Self Improvement and Personal Development

'See You At The Top' is the name of the book by Zig Ziglar. As part of the Wipro Leader's Program training sessions that I attended for six months - it seemed the Wipro Training faculty had an obsession with Zig Ziglar - everyone would use his quotations and yes I would say 30% of the videos presented to us were Ziglars. Being a fan of country music and reading books on the civil war etc developed love for the heavy southern accent due to which hearing Zig Ziglar was all the more exciting... Read Full Story

Last night I caught Ted Nugent on Glenn Beck's television program last night. Watching the episode really got my mind turning. To me, I was witnessing someone who had that one thing that everyone needs: passion. You could see it oozing out of every pore of his body. You might not like Nugent's music. His politics might be opposition to yours. You might detest his lifestyle choice of being a hunter and the killer of animals. However, you have to admire the zest for life this man... Read Full Story

Came accross this article on 'Why Brainstorming is weak' bringing out the flaws in modern brainstorming. http://www.directedcreativity.com/pages/BrainstormWeak.html Brainstorming is by far the most widely used tool for creative thinking. It was developed in the 1940s and 1950s by advertising executive Alex Osborn, who developed a crisp list of four basic rules for generating creative ideas: * Criticism is ruled out. Adverse judgment of ideas must be withheld until later. * "Free-wheeling" is... Read Full Story

This current economic turbulence is a good opportunity to reevaluate and re-access . . . Am I spending my money wisely?  Needs before wants . . . Have I taken care of basic necessities?  Savings, investments, insurance, and emergency funds. Have I brushed up my resume?  Layoffs can come at anytime . . . Should I defer certain big ticket purchases?  Maybe . . . What can I do myself?  Cut the lawn . . . Am I spending time with my family?  What really matters . . . ? What changes do you... Read Full Story

The media keeps telling us that we are in a historic time right now. There is a great deal of uncertainty with the global economy. Many are worried about how bad things will really get. Today, the latest unemployment numbers for the week came out and they were up substantially. This is after the Senate approved a landmark "bailout" package last evening. Obviously, this creates an tremendous amount of pessimism. I read an article earlier which mentioned that we are heading into a... Read Full Story