Psychologist Are Waking Up to What Makes People Happy
“It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living pleasantly.” – Epicurus (third century B.C.) Happy are those who spend the least amount of time alone, says Martin E.P. Seligman,…
READ MOREDale Carnegie’s 10 Rules for Getting People To Like You
“The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don’t like their rules, whose would you use?” – Dale Carnegie I’ve told you about my Dale Carnegie…
READ MOREWhat Is the Biggest New Idea in Your Market?
“Who in Europe could have thought of the disappearing bed, a bed during the night, a handsome wardrobe during the day? Where else [than in the United States] could the rocking chair have been invented, in which a man could move and sit still at the same time?” –…
READ MORENobody Ever Ended a Meeting When He Was Doing the Talking
“What the customer demands is last year’s model, cheaper. To find out what the customer needs, you have to understand what the customer is doing as well as he understands it. Then you build what he needs and you educate him to the fact that he needs it.” – Edna…
READ MOREDont Sugarcoat Your Criticism
“We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.” – May Sarton (“Monday, January 19th,” The House by the Sea: A Journal, 1977) In Message #745 (“For Best Results, Make Your Performance Reviews Frank, Positive, and Specific”), I talked about why you shouldn’t…
READ MOREA Productivity Tip You’re Not Going to Like
“Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.” – Lee Iacocca (Iacocca: An Autobiography, 1984) If you’re lucky enough to have an assistant, one of the tasks you’re probably tempted to…
READ MOREGive Yourself a Second Chance in Life
“Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.” – Andre Maurois There is so much you can do in the second half of your life and so many examples of people who have accomplished great things as seniors. I’ve talked…
READ MOREFive Written Acknowledgments
“Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.” – Henry Ward Beecher Periodically, we must remind ourselves to thank the people who matter…
READ MOREThanksgiving: The Right Time to Count Your Blessings
Your health: You have aches. You have pains. You may have illness and infirmity. But you also have time every day when you can enjoy yourself and the company of the people you love and are loved by. Be thankful for that. Your wealth: You haven’t hit the Forbes list…
READ MOREWhat You Need To Be A Good Leader
“A leader is a dealer in hope.” – Napoleon (Maxims, 1804-15) Successful leaders want to achieve their goals, and they want to do so quickly. They see a goal as something good for everyone, but they understand that not everyone will immediately recognize its value. They also know they…
READ MOREGood Reasons Why You Should Have a Hobby
“There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can form no surer bond with it than through art.” – Goethe (Elective Affinities, 1809) Winston Churchill, a very busy man, was a big fan of hobbies. “To be really happy,” he said, “one ought…
READ MOREOne Secret That Will Make You a Great Salesperson
“We should render a service to a friend to bind him closer to us, and to an enemy in order to make a friend of him.” – Cleobulus (sixth century B.C.) How do you develop the skill of selling when you hate the very idea of selling? The first step…
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