June 2008

Appreciating Failure By Mike Robbins

Failure!

Just the word “failure” can send shivers down our spine. If you’re like me and many of my clients, you’re probably not a big fan of failing. However, if you think about some of your biggest failures in life, haven’t they taught you a great deal and been extremely valuable to your growth, your development, and even your happiness in hindsight?

Failure itself isn’t the real issue; it’s our relationship to and our fear of failure that causes us pain and frustration. Think of what your life, your relationships, and your career would be like if you were not afraid to fail? For most of us, this would make things very different.

Balancing Your Day By Jim Stovall

In the field of human performance and psychology, there has been a lot of new information surrounding life balance.

With the increasing number of personal and professional commitments, people are struggling to find a proper balance for their life. Unfortunately, too often we put off the important things in deference to the immediate things.

Everyone agrees we should spend more time with our family and loved ones, but this is often the first area in the schedule to suffer if there is a crisis at work.

It is easy to tell ourselves that we will make up for this imbalance later in the week, the month, or the year.

Seven Techniques For Overcoming The Tendency To Procrastinate By Dr. Denis Waitley

Denis Waitley - motivational speakerThe science of physics recognizes two kinds of inertia – both of which can be related to procrastination.

The first law states, “Standing objects tend to remain stationary.” The second law is the inverse: “Moving objects tend to stay in motion.”

Procrastination is stationary inertia. We aren’t moving, and we therefore don’t move!

Procrastination overcome, however, moves us into the arena where the law of motion takes over. We frequently find that once we’ve started a project or process, we stay with it until completion.

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