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- Sales Mastery Lessons From a Horse - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2009 from Steve TaubmanThe year was 1901. Europe was mesmerized by the appearance of a horse whose owner, Wilhelm Von Osten, claimed that it could add, subtract, multiply, and divide, as well as answering several other questions by tapping its hoof or gesturing with its head. Exhaustive research proved that their was ...
Views: 1354 - The Power of Giving - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2008 from Steve TaubmanLast January, I spent a week in El Salvador working with an organization called Magicians Without Borders (www.magicianswithoutborders.org) As a magician and educator, my role was to teach a couple dozen teenagers some basic tricks; how to perform them and how to develop showmanship. But my real ...
Views: 1208 - Passion vs. Detachment - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2005 from Steve TaubmanAs a student of success for many years, I’ve become familiar with the idea that we need to generate a passion for our goals, a burning desire to see them brought to fruition. Yet, as a student of spirituality, I’ve spent a lot of time embracing the idea that desire is the root of all suffering. ...
Views: 2101 - The Power of Kindness - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2005 from Steve TaubmanSometimes a random word of kindness is all that’s necessary to transform someone’s entire existence, and it’s so little cost to us. There’s a wonderful story I heard several years ago. The teller, we’ll call him John, claimed that it was true. John had just come from a self-help seminar in which ...
Views: 1213 - Appropriate Distance - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2005 from Steve TaubmanI’ve been thinking a lot lately about my contribution to others and my commitment to loving presence. In that regard, I’ve adopted a concept I call appropriate distance. In previous articles, I’ve suggested a philosophical stance for our interactions with others and implied that it’s our ...
Views: 1435 - Overcoming Negative Beliefs - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2005 from Steve TaubmanIn India, the method for training an elephant is the following: When the elephant is very young, its leg is tied to a small post with a thin piece of rope. At that age the elephant hasn’t the power to break the rope or dislodge the post. It tries for a while and then gives up. As the elephant ...
Views: 1371(1 vote) - Passion versus Detachment - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2005 from Steve TaubmanPassion vs. detachment As a student of success for many years, I’ve become familiar with the idea that we need to generate a passion for our goals, a burning desire to see them brought to fruition. Yet, as a student of spirituality, I’ve spent a lot of time embracing the idea that desire is the ...
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