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- Challenges in Virtual Communication - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2022 from William CottringerChallenges in Virtual Communication by Bill Cottringer “Texting is a brilliant way to miscommunicate how you feel and misinterpret what other people mean.” ~Anonymous. Face to face (f2f) communication itself has many challenges but communicating in the new virtual world surrounding ...
Views: 497 - Spiritual Intelligence - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2022 from William CottringerSpiritual Intelligence by Bill Cottringer “Spiritual Intelligence is seeing past what you are looking at; or better yet, it is seeing the unseeable and knowing the unknown.” The evolution of human intelligence involves using whole-brained intelligence, which is the blending all of ...
Views: 466 - The four Crucibles of Success - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2022 from William CottringerThe four Crucibles of Success By Bill Cottringer “The ‘luck’ of success is when your talents and efforts meet the right opportunity to apply them.” ~Anonymous. There are four crucibles to success: Purpose, Perspective, Principles, and Passion. No substantial, long-range success ...
Views: 513 - Repairing Virtual Communication failures - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2022 from William CottringerRepairing Virtual Communication failures By Bill Cottringer “In a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage to learn how to adapt and enjoy something better.” ~Kenneth H. Blanchard. Live, face-to-face (f2f) communication has always been difficult, unfortunately with ...
Views: 394 - Two Serious Problems We were Warned About in 1970 - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2022 from William CottringerTwo Serious Problems We were Warned About in 1970 By Bill Cottringer “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything” ~George Bernard Shaw. Are you feeling overwhelmed about the information overload and insane pace of technology ...
Views: 433 - 7 Pillars of Character Power - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2022 from William Cottringer7 Pillars of Character Power by Bill Cottringer “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” ~ John Wooden. 1. Openness. I once commented on the importance ...
Views: 458 - The ABC’s of Success in Anything & Everything - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2022 from William CottringerThe ABC’s of Success in Anything & Everything By Bill Cottringer “How much or how little you have of something, depends mostly on how you define that something.” ~The Author. If you want to be abundantly successful by any definition, all you need to do is practice the ABCs ...
Views: 516 - The Truth Will Set You Free2 (John 8: 31-32) - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2022 from William CottringerThe Truth Will Set You Free2 (John 8: 31-32) By Bill Cottringer “The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.” ~David Foster Wallace, author. From my research, there seem to be two main opposing sources for interpreting the true literal and the intriguing ...
Views: 529 - Whole-Brained Thinking - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2021 from William CottringerWhole-Brained Thinking © 2021 William Cottringer “A wise person uses intelligence to find reasons to support intuition.” ~The author. Navigating the tricky minefields of adversity and solving the ornery problems and conflicts facing us in life today, requires whole-brained thinking ...
Views: 621(1 vote) - Small Thinking Can’t Solve Big Problems - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2021 from William CottringerSmall Thinking Can’t Solve Big Problems By Bill Cottringer “Logical, intellectual thinking can prove or disprove relative beliefs and at best most of these turn out to be half-truths which are not worth clinging to. But only whole-brained rational and spiritual intelligence combined can ...
Views: 668 - The Truth Shall Set You Free - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2021 from William CottringerThe Truth Shall Set You Free By Bill Cottringer “The beautiful irony about the truth is that it hates dark places. It despises being hidden. It loves the limelight, and it always forces itself out.” ~Mitta Xinindlu. From my research, there seem to be two main opposing sources for ...
Views: 557 - Some Uncommon Sense We Should Teach in Schools? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2021 from William CottringerSome Uncommon Sense We Should Teach in Schools? By Bill Cottringer “Common sense is the simple knack of seeing something as it is and doing something as it should be done.” ~Mark Twain. During my last seven decades of living, I accidentally stumbled upon some uncommon sense which I ...
Views: 516 - Divide and Conquer - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2021 from William CottringerDivide and Conquer By Bill Cottringer “Divide and rule, the politician cries; Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gedichte. In war, the divide and conquer rule has always gotten the expected results. Ironically though, this same principle can also ...
Views: 527 - Commonsense Solutions to Our Three Main Conflicts - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2021 from William CottringerCommonsense Solutions to Our Three Main Conflicts By Bill Cottringer “Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.” ~Eugene Ionesco. To help identify the source that drives our three main conflicts, I am taking the liberty of expanding the meaning of the ...
Views: 498 - Ten Life Lessons You Can Only Learn the Hard Way - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2021 from William CottringerTen Life Lessons You Can Only Learn the Hard Way By Bill Cottringer “Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning, anyone can start over and make a new ending.” ~ Chico Xavier. Here are ten valuable lessons about life that lead to success and happiness. Unfortunately this ...
Views: 504 - Today’s Primary Problem: Commonplace Evil - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2021 from William CottringerToday’s Primary Problem: Commonplace Evil By Bill Cottringer “The way in which you define something has a lot to do with how much or how little of the thing you have in hand, both quantity and quality.” ~The Author. Such is the case with the greatly misunderstood term evil. ...
Views: 490 - Benefits & Challenges of Diversity - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2021 from William CottringerBenefits & Callenges of Diversity By Bill Cottringer “Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi. The rest of the workforce diversity story is unfolding as every great social change brings sometimes unexpected ...
