It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
— Harry S. Truman
I find that these days I am a slow learner. It’s not that age has slowed me down, at least not in the sense that we think of age slowing us down.
For the longest time, “conventional wisdom” (perhaps an oxymoron) taught that as we got older, our brain cells died off and we got slower and stupider. Just a few years ago, in his book When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box , John Ortberg wrote:
You start losing brain cells at an alarming rate. If you’re over thirty, you lose thousands of brain cells every day. If you’re very, very quiet, you can hear some of them dying right now.
Since he wrote that, science has discovered that Continue reading » How to Learn Faster
Self-help is the best help.
— Polish Proverb
There are many bloggers and authors out there who make fun of the self-help industry and I certainly understand their point of view. If nothing else, the question is always raised, “if self-help authors/speakers are so good, why do we keep needing to read/hear from more of them?” I think I’ve figured out the answer. They believe that we can succeed more than we do.
For several weeks now, I’ve been listening to a free series of speakers provided by an organization called “Unlimited Wealth.” Some of the speakers have been a rehash of the same ol’ stuff I’ve heard a million times before, but some of them have brought new ideas to the table. The price for all of this is that in the middle and at the end of every interview, there is a sales pitch. The speaker is there to promote their business and they get their shot each time. Even so, there have been some really good Continue reading » How to Help Yourself
Last night I caught a quick segment of the TV show Dancing with the Stars. It struck me, as I watched Shawn & Mark’s Jive – waaaaaay too many Polka Dots! Too many, too many. Exuberant dancing yes. But too many polka dots!
And it got me to thinking: how often do we do too much of what we’re good at JUST BECAUSE we are good at it??? I teach a management class to graduating university seniors and I cite a French company that is preparing its managers to lead globally – to work in other countries and be successful – by helping them see the line they cross when using their strengths (whatever they may be) too much.
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