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When you criticize people you trigger their 'No' responses....and, at that point, constructive communication is over.

by Rick Baker
On Aug 11, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

When 'No' thoughts are filling the brain there is little room for 'Yes" thoughts. In fact, chances are 'No' and 'Yes' thoughts will not want to occupy the brain at the same time. They would rather take turns. And, for most people the 'No' thoughts are much more sticky. When they find their way into people's brains they stick there until they run out of reasons to defend and bolster the ego.

While 'No' thoughts are sticking around the brain, working away to defend and bolster the ego there is little, if any, opportunity for constructive communication...particularly communication involving the person who triggers the 'No' response.

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Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude | Thought Tweets

Do you know the nature of the relationships between the talents and work-tasks?

by Rick Baker
On Aug 11, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Talents tend to bounce off tasks.

This is especially true when talents first meet tasks...talents often resist new tests.

And bounce off is predictable when talents meet repeated defeats at the hands of tasks...after repeated defeats, talents will avoid tasks at all costs.

It's like talents have egos of their own.

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Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude | Thought Tweets

Sometimes when you're over your head it's too late to keep your chin up.

by Rick Baker
On Aug 10, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Ego and Pride and Denial...they have their purposes, they have their limits.

Best to invest time in self-knowledge before, not after, those limits are surpassed.

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Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude | Thought Tweets

Success can mean Failure. Failure can mean Success.

by Rick Baker
On Aug 9, 2014

The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet

And, Failure can mean Failure. And, Success can mean Success. It all depends on what you believe, what you truly know, and how you use what you truly know. And, of course, Emotions & Egos often have the ability to overrule Common Sense.

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Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude | Thought Tweets

Life sometimes beats attitudes down

by Rick Baker
On Aug 8, 2014

All people have talents.

All people want to use their talents to create things of value. 

And all people want the things they create to be appreciated.

People want their work to be productive.

It's just that, over time, life experiences and troubling interactions with other people and bad-habit mindsets beat many people’s attitudes down. Ongoing series of real and perceived problems and other people's criticism and worries and grief and many other such things beat many people’s attitudes down.

When spirits are beaten down work performance shrinks away.

We need to bolster spirits before we can expect performance improvements.

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Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude

Cooperation has a mind of its own...and that quick mind works like a On/Off switch.

by Rick Baker
On Aug 6, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Don't take Cooperation for granted.

Deliver it.

Work to earn it.

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