by Rick Baker
On Sep 14, 2018
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
In his 1918 classic, 'The Greatest Thing In The World', Henry Drummond wrote, "Hence it is not enough to deal with Temper. We must go to the source, and change the inmost nature, and the angry humours will die away of themselves."
This is true. It is not easy to do, but it can be done. I know from first-hand experience. We can alter our emotional reactions, at least some of them. If anger is one of our natural emotions, and some of us do tend to be that way, we can take steps, over time, to reduce that natural emotion. We know we have reduced our anger-emotion when we no longer feel the chemicals like adrenalin and cortisol flowing.
by Rick Baker
On Sep 13, 2018
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
The emotions and feelings around loss weigh in heavier than the emotions and feelings around gain. Psychologists' experiments confirm we place much higher value on avoiding the pain of loss than we place on obtaining the pleasure of gain.
This defies logic.
But - let's not forget - logic-defiance is the territory of emotions and the feelings they bring.
by Rick Baker
On Sep 4, 2018
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
As a rule, you don't see happy faces when people are struggling with their work.
As a rule, you don't see unhappy faces when people are doing a good job.
When put to good use, personal talents & strengths generate two things: positive body language and quality work results.
Abraham Lincoln
"Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his heart is in his work; and he will do twice as much of it with less fatigue. The latter performs a little imperfectly, looks at it in disgust, turns from it, and imagines himself exceedingly tired. The little he has done, comes to nothing, for want of finishing."