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Thought Tweet #481

by Rick Baker
On May 21, 2012

Thought Tweet #481 There's wisdom in the old adage, 'Do One Thing at a Time'...especially, if you do that one thing well.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Most brain experts will tell you it is impossible to think about more than one thing at a time. So, really, when we are multitasking the neuronal circuits in our brains are flipping switches back and forth and up and down, on then off then back on, etc. While all this is happening our brains don't lend their full power to any single task. This, of course, is part of our natural human condition. Our brains naturally multitask; consciously and unconsciously our brains sense and process vast amounts of stimuli. This allows us to accomplish many things more or less at the same time. Regardless, if we want to do any single task as well as we can then we need to concentrate on it.

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Brain: about the Human Brain | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #480

by Rick Baker
On May 18, 2012

Thought Tweet #480 We can alter our emotions, at least some of them. We can, for example, reduce the emotion of anger from high to low.

 

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 flowing.

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Brain: about the Human Brain | Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #479

by Rick Baker
On May 17, 2012

Thought Tweet #479 Planning is not a cookie-cutter process; planning must blend strategic thinking with strategic intuition.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

In his 2007 book 'Strategic Intuition', William Duggan says his pilot course on strategic intuition begins with asking people to select the one statement, A or B, which best reflects how you think:

A: You achieve anything you want if you believe in yourself, set clear goals, and work hard.

B: You can achieve many things if you prepare for opportunity, see it, and act on it.

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Business Plan: Writing Plans | Entrepreneur Thinking | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #478

by Rick Baker
On May 16, 2012

Thought Tweet #478 We simply must spend more time imagining Possibilities.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Robert Collier wrote, "Think of things - not as they are but as they MIGHT be." ...'The SECRET Of The Ages', (1926)

If we follow Robert Collier's advice then we will get beyond our personal biases, especially our tendency to judge others harshly. And, we will create.

Robert Collier, 'The SECRET Of The Ages', (1926)

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Abundance | Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude | Beyond Business | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #477

by Rick Baker
On May 15, 2012

Thought Tweet #477 We benefit when someone or something makes us do what we can.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Even the great Ralph Waldo Emerson needed that sort of help. Emerson said, "What I most need is somebody to make me do what I can." 

People Only Do 3 Things: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things

When we want to develop better habits we need an injection of accountability; we benefit when someone or something makes us do what we can.

 

A link to Changing for the Better 

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Habits: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #476

by Rick Baker
On May 14, 2012

Thought Tweet #476 Some people somehow know the course of their lives at an early age and they live it. Most of us do not. 

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

For many generations, self-help gurus have taught the importance of having a life purpose. Napoleon Hill called it definite chief aim. Orison Sweet Marden wrote, "Power is largely a question of strong, vigorous, perpetual thinking along the line of the ambition, parallel with the aim - the great life purpose." ['Pushing To The Front', (1911)]

I have written and talked about my heroes, as examples -  Napoleon, Gandhi, and Alexander the Great. These heroes did have life purposes, which they understood at a young age.

But, they are anomalies, not the norm.

From now on, when I write about my heroes I am going to make sure I give at least equal time to the vast majority of us who are accomplishing meaningful and important things at somewhat lower levels than the extreme standards set by our heroes. 

 

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Beyond Business | Goals - SMARTACRE Goals | Hero Worship | Thought Tweets

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