1. Hardy people become powerful. They ask what action they can take to get them to their goal. They spend little time assigning blame. They waste no energy in accusation.
2. Hardy people control their attitude. They put the difficulty in perspective and ask what choices they have.
3. Hardy people meet challenges head on. Instead of looking at a challenge as a calamity, they describe a challenge as a chance to learn something they otherwise might never have known.
4. Hardy people are triumphant. Challenge is an invitation, not a summons. It is a chance to deepen wisdom and expand inventiveness. Each triumph is one move important step taken toward a goal.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Five Lessons about Communication
Powerful communication involves timing, silence, listening, actions, and carefully chosen words and emotions...
1. First Things First: Communication involves making internal choices. Timing can make all the difference when conveying your thoughts. Some things need to be said up front, and some things are better said later. Knowing the difference is crucial. If there is something important that you need to say to someone, say it now. There isn't always a second chance.
2. Silence is Powerful: Moments of silence can sometimes send the most powerful messages. Not every moment in a conversation needs to be filled with spoken words. Sometimes silence is more telling, effective, necessary, and appropriate.
3. Messages are Everywhere: Listen deeply, not only to what a person is saying. Listen to what they are not saying. Hear the messages between words, within emotions, and in the choices of words used. Often, these silent messages are not there by accident. Ask questions and confirm what you think you heard.
4. Actions Tell the Story: Actions are the greatest tellers of the truth. They need to be congruent with our words. This is a powerful lesson that is often overlooked. Powerful communication requires watching and doing as well as speaking and listening. Actions that back up words will build trust.
5. Turn to the Appropriate Emotional Page: Match your emotions to the needs of your communication partner. Children are especially sensitive to the emotions accompanying our words. In order to hear our messages, they need for us to be on the same page with their level of enthusiasm. Emotions and words chosen and measured carefully allow us to communicate with empathy while communicating with honesty.
1. First Things First: Communication involves making internal choices. Timing can make all the difference when conveying your thoughts. Some things need to be said up front, and some things are better said later. Knowing the difference is crucial. If there is something important that you need to say to someone, say it now. There isn't always a second chance.
2. Silence is Powerful: Moments of silence can sometimes send the most powerful messages. Not every moment in a conversation needs to be filled with spoken words. Sometimes silence is more telling, effective, necessary, and appropriate.
3. Messages are Everywhere: Listen deeply, not only to what a person is saying. Listen to what they are not saying. Hear the messages between words, within emotions, and in the choices of words used. Often, these silent messages are not there by accident. Ask questions and confirm what you think you heard.
4. Actions Tell the Story: Actions are the greatest tellers of the truth. They need to be congruent with our words. This is a powerful lesson that is often overlooked. Powerful communication requires watching and doing as well as speaking and listening. Actions that back up words will build trust.
5. Turn to the Appropriate Emotional Page: Match your emotions to the needs of your communication partner. Children are especially sensitive to the emotions accompanying our words. In order to hear our messages, they need for us to be on the same page with their level of enthusiasm. Emotions and words chosen and measured carefully allow us to communicate with empathy while communicating with honesty.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
commitment
"What you achieve is determined by your desire and level of commitment. Commit yourself 100% to your most cherished dreams. "
"Kind acts keep on giving. They begin a continuing chain of events that will not only effect others. They will always return - often in ways we might not anticipate."
"At any moment in time, you are moving toward or away from any goal you've set for yourself through your actions. If you don't like the direction you are headed, you can choose different actions right now that will keep you on the path to higher achievement."
"Kind acts keep on giving. They begin a continuing chain of events that will not only effect others. They will always return - often in ways we might not anticipate."
"At any moment in time, you are moving toward or away from any goal you've set for yourself through your actions. If you don't like the direction you are headed, you can choose different actions right now that will keep you on the path to higher achievement."
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Dreams
"Study as if you were to live forever, live as if you were to die tomorrow. " -MAHATHMA GANDHI
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a successunexpected in common hours."
"I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win. If you don't you won't." -Bruce Jenner
"If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year. Today should always be our most wonderful day." -Thomas Dreier (Author)
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a successunexpected in common hours."
"I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win. If you don't you won't." -Bruce Jenner
"If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year. Today should always be our most wonderful day." -Thomas Dreier (Author)
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Turning Lives Around
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." ~ Leo F. Buscaglia (1924-1998)
"I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else, but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not--more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving." ~ Beverly Sills (1860-1954)
"When one begins to purposefully perform acts of kindness, the spirit changes, and soon doing good deeds becomes a focal point for our life; doing good begins to be the same as feeling good. The periods of emptiness when we search for the 'meaning of it all' begin to fill with acts of kindness." ~ Gary Ryan Blair
"Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house... let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile." ~ Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
"I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else, but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not--more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving." ~ Beverly Sills (1860-1954)
"When one begins to purposefully perform acts of kindness, the spirit changes, and soon doing good deeds becomes a focal point for our life; doing good begins to be the same as feeling good. The periods of emptiness when we search for the 'meaning of it all' begin to fill with acts of kindness." ~ Gary Ryan Blair
"Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house... let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile." ~ Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Commitment
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." - Thomas Edison
"Commitment means coming through time after time, year after year. Commitment is the stuff character is made of. It is the daily triumph of integrity."
