Adapted from "The Obstacle Is The Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph" by Ryan Holiday
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591846358/ryanholnet-20
20 Quotes To Turn Your Obstacles Into OpportunitiesRyan Holiday
Adapted from "The Obstacle Is The Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph" by Ryan Holiday
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591846358/ryanholnet-20
Top 20 Things Successful People Do All the TimeBrian Sullivan
Successful people have a certain mindset. They develop specific habits to tackle problems and everyday life. After 50 years and many hard lessons, I decided to share 20 things successful people in my life have done.
Sarcasm in the Workplace: What totally works and what doesn'tINSEAD
"I enjoyed your two-hour presentation. It was as exciting as watching paint dry."
When used in the right way, sarcasm can benefit both the user and those on the receiving end. This in turn, inspires creativity in a work environment. Insights from a research by Assistant Professor Li Huang (INSEAD), Professor Francesca Gino (Harvard Business School) and Professor Adam Galinsky (Columbia Business School), and tips from an article by Professor Manfred Kets de Vries (INSEAD) shed some light on how to boost workplace creativity through “constructive” sarcasm.
Full articles by Li Huang and Manfred Kets de Vries published on INSEAD Knowledge.
Being Sarcastic Boosts Workplace Creativity
Li Huang, INSEAD Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, with Benjamin Kessler, Web Editor | September 14, 2015
http://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-organisations/being-sarcastic-boosts-workplace-creativity-4255
The Dark Side of a Funny Situation
Manfred Kets de Vries, INSEAD Distinguished Professor of Leadership Development & Organisational Change | June 2, 2015
http://knowledge.insead.edu/blog/insead-blog/the-dark-side-of-a-funny-situation-4071
FOR THE FULL STUDY:
The highest form of intelligence: Sarcasm increases creativity for both expressers and recipients
Li Huang, Francesca Gino, Adam D. Galinsky | Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | Volume 131, November 2015, Pages 162–177 | Accessed online through ScienceDirect
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074959781500076X
==========
Other References and Attributions:
Go ahead, be sarcastic
Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Staff Writer | Harvard Gazette | 24 July 2015
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/07/go-ahead-be-sarcastic/
Satirical News Article:
Report: 70 Percent Of All Praise Sarcastic [Video]
The Onion | 30 April 2007
http://www.theonion.com/video/report-70-percent-of-all-praise-sarcastic-14134
Bill Murray “You’re Awesome” meme:
Memecrunch.net
Stock Photos on Slides 2 and 28:
iStock by Getty Images and New Regency 20th Century Fox launch unique series of classic corporate stock photos featuring the stars of ‘Unfinished Business’
Getty Images | 2 March 2015
http://press.gettyimages.com/istock-by-getty-images-and-20th-century-fox-launch-unique-series-of-classic-corporate-stock-photos-featuring-the-stars-of-unfinished-business/
Habits at Work - Merci Victoria Grace, Growth, Slack - 2016 Habit SummitHabit Summit
Presented at the 2016 Habit Summit at Stanford (see: www.HabitSummit.com)
Merci Victoria Grace leads the Growth team at Slack.
Prior to joining Slack, she started a venture-backed game company, designed The Sims Social at Electronic Arts, and worked at a range of consumer, mobile and enterprise startups.
Here she shares insights on putting "Habits to Work at Work".
10 Engagement Lessons Learned From 1 Million Survey AnswersD B
Officevibe released a research report called The State of Employee Engagement based on 1,200,000 survey answers from employees in 157 countries. After analyzing the data, we discovered some truly shocking statistics about the state of engagement across the world.
This actionable webinar will show you how you can keep your employees happy and productive.
See the recording of the webinar:
http://bit.ly/2gjJg3o
Get all the free bonuses and extra tips:
http://bit.ly/2g7Q3xM
Content by Officevibe, the simplest tool for a greater workplace.
