Low Self Esteem is essentially a civil war. It is an internal battle between two belief systems that disagree. We often spot the struggle between these two in our behavior causing emotional torment. Another way to look at this is as a lack of integrity. Integrity means ‘wholeness’. It is when beliefs and actions are congruent. If they lack congruency…
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Does It Summarize
I go through an interesting writing exercise regularly: I take magazine articles and write abstracts of them for a newsletter client. The challenge involves taking an article, one that normally ranges from 1,000 to 3,000 words, and condensing it into a few hundred words. That means I need to get the essence of the article squarely in my sights and…
Customer Service A Proactive Step
A farm equipment company in Canada is blazing a new trail in customer service. REM Enterprises Inc. of Saskatchewan, Canada has developed a “Charter of Values”. This charter essentially lets customers know what they can expect from the company whether they are a customer or not. The basics of the REM charter is… * Joy * Character * Integrity *…
Integrity And The Home Business
Business depends on reputation. When an individual presents himself to a client, he or she will often say something to the effect of “Good morning. I’m Jim with Such-and-such Company,” and insert his company’s name in place of “such and such.” Clients will identify that person with that business from that point forward. Furthermore, clients who know the business will…
The Four Rules To Lead An Extraordinary Life
Everybody can lead an extraordinary life. There is no better time to live your dreams. Knowledge is abundant. The World Wide Web is filled up with billions of pages of information. Libraries contain thousands of books on every topic possible and you can attend seminars all around the world about many different subjects. But to live an extraordinary life, you…
The Importance Of Keeping One S Word
I recently watched a movie called, “The Promise”. So many little truths and realizations jumped out at me that I thought I would share some of them. In the movie, there wasn’t just one promise made, there were many. And as the movie progressed, I realized that there are often consequences to not keeping one’s word. The damage doesn’t just…