How To Use The Past, Future, And Present In Attaining SuccessWritten by Michael Lee
Did you know that your past, future, and present can affect directly or indirectly your outlook in life? THE PAST Have you ever done something that is so regrettable you couldn't forgive yourself? Have you ever made a mistake that up to present time you're still blaming yourself? Are you still torturing yourself with thought that only if you could've done it differently, you're living a much better life right now? Good news for you! You don't have to keep this burden in your heart for as long as you live. Release it. Set yourself free. If you keep bad memories, you're depriving yourself of good mental and emotional health. You're making yourself a prisoner of past. This will adversely affect your capacity to act at present moment. You will not be able to think clearly and you will lose your focus if you are still lingering in shadows of your dark past. No matter what you do, you couldn't reverse or otherwise change history. So let bygones be bygones. Why worry about something you have no control of? Let go of past, but keep LESSONS. Whatever lesson you've learned will be of utmost importance to fulfillment of your goals in future. These lessons are your mentors that may sometimes teach you hard way; but nevertheless, success comes to those who are willing to take risk and pay price for their actions. And what about successes you had in past? How did you feel when you've accomplished something exceptional? It feels great isn't it? Well then , use these past experiences in your present endeavors to encourage you and to motivate you. These memorable experiences will bring a positive aura of enthusiasm and will remind you that you have power to achieve anything with right attitude. Recall these affirmative memories in everything that you do and you will see amazing results in all your undertakings. THE FUTURE Now how can future influence your success if it hasn't occurred yet? The answer is simple.
| | Effective Communication: Tell Them What Time It Is, Not How to Build a WatchWritten by Susan Dunn, MA, Psychology, Emotional Intelligence Coach
We’ve all had people like this working for us, or with us. People who couldn’t communicate their knowledge in a way that was effective, engaging, informative and interesting. What a waste of talent!Do we have an obligation to make what we say interesting? No, but if we want people to listen to us, we must! Do we have an obligation to make our knowledge accessible and informative to others? No, but what use is it if we don’t? Did you ever work with someone who knew their stuff but turned you off so completely you didn’t want to stick around to get valuable information or assistance you needed? In fact you avoided them and so did other colleagues and customers? Do you have someone working for you now who is just so academic about things, even though you know they’re an expert, you can’t ever ‘get’ anything that’s useful in real time? Or maybe you know someone who simply bores you to tears, droning on and on, making you hunt through a bog of verbiage for what you need. This is person who, when you ask what time it is, tells you how to build a watch. Way more than you needed, or wanted, and such a waste of your valuable time. Definitions Pedantic - Boringly scholarly or academic; narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned, as in showy or vainglorious. Erudite - Possessing or displaying extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books; profound, recondite (difficult for others to understand or comprehend) or bookish learning; to gain knowledge or understanding of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience
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