Views: 571 - Looking for Greener Pastures - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2021 from William CottringerLooking for Greener Pastures By Bill Cottringer “The grass on the other side of the fence isn’t always greener. Sometimes it is just a different shade of brown and other times it comes with unwanted weeds and underground pests. ~The Author. Having played fierce musical chairs for ...
Views: 745 - Writing Options - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2021 from William CottringerWriting Options By Bill Cottringer “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” ~Ernest Hemingway. Writing is both an art and science involving both the right and left hemispheres of the brain, including the thinking and feeling brain functions. ...
Views: 549 - Job-Getting Reminder Tips - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2021 from William CottringerJob-Getting Reminder Tips By Bill Cottringer Although the post-pandemic job market is starting to lean toward favoring employees over employers, it is still a difficult challenge to find the right job today. Success requires some serious preparatory work in the following three areas, ...
Views: 651 - The Three Core Conflcits - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2021 from William CottringerThe Three Core Conflicts by Bill Cottringer “Unresolved conflicts usually return as noisier versions with more intensity, vengeance and difficulty.” ~The author. There are three core conflicts for humans: (1) Us vs. life (2) Us vs. others, and (3) Us vs. ourselves. We all ...
Views: 629 - Time: The Ultimate Yin-Yang Urstoff - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2021 from William CottringerTime: The Ultimate Yin-Yang Urstoff by Bill Cottringer “The hidden portal to real time is the precise now moment of when the past and future collide into the present.” ~The author. To see true time, You need double vision, One eye for convention The other for imagination. First ...
Views: 614 - Managing Success for a Better Destiny - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2021 from William CottringerManaging Success for a Better Destiny by Bill Cottringer “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” ~Tony Robbins. May needless failures start with the illusion of being able to control even the uncontrollable things, and end with the frustration and ...
Views: 479(1 vote) - Are You Lucky Or Unlucky? - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2021 from William CottringerARE YOU LUCKY OR UNLUCKY? by Bill Cottringer “Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.” ~Eliyahu Goldratt. Are you lucky or unlucky? I suppose how you answer this question depends upon how you define “luck.” The ...
Views: 568 - The ABC’s of Success - by Submitted on May 27, 2021 from William CottringerThe ABC’s of Success By Bill Cottringer “Success is what you do to get what you consider to be a success.” ~The Author. The only “luck” that is involved with success comes from two sources: (a) You are lucky enough to be among the few to be born into an established success ...
Views: 537 - Seven Verbs to Defeat Anger - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2021 from William CottringerSEVEN VERBS TO DEFEAT ANGER By Bill Cottringer “Speak when you are angry, and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” ~Ambrose Bierce. Anger is a strong, unpleasant feeling you usually get when someone else, something else or you yourself, may be getting in the way of ...
Views: 851 - Ten useful Suggestions on Improving the Quality of Your Life - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2021 from William CottringerTen useful Suggestions on Improving the Quality of Your Life by Bill Cottringer “Our egos are utterly convinced that ‘quality of life’ is found in the ‘domineering of life.’ And a very simple way to effectively destroy the whole of your life is to live by this for the smallest part of your ...
Views: 463 - Seven Sure Paths to Self-Actualization - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2021 from William CottringerSeven Sure Paths to Self-Actualization By Bill Cottringer “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ~Theodore Roosevelt. There is common consensus that the goal of personal development is to learn, grow and improve into your best self—self-actualization as Abraham Maslow ...
Views: 435 - Psychology for Dummies (Like Me & You) - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2021 from William CottringerPsychology for Dummies (Like Me & You) By Bill Cottringer “Common sense is the simple knack of seeing things the way they are and doing things the way they need to be done.” ~ Mark Twain. 1. Most of what we think we know really isn’t so, whether we like that reality or not because it ...
Views: 658 - We Are Alike & We Are Different - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2021 from William CottringerWe Are Alike & We Are Different By Bill Cottringer “It is a darn shame that we spend so much time arguing and being annoyed with our differences, and not enough time understanding and celebrating them.” ~The Author. An important insight to apply for success is knowing the ...
Views: 676 - Hopelessness: The Only Real Enemy Worth Defeating - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2021 from William CottringerHopelessness: The Only Real Enemy Worth Defeating By Bill Cottringer “Hopelessness is a feeling. It's not a fact.” ~Anohni Hopelessness is the main cause of all the world’s problems and hope is the only real antidote. Thank heavens for the reality of the quote above, that ...
Views: 589 - Beating the COVD Holiday Blues - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2020 from William CottringerBeating the COVD Holiday Blues By Bill Cottringer “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. Wishing you happiness during this holiday season.” ~Helen Keller This year the normal holiday spirit may be dampened by ...
Views: 797 - What’s Behind the Curtain of the Political Divide in America? - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2020 from William CottringerWhat’s Behind the Curtain of the Political Divide in America? By Bill Cottringer “We divided ourselves among caste, creed, culture and countries but what is undivided remains most valuable: a mere smile and the love.” ~Santosh Kalwar. Don’t be fooled into believing the divide in ...
