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November 22, 2006 Money Is The Root Of All Evil and Other LiesIn This Issue:Feature Article: "Money Is The Root Of All Evil and Other Lies" Corporate Gobbledygook: "What On Earth Does This Mean?" Quick Tips: "How To Supercharge Your Brain" * FEATURE ARTICLE * “Money Is The Root Of All Evil and Other Lies”There are at least three (3) famous lies that many of us have been conditioned to believe, yet do us much more damage - in terms of limiting our potential - than good.Let's tackle each one... 1. Money Is The Root Of All Evil Firstly, the actual quote is: "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." (I Timothy 6:10 King James Version). Whether or not you agree with the real quote... money itself is not the problem. After all, money is just a tool. It's the means by which we exchange value and, ultimately, acquire the things we want and need. How can money - the tool or exchange mechanism - be the bad guy? It's what you do with the money - and according to Timothy, how you feel about money - that matters. The way I look at it, the more money you have, the more freedom and choices you have. Choices about what you do, where you live, whether and where you travel, how you help others, to name a few. I reckon that's a good thing. In fact, I much prefer George Bernard Shaw's view: "Lack of money is the root of all evil." 2. You Can't Teach A Dog New Tricks Now, this may be true when it comes to dogs. But in the context of people, nothing can be further from the truth. You can learn new things no matter how old you are. In fact, in many respects our brain's capacity to learn and function improves with age. And the reality is, older people learn new things all the time. Whether it's learning how to use a computer or learning how to integrate a new business into an existing corporate empire (I'm thinking of Rupert Murdoch here - like him or loathe him, he's still going strong at the age of 75). It's really just a choice: do you WANT to learn something new? Do you want to be a "beginner" again and go through the sometimes challenging - but also rewarding - process of learning? Or do you want to shrug your shoulders, close your mind and be... like an old dog? ;-) No matter how old you are, you can learn new tricks... you just have to want to learn them. 3. You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It Too This is perhaps the most ridiculous quote of all. I mean, anyone who says this hasn't seen me with a piece of freshly baked carrot cake. Believe me, I don't "have it" and "not eat it"! I know, the point of the quote is that we can't have everything we want. But I say: why not? Who says we can't? What makes it impossible? Why shouldn't we pursue it anyway? When we limit ourselves in this way - when we tell ourselves that we can only have a portion, not all, of what we want - we tend to only go after that portion. And then we wonder why others, who don't have the same self-imposed limitation, "get it all". Forget the idea that you can't have your cake and eat it too - decide what you want and go after it... all of it. Hey, you may not achieve it all... but chances are you'll get much more than you would had you limited yourself. * HIGHLY RECOMMENDED * “Discover How To Motivate and Manage Employees... And Get Greater Productivity, Performance and Results From Your Staff”Are you an entrepreneur, executive, professional or small business owner who’s realized that to grow your business, fast-track your career or improve your bottom line... you need other people’s help? Then you’ve probably also realized that to get other people to help you... you need to manage them more effectively – whether it’s managing them up, down or across. Better yet, you know that if you become a GREAT manager, you'll be able to attract and retain the best people to help you – people you can trust and who will do an even better job than you at the things you want them to do. There’s just one problem... How do you become a great manager? Well, it's not difficult... once you know the "system". Click here to discover that employee management system... * CORPORATE GOBBLEDYGOOK * “What On Earth Does This Mean?”Somewhere, some poor soul is trying to decipher the corporate gobbledygook I found in this job description...According to the job description, the ideal employee:
Gosh, I would love to meet the super-hero who understands, let alone does, all this. (Isn't there a simpler way of getting the message across?) * HIGHLY RECOMMENDED * “Don’t Apply For A Job... Don’t Even Look For A Job... Until You Read This!”Are you tired of looking for a job... and getting nowhere? You know, where you spend day after day pouring through job listings... applying for countless jobs... sending numerous cover letters and resumes... ...only to get a “we’ll keep your details on file” rejection letter... or an interview with someone who seems determined NOT to hire you? Well, it's not so surprising when you discover that 50% of all new jobs go to "Insiders"... people who take a different - and much more effective - approach to getting the job they want. Yet all the books, career counsellors and recruiters tell us to apply for a job using the conventional "Outsider" approach! No wonder getting a job is so hard. Well it doesn't have to be... and it's NOT. Not when YOU discover and apply the Insider approach to getting a job. Click here to discover how YOU can use this approach to get the job you want * QUICK TIPS * “How To Supercharge Your Brain”When you need your brain to be at its best - when you need all your wits about you, such as when you're about to sit an exam, participate in a negotiation, or make a presentation - try meditating for 10-15 minutes beforehand.This doesn't necessarily mean chanting while you sit cross-legged on the floor of your office! If that works for you, great. But you can also meditate in a chair. The idea is to completely relax your mind. Breathe deeply and slowly, relax your body, and empty your mind of conscious thoughts as much as possible. You might do this by concentrating on your breathing, repeating a mantra to yourself over and over (out loud or in your mind), closing your eyes, or focusing on a spot on the wall. As thoughts try to push their way in (and they will if you're new to meditation), just "breathe them out" with each outward breath. After 10-15 minutes are up, your brain will be refreshed and raring to go! |
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