Promise #9 for the New Year: To Be A Better Person
On January 10, 2001, I asked you to add one more very important thing to your list of New Year’s resolutions: to become a better person. And to do that by making a commitment to: * pay less attention to yourself and more attention to other people * focus on…
READ MOREPromise #8 for the New Year: To Build Your Network of Support
On January 8, 2001, I resolved to make one new business or social contact per week. I suggested you do the same. My goal was too lofty. It was not possible for me to cultivate a new relationship every week of the year. I did manage, however, to make about…
READ MOREMake Major Progress Towards Your Career Goal
So far, you have made several important resolutions. You’ve promised that you would commit to doing better this year, that you would achieve better health, that you would perfect a financially valuable skill, and that you would make yourself a more interesting (and interested) person. That’s a good start. Today,…
READ MOREYou Too Can Invest More Profitably
Dear Early To Rise Reader: Success in business and in life depends on making good decisions and avoiding self-destructive behavior. This is especially true when it comes to investing. Most investors lose money because they have bad psychological habits…habits that work against sound trading decisions. I want to recommend a…
READ MOREPromise #5 For The New Year: To Develop The Personal “You”
The social “you” is always under scrutiny. Your employer and clients evaluate your work. Your spouse and children match your behavior to their expectations. Under such circumstances, the achievement-oriented person naturally improves because he feels the censure of his critics and strives for the approval of those he cares to…
READ MORELearn (Or Perfect) A Financially Valuable Skill
On January 4, 2001, I asked you to promise yourself that you would learn (or perfect) a financially valuable skill. I asked you to forget (at least temporarily) about all the interesting talents you have that nobody will pay you for and focus, instead, on developing the one ability that…
READ MOREPromise #1 For The New Year
“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” – Japanese Proverb A year ago — during the first two weeks of January — we made 10 New Year’s resolutions, one each day. The idea was that by spreading out our promises over 10 days — instead…
READ MOREAn Important Leadership Secret
“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.” – Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra, 1883-92) Let’s start with this: It’s not enough to have a goal and articulate it; you must turn that goal into specific objectives that are communicated clearly and have attached…
READ MOREGetting Criticized: How To Make It Work For You
“They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.” – William Penn (Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693) You know when it’s coming. Your boss or colleague sits you down and says, “You know how much I admire you, but …” or “Please don’t think of this as…
READ MOREConcentrate Like A Brain Surgeon
“You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” – Mark Twain Start melting away the fog of depression … Triple your productivity at work … And get better results every time you exercise. What’s more, sharpen your reflexes, sleep better, and strengthen your immune system…
READ MOREThe Birth of Christ
“I will hold Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens (From the Gospel According to St. Luke, The Holy Bible, King James Version) “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all…
READ MOREHow To Give 103%
“Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.” – Bertrand Russell (Mysticism and Logic, 1917) We have all been to meetings where someone asks for “more than 100%.” Thanks to TH for this…
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