Good question, don’t you think? It’s a question that has doubtless been asked by most people at one time or another, especially when running into seemingly insurmountable obstacles and unanticipated difficulties while striving to win at something that is important to them. It’s at times like that that we may well cry out, often in… Continue reading What Does It Take to… WIN?
An essential ingredient to a lasting marriage is commitment; to a well-built house it’s a solid foundation; and to a healthy body it’s proper hygiene, a balanced diet, and exercise. I don’t think any of you have a problem in recognizing all these as essentials. What’s the essential to success? Most of us, if not… Continue reading Essentials
In order to achieve whatever worthy goal we are in pursuit of, and to avoid it slipping out of our grasp once we’ve achieved it, it’s essential to keep adding. Adding what, you ask? Effort, that’s what. The unfortunate tendency with many of us is that once we’ve reached our initial goal, we start coasting,… Continue reading The Need to Add
I recently read something written by Mart DeHaan (a noted writer and author) that is so true, and so vital to personal as well as corporate success, that I’m going to quote it here: In the workplace, words of encouragement matter. How employees talk to one another has a bearing on customer satisfaction, company profits,… Continue reading Encourage
The title says it all, doesn’t it? Job satisfaction is something all of us in the workplace, wherever and whatever that may be, would like to experience every day. But for many of us that’s just not happening. And when we don’t have job satisfaction, many of us start thinking that to find it we… Continue reading Job Satisfaction
When it comes to being and staying successful, you’ll always find this beautiful word accountable playing a part in the explanation. You’ll also find, I venture to say, that where success is elusive or unachievable, it’s because the word accountable does not appear in the thinking or discourse of those involved. I have found that… Continue reading Accountable
Can you think of a word that stops progress and personal growth more effectively than can’t? This word is a real killer. Let me give you a few examples of how this evil word does its destructive work. “I can’t change the way I think”—and you’ve just closed the door to advancement that demands a… Continue reading “Can’t” Thinking
It’s true, isn’t it, that success is desired by all. However, to achieve it in any endeavour, from marriage to a career, university degree, beautiful garden, or clean living accommodation, takes uphill effort. According to John Maxwell (a leading leadership trainer) the trouble with this struggle is that so many of us have high uphill hopes, but too… Continue reading Uphill
And all you’ll be left with are… regrets! I wonder if you, like me, have thoughts when looking back on your life such as “If only I had done this or that, I would not now be left with only regrets.” I have found that there are certain actions, or lack of action, that produce… Continue reading Regrets
The poet and essayist Dr. Samuel Johnson said, “The one who embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage while they lie waiting for the gale.” I think what he’s saying is that… Continue reading Wishing and Dreaming: the Downside
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