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1.
When the stress of having to get a job done gets in the way
of getting the job done, diversion (a voluntary change in
activity and/or environment) may be just what you need.
2. Inoculate yourself against a feared event. For
example, before speaking in public, take time to go over every
part of the experience in your mind. Imagine what you’ll wear,
what the audience will look like, how you will present your
talk, what the questions will be and how you will answer them,
etc. Visualize the experience the way you would have it be.
You’ll likely find that when the time comes to make the actual
presentation, it will be "old hat' and much of your anxiety will
have fled.
3. Do something that will improve your appearance.
Looking better can help you feel better.



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 I often
why wonder societies die? What
actually happened to the likes of Atlantis and Keftiu? We hear
of the pomp & glory of a civilization and then it dies its own
death. These wonderfully advanced occultist kingdom
"self-destructed through misuse of high technology" is the
narration left behind.
Archaeological finds of the documented civilizations tells us
that all
these societies were at the pinnacle of their success.
Can we then assume that success might have driven them towards
destruction? Does that mean we as a society will also perish?
What will the historians write about us? What will have been the
virtues of our societies and what vices led to our extinction?
Competitiveness, selfishness, materialism, egocentricity,
dishonesty and moral bankruptcy.
It’s funny how the 21st
century has been labeled as the painless civilization, where
modern technology and advancements have reduced the so called
pain, but the absence of pain has also reduced the intensity of
the joy. Devoid of pain and joy, soon, the humanity will be
resembling the very robots they created.
Win/lose is so pervasive in our civilization that we aren't even
aware that we live in a win/lose norm. We are like the fish who,
when asked what it's like to live in water, say, "What water?"
Competition is so much a part of our civilization that it is
invisible and thought of as the only way things can work.
Even those diligently working to build the new win-win
civilization dogmatically resist seeing competitive sports as
win/lose activity. However, any human activity where one person
loses in order for another to win must fall into the win/lose
category. Organizations insist that there should be team spirit
amongst colleagues and give away awards for the employee of the month or salesperson of
the quarter.
It is not natural calamities that destroy societies but the
crumbling of the values that hold it together. The collective
consciousness based on envy, hatred, jealousy and doubt, creates
a darker cloud than any tornado, it beckons winds of war. My ego
reassures me that
it is not I but others that have these
destructive vices; but as in the macro so in the micro. We are
all parts of the whole. I cannot change others but I can change
myself. I can be the catalyst that instigates a modification in
the thinking patterns of my fellow beings. Is it a Utopian
philosophy? My logical mind intervenes and gives the only
response it can elicit – denial. How can it be true?
However, whilst our environment can influence us either
positively or negatively, it also works the other way round: we
can influence and change our environment. This is because human
beings and their environment are inextricably connected. In his
writings Nichiren Daishonin likens human beings to the body and
the environment to a shadow cast by the body and stated that
when the body bends the shadow bends too. We may already see
this theory at work through, for example, a person whose
extraordinary presence can 'light up a room' when they enter it!
Nichiren states that the 'shadow' is cast out far beyond human
life, it also encompasses the natural environment, space and the
entire cosmos. This belief is rooted in an incrediably profound
theory known as the oneness of life and its environment (Jp.)
esho funi, which firmly places human life as an integral
part of the vast physical universe. However, it is not merely a
passive statement that we are all 'part of nature', rather it
should be used as an active tool to overcome problems in our own
life and the world.

At a fundamental level there is no separation between our
internal life and our immediate circumstances. Therefore, the
causes we make through our thought, word and action manifest in
our external surroundings. Once we acknowledge that we shape our
environment, both constructively and destructively, we become
more confident to tackle issues, that cause us suffering.
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Idea of the month
Associating Ideas
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In The
Society of Mind, Marvin Minsky writes:
"An
idea with a single sense can lead you along only one track.
Then, if anything goes wrong, it just gets stuck- a thought that sits in
your mind with nowhere to go."
Connect any idea you have to other things you know, see to what this
inspires you. Not only will this give you different ways to go (so if
the first solution doesn't work, you can solve the problem another way),
but it may lead to other ideas, even richer than the first you can up
with.
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Case
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Improving your vision about perception
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Most
people with university degrees wear glasses. It seems to be a fact of
live. The more you use your eyes, the worse they get. Now, is this
really so? Some compelling evidence that the truth may offer other
options promoted this subject to "case of the month".
Factors decreasing "good sight"
The theory above that your eyes get worse as you grow older dates from
more than 200 years ago. The "official line" is that you can't do
anything about it, except wear glasses, lenses or laser treatment. At
the turn of the century William H. Bates, a Medical Doctor, began to
question this "official line". Finding out
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Negotiations Skills
When Not to Trust Your Gut
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Most of us
trust our intuition more than we should, especially when the pressure is
on in negotiations. Professors Max Bazerman
and Deepak Malhotra
on negotiating more rationally. From Negotiation.
Key concepts include:
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Too much trust in
intuition can lead to irrational decisions.
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Employ "System 2"
thinking to apply logic even in times of stress and indecision.
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In negotiations,
schedule more time than you think you will need.
In past issues of this
newsletter, we have highlighted a variety of psychological biases that
affect negotiators, many of which spring from a reliance on intuition.
Of course, negotiators are not always affected by bias; we often think
systematically and clearly at the bargaining table. Most negotiators
believe they are capable of distinguishing between situations in which
they can safely rely on intuition from those that require more careful
thought—but often they are wrong. In fact, most of us trust our
intuition more than evidence suggests that we should.
For a simple example of this tendency, look at the following diagram
from Roger Shepard's book Mind Sights: Original Visual Illusions,
Ambiguities, and Other Anomalies (W. H. Freeman, 1990):
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7 Top Tips For Effective Delegation
Skills Towards Work-Life Balance
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1.
No Manager Is An Island.
Even though others may have a different approach or standards, you’re
setting yourself up to fail if you think you have to do EVERYTHING
yourself. Accept that in today’s interdependent world, there is a shared
responsibility for getting things done. It’s not all down to you!
2. Delegate, Don’t Abdicate.
Remember if things go wrong, it’s ultimately your fault! Assess the risk
of failure BEFORE you decide to delegate a task, and manage any risk
appropriately. The only person you can blame is you, for not effectively
delegating the task at the beginning. And you never know, they might
even do it better than you!
3. Crystal Clear Tasks ...
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Managerial Skills
Forging a new Brand of Manager
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In all my years of studying and analyzing boardroom presenters and top
managers I have come to one conclusion: combining two very opposite
management styles creates the best managers. The two ends of the
spectrum can be summed up as "reportability," found mainly in males, and
"rapportability," a predominately female characteristic. These names
reflect two major management styles. One emphasizes reason, logic and
analysis while the other stresses instincts, feelings and
institution--what I call gut feeling.
In the Western world, it has been common to regard these two styles as
exact opposites. I have observed the best management style as a melding
of both. At one point in time the reporter might be more dominant, at
another, the rapporter. Both qualities are essential in any good
manager.
Traditionally, it has been believed by some that the male has .....
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