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- The Compromise Imperative - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2019 from William CottringerThe Compromise Imperative By Bill Cottringer “I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle. ~Andrew Carnegie. Our main thinking paradigm today is still stuck somewhere between a ...
Views: 1082 - ACCESSING THE SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS CONNECTION - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2009 from William CottringerACCESSING THE SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS CONNECTION By Bill Cottringer “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” ~Herman Cain Success and happiness definitely reign as King and Queen of the worlds’ mind, at ...
Views: 1078 - FOUR CRUCIBLES OF SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2020 from William CottringerFOUR CRUCIBLES OF SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP By Bill Cottringer "A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better." ~Jim Rohn. The four crucibles of successful leadership include: Becoming an expert at ...
Views: 1074 - DO WHAT MATTERS MOST - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2019 from William CottringerDO WHAT MATTERS MOST By Bill Cottringer “There's a mess inside you: You clean the outside.” ~Anonymous, The Dhammapada. Do what matters most. I once wrote a book with that title. It took me more than 600 pages to wade through some extreme complexity to get to the profound ...
Views: 1070 - 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 - THE REAL SOURCE OF CONFLICT WITHIN ANY CONFLICT - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2008 from William CottringerTHE REAL SOURCE OF CONFLICT WITHIN ANY CONFLICT By William Cottringer, Ph.D. “Differences in thinking about problems and solutions cause great conflicts; but the way we communicate about these differences is the source of continuing the conflict.” ~ The author. Conflicts are a frequent ...
Views: 1063 - The Two Main Goals of Personal Development - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2018 from William CottringerThe Two Main Goals of Personal Development By Bill Cottringer “Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long-term results.” ~Anonymous. Our personal development efforts in learning, growing and improving are aimed at increasing two very important capacities: (a) our ...
Views: 1063 - Decoding Conflcit - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2007 from William CottringerDECODING CONFLICT By Bill Cottringer Organizations today are faced with inevitable conflicts in team-building that will require creative resolutions that may be just slightly outside the leader’s toolbox. Even the most experienced leaders have to approach each new conflict with ...
Views: 1060 - Light Their Fires - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2007 from William CottringerLIGHT THEIR FIRES by William Cottringer Knowing how to motivate employees is an important part of any supervisor’s toolbox. Fortunately you don’t have to be a psychologist to be an effective motivator. All you have to do is apply practical people principles in a common sense way. Below ...
Views: 1058 - Is It Important To Have An Accurate View Of Reality? - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2008 from William CottringerIs It Important To Have An Accurate View Of Reality? By Bill Cottringer “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.” ~Abraham Lincoln. I suppose some people would pose slightly different versions of this title question: ...
Views: 1056 - Training ROI - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2007 from William CottringerTraining ROI By William Cottringer Today, employee training has to be more cost effective than ever. Your tight bottom line can't afford the luxury of huge training expenditures without a serious return on investment. Below are the most important goals to focus on achieving in order to ...
Views: 1055 - Train Your Brain in Mindfulness - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2019 from William CottringerTrain Your Brain in Mindfulness by Bill Cottringer “Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn. Why train your brain in “mindfulness?” Because mindfulness is what facilitates the other major components of emotional intelligence—self, ...
Views: 1054 - THE ONLY WAY TO THE TOP IS ALWAYS AN UPHILL CLIMB - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2009 from William CottringerTHE ONLY WAY TO THE TOP IS ALWAYS AN UPHILL CLIMB By Bill Cottringer “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing all the hard work you already did.” ~Newt Gingrich. This morning I was driven to write this article after initially responding via e-mail to an ...
Views: 1053 - Three Key Success Factors in Effective Management - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2018 from William CottringerThree Key Success Factors in Effective Management By Bill Cottringer “The effective management of others always starts with effective self-management.” ~The author. There are libraries of books on how to manage effectively, but since there is already too much information and too ...
Views: 1052 - Two Burning Questions That Keep Popping Up Like the Gopher-Bopping Game at Carnivals - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2008 from William CottringerTwo Burning Questions That Keep Popping Up Like the Gopher-Bopping Game at Carnivals By Bill Cottringer “Bold questions deserve bold answers.” ~ The author. There are two burning questions that keep popping up in my life, just like the gopher-bopping game at carnivals. Bop them down ...
Views: 1050 - Only Two Kinds Of People? - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2007 from William CottringerONLY TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE? By Bill Cottringer Getting along with other people and working together cooperatively is the fundamental foundation of successful outcomes in the workplace. This is true teamwork at its best. Organizations without this foundation don’t grow or prosper, at least ...
Views: 1040 - Ten Easy Ways to Increase Your Common Sense - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2019 from William CottringerTen Easy Ways to Increase Your Common Sense By Bill Cottringer “Commonsense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.” ~Rene Descartes. If this quote were true, we wouldn’t have any of the challenges, problems, ...
