Many people think they have to have letters like “M.B.A” or “Ph.D” after their name in order to succeed. Now, I’m not putting down higher education, but there are some very simple things that we can do to increase our chances of success. One of them is developing a “Three Foot Rule”. This is probably the easiest and most profitable habit you’ll ever start. And by profitable, I don’t just mean financial profit, although that’s certainly there. I mean happiness profit. I mean piece of mind profit. I mean joy profit. Starting right now, whenever someone comes within three feet of you, smile at them. That’s it. Seminar over. You may have been expecting something more complicated than that. If you were, you, like me, were taught that life is complicated. We were duped. Life is easy. Taxes are complicated. Trigonometry is complicated. Dealing with a jackass boss who has …
There’s Nothing To Fear
Have you ever thought about fear? I’ve always been someone who listens closely to people (although my wife may sometimes argue this isn’t accurate) and lately I have been listening very closely to people as they discuss the economy, the job market, the difficulty of current selling and a number of other topics. I’ve believed for many years that most people communicate from a position of fear most the time and don’t even know that they’re doing it. It’s the whole “the fish doesn’t know that it’s wet” thing. If you could go underwater and ask a fish what’s water like, the fish would look at you and say “what’s water?” They’re born in it, they live in it and they die in it. They don’t know any different. Probably the only time that a fish even knows that water exists is when you take it out of the water. …
Click The “Like” Button
Everyday I read on Facebook about people being pregnant and people having babies. And I read about wars and rumors of wars and all the other “end of days” stuff that people refer to when things like the tsunami in Japan occur. At any given moment someone is experiencing amazing pain in their life and someone else is experiencing amazing joy in their life. It’s interesting to watch the cross-section of humanity on Facebook. You get an intriguing view into people’s lives. You see happiness, pain, agony, loss, joy, bliss and every other human emotion. And as compassionate beings, we tend to relate to these Facebook Friends. When someone you care about is going through something awful or when they are celebrating one of life’s great moments, you can observe, even if only from a distance. That’s nice. What’s even nicer is that we can let the other person know …
Enjoy The Social Media New Car Smell, Then Drive Like A Pro
When you buy a new car, there’s just something about that new car smell. You just enjoy opening up the door and settling into your plush seat and breathing in that odor. After a few years, you don’t really want to take too many whiffs of your old “new” car. And at that point you’re more concerned about your car getting you from Point A to Point B and keeping the repair costs down. It’s about the driving, not the smelling. When you’re just starting to realize what you can do with Social Media, you enjoy turning on your computer, BlackBerry, iPhone, whatever, and checking into Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and whatever other Social Media sites you participate on. It’s the equivalent of the Social Media new car smell. After you’ve learned some about Social Media, the new car smell wears off a bit. Not completely, because they’re always creating …