“Many people would be better off if they did less and reflected more.” — Manfred Kets de Vries, INSEAD Distinguished Professor of Leadership Development & Organisational Change
Despite making technological advances to speed up our work, we somehow find ourselves working more—not less. The busy lifestyle may deceptively make us feel productive and accomplished. But research has finally exposed the tolls of avoiding free time: depression, sleep deprivation, relationship breakdown and poor quality of work, to name a few. Doing nothing may sound like a waste of time, but it's one of the secrets to keeping your brain in top shape.
REFERENCES:
The Importance of Doing Nothing
Manfred Kets de Vries, INSEAD Distinguished Professor of Leadership Development & Organisational Change. (INSEAD Knowledge, 23 June 2014)
http://knowledge.insead.edu/talent-management/the-importance-of-doing-nothing-3422
Doing Nothing and Nothing to Do: The Hidden Value of Empty Time and Boredom
Manfred Kets de Vries. (INSEAD, 2014)
http://sites.insead.edu/facultyresearch/research/doc.cfm?did=54261
Reflection and “Doing Nothing” Are Critical For Productivity
Ray Williams. (Psychology Today, 15 August 2014)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201408/reflection-and-doing-nothing-are-critical-productivity
Are We More Productive When We Have More Time Off?
Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman. (Harvard Business Review, 17 June 2015)
https://hbr.org/2015/06/are-we-more-productive-when-we-have-more-time-off?
Relax! You’ll Be More Productive.
Tony Schwartz. (The New York Times, 9Feb 2013)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/opinion/sunday/relax-youll-be-more-productive.html
Why is everyone so busy?
(The Economist, 20 December 2014)
http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21636612-time-poverty-problem-partly-perception-and-partly-distribution-why
20 Quotes To Turn Your Obstacles Into OpportunitiesRyan Holiday
Adapted from "The Obstacle Is The Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph" by Ryan Holiday
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591846358/ryanholnet-20
Top 20 Things Successful People Do All the TimeBrian Sullivan
Successful people have a certain mindset. They develop specific habits to tackle problems and everyday life. After 50 years and many hard lessons, I decided to share 20 things successful people in my life have done.
Sarcasm in the Workplace: What totally works and what doesn'tINSEAD
"I enjoyed your two-hour presentation. It was as exciting as watching paint dry."
When used in the right way, sarcasm can benefit both the user and those on the receiving end. This in turn, inspires creativity in a work environment. Insights from a research by Assistant Professor Li Huang (INSEAD), Professor Francesca Gino (Harvard Business School) and Professor Adam Galinsky (Columbia Business School), and tips from an article by Professor Manfred Kets de Vries (INSEAD) shed some light on how to boost workplace creativity through “constructive” sarcasm.
Full articles by Li Huang and Manfred Kets de Vries published on INSEAD Knowledge.
Being Sarcastic Boosts Workplace Creativity
Li Huang, INSEAD Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, with Benjamin Kessler, Web Editor | September 14, 2015
http://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-organisations/being-sarcastic-boosts-workplace-creativity-4255
The Dark Side of a Funny Situation
Manfred Kets de Vries, INSEAD Distinguished Professor of Leadership Development & Organisational Change | June 2, 2015
http://knowledge.insead.edu/blog/insead-blog/the-dark-side-of-a-funny-situation-4071
FOR THE FULL STUDY:
The highest form of intelligence: Sarcasm increases creativity for both expressers and recipients
Li Huang, Francesca Gino, Adam D. Galinsky | Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | Volume 131, November 2015, Pages 162–177 | Accessed online through ScienceDirect
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074959781500076X
==========
Other References and Attributions:
Go ahead, be sarcastic
Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Staff Writer | Harvard Gazette | 24 July 2015
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/07/go-ahead-be-sarcastic/
Satirical News Article:
Report: 70 Percent Of All Praise Sarcastic [Video]
The Onion | 30 April 2007
http://www.theonion.com/video/report-70-percent-of-all-praise-sarcastic-14134
Bill Murray “You’re Awesome” meme:
Memecrunch.net
Stock Photos on Slides 2 and 28:
iStock by Getty Images and New Regency 20th Century Fox launch unique series of classic corporate stock photos featuring the stars of ‘Unfinished Business’
Getty Images | 2 March 2015
http://press.gettyimages.com/istock-by-getty-images-and-20th-century-fox-launch-unique-series-of-classic-corporate-stock-photos-featuring-the-stars-of-unfinished-business/
Habits at Work - Merci Victoria Grace, Growth, Slack - 2016 Habit SummitHabit Summit
Presented at the 2016 Habit Summit at Stanford (see: www.HabitSummit.com)
Merci Victoria Grace leads the Growth team at Slack.
