What Does a Tire Jack Have to do with Listening?

How many opportunities have we lost, relationships damaged, self-esteem destroyed, and time squandered because of the movies our minds create when uncontrolled?

While driving down the country road a salesman got a flat tire. When he opened the trunk, to his dismay There Was No Jack! ...

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The Number One Mindset for Real Success In Life!

Do You Want to Feel ALIVE, VALUED, and PRODUCTIVE Today?

Try This!

In your fast-paced, hectic, demand-driven world Pause, take a deep breath, and imagine that these words are influencing and guiding your life today.

Who can I serve today? Put them in my path and I will serve

  • What will you see?...
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Are You Holding Your Current Life Hostage?

Just one question…Are you holding your current job or relationships at work or home hostage while waiting for something to change before you can be happy?

This approach to life is like a beach ball in the lake and you are trying to get it. Each paddle with your arms simply pushes it...

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The Second Key to Becoming a Magnet of Cooperation and Productivity

“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.”

– Karl Menninger

In our previous blog on Keys to attract greater cooperation and...

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The Ten Things that Great Listeners Avoid

For years we who have been asking the question to thousands of people, “When was the last time you felt truly safe and understood in a conversation?” There were lots of long moments of silence. Most could not respond. A few would refer to three or four years ago they had one...

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The First Key to Becoming a Magnet of Cooperation & Productivity

“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.”

– Karl Menninger

What would it be worth to have a 30-40% increase of productivity and...

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Who is directing the traffic in your mind?

A number of years ago I was standing on the edge of a very large roundabout in Lima Peru.  As I recall there were four major avenues entering into and exiting the roundabout with thousands of vehicles passing through daily.

There in the center directing this massive flow of traffic was a...

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What Skill Influences up to 40% of a leader’s Job Performance?

Impalas at three-feet tall can jump 10 feet vertically, and when running can jump 30 feet horizontally. They have all the instincts and ability to be free, stay free, and thrive in spite of the many predators they face daily.

 Yet, with all of these skills and instincts, the impala does not...

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Ioana Balanescu Interview with Dave Blanchard, CEO of the Og Mandino Group

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Do I Really Have Time?

It had already been a long day filled with a number of challenges as Sam quickly walked down the hall to take care of an issue in another part of the building.

Looking down a hallway he noticed one of the workers just sitting on a chair talking on her phone.  Sam wondered why she was sitting...

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Survive or Thrive

Are you just trying to survive another day?

If we are not careful, we can begin to develop a survival mindset that can create scarcity, feelings of being a victim, drawing inward and even depression.

Many years ago, as a young missionary, I was serving in Peru in an area called La Esperanza, (The...

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