Views: 898 - Healing the Divide: A Few Partial Solutions Worth Considering. - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2020 from William CottringerHealing the Divide: A Few Partial Solutions Worth Considering. By Bill Cottringer “Until we can reconcile mind and matter as just being different sides of the same coin, dualistic thinking will continue to take things apart rather than put them back together where they belong. ~ The ...
Views: 801 - The Trouble with Beliefs - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2020 from William CottringerThe Trouble with Beliefs By Bill Cottringer “Man is what he believes. ~ Anton Chekhov. The main trouble with beliefs is that people take them, along with themselves and the certainty of their beliefs being true, too seriously. The other half of that problem is that it is a belief ...
Views: 773 - Accidental vs. Intentional Careers - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2020 from William CottringerAccidental vs. Intentional Careers By Bill Cottringer “Our strongest gifts are usually those we are barely aware of possessing. They are a part of our God-given nature, with us from the moment we drew first breath, and we are no more conscious of having them than we are of breathing.” ...
Views: 654 - The Three Main Highways to Success - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2020 from William CottringerThe Three Main Highways to Success By Bill Cottringer “Knowing how to succeed is the easy part. The hard part is in translating your desire into hard work and maintaining perseverance through inevitable setbacks.” ~ The Author. If you do a Google search on “success” there are ...
Views: 687 - Various Versions of Happiness - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2020 from William CottringerVarious Versions of Happiness By Bill Cottringer “Happiness is what you do to stumble upon it.” ~The Author. The pursuit of happiness is something we all engage in, to some degree or another. And the last I heard, it is still an inalienable constitutional right of Americans and ...
Views: 844 - Developing Emotional Intelligence - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2020 from William CottringerDeveloping Emotional Intelligence by Bill Cottringer “Having both intellectual intelligence (IQ) and emotional intelligence (EQ) is necessary to be successful. What you lack in IQ points, you can make up for by having emotional intelligence.” ~The author. I know the above quote is ...
Views: 883 - Leadership Skills - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2020 from William CottringerLeadership Skills By Bill Cottringer If your want to be a leader, feel free to test your potential against this self-assessment instrument. And if you are already a leader, you can assess the level of leadership skills you have achieved and the ones still needing some work. The scoring ...
Views: 898 - The Dynamics of Dishonesty - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2020 from William CottringerThe Dynamics of Dishonesty by Bill Cottringer “Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.” ~Nathaniel Hawthorne. One of the most important ingredients in any relationship is trust. Trust is enhanced by honesty, while dishonesty is a hungry termite that ...
Views: 1063 - A Very Annoying Habit - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2020 from William CottringerA VERY ANNOYING HABIT by Bill Cottringer “I personally believe we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.” ~Jane Wagner. What could anyone complain about regarding this beautiful day? Oh, I imagine we can find something: The inconvenient travel and other ...
Views: 844 - The Only Two Ways to Heal the Divide - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2020 from William CottringerThe Only Two Ways to Heal the Divide By Bill Cottringer “Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. There is no denying that we have a great Divide going on in our country, that has reached the point of begging ...
Views: 788 - Becoming Your Best Self - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2020 from William CottringerBECOMING YOUR BEST SELF by Bill Cottringer “Knowing others is intelligence. Knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true strength.” ~Lao Tzu. An earlier Psychologist, Abraham Maslow, proposed a hierarchy of needs that all people had a ...
Views: 763 - Developing a Winning Success Style - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2020 from William CottringerDeveloping a Winning Success Style by Bill Cottringer “When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.” ~ Paul Brown. A person can generally be a winner with a big dream, solid game plan on translating the dream into reality, a good character with which to do that, a lot of hard ...
Views: 693 - Good Sense About Getting Along with Others During Troubled Times - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2020 from William CottringerGood Sense About Getting Along with Others During Troubled Times by Bill Cottringer “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” ~Theodore Roosevelt. Despite the physical 6-foot rule of social distancing keeping us apart, ...
Views: 705 - Psychological Power Points of Effective Writing - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2020 from William CottringerPsychological Power Points of Effective Writing by Bill Cottringer “Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works.” ~Virginia Woolf. Earlier on in my prison administration career, a colleague, Herb Gross, ...
Views: 988 - Communicating with Today’s Workforce - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2020 from William CottringerCommunicating with Today’s Workforce By Bill Cottringer “The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.” ~Peter F. Drucker. In managing a wide variety of workforces for nearly six decades now—private and public settings and large and small organizations ...
Views: 1032 - Good People, Bad Ethics - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2020 from William CottringerGood People, Bad Ethics by Bill Cottringer “In my college ethics class, someone stole my textbook and I thought that was rather ironic.” ~The author. In the section on ethics which I teach in criminal justice classes, I define ethical behavior as, “The ideal standard of what is ...
Views: 1104 - A Prescription for Resolving Interpersonal Conflicts - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2020 from William CottringerA Prescription for Resolving Interpersonal Conflicts by Bill Cottringer “All conflict can be traced back to someone’s feelings getting hurt, don’t you think?” ~Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies. We all get stuck in messy emotional interpersonal conflicts with others from ...
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