Prior to joining Slack, she started a venture-backed game company, designed The Sims Social at Electronic Arts, and worked at a range of consumer, mobile and enterprise startups.
Here she shares insights on putting "Habits to Work at Work".
10 Engagement Lessons Learned From 1 Million Survey AnswersD B
Officevibe released a research report called The State of Employee Engagement based on 1,200,000 survey answers from employees in 157 countries. After analyzing the data, we discovered some truly shocking statistics about the state of engagement across the world.
This actionable webinar will show you how you can keep your employees happy and productive.
See the recording of the webinar:
http://bit.ly/2gjJg3o
Get all the free bonuses and extra tips:
http://bit.ly/2g7Q3xM
Content by Officevibe, the simplest tool for a greater workplace.
“Many people would be better off if they did less and reflected more.” — Manfred Kets de Vries, INSEAD Distinguished Professor of Leadership Development & Organisational Change
Despite making technological advances to speed up our work, we somehow find ourselves working more—not less. The busy lifestyle may deceptively make us feel productive and accomplished. But research has finally exposed the tolls of avoiding free time: depression, sleep deprivation, relationship breakdown and poor quality of work, to name a few. Doing nothing may sound like a waste of time, but it's one of the secrets to keeping your brain in top shape.
REFERENCES:
The Importance of Doing Nothing
Manfred Kets de Vries, INSEAD Distinguished Professor of Leadership Development & Organisational Change. (INSEAD Knowledge, 23 June 2014)
http://knowledge.insead.edu/talent-management/the-importance-of-doing-nothing-3422
Doing Nothing and Nothing to Do: The Hidden Value of Empty Time and Boredom
Manfred Kets de Vries. (INSEAD, 2014)
http://sites.insead.edu/facultyresearch/research/doc.cfm?did=54261
Reflection and “Doing Nothing” Are Critical For Productivity
Ray Williams. (Psychology Today, 15 August 2014)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201408/reflection-and-doing-nothing-are-critical-productivity
Are We More Productive When We Have More Time Off?
Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman. (Harvard Business Review, 17 June 2015)
https://hbr.org/2015/06/are-we-more-productive-when-we-have-more-time-off?
Relax! You’ll Be More Productive.
Tony Schwartz. (The New York Times, 9Feb 2013)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/opinion/sunday/relax-youll-be-more-productive.html
Why is everyone so busy?
(The Economist, 20 December 2014)
http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21636612-time-poverty-problem-partly-perception-and-partly-distribution-why
Hacking the Creative Brain - Web Directions 2015Denise Jacobs
As tech professionals, what we need is a way to work better so that we can create more, right? Through exploring various concepts and approaches, including the neuroscience of creativity, productivity techniques, and emerging practices that spur innovation, we'll discover not only the ways in which our brains work best, but also what’s behind the times when we feel on fire with creativity and when we don't. We’ll translate this information into processes and techniques for dramatically enhanced creative productivity. Beware: this session challenges the standard norms around concentration, focus, productivity, and may change how you work…for the better.
Are you worried that you are easily replaceable? In the age of artificial intelligence, almost every job holder is susceptible to replacement by a machine. Seth Godin shows how to stop being average and embark on a journey to be indispensable.
