Nothing Is Impossible To The Person Who Doesn’t Have To Do It Himself There's an old story about the man who wanted to know the difference between heaven and hell. So he was given a chance to tour both places. At first he was confused. In both places … [Read more...]
Meetings Always Take Time
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Meetings Always Take Time. The Question Is, "Are You Doing Time, Killing Time, Or Using Time If you're like most people, you've gone to an awful lot of meetings. Unfortunately, a lot of those meetings were a waste of time. You spent hours and hours in … [Read more...]
If You Don’t Have A Goal
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If You Don't Have A Goal, You Don't Get The Gold. I spend my professional life speaking in a lot of corporations and to a lot of associations. But I also do a lot of listening. People come up to me before, during, and after the program to share their … [Read more...]
Some People Dream
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Some People Dream Of Worthy Accomplishments While Others Stay Awake And Do Them. In the 1920's, he began selling paper cups and playing the piano to support his family. He worked hard, and he did well. In fact, he became one of the top sales people for the … [Read more...]
Communication Works For Those Who Work At It.
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Communication Works For Those Who Work At It. Do you remember the movie "Cool Hand Luke?" And do you remember the one key sentence in that movie? People have been quoting it ever since. It was said by the prison guard. He said, "What we have here is a … [Read more...]
Talking Is Sharing
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Talking Is Sharing, But Listening Is Caring. Some time ago a workshop participant said to me, "You probably don't recall the lunch we had fifteen years ago, but you asked me if I was happy with my career, if I was doing what I really wanted to do. Your … [Read more...]
When You Throw Dirt, All You Do Is Lose Ground
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When You Throw Dirt, All You Do Is Lose Ground. When I look at the history of mankind, I'm amazed at how far we've come in technology. It's awesome. Figuratively speaking, we've come millions of miles. When it comes to the history of human relations, … [Read more...]
Exercise Caution In Judgment
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Exercise Caution In Judgment But Never In Understanding. For years I taught an intensive five-day, fifty-hour course in "Interpersonal Communication. "It would start at 2:00 p. m. on Wednesday and go until midnight, Wednesday through Sunday. It was a … [Read more...]
Change The Channel
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When You Change Your Surroundings, You Change The Present, But When You Change Your Beliefs, You Change The Future." Beliefs are like filters. When you observe life through a particular filter, you can only receive certain information. The rest is … [Read more...]
Celebration Or Desperation
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You Either Live A Life Of Celebration Or Desperation. Roger Miller said, "Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet." He's so right. Have you ever noticed that two people can experience the same event but react in totally different ways? I sure … [Read more...]