"In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood." -Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
"Commitment means coming through time after time, year after year. Commitment is the stuff character is made of. It is the daily triumph of integrity."
"In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood." -Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Attitude is Everything
"I studied everything but I never topped, but today toppers of the best Univesities are my employees." -Bill Gates
Monday, August 10, 2009
Goal
"Write a goal every single month to eliminate a mess from your life, and when you do - abundance will come in."- Raymond Aaron Success Coach and Speaker
"Being big or small isn't the crucial issue. If you don't move, you don't move." -Steve Ballmer
"Being big or small isn't the crucial issue. If you don't move, you don't move." -Steve Ballmer
Monday, July 27, 2009
Martin Luther King Jr
"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step." - Martin Luther King Jr.
The King Center
The King Center
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Ryan's Well foundation
Inspiration of the day
Ryan Hreljac, at 6 years of age, was inspired by lessons learned in his grade 1 class about children who don’t have clean water around the world. you can click and watch more about his Ryan's Well foundation.
Ryan Hreljac, at 6 years of age, was inspired by lessons learned in his grade 1 class about children who don’t have clean water around the world. you can click and watch more about his Ryan's Well foundation.
Rayn, Really you inspried me and many others, Great inspiration, Keep it up good work. Thanks a lot and long live - V.Ramaswamy Chandrasekhar - Saturday, June 09, 2007
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
07/14/2009
"There's a very positive relationshipbetween people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it." - Joyce Brothers
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm"
"Good manners will often take people where neither money nor education will take them." -Fanny Jackson Coppin
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." -Walter Winchell (1897-1972, Journalist)
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm"
"Good manners will often take people where neither money nor education will take them." -Fanny Jackson Coppin
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." -Walter Winchell (1897-1972, Journalist)
Friday, June 26, 2009
06/26/2009
"The heights by great men reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them."- Orison Swett Marden
"Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them."- Orison Swett Marden
Monday, June 8, 2009
Never give up
"Never, never, never give up. "-Winston Churchill Roger Federer proved this by his attitude. He lost French open in 1999-1st round, 2000 -third round, 2001-quarterfinals, 2002- early-round exit, 2003-first round, 2004 - final, 2005 semi-final, 2006, 2007 and 2008 but he tried again and again at last He won in 2009, see the picture: Switzerland's Roger Federer poses next to Eiffel Tower during a photocall in Paris, Monday, June 8, 2009. Federer defeated Sweden's Robin Soderling in their men's singles final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium on Sunday.
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." -Samuel Beckett
"I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps." -Thomas Edison
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall." -Confucius
Saturday, June 6, 2009
06/06/2009
"Success is a state of mind.If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success." - Dr. Joyce Brothers
"Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit." -H.G. Wells (1866-1946)
"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step." - Martin Luther King Jr
"It's time to start living the life you've imagined" - Henry James
"Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit." -H.G. Wells (1866-1946)
"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step." - Martin Luther King Jr
"It's time to start living the life you've imagined" - Henry James
Monday, June 1, 2009
06/01/2009
“Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.” - Dale Carnegie
"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed." -Michael Jordan
"We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors." -Norman Vincent Peale 1898-1993, Pastor and Author
"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed." -Michael Jordan
"We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors." -Norman Vincent Peale 1898-1993, Pastor and Author
"To think that you are not going to fail is an illusion.Fail faster, you will only be closer to what you want." -Unknown
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
05/28/2009
"We must reform society before we can reform ourselves." -George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down."-Mary Pickford (1893-1979), Actress and Producer
"If your position is everywhere, your momentum is Zero." -Michael Korda
"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down."-Mary Pickford (1893-1979), Actress and Producer
"If your position is everywhere, your momentum is Zero." -Michael Korda
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
05/26/2009
An Invincible Vision
"Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties." - Helen Keller (1880-1968)
"There is a place in God's sun for the youth 'farthest down' who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it." - Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will themselves not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die."- Daniel H. Burnham (1846-1912)
"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire." - Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929)
Sunday, May 24, 2009
05/24/2009
"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."
“If your own mind is muddled, much more will the minds of your hearers be confused.” -Dale Carnegie
“Try honestly to make the other person feel important, and do it sincerely.” - Dale Carnegie
“Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking.” - Dale Carnegie
“If your own mind is muddled, much more will the minds of your hearers be confused.” -Dale Carnegie
“Try honestly to make the other person feel important, and do it sincerely.” - Dale Carnegie
“Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking.” - Dale Carnegie
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
05/19/2009
Finding Strength in Change
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable." - Helen Keller (1880-1968)
"In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost." - Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857)
"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil." - James Allen (1864-1912)
"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power." - Alan Cohen
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable." - Helen Keller (1880-1968)
"In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost." - Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857)
"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil." - James Allen (1864-1912)
"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power." - Alan Cohen
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