How to get unstuck, moving and productiveHugh Culver
We all get stuck, it could be sales, relationships, money, motivation, or health. We're human. The good news is being stuck is not a permanent state. Learn 10 ways to get unstuck, moving and productive again, including: get real, get physical, take a break, create a stop doing list, change your environment, be kind to yourself, let go of the past, get advice, create a deadline and create tiny wins. Hugh Culver is the best-selling author of Give Me A Break, past Ironman competitor, co-founder of Adventure Network (the world's only airline in Antarctica) and professional speaker.
Inspired Storytelling: Engaging People & Moving Them To ActionKelsey Ruger
Most projects, presentations or initiatives are driven by facts and features the team believes will help them deliver a product or message. While facts and data are important for setting the stage and communicating goals, they’re rarely what persuades an audience or gets them to take action.
In this workshop, you will learn how to use that connection, by teaching basic skills in visual thinking and storytelling that will that transform projects and initiate action.
Whether you’re fooled by a push/pull door or you unexpectedly run into an academic lecturer outside of class, the best advice we can give you? Embrace the awkward! We’ve put together the most common awkward student moments you’re likely to run into during university life and added some handy tips on how to embrace them.
WTF - Why the Future Is Up to Us - pptx versionTim O'Reilly
This is the talk I gave January 12, 2017 at the G20/OECD Conference on the Digital Future in Berlin. I talk about fitness landscapes as applied to technology and business, the role of unchecked financialization in the state of our politics and economy, and why technology really wants to create jobs, not destroy them. (There is a separate PDF version, but some readers said the notes were too fuzzy to read.)
Visual and Creative Thinking:What We Learned From Peter Pan and Willy WonkaKelsey Ruger
Presentation on Visual and Creative Thinking. The presentation explores how professional in all fields can apply creative and visual thinking skills to their work as well as why people ignore the talents that made them naturally creative as children. He will discuss the myths that people hold about creativity, why they exist and how you can overcome them.
35 Inspiring Marketing Quotes to Improve Your ConversionsSwayHub
35 inspiring and actionable marketing quotes from industry greats, chock-full of wisdom to help you improve your conversion rates and optimize your pages more effectively.
Content personalisation is becoming more prevalent. A site, it's content and/or it's products, change dynamically according to the specific needs of the user. SEO needs to ensure we do not fall behind of this trend.
I get a real kick out of seeing people achieve. This presentation is all about vanquishing the best of procrastination. This deck contains ideas that may help you actualize your goals.
How NOT to Run Your Company – Lessons LearnedWeekdone.com
The Internet is full of articles on „How to succeed“ and „How to build a great company“ But while following those guidelines we often forget that there's a lot you just can't do.
Learning from your own mistakes is good, but it's even better when you can learn from the mistakes of others.
Everyone's favorite billionaire and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has said “Watch, listen, and learn. You can’t know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.”
Enjoy the slides and a sense of humor is advised.
SparkPost is so excited to celebrate National Pride Month! It's a time where people come together to honor, celebrate and support the LGBTQ community. There are local events and celebrations that recognize how far we've come, in our country and across the globe. It's also a time to consider the work still needed to be done to support these individuals in our families, friendship circles and in the workplace.
10 Classic Growth Hacks: Hints at the Future of MarketingRyan Holiday
Adapted from "Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising" by Ryan Holiday.
http://www.amazon.com/Growth-Hacker-Marketing-Primer-Advertising/dp/1591847389/ryanholnet-20
"Everything you thought you knew about marketing is obsolete.
We can see the incontrovertible evidence right in front of us. A new generation of multibillion dollar brands—Facebook, Twitter, AirBnb, Evernote, and countless others—have been built without spending a dime on traditional marketing techniques. No press releases, no PR firm, no Madison Avenue, no billboards in Times Square.
It wasn’t luck that took them from tiny start-ups to massive success. They have a new strategy. It’s called Growth Hacking. And it works.
