Have you ever felt like life is pointless? Well, you are far from the only one. Many of us experience points where we feel this way. There has been a steady increase in the number of people suffering from situational and long-term depression over the years. This means that right now, there is a high …
Millions of people all over the globe have felt useless or are currently thinking, I’m not good at anything. It is almost impossible to imagine that a human being can fail at everything or not be good at anything at all, yet the feeling persists. Why do some of us feel this way? Why do …
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What do Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Soichiro Honda, the founder of Honda Motor (cars, motorcycles, etc), and Yoda, the nine hundred year old Jedi master of the Star Wars films have in common? Not only success, but also the knowledge that embracing and learning from mistakes and failures fuels success. “It’s fine to celebrate success, …
Why do the airlines tell us to put our own oxygen mask on first then help others? Isn’t it because we can’t help others in the event of an emergency if we’ve suffocated? If you think about it, doesn’t that advice apply to life in general? In order to have a positive effect on the …
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Scalable systems, companies, and organizations take full advantage of opportunities for growth by changing in size, scale, and/or scope while simultaneously increasing efficiency and profitability. The same goes for people, including you and me, although our “profits” include emotional, intellectual, spiritual, professional and financial gains. The more scalable you are, the more profitably you’ll grow, …
The Mastering You from the Inside Out white flag victory rule is a combination of the old adage, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going,” meaning that tough or strong people work harder and smarter when whatever they’re doing becomes more difficult, and the law of diminishing returns. The law of diminishing returns …
“Abundance” is an ample, or very large quantity of something. What types of abundance do you have or would you like to have more of? Happiness, joy, wealth, income, love, pleasure, good health? Emotional abundance? Spiritual abundance? Professional abundance? Financial abundance? Have you ever considered that abundance comes from effectively selling and astutely buying? Robert …
A very successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur once told me that the difference between being perceived as a success, a hero, and a disappointment, a “bum,” was whether you under or over deliver on your promises. Whether you miss or exceed others’ expectations. He then told me the story, probably true of a CEO who promised …