Views: 1040 - Isn’t It Time To Agree Upon The Important Stuff—Doing What Matters Most? - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2009 from William CottringerIsn’t It Time To Agree Upon The Important Stuff—Doing What Matters Most? By Bill Cottringer In making the long, bumpy and winding way home in my own reality repair journey, I have finally discovered answers to the two most important questions I imagine we all have. These are: • What is ...
Views: 1038 - 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 - Basic Beliefs that Block Success - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from William CottringerBasic Beliefs that Block Success By Bill Cottringer “It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing.” ~Winston Churchill. Sara is a very positive thinker, John is as smart as a whip and they are both very happy and ...
Views: 1027 - Successful Thinking Tipping Points - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2019 from William CottringerSuccessful Thinking Tipping Points By Bill Cottringer “Successful people are just those with more successful habits than others.” ~Brian Tracy. Success today requires more than just raw IQ points in pure brain power. To achieve success today, you must develop and practice ...
Views: 1021 - Describing the Indescribable Feeling We All Want: Peace of Heart - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2008 from William CottringerDescribing the Indescribable Feeling We All Want: Peace of Heart By Bill Cottringer “Words are the voice of the heart.” ~Confucius. I feel rather foolish. I have been barking up the wrong tree for a couple of decades. I imagined that the end goal of all our reality repair efforts—fixing ...
Views: 1018 - Why Is It So Hard To Talk About The Elephant In The Room? - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2008 from William CottringerWhy Is It So Hard To Talk About The Elephant In The Room? By Bill Cottringer “Two cows were talking in a pasture. One says to the other, “Are you worried about catching mad cow disease?” “No” said the other, I am an elephant.” ~Bad joke. A work colleague of mine, Bob Bennett, is quick to ...
Views: 1017 - A SIMPLE BUT PROFOUND LIFE-CHANGING CHOICE - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2008 from William CottringerA SIMPLE BUT PROFOUND LIFE-CHANGING CHOICE By Bill Cottringer “The difficulty in life is the choice.” ~ George Moore Several years ago one of my best friends had a small piece of granite on his desk with some words that impressed me so much I made mention of the object several times. He ...
Views: 1016 - THE REAL ENTRY POINT TO WHOLE-GRAIN HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS - by Submitted on May 05, 2009 from William CottringerTHE REAL ENTRY POINT TO WHOLE-GRAIN HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS By Bill Cottringer “For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.” ~Stuart Chase. Several years ago my youngest daughter Abby was given an unusual final exam in her high school ...
Views: 1015(1 vote) - The Imaginary Walls Between Religion, Spirituality And Psychology - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from William CottringerThe Imaginary Walls Between Religion, Spirituality And Psychology By Bill Cottringer “There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.” ~Alfred North Whitehead. Why do religion, spirituality and psychology try to tell ...
Views: 1010 - TEACHING RESISTIVE OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2008 from William CottringerTEACHING RESISTIVE OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS By William Cottringer, Ph.D. “The best way to teach something is to share a story of your own failure, tell what happened to help you get past it, and offer some helpful hints to succeed.” ~The author. A common problem in management and training is ...
Views: 1004 - Being Certain - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2007 from William CottringerBEING CERTAIN By William Cottringer, Ph.D. “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” ~Philip K. Dick. The other day my daughter Abby was given a question to answer by the instructor of her epistemology class as a high school senior. The question was ...
Views: 993 - When All Is Said And Done - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2007 from William CottringerWHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE By Bill Cottringer What remains when all is said and done? Take away all the additions, subtractions and changes we make to life with our thinking, perceptions and reactions and what remains is the 5% truth making up our personal success quest. Hidden away in that ...
Views: 993 - Finding The Purpose Behind Your Purpose - by Submitted on May 16, 2009 from William CottringerFinding The Purpose Behind Your Purpose by Bill Cottringer Finding the real purpose to our lives can provide us with valuable meaning. Such meaning can give us the right direction and structure we need, which will eventually lead to the success and contentment we want. I have discovered ...
Views: 989 - 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 - Reality Repair Rx - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2007 from William CottringerReality Repair RX By Bill Cottringer “Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.” ~Gustave Flaubert. This is a good question: What is reality? Reality = “Anything about the past, present or future you believe to be actual and true because it comes from trustworthy sources such ...
Views: 985 - Passwords To The Land Of Plenty - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2007 from William CottringerPASSWORDS TO THE LAND OF PLENTY By Bill Cottringer In spite of the fact that far too many people are just surviving un-plentiful lives of quiet desperation, a thriving ride to the Land of Plenty does exist for us all. However, long ago when we decided to come to this life, we hid away the ...
Views: 984 - SUCCESSFUL REALITY REPAIR OF TWO COMMON MENTAL MISTAKES - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2009 from William CottringerSUCCESSFUL REALITY REPAIR OF TWO COMMON MENTAL MISTAKES By Bill Cottringer “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ~Philip K. Dick What life is all about is fixing realities that we don’t like and creating new and better ones we want. We do this because ...
Views: 984 - TWO PATHS TO KNOWING - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2008 from William CottringerTWO PATHS TO KNOWING By Bill Cottringer “A good photograph is knowing where to stand.” ~Ansel Adams A few years ago, my youngest daughter Abigail asked for some help writing a research paper as a requirement for transferring credit from her Epistemology class to a new high school for ...