A Growth Hacker is someone who rejects what “marketing” is supposed to be and replaces it only with tools that are testable, trackable, and scalable. Growth Hackers rely on inexpensive tactics like e-mail, pay-per-click ads, blogs, and platform APIs. They chase real results in a field that was dominated by gut instincts for nearly a century. They reject the traditional marketing worship of all things big: big budgets, big campaigns, big opening weekends. Instead, they embrace the opposite: taking a start-up from nothing to something, launching a Kickstarter project, building something that truly spreads.
Growth Hacker Marketing offers both a new mindset and a new set of rules. Bestselling author Ryan Holiday, the former director of marketing for American Apparel, will convince you of the urgency of this awakening. He shows why the game has changed forever and what to do about it—whether you are an aspiring marketer, an entrepreneur, or a Fortune 500 senior executive."
Discover The Top 10 Types Of Colleagues Around YouAnkur Tandon
The best part being with different colleagues is we learn a lot from them. Good or bad, sooner or later, better or best, we learn something unique from the different personalities working with and around us at our workplace. Read more interesting content, at www.thecareermuse.co.in - We intend to inform and inspire recruiters, job seekers and anyone with an interest in the workplace and HR technology.
Hope you enjoyed reading the Infographic.
Feel free to share your feedback with us at @CareerBuilderIn
If I told you that you could create the exact type of circumstances you want, would you call me crazy?
What if your very thoughts could create ripples of change that not only impact your life…
…but those around you as well?
Philip, a call center worker from the Philippines certainly didn't think so. He dreamed of moving overseas so he could secure a better life and provide for his family.
Hacking the Creative Brain - Web Directions 2015Denise Jacobs
As tech professionals, what we need is a way to work better so that we can create more, right? Through exploring various concepts and approaches, including the neuroscience of creativity, productivity techniques, and emerging practices that spur innovation, we'll discover not only the ways in which our brains work best, but also what’s behind the times when we feel on fire with creativity and when we don't. We’ll translate this information into processes and techniques for dramatically enhanced creative productivity. Beware: this session challenges the standard norms around concentration, focus, productivity, and may change how you work…for the better.
Are you worried that you are easily replaceable? In the age of artificial intelligence, almost every job holder is susceptible to replacement by a machine. Seth Godin shows how to stop being average and embark on a journey to be indispensable.
How to get unstuck, moving and productiveHugh Culver
We all get stuck, it could be sales, relationships, money, motivation, or health. We're human. The good news is being stuck is not a permanent state. Learn 10 ways to get unstuck, moving and productive again, including: get real, get physical, take a break, create a stop doing list, change your environment, be kind to yourself, let go of the past, get advice, create a deadline and create tiny wins. Hugh Culver is the best-selling author of Give Me A Break, past Ironman competitor, co-founder of Adventure Network (the world's only airline in Antarctica) and professional speaker.
Inspired Storytelling: Engaging People & Moving Them To ActionKelsey Ruger
Most projects, presentations or initiatives are driven by facts and features the team believes will help them deliver a product or message. While facts and data are important for setting the stage and communicating goals, they’re rarely what persuades an audience or gets them to take action.
In this workshop, you will learn how to use that connection, by teaching basic skills in visual thinking and storytelling that will that transform projects and initiate action.
Whether you’re fooled by a push/pull door or you unexpectedly run into an academic lecturer outside of class, the best advice we can give you? Embrace the awkward! We’ve put together the most common awkward student moments you’re likely to run into during university life and added some handy tips on how to embrace them.
WTF - Why the Future Is Up to Us - pptx versionTim O'Reilly
This is the talk I gave January 12, 2017 at the G20/OECD Conference on the Digital Future in Berlin. I talk about fitness landscapes as applied to technology and business, the role of unchecked financialization in the state of our politics and economy, and why technology really wants to create jobs, not destroy them. (There is a separate PDF version, but some readers said the notes were too fuzzy to read.)
Visual and Creative Thinking:What We Learned From Peter Pan and Willy WonkaKelsey Ruger
Presentation on Visual and Creative Thinking. The presentation explores how professional in all fields can apply creative and visual thinking skills to their work as well as why people ignore the talents that made them naturally creative as children. He will discuss the myths that people hold about creativity, why they exist and how you can overcome them.
