my favorite books on this topic. Appropriately enough, it’s entitled Happiness. The author is my dear friend, Rabbi Zelig…

Happiness Is A Habit Worth Cultivating, Part 1

President Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying, “A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be.” I believe that is very wise, and nearly 100 percent correct. I also think that – for those who do not have the natural inclination to be happy and don’t have the to knowledge to…

Noticing That We’re Not Noticing

A recent issue of the ezine, The Certain Way published by my friend Rebecca Fine, featured the following from Scottish psychologist R. D. Laing: “The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can…

Compassionate Nursing…And More

Last night’s bout of “writer’s block” turned into a fortunate gift for all as, during a “stop focusing on having writer’s block” break, I came across the most recent blog post of my excellent and gifted Go-Giver coauthor, John David Mann. While having dinner with his Mother-in-Law, Sylvia, he was treated to a story about her…

Great Leaders – Consistent And With Principle-Based Behavior

My friend, Art Jonak tweeted the following, which I’ll display in long-hand since this blog does not have the challenge of keeping thoughts to 140 characters (hmmm, are you thinking that, perhaps this blog should have that challenge?) 🙂 “Aberrant Behavior breaks trust. True leaders make decisions based on their principles. This creates consistent behavior…