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- 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: 1020 - 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: 1040 - 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: 939 - From Falling In Love, To Being In Love, To Loving - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2007 from William CottringerFrom Falling in Love, to Being in Love, to Loving By Bill Cottringer Over four decades of trial and error in relationships have taught me a valuable lesson. This lesson is to slow down and learn to listen to the lesson. The main purpose of a relationship is to get you to do something to ...
Views: 2484 - Divorce Survival Kit - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2007 from William CottringerDIVORCE SURVIVAL KIT By William Cottringer, Ph.D. A pending divorce can be a scary and devastating experience for a married couple. For every divorcing person, the future is nothing but uncertainty, anxiety and confusion. Such an emotional state is not good for focusing on priorities or ...
Views: 3063 - Sharing The Secret of Single-Mindedness - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2007 from William CottringerSHARING THE SECRET OF SINGLE-MINDEDNESS by Bill Cottringer The most important gift a leader can share is the illusive secret of single-mindedness. No organization can flourish with consistent growth, abundant prosperity and genuine success without single-mindedness of purpose and effort. ...
Views: 1555 - Choices, Choices, Choices - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2007 from William CottringerCHOICES, CHOICES, CHOICES By Bill Cottringer Probably the one thing we think about and do more than anything else in life is making choices. Many times we even have to choose to make a choice or not. We generally make choices from either our heads or our hearts, but usually somewhere in ...
Views: 766 - Managing Gaps - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2007 from William CottringerMANAGING GAPS By Bill Cottringer Much of the management role involves the important process of identifying critical gaps, understanding the details of what is in between where things are and where you want them to be, and then managing to close these gaps quickly and cost-effectively. Here ...
Views: 1078 - Angry Hearts - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2007 from William CottringerANGRY HEARTS by Bill Cottringer There is an undesirable phenomenon going on today that we can all feel—angry hearts. Like any other problem we want to solve, we have to understand it and then figure out what we can do about it as individuals. Divisions between people seem to be ...
Views: 851 - 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 ...
Views: 928 - Little Things Count Most in Getting a Job - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2007 from William CottringerLittle Things Count Most in Getting a Job By Bill Cottringer. A long time ago I discovered an extremely useful concept called perturbation point, or just "P" point for short. These are the little critical things you can do to get the biggest results. The following checklist has the little ...
Views: 914 - Putting the Common Back in Common Sense Again - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2007 from William CottringerPUTTING THE COMMON BACK IN COMMON SENSE AGAIN by Bill Cottringer Why do some people succeed and some fail in life? Why do we all sometimes fail and sometimes succeed? Can we do anything to improve our chances of success? In studying success and failure for over 40 years, I have ...
Views: 8347 - 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: 1039 - "P" Point Management - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2007 from William Cottringer“P” Point Management: Simple Clues for Closing Gaps “When you want to fool the world, simply tell the truth clearly” (Otto Von Bismark). Here’s the simple and clear truth: The biggest problem we have today in managing our lives and our organizations is the prevalence of gaps. Success ...
Views: 1072 - 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: 960 - The Terrible Twins Within - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2007 from William CottringerTHE TERRIBLE TWINS WITHIN (ANY RELATIONSHIP) By William Cottringer, Ph.D. There are two terrible twins that can rear their ugly head in any relationship and take it South in a New York second, if not managed properly. The two terrible twins within are expectations and control. Although ...
Views: 768 - Character-Building - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2007 from William CottringerCHARACTER-BUILDING By Bill Cottringer If you do a Google search on “character-building programs in schools” you will uncover nearly a quarter of a million hits. Why is character-building such an important topic getting so much attention in our schools? First of all it is not ...
Views: 1719 - Mental Demons - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2007 from William CottringerMENTAL DEMONS By Bill Cottringer We humans have been given something that can be seen as a gift or a curse—the ability or the affliction of self consciousness. This is our unique characteristic that separates us from the rest of the things in our world. What are these mental demons ...
Views: 4751 - Becoming Your Signature Self - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2007 from William CottringerBECOMING YOUR SIGNATURE SELF By Bill Cottringer What do Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Jack Canfield, Tiger Woods, Nichole Kidman, Katie Keric, and Alex Rodriguez all have in common besides being extraordinarily good looking, rich and famous, and masters of their trades? Better yet, what ...
Views: 1320 - The Plus Side of ADHD - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2007 from William CottringerTHE PLUS SIDE OF ADHD By Bill Cottringer I have studied ADHD for nearly 60 years now and am ready to share the results of one very in-depth, classic case study—myself. As a child I would have gotten double “X’s” on every symptom checklist available. I ran and climbed constantly ...
Views: 2836 - Sound Like The Truth? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2007 from William CottringerSOUND LIKE THE TRUTH? By Bill Cottringer Why is it important to “sound” like you are speaking, reading or writing the truth? If it is so important, how can you make sure you are doing it? First question first. 1. First of all, our perceptions and versions of the truth are what we act on, ...
Views: 923 - Threading Life's Rope With Your Needle - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2007 from William CottringerTHREADING YOUR NEEDLE WITH LIFE’S ROPE By Bill Cottringer A great challenge and opportunity we all have in life is to be successful in threading our needle with life’s rope. This is our main success quest behind all that we do. The keys to this quest are in understanding the rope, ...
Views: 798 - The Four Cornerstones Of A Happy Marriage - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2007 from William CottringerTHE FOUR CORNERSTONES OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE By Bill Cottringer There are very good reasons why marriage failure is such a widespread epidemic. The four cornerstones of a happy marriage represent life’s toughest tests; and they are not lessons most people are skilled at learning right off ...
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