35 Inspiring Marketing Quotes to Improve Your ConversionsSwayHub
35 inspiring and actionable marketing quotes from industry greats, chock-full of wisdom to help you improve your conversion rates and optimize your pages more effectively.
Content personalisation is becoming more prevalent. A site, it's content and/or it's products, change dynamically according to the specific needs of the user. SEO needs to ensure we do not fall behind of this trend.
I get a real kick out of seeing people achieve. This presentation is all about vanquishing the best of procrastination. This deck contains ideas that may help you actualize your goals.
How NOT to Run Your Company – Lessons LearnedWeekdone.com
The Internet is full of articles on „How to succeed“ and „How to build a great company“ But while following those guidelines we often forget that there's a lot you just can't do.
Learning from your own mistakes is good, but it's even better when you can learn from the mistakes of others.
Everyone's favorite billionaire and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has said “Watch, listen, and learn. You can’t know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.”
Enjoy the slides and a sense of humor is advised.
SparkPost is so excited to celebrate National Pride Month! It's a time where people come together to honor, celebrate and support the LGBTQ community. There are local events and celebrations that recognize how far we've come, in our country and across the globe. It's also a time to consider the work still needed to be done to support these individuals in our families, friendship circles and in the workplace.
10 Classic Growth Hacks: Hints at the Future of MarketingRyan Holiday
Adapted from "Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising" by Ryan Holiday.
http://www.amazon.com/Growth-Hacker-Marketing-Primer-Advertising/dp/1591847389/ryanholnet-20
"Everything you thought you knew about marketing is obsolete.
We can see the incontrovertible evidence right in front of us. A new generation of multibillion dollar brands—Facebook, Twitter, AirBnb, Evernote, and countless others—have been built without spending a dime on traditional marketing techniques. No press releases, no PR firm, no Madison Avenue, no billboards in Times Square.
It wasn’t luck that took them from tiny start-ups to massive success. They have a new strategy. It’s called Growth Hacking. And it works.
A Growth Hacker is someone who rejects what “marketing” is supposed to be and replaces it only with tools that are testable, trackable, and scalable. Growth Hackers rely on inexpensive tactics like e-mail, pay-per-click ads, blogs, and platform APIs. They chase real results in a field that was dominated by gut instincts for nearly a century. They reject the traditional marketing worship of all things big: big budgets, big campaigns, big opening weekends. Instead, they embrace the opposite: taking a start-up from nothing to something, launching a Kickstarter project, building something that truly spreads.
Growth Hacker Marketing offers both a new mindset and a new set of rules. Bestselling author Ryan Holiday, the former director of marketing for American Apparel, will convince you of the urgency of this awakening. He shows why the game has changed forever and what to do about it—whether you are an aspiring marketer, an entrepreneur, or a Fortune 500 senior executive."
Discover The Top 10 Types Of Colleagues Around YouAnkur Tandon
The best part being with different colleagues is we learn a lot from them. Good or bad, sooner or later, better or best, we learn something unique from the different personalities working with and around us at our workplace. Read more interesting content, at www.thecareermuse.co.in - We intend to inform and inspire recruiters, job seekers and anyone with an interest in the workplace and HR technology.
Hope you enjoyed reading the Infographic.
Feel free to share your feedback with us at @CareerBuilderIn
If I told you that you could create the exact type of circumstances you want, would you call me crazy?
What if your very thoughts could create ripples of change that not only impact your life…
…but those around you as well?
Philip, a call center worker from the Philippines certainly didn't think so. He dreamed of moving overseas so he could secure a better life and provide for his family.
Awareness Is Power!
We have considered the secret of genuine success in general. Now, let us consider some of the ABC's of building a state of beingness so that success will become habitual or automatic and our lives.
We can refer to these ABC's as the four simple rules of success.
