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Thought Tweet #387

by Rick Baker
On Jan 10, 2012
Thought Tweet #387 Mahatma Gandhi read 'Think and Grow Rich'.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
...and the classic self-development book was translated and distributed throughout India.

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Hero Worship | Thought Tweets | Wisdom: Surviving the Test of Time

Thought Tweet #386

by Rick Baker
On Jan 9, 2012
Thought Tweet #386 "Heightened attention to detail can actually mess you up." Sian Beilock
 
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From Sian Beilock's 2010 book 'Choke'.

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Brain: about the Human Brain | Thought Tweets

This is guaranteed to get your ATTENTION!

by Rick Baker
On Jan 6, 2012

You know what gets your attention?

  1. Pleasing and beautiful things,
  2. Surprising things, and
  3. Things that are out of place
Those 3 things get your attention.
 
But, those 3 things sure have a tough time getting your attention!
 
You know why those 3 things have such a tough time getting your attention?
  1. Your FOCUS1 and
  2. Their COMPETITION2
 
ATTENTION, actually the lack of success in capturing it, has led to some rather bizarre business activity...marketing activity, social media activity, etc.
 
 
Footnote:
  1. I am not picking on YOU here. When I say 'you' I mean almost all of us. The fact is, people have plenty of thoughts going on in their brains, all day, every day...some experts say as many as 50,000 thoughts/day. It is tough to FOCUS with all those thoughts keeping us so occupied.
  2. When you look out at the world you observe lots of stuff...their COMPETITION outnumbers THEM by orders of magnitude.
 
 

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Brain: about the Human Brain

Thought Tweet #385

by Rick Baker
On Jan 6, 2012
Thought Tweet #385 Workplace High-Pressure: does it cut the feet out from under your smartest people?
 
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A high IQ doesn’t mean a high ability to work under stress. In fact, it is possible the opposite is true. Do you assume smart folks operate smart when the pressure is on? If so, perhaps, when the pressure is on people disappoint you.

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Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Thought Tweets

Your Feelings & Your Bottom Line

by Rick Baker
On Jan 5, 2012

Business Leaders: how do you feel when your bottom line is positive, healthy, and growing?

When your bottom-line profits are pretty darned good, do you feel:

  • Terrible? or
  • Nothing? or
  • Pretty Darned Good?
I am going to hazard a guess and say, "When your bottom-line profits are pretty darned good you feel Pretty Darned Good".
 
So, to some degree, perhaps to a large degree, your bottom-line profits impact on how you feel.
 
There is a cause-and-effect at play here.
 
Good bottom lines lead to good feelings.
 
How about flipping it around...
 
Wouldn't you agree with the following: Good feelings lead to good bottom lines!
 
 
PS: In fact, isn't it impossible to imagine how bad feelings could ever lead to good bottom line profits?

Thought Tweet #384

by Rick Baker
On Jan 5, 2012
Thought Tweet #384 "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." Mark Twain
 
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Mark Twain had amazing wit. Twain's quotes make good pick-me-up reading. They are laced with gifted insight and fascinating use of the English language.

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Hero Worship | Humour | Thought Tweets

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