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* Self Improvement and Personal Growth Weekly Newsletter *
Issue #882, Week of August 3-4, 2015
Publisher: David Riklan - http://www.SelfGrowth.com
In this issue:
-- Quotes of the Week
-- Article:TOP 10 Things You Can Do in 15 Minutes - By Sue Brenner, PCC, PMP
-- Article: Stages of Learning to Say "No" – written by Donna Birk
-- Book Review: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference – By Malcolm Gladwell
-- How to Advertise in the Self Improvement Newsletter
-- How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe from this Newsletter
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*** Quotes of the Week ***
------------------------------------------------------------ Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. – Og Mandino, 1923-1996, American Motivational Author and Speaker It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot. – Anatole France, 1844-1924, French Author Out of difficulties grow miracles. – Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French Writer ------------------------------------------------------------
*** ARTICLE: TOP 10 Things You Can Do in 15 Minutes - By Sue Brenner, PCC, PMP ***
------------------------------------------------------------ Never get around to straightening up your office? Never seem to have enough time for simple things such as preparing a meal or taking a break? To maximize your time, learn what you can do in small increments. What can you do with 15 minutes? Spend these small blocks of time intentionally on things that will make a difference. 1. Declutter Your Car Are you early for a meeting and want to get something done? Declutter your car! Gather up all the recyclables, including plastic bottles, soda cans and paper, and put them in a bag. Put all trash in another bag. Use a damp cloth or disposable wipe to clean all surfaces. Group any remaining things that you need to remove from your car later, such as clothes and newly purchased items. When you leave your car, take all the trash and recycling with you. Remove the other items as soon as you get a chance. If you're picking up clients for a meeting, they'll appreciate the serene setting you've just created in your car. 2. Take a Break Are you tired? Do you long to take an actual break? When you discover a pocket of time in your day, do it! Calm down. Re-center yourself. Get a cup of tea at the corner coffee shop. Sink your teeth into the first chapter of a new book. (Set a timer, so you don't get swept away.) Browse the newspaper or a magazine. The point is to take a satisfying break that refuels you for the remainder of the day. One entrepreneur uses breaks as an opportunity to walk outside and say, "Thank you," to keep her in a state of optimism and gratitude, even when work gets trying. ** To read the full article, go here. ------------------------------------------------------------
*** ARTICLE: Stages of Learning to Say "No" – written by Donna Birk ***
------------------------------------------------------------ One of the most important skills we can learn that will help us manage and fulfill our priorities is to say "No." Once we get there, it becomes easier and easier, but initially it can be extremely awkward and unpopular with others. Knowing the stages we'll go through can help us realize that what's happening is natural and that its not just that we can't seem to do it. Stage 1: Identifying Opportunities In this initial stage we have identified our need to learn to say "No" and have made it a goal. What happens is that we start to identify opportunities that have already past where we could have and should have said "No." We may easily be able to relate to this stage. Most of us at one time or another have said to ourselves or someone else "I never should have agreed to do this." It's that regretful feeling that we didn't take the chance when we had it. This is an important stage in the process, though, since it instills within us the negative experiences that can result from not having said "No." When enough of those build up, we move on to the next stage. ** To read the full article, go here. ------------------------------------------------------------
*** BOOK REVIEW: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - By Malcolm Gladwell ***
------------------------------------------------------------ "The best way to understand the dramatic transformation of unknown books into bestsellers, or the rise of teenage smoking, or the phenomena of word of mouth or any number of the other mysterious changes that mark everyday life," writes Malcolm Gladwell, "is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do." Although anyone familiar with the theory of memetics will recognize this concept, Gladwell's "The Tipping Point" has quite a few interesting twists on the subject. For example, Paul Revere was able to galvanize the forces of resistance so effectively in part because he was what Gladwell calls a "Connector": he knew just about everybody, particularly the revolutionary leaders in each of the towns that he rode through. But Revere "wasn't just the man with the biggest Rolodex in colonial Boston"; he was also a "Maven" who gathered extensive information about the British. He knew what was going on, and he knew exactly whom to tell. The phenomenon continues to this day--think of how often you've received information in an e-mail message that had been forwarded at least half a dozen times before reaching you. Gladwell develops these and other concepts (such as the "stickiness" of ideas or the effect of population size on information dispersal) through simple, clear explanations and entertainingly illustrative anecdotes, such as comparing the pedagogical methods of Sesame Street and Blue's Clues, or explaining why it would be even easier to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon with the actor Rod Steiger. Although some readers may find the transitional passages between chapters hold their hands a little too tightly, and Gladwell's closing invocation of the possibilities of social engineering sketchy, even chilling, "The Tipping Point" is one of the most effective books on science for a general audience in ages. It seems inevitable that "tipping point," like "future shock" or "chaos theory," will soon become one of those ideas that everybody knows--or at least knows by name. --Ron Hogan *****
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