Monday, January 17. 2011Criticism Kills!Criticism - www.thorstenconsulting.com Forget criticism. Remind people of what you want them to do and your productivity, their productivity and friendship will increase! © Jim Lindell - 2011 Tuesday, January 4. 2011Stand Tall!Ruggers - Standing Tall - Drakens RFC How You Can Become More Powerful by Literally Standing TallPosture can affect how powerful you feel - and how powerful you areBy Adam D. Galinsky and Li Huang | January 4, 2011 | 3 Excerpt From the Scientific American - Jan 2011 As it turns out, there is a simple method to both transform people psychologically and signal power to others: altering your body posture. Across species, body posture is often the primary representation of power. From fish to reptiles to lower mammals to human’s closest evolutionary cousins, non-human primates, power is expressed and inferred through expansive postures, large body size, or even the mere perception of large body size through expansive postures. Review the entire article Stand Tall - Scientific American Wednesday, December 29. 2010The paradoxes of being a "Servant-Leader" poem
Strong enough to be weak
Successful enough to fail Busy enough to make time Wise enough to say "I don't know" Serious enough to laugh Rich enough to be poor Right enough to say "I'm wrong" Compassionate enough to discipline Mature enough to be childlike Important enough to be last Planned enough to be spontaneous Controlled enough to be flexible Free enough to endure captivity Knowledgeable enough to ask questions Loving enough to be angry Great enough to be anonymous Responsible enough to play Assured enough to be rejected Victorious enough to lose Industrious enough to relax Leading enough to serve Poem by Brewer --- as cited by Hansel, in Holy Sweat, Dallas Texas, Word, 1987. (p29) Monday, December 27. 2010Don't be overwhelmed by New Year's Resolutions
It is customary at this time of year to reflect on the past and then make strong proclamations of how things are going to be different. Unfortunately most New Year's resolutions fail within a very short time. Try this instead. Reflect on your past - SUCCESSES and failures. Commit to being a better person, spouse, parent, employee, etc. Every day remind yourself that you would like to be a little bit better. Smile one more time. Work a little harder. Show a little more compassion. Help someone that is having difficulties. Hold the door open for someone else (do not fret when they forget to thank you.) Say a prayer instead of a curse. Appreciate the day and all that went well.
Happy New Year! copyright - 2010 Jim Lindell Wednesday, December 22. 2010There were three little kitties - poemThree Kittens who pondered every day what would Santa bring them from very far away They argued who'd been better and whose gifts would be best their little hearts were blinded they missed how they'd been blessed They forgot about each other the food they had each day the love for one another and their ability to play There were many other kitties that spend Christmas in the cold that do not have these blessings never grow from young to old So with every simple story there is some truth within be grateful for this season forget not your blessings copyright ©2010 - Jim Lindell (source of kitten picture: http://www.catsofaustralia.com/images/three_kittens.jpg) Sunday, December 19. 2010The F-bomb DemiseF-Bomb (c) 2010 Jim Lindell Sunday, December 12. 2010The Cookie Thief
The following poem by Author Valerie Cox is an insightful work that shows how we can misread others kindness and be blinded by our own selfishness.
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Perception is Reality. No it isn't!Perception is Reality. No it isn't! (c) 2010 Jim Lindell Sunday, December 5. 2010Live in the Moment. Control Your Ego.
How many times every day does our ego get in the way? Consider the following story of a Zen Master and his ability to live in the moment. It is easy to forget that there never is yesterday or tomorrow but only today - this moment. We have a choice how we deal with each moment.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuin_Ekaku A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned a food store lived near Hakuin. One day, without any warning, her parents discovered she was with child. This made her parents angry. She would not confess who the man was, but after much harassment at last named Hakuin. How many daily situations run amok due to unrestrained ego. Learn from the story and take each day, each moment, one at a time. (c) Jim Lindell - 2010 Saturday, November 27. 2010Shopping and Materialism getting out of hand!
From the Drudgereport.com
VIDEO: Crazed shoppers stampede at TARGET... The above stories can be accessed from Drudge. We are reaching an extremely sad place in society when we: 1) stay up all night just to spend money We haven't learned our lessons from the current recession to understand what is truly important to us. The "joy" of material goods is extremely short lived. As they say on the FOX Football show "Come On Man!" (c) 2010 - Jim Lindell Thursday, November 11. 2010Veterans Day - Always RememberThank you Veterans for your Service and Sacrifice.Iwo Jima Vietnam Memorial Sunday, November 7. 2010
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Really Commercial - Lost Focus for EveryoneUnfortunately, the benefits of our connectivity have also resulted in a significant loss of focus. How many of the examples in this commercial have you personally seen? Let's get some focus people!!!! Friday, October 22. 2010What Makes Life Worthwhile
Wisdom is there if we only choose to see it. Please read the following quote from Bobby Kennedy on what the Gross National Product means and more importantly what it does not mean. Too bad more people don't understand these concepts...
"Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product ... if we should judge America by that - counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for those who break them. It counts the destruction of our redwoods and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and the cost of a nuclear warhead, and armored cars for police who fight riots in our streets. It counts Whitman's rifle and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children. Robert F. Kennedy Address, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, March 18, 1968 Thursday, August 26. 2010Positive or Negative - Your ChoicePositive or Negative - Thorsten Consulting Group, Inc. Our universe has a basic rule that for each negative there is a positive and vice versa. A coin has two sides: heads or tails. It is either night or day. Our attitudes, our outlook on life work in the exact same way. Decades ago there were management plaques hanging in the office that said, “Are you part of the problem or part of the solution?” The first stage in overcoming negativity is simply by changing your viewpoint. It is easy for us to dwell on the negative. It is hard work to look for the positive things. Can you remember the movie, “The Sound of Music” when Julie Andrews sang, “these are a few of my favorite things?” The concept of the song was to remember the happy or favorite things to help turn around your attitude. In the Bing Crosby film “White Christmas,” he sang the memorable song of “Counting my blessings.” As long as you have life, as long as you can move forward, you have a chance to emphasize the positive in life. By doing so you will enjoy life much more and you will find opportunities that you never believed that existed. Copyright 2010 - Jim Lindell Monday, July 26. 2010
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The path of least resistance can lead to disasterFork in the Road http://thriveable.com/fork-in-the-road/ Does your organization: 1) Confront problems or do you avoid them?Remember, no decision is a decision. Step up and take your best action, right or wrong, you will determine your success or failure as opposed to having fate decide the outcome. © 2010 Jim Lindell |
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