There are four basic fundamental ideas which I would like to share with each of you. May I suggest that you get a notebook and write these rules or ideas down so they can become part of your being. This will be of tangible help to each of you in starting to make you be anything you want to be and have anything you want to have.
So, the first rule that I would like to share with you is this: We must become aware of the fact that we are thinking beings.
Of all of God's creations, we are the only part of the entire universe that has the privilege of thinking. And naturally when we think of thinking, we become aware that we are dealing with mental processes.
I would like to have you become keenly aware that you are thinking all the time, that you are a thinking being, that you have what is known in psychology as mental processes, and you, if you will stop and take inventory, will recognize that these thought processes surging through your being.
Make a special note in your notebook and say to yourself, "I am a thinking being; I am constantly thinking thoughts; I am constantly having a mental process during every waking hour, every waking moment and every waking split second."
Self-Talk and Brain Training Tools-Wayne WeathersbyWayne Weathersby
Reframing Your Thoughts
It truly is not what happened in your life that creates your story, it’s how you interpreted (or
framed) your experiences.
The Power of Interpretation (Perspective)
Your interpretation of events either empower you or disempower you. Even the worst
experiences of life, that feel like a curse, can be re-framed to find the silver lining or blessing
contained within them. It is the MEANING we attach to a situation that determines whether it
moves us forward or holds us back. The meaning also impacts the way we react and feel about
any circumstances.
Find the Silver Lining
For every seemingly negative circumstance in life, there either was (or could be) a positive
outcome because of it. You can choose to interpret events in a way that is DISEMPOWERING
(makes you feel resentful or guilty) or you can interpret them in a way that is EMPOWERING
by asking yourself:
Masterplan of Success: Law of Attraction Secretssuccesssells
Everything in the physical world is made of atoms. Atoms are made of energy. And energy is made of consciousness. The Law of Vibration states that EVERYTHING vibrates (everything moves). Everything ever created from the smallest atomic particle to the largest skyscraper; is in a constant state of energetic motion.
There are a million energies in man. What might we not become
when we learn to utilize them all? This is the declaration of the poet;
and though poetry is commonly motivated by transcendental visions,
and therefore more or less impressed with apparent hyperboles,
nevertheless there's in this poetic expression far more literal, practical
truth than we may at first think
The MTL Professional Development Programme is a collection of 202 PowerPoint presentations that will provide you with step-by-step summaries of a key management or personal development skill. This presentation is on "Know Yourself" and will help you become more aware of your own in-built talents and strengths.
The process of self-acceptance is the key to improving self-confidence and self-esteem, and depends on adjusting the way we see ourselves, recognizing strengths before weaknesses, working to develop strengths, avoiding weaknesses, and moving away from personal fears.
8 MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES TO REMIND YOU TO PERSISTSteven Rhyner
My personal mantra is to never give up. I've practiced it all my life. To give up is to admit defeat and no one likes to lose. However your live your personal and business life I hope you'll do the same thing. Never give up!
Similar to Achieving Apatheia — 7 Steps To Controlling Your Perceptions Like A Stoic (20)
Welcome to the Program Your Destiny course. In this course, we will be learning the technology of personal transformation, neuroassociative conditioning (NAC) as pioneered by Tony Robbins. NAC is used to deprogram negative neuroassociations that are causing approach avoidance and instead reprogram yourself with positive neuroassociations that lead to being approach automatic. In doing so, you change your destiny, moving towards unlocking the hypersocial self within, the true self free from fear and operating from a place of personal power and love.
2. THE OBSTACLES WE FACE IN LIFE
MAKE US EMOTIONAL.
The only way we’ll overcome them is by
keeping those emotions in check —
if we can keep steady no matter what
happens, no matter how much
external events may fluctuate.
3. THE ANCIENT STOICS HAD A WORD
FOR THIS STATE: apatheia.
It’s the kind of calm equanimity that comes
with the absence of irrational or extreme
emotions.
