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This has to do with helping a good friend who is having a bad hair day. It happens regularly to everybody.  Wouldn’t it be great if you could be the trusted friend who can be depended upon to provide an emotional boost that would be better than a dose of Prozac?  When things aren’t going well, it is natural to turn to someone who you know cares and…

CLICK HERE to see the Smiles for Life Results for the 2012 Smiles for Life campaign through May 1, 2012.…

If you want someone to develop a habit of some kind, just reinforce the action with a compliment consistently.   This is appropriately called continuous reinforcement and it works consistently well. 

Whether your interest in this subject is from the viewpoint of a…

Here are the Smiles for Life Results!

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Congratulations to these team for their contributions to the 2012 Smiles for Life Campaign with total contributions so far reaching $475,707.10

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Nobody likes to receive criticism, but the way you deal with it determines whether it is a constant source of annoyance or is useful or at least no source of pain.

One thing that is certain is that if you deny the accusation, you will please the critic who will then have an opportunity to restate the criticism and “rub it in” so to speak.…

As most of us are aware, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments about the constitutionality of the Healthcare Reform Act last week. I have been looking for a brief readable summary of what went on and the resulting options that may result from the Court's decision which will be revealed in June. One of my clients sent a well-written summary that I am happy to share with you. The link to the document appears below. If you can't open it, please email me directly and I will resend…

CLICK HERE to see the offices who contributed the most PER TEAM member.…

Of course you prefer to be on the starting team and leave the substituting to someone else.  But if you are the coach and you are coaching your brain, you might find calling up a sub to be a really good idea.

The situation where this is the case is when you have a…

Minds? Yes!  You probably thought you only had one mind.  Of course you only have one brain, but the psychologists claim that you have two minds–your conscious and your sub-conscious mind.  Here is the important way the two minds function:

Your conscious mind is your…

CLICK HERE to see the Smiles for Life Results by office both in TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS and in TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS PER TEAM MEMBER.…

With the word “up” firmly established as the two letter word with the most different meanings, I thought there might be room for a three letter word with the most different meanings.  I decided to make a run for it.

The numerous definitions started off with the girl who had a  run in her stocking…

CONTRIBUTIONS received through March 19th, 2012

                     $251,801.00…

Who would guess that the answer is “yes.”  You can be a successful failure.  Some recent research has revealed that there are some very desirable aspects about what you might consider to be a failure. 

Psychologists have discovered to their satisfaction that every…

Chase Health Advance has announced that as of April 20th they will no longer accept new application for patient financing.  In an effort to be sure you have multiple financing alternatives for your patients, here are some suggestions:

1.  LISTEN to this 4 minute message about Chase and new alternatives available to you today.   …

Smiles for Life announces the contributions made and the TOP OFFICES through March 12, 2012…

Maybe you didn’t know that the brain keeps working while you sleep and can often solve difficult problems that you couldn’t solve when you were fully awake.  With a little direction, the brain will continue to focus during sleep on the same things that concerned you during your waking hours. The brain experts know about this and have a formula that…

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Conventional wisdom has been that people are happy because they are successful.  But now come the researchers who made a study of 275,000 people and found that being happy is what makes people successful.  It is easy to believe the finding of the survey.  Happy people are easier to work with, more highly motivated and more willing to tackle difficult projects.  Thus, happy…

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