Four Levels of Learning To Make You a Better Teacher and Student
“However much thou art read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.” – Sa’di (Gulistan, 1258) There are probably a dozen levels of learning. But these four — broadly defined — may help you discover problems in the way you learn (or teach) things now. 1. Telling…
READ MOREAre You Deluding Yourself About Your Chance of Success?
“The most common sort of lie is the one uttered to one’s self.” – Nietzsche (The Antichrist, 1888) A study I saw in USA Today a few months ago said that most people rate themselves as “hard” to “very hard” workers. Yet any reference book of statistics will tell you…
READ MOREHow To Make Your Team Work
A business is not a team; to make your business work, however, you will have to create teams. Successful coaches — from Pat Riley to Mike Shanahan — agree on certain principles when it comes to teamwork: 1. The team’s goal is everyone’s ultimate goal. 2. The team is more important than…
READ MOREThe Most Universal Marketing Strategy In The World
I’ve been writing advertising, editing copywriters, and advising marketing mavens for more than 20 years. During that time, I’ve seen a lot of clever and effective marketing techniques. Most of the best of those have been explained in past ETRs. Those that pertain to direct marketing are contained in the Michael Masterson Accelerated Six-Figure…
READ MOREThe F Word
“Th‘ best thing about a little judicyus swearin‘ is that it keeps th‘ temper.’Twas intended as a compromise between runnin‘ away an’ fightin‘.” – Finley Peter Dunne Perhaps one of the most interesting and colorful words in the English language is the word “fuck.” Just by its sound, it…
READ MOREA Prescription for Happiness
“The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.” – Walter Bagehot Adam Phillips is a fully fledged ETR. He gets up at 4:30 a.m. every morning to do research and work on a massive project: a digest of the…
READ MOREVisualizing Your Intended Outcome
“He who bears in his heart a cathedral to be built is already victorious. He who seeks to become sexton of a finished cathedral is already defeated.” – Saint-Exupéry (Flight to Arras, 1942) Some goals — business and financial mostly — can be categorized in numeric terms. * “Bring sales…
READ MOREDetatch Yourself From Specific Outcomes
“Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! And without too many regrets, if possible! Those from which the sap has withdrawn. But, good Lord, what beautiful colors!” – Andre Gide (Journals, 1947) In “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success,”…
READ MORESet Goals Without Struggling
“A windmill is eternally at work to accomplish one end, although it shifts with every variation of the weathercock, and assumes 10 different positions in a day.” – Charles Caleb Colton (Lacon, 1825) My first reaction to Deepak Chopra’s book, “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success,” was something like: “He’s…
READ MOREDo More By Doing Less
“He who conquers others is strong. He who conquers himself is mighty.” – Lao Tzu (The Character of Tao, sixth century B.C.) One of the things you learn in Jiu Jitsu (and you can learn everything that is worth learning in Jiu Jitsu) is that when your opponent is holding you…
READ MORESpiritual Success Secrets: Law 2 – The Power of Karmic Freedom
“You choose, you live the consequences. Every yes, no, maybe, creates the school you call your personal experience.” – Richard Bach (Running from Safety, 1994) In Chapter 3 of his book titled “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success,” Deepak Chopra argues that we are all free, all the time,…
READ MORESpiritual Secret of Success – Law 1: Get More By Giving More
“When I give I give myself.” – Walt Whitman (“Song of Myself,” Leaves of Grass) When people think about getting rich, there are usually two broadly different ways they go about it. Some people try to get rich by taking from others. They figure there is a limited amount of…
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