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You attended a lecture.  You knew the speaker and knew that he was well qualified to speak on the subject at hand.  What you didn’t expect was that one of the speaker’s remarks stimulated a brilliant idea in your brain that was strictly your own.  Also, what you didn’t realize was that after the speech was over, you couldn’t remember what the brilliant idea was.  All you…

It is interesting to discover something that does a lot of good and costs little or nothing.  We’re talking about the marvel of music.   It has been determined that by introducing music to children in pre-school years, either by teaching them to play a musical instrument and/or playing classical music in their presence, enables them to arrive in…

You were out and about and thought you were entirely by yourself.   You were not aware, however, that that you were radiating something.  

That makes it important for you to remember that every person radiates exactly who they are.

As you continue…

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…

This is one of those things that seems to happen from day to day without our being noticeably focused on it. It has to do with motivations–what moves us to do the things we do, to accomplish the things we are motivated to accomplish. You might be interested in comparing your own motivations with those of Daniel H. Pink, the author of several best…

Maybe you have had this experience.    You are on hand at a lecture and have everything going for you.   But later when you are assigned to present the things you were asked to learn, you discover you didn’t retain them.   If this is your situation, you will be grateful for the following preparation that will help you to be an efficient…

Here is something that you may not have realized. It is that someone is constantly watching you and learning from your experience. If you think of it for a moment, you will realize that your everyday performance is to a great degree the result of what you have observed other people are doing. The…

Somehow there never seems to be enough time to do everything you planned at the start of the day to do.  There would be plenty of time to complete the tasks on your plan-a-day, but somehow at the end of the day there are things left undone when the time runs out.  If you have this problem, a little help from the experts may be most welcome.

The common problem…

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?

You probably know where you were when the tragedy of 9-11 occurred. If you are a little older you’ll remember when President Kennedy was assassinated and maybe even remember when the first man stepped on the moon.

But do you remember where were you on August 7, 1990, at 12:34 P.M.? If you don’t remember, or didn’t take time to focus upon that particular moment,…

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So why is it so important to be likable?   The simple answer is because other people will then respond positively to your requests  and make your life more rewarding.

If you are interested, here are 10 ways to be more likable:

1.  Be an interested listener.   You will discover that others will be interested in you as they see…

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Life really is about time.  Everything we do involves time.   That is why it is not at all unusual for the recipient of a request for some kind of service to receive a reply about our not having time to accommodate the request.   Reasons for not having time to respond to the service request would fill a book. 

Reasons for not doing many things we would like…

What would you do if there was a difficult problem to solve and everyone else had exhausted their ideas leaving the solving to you?  In one such situation one psychologist,  as a last resort, turned to some theories of Thomas Edison whom you know had a fairly good record as a problem solver.…

One of the things we can change or at least improve on is human nature.   Those with whom we associate on a regular basis can change our lives.   Regular associations allow it to by making us honest dependable useful people.

Another resource for people changers are…

If you think back to your school days, you will realize that someone else told you what you wanted to know.  At least you had to know things long enough to make notes and retain them long enough to get them back on a test paper.  After that you had a choice.    You could decide to retain the information for future use or discard it permanently.   Knowing that continuous…

It is easy and very natural to focus on the negative things that happen from time to time that just seem to become a constant worry.

While doing any necessary problem solving, however, it is well worth the extra effort it takes to keep in the forefront of your mind the things you are grateful for.  It is well known that being grateful helps…

You were completely silent or at least you thought you were, but all the time you were spreading your influence.

You weren’t aware that you were radiating something that  was being absorbed by those with whom you were associating.

That makes it important for you to remember that every person wields an influence whether…

You were completely silent, or at least you thought you were, but all the time you were spreading your influence.

You weren’t aware that you were radiating something that  was being absorbed by those with whom you were associating.…

What would you do if there was a difficult problem to solve and everyone else had exhausted their ideas leaving the solving to you?  In one such situation one psychologist, as a last resort, turned to some theories of Thomas Edison whom you know had a fairly good record as a problem solver.…