WHAT FOLLOWS ARE THE 7 STEPS
you can take to achieve this state, so you can
focus on overcoming your obstacles, rather
than reacting to them.
4. Get THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY
“What such a man needs is not courage
but nerve control, cool headedness.
This he can only get by practice.”
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RO OSEVE LTTH EO D O RE
steady your nerves
5. During the Civil War, troops were unloading
a steamer when it exploded. Everyone hit the
dirt except Ulysses S. Grant, who instead ran
towards the scene.
That is nerve.
Like Grant, we must prepare ourselves for the
realities of our situation, steadying our nerves
so we can throw our best at it.
step 1: s t e a d y y o u r n e r v e s
6. Get THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY
“Would you have a great empire?
Rule over yourself.”
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control your
emotions
7. When America first sent astronauts into space,
they trained them in one skill more than any
other: the art of not panicking.
Here on Earth, when something goes wrong
we trade in our plan for a good ol’ emotional
freak-out.
As Nassim Taleb put it, real strength lies in the
domestication of one’s emotions, not in
pretending they don’t exist.
step 2: c o n t r o l y o u r e m o t i o n s
8. Get THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY
“Don’t let the force of an impression
when it first hits you knock you off
your feet; just say to it:
‘Hold on a moment; let me see who
you are and what you represent.
Let me put you to the test.’ ”
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practice obJectivity
9. In our lives, how many problems seem to come
from applying judgments to things we don’t
control?
Perceptions give us information at the exact
moment when it would be better to focus on
what is immediately in front of us.
We must question our animalistic impulse to
immediately perceive what happens. But this takes
strength and is a muscle that must be developed.
step 3: p r a c t i c e o b J e c t i v i t y
10. Get THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY
“The question is not what you look at,
but what you see.”
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practice
contemptuous
expressions
11. The Stoics used contempt to lay things bare
and “strip away the legend that encrusts them.”
Roasted meat is a dead animal. Vintage wine is
old, fermented grapes.
We can do this for anything that stands in
our way, seeing things as they truly, actually are,
not as we’ve made them in our minds.
step 4: p r a c t i c e
c o n t e m p t u o u s e x p r e s s i o n s
12. Get THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY
“Man does not simply exist but always
decides what his existence will be, what
he will become the next moment. By the
same token, every human being has the
freedom to change at any instant.”
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alter your
perspective
13. Remember: We choose how we’ll look at things.
What we must do is limit and expand our
perspective to whatever will keep us calmest and
most ready for the task at hand.
Think of it as selective editing—not to deceive
others, but to properly orient ourselves.
step 5: a l t e r y o u r p e r s p e c t i v e
14. Get THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY
“The trick to forgetting the big picture
is to look at everything close up.”
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livE in the present
moment
15. It doesn’t matter whether this is the worst time
to be alive or the best, whether you’re in a good
job market or a bad one.
What matters right now is right now.
Focus on the moment, on what you can control
right now. Not what may or may not be ahead.
step 6: l i v e i n t h e
p r e s e n t m o m e n t
16. Get THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY
“A good person dyes events with his
own color...and turns whatever happens
to his own benefit.”
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look for the
opportunity
17. The reality is every situation, no matter how
negative, provides us with a positive, exposed
benefit we can act on, if only we look for it.
Maybe you were injured recently and are laid up in bed
recovering. Now you have the time to start the book or the
screenplay you’ve been meaning to write.
That business decision that turned out to be a mistake?
See it as a hypothesis that was wrong. Like the scientist you
can learn from it and use it in your next experiment.
Remember: This a complete flip. Seeing through the negative,
past its underside, and into its corollary: the positive.
step 7: l o o k f o r t h e o p p o r t u n i t y
18. “thE impediment to
action aDvances action.
whaT stands in ThE way
Becomes ThE way.”
MA RCUS AURELIUS
19. turn your
perceptions into a
source of strength
and overcome your
obstacles with
THE OBSTACLE IS
THE WAY.
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