A little girl was playing with an inflated balloon when it struck something sharp and suddenly deflated. The little girl began crying and said, “Daddy, there’s nothing left to it.” Structurally, nothing was changed about the balloon except that it now had a hole in the wrong place. Its function and shape were resting upon ...…
Robert G. Hastings wrote an article where he compared life to a trip on a train. He suggests that, Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent. We are traveling by train. Through the windows, we drink in the passing scene of cars ...…
I have not often admitted this, but I was inspired to become a public speaker by perhaps the worst motivational speaker I’ve ever heard in my life. This fellow is still working, surprisingly, so I won’t give his name. He was the opening speaker in a seminar I attended early in my speaking career and ...…
There are certain words which should be deleted from the vocabulary of each person interested in success. These words should never be uttered by the person who wishes to win in a big way. The goal of every achievement-orientated person is to avoid these words like the plague. How do you act around a plague? ...…
I have been re-reading a book, Creative Thinking, by Charles S. Whiting. In this book, Whiting shares a definition of the term “creative process” that was written by Professor John Arnold of Stanford University. Arnold explains the creative process is “that mental process in which past experiences are combined and recombined, frequently with distortion, in ...…
Decide How to React It is not what happens to you that counts. It is how you react to what happens to you, especially when you have unexpected problems of any kind. Here are four things you can do to assure that your attitude is the very best it can be, under all circumstances. Focus ...…
The worst beliefs you can have are “Self limiting beliefs.” These exist whenever you believe yourself to be limited in some way. For example, you may think yourself to be less talented or capable than others. You may think that others are superior to you in some way. You may have fallen into the common ...…
Your attitude determines the state of world you live in. It is the foundation for every success and every failure you have had and will have. Your attitude will make you or break you. Attitude creates the way you feel about people and situations. Your actions are a result of your attitude, which, in turn, ...…