When it comes to time management, the easiest question is to ask: What time is it? You can go up to most any stranger on the street and ask that question and he or she will have some idea at a good answer.
The harder question is this: What will I do with my time? In response to that people show their knowledge in three different types of responses: Continue Reading…
I love social networking. I like the connections. I like the conversations. I even like the little “numbers” games that people play with followers and following (although it’s a little awkward to tell someone “I’m following you”).
There are so many social networking options out there. New opportunities to connect with people, with locations, and with great deals show up every day.
My tendency is to try and get in on something early. I know that I’m probably registered on more sites than I can remember. Not necessarily a good thing. Continue Reading…
There’s probably some scientific evidence to back this up somewhere.
If you smile at someone with a genuine, heartfelt smile – they will smile back.
It works 9 times out of 10. I don’t know if it’s an inborn trait or cultural conditioning. I know there are people out there a lot smarter than me who can answer all the questions about “why” this works. All I have to go on is my daily anecdotal experience.
Oh…and I should mention here – it seems to work with frowns as well.
Here’s another difference between whiners and winners.
A whiner will demand more equality.
A winner will earn more equity.
The feeling that life’s not fair is more of an excuse than a reason. Some folks want to be treated like everyone else or afforded the same opportunity as everyone else…except they don’t want to have to put the same amount of work into it.
I’m not talking about things like honor, respect, kindness, and dignity. Every person should be treated well. Continue Reading…
Problems are job security for leaders.
If there aren’t any problems to solve then there really isn’t a need for leaders. If everything was easy, leaders wouldn’t be essential.
Watch what happens when those around you encounter problems. Each of us face a temptation to do one of the following: Continue Reading…
…the following…
All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.
Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. Continue Reading…
It’s easy to step into a new position and immediately think about all of the things YOU have to do. This is because YOU want to do what needs to be done and YOU want to do it well.
But doing can sometimes get in the way of leading.
If you do everything by yourself, you’re not a leader, you’re a worker. Continue Reading…
