Habits: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things

Definition: What do we mean when we, in the business world, say: motivation ? Generally, when we say motivation we mean something like: the desire and…

Thought Tweet #750 Curiosity, Moderation & Variety are the archenemies of Bad Habits . The Thinking Behind The Tweet Q: Why are certain habits called Bad…

To excel as business leaders, we need to cut through the economic confusion, the technology fragility, and the media mayhem. We need to get back to the key…

Thought Tweet #741 Over 2000 years ago, Roman Stoics developed the habit of waiting a day before beating slaves who had erred. The Thinking Behind The Tweet…

Edward de Bono is one of my heroes. In my opinion, he is the world's greatest creative thinking educator. I have written about Edward de Bono and his ' Six…

Thought Tweet #731 In days of old, fear made us fit and functional. Now, with many options as close as our remote, we rarely allow that. The Thinking Behind…

In reaction to our fears and pain, we seek comfort & relief in the form of Bad Habits . Our Bad Habits happen as a result of 3 things:

On average, how do you spend your workday: _____% doing step-by-step routine work? _____% fixing problems that followed your routine work? _____% fixing…

" Of all the things you seek to control in life, it turns out that one of the most important ones is the introduction of new ." " Bottom line: setting your…

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Do you observe 'fight or flight'? If so, how do these reactions present themselves? Do you observe Resistance ? fight? verbal resistance? body language…

Thought Tweet #610 We ought to avoid the " Negative Society " The Thinking Behind The Tweet We can choose to avoid or choose to limit our exposure to…

One important facet of leadership is the ability to accurately observe others and understand how they are feeling. Work performances are mirrored in work…

Sometimes good habits can be a little annoying...like eating the right food, getting the right exercise, getting the right amount of sleep, being organized…

Thought Tweet #584 Mediocrity: living in bad-habit shadows. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Bad Habits follow us like shadows. Bad Habits make us mediocre. We…

Thought Tweet #556 If, as Aristotle said, we are what we repeatedly do then by doing a few new things we can change who we are. The Thinking Behind The Tweet…

Here's a link to the first 14 CHANGING FOR THE BETTER Thought Posts . And here are links to other articles about Change: Making Change , You Want to Make…

" A whopping 85 percent of us have had bosses who have tried but failed to get us to change in order to improve our performance. " 1 If you want to develop…

Thought Tweet #541 Bad habits make no one feel good. The Thinking Behind The Tweet That's the essence, the definition, of Bad Habits .

Now, you have completed Chapter 5 and you know: • your existing Norm (on average, how you feel while at work) and • your desired Norm...your Goal for how you…

In light of the current economic situation, more than ever before, it is essential to perform work tasks as well as possible. When I say 'the current…

Reduce the number of mistakes you make. If you write out simple procedures and follow them when you do repetitive, boring-but-important tasks then you will…

Thought Tweet #485 Do you ever wonder about the lines of code that govern the operation of your brain? The Thinking Behind The Tweet "Genetic coding - DNA"…

Take the time out to think... Apparently, Julius Caesar said, " Under my tent in the fiercest struggle of war I have always found time to think of many other…

Thought Tweet #484 If our Bad Habits could only have Watch Dogs ...even little Bichons. The Thinking Behind The Tweet My dog barks when she sees strangers…

Geordie Raine serves as Montana Consulting Group's Director, Corporate Learning. He traveled from Montreal to speak at CFFB's breakfast event on April 27 th…

Thought Tweet #482 Good things come in little packages: that's the key to excellent work-process success. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Dr. Richard Carlson…

You have intelligence. You have self-control. You have 2 of the 3 essential ingredients required to handle even the toughest situations. And, the toughest…

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…

Self-Control: the battlefields where logic is outnumbered by emotions and desires. It seems most people face a life-long war over self-control. The battles…