Views: 978 - REALITY INSTRUCTIONS FOR KIDS - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from William CottringerREALITY INSTRUCTIONS FOR KIDS By Gandpaw Bill “One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade” ~Chinese Proverb. My oldest granddaughter, Hannah Banana form Metropolis Illinois (the real home of Superman, no joke!), reminded me (and I have to remind her she did this) that nobody ...
Views: 976 - Dealing With Early Negative Downloads That Now Control Most of Your Life - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2008 from William CottringerDealing With Early Negative Downloads That Now Control Most of Your Life By Bill Cottringer What can you do about all the negative, unconscious downloads that occurred before age six, that now flood your mind with overwhelming self-sabotaging beliefs that you are not even aware of? This ...
Views: 974 - SELF-GROWTH REALITY REPAIR - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2009 from William CottringerSELF-GROWTH REALITY REPAIR By Bill Cottringer “Common sense is the simple knack of seeing something as it is and doing things as they should be done.” ~Mark Twain. This article has been written for both self-growth writers and readers. Having been an avid student, teacher, practitioner, ...
Views: 970 - The Most Important Thing To Know - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2008 from William CottringerTHE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW By William Cottringer, Ph.D. “My quest has taken me through the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional and back...~John Forbes Nash. I am sure you all remember the powerful move, “A Beautiful Mind” (a great movie and book title!) in which the Aussie ...
Views: 966 - Ten Team-Building Essentials for Leaders - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2019 from William CottringerTen Team-Building Essentials for Leaders By Bill Cottringer “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” ~Ryunosuke Satoro. There is a sure prescription for effective team-building for leaders to be successful in their efforts. Here are the ten essential ingredients ...
Views: 964 - Good Decision-Making - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2008 from William CottringerGood Decision-Making One of the most important skills in life and work to perfect is decision-making. Successful outcomes are always based on good decision-making but good decision-making is not a skill you can learn overnight or learn from a book. It takes great thought, patience and ...
Views: 961 - Some Uncommon Sense Needed today - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2019 from William CottringerSome Uncommon Sense Needed today By Bill Cottringer “You can see a lot by observing and hear a lot by listening.” ~Yogi Berra Originally back in the day, common sense was the useful knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA’s) people needed to use to survive the challenges of living day ...
Views: 961(1 vote) - Love-Hate Relationships Are Fertile Ground For Learning & Growing - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2009 from William CottringerLove-Hate Relationships Are Fertile Ground For Learning & Growing By Bill Cottringer “You know you are in deep trouble when you learn to either love to hate a person or hate to love them.” ~The author. In looking back over the many relationships I have had at work and domestic ...
Views: 959 - The Essential Reality Repair Rx Toolbox - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2008 from William CottringerAfter decades of both humorous and sad failure attempts to fix broken realities I didn’t like in my own and others’ lives, I think I have finally discovered a simple prescription that I wish I had known about years ago. Many needless broken bones, bleeding and bruises could have been prevented. ...
Views: 959 - What Is Love? - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2007 from William CottringerWhat is Love? by William Cottringer, Ph.D. I have studied the "love phenomenon" personally and professionally for over 40 years now and would like to share a few things I have discovered in my studies. First, it may be that we are being artificial and limiting in trying to describe and ...
Views: 959 - THE SECOND HALF OF THE FAITH JOURNEY - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2008 from William CottringerBy Bill Cottringer “Faith doesn’t fixate on the ownership of absolute truth of the mystery of life, it allows our experience and understanding of this mystery to grow as it may, with or without our belief and consent.” ~The author. One process seems most real to me—the creative movement ...
Views: 955 - GREEN, YELLOW & RED LIGHTS - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2020 from William CottringerGREEN, YELLOW & RED LIGHTS By Bill Cottringer “Three things cannot be long hidden: The sun, the moon, and the truth.” ~Buddha. The sheer power of the number three, or dividing things into thirds, is probably one of the first governing principles of the universe discovered and ...
Views: 950 - Seven Simple Reality Repair Rules - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2008 from William CottringerSeven Simple Reality Repair Rules By William Cottringer, Ph.D. “Reality is what persists and accumulates when you finally see past what you think you are looking at.” ~The author. The modern science of quantum physics have proved a remarkable paradigm-shifting truth that has enormous ...
Views: 948 - Shortcut to Happiness - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2009 from William CottringerSHORTCUT TO HAPPINESS By Bill Cottringer “Happiness is merely what you get from doing what you do to get it.” ~The author, not being facetious. Or put another way… Shortcut to Happiness Want more happiness? Slow down & do less, Unload the overload; Listen to what you want, Hear what you ...
Views: 947 - Six Life Secrets - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2007 from William CottringerSIX LIFE SECRETS by Bill Cottringer Anyone who achieves genuine success knows there are six life secrets that have to be discovered and applied to produce that success. The bad news is that all these six life secrets work together to hide one another; the good news is that if you persist ...
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