Smile at people

When someone smiles at us, without words, it tells us they accept us.  When you smile at someone, it tells them the same.  They in turn respond accordingly.  You in turn respond to their response, and pretty soon your day is going pretty well with all these nice people around you.

Wow!

Rule of Law Absent in Half the World

Free enterprise and the protection of individual rights can only exist in a society governed by a consistent rule of law, rather than by the arbitrary decrees of government officials.  When the rule of law is supplanted by the discretionary judgements of those in power, all freedoms are in danger.

What ails the countries where things aren’t working out so well?  Not religion, resources, or local custom – it’s that the rule of law is absent.  Without sound monetary policy, individual rights, property rights, government accountability, ease of doing business, and public oversight mechanisms, things just aren’t going to go well for most people.

Ask better questions

What is your big goal or big problem these days?  What questions are you asking about this and around this?

What haven’t you asked?  What assumptions should you ask about again?  Who should you ask?  What different questions can you create?  

Different answers can come from different questions.

Turn Pro

Many of us have been living our lives as amateurs. It’s what ails us.  We need to Turn Pro.

A Pro thinks long term, does his work all day, and does not look to others to know if he is doing a good job.

A Pro focuses and avoids distractions that take him away from his daily quest.

A Pro faces his fears, and delivers the best that is within him.

Turn Pro.

To create it, think it.

You can’t create something, until you think it first.  

The visible comes from the invisible.

What are you creating in your mind?

Controlling your thoughts

To do what you want to do you must develop the ability to think the way you must think.

Right?

How are you thinking?

Our way of doing things is a direct result of the way we think about things.

Pay attention to how you are thinking, and the voice you generate in your head.

Compliment someone today

Go ahead.  Be sincere.  

Watch their face light up, and their spirit rise.  

Yours will too.  

Social Notworking

Our smartphones are incredibly useful time saving devices and communication tools.  Our world of work will never be the same.  But there is a difference between using your phone to be more productive at work and being less productive.  

You know the difference.  It’s the honor system at work.

Sing your song

You do not have to have all the answers.  You do not need to be the best.  You do not need to wait for another time for any reason.  

Reach out.  Sing your song.  Give your gift.