How Do You Respond?
Pop Quiz: What would you say in response to emotionally challenging information? What if it was devastating information? How do you respond to change? What if it is life-altering change forced upon you? I don’t like to think about…
What Are Your 3 Most Valued Sources?
We’ve been exploring the idea of your spirit (the REAL YOU, the user/administrator) dominating your body (flesh) and your soul (mind and emotions). (See the blog post: DeFrag Yourself: The 3 Parts of You). In order for the REAL…
Mind/Mouth Connection
We’ve been exploring the thought process of Peak Performers by categorizing thoughts into a Positive (Green Flag) List and a Negative (Red Flag) List. We know that we must replace Red Flag thoughts with thoughts that are Green Flag,…
15 Winning Thoughts of Peak Performers
Last post we RED FLAGGED 15 categories of negative thoughts. I had to give you the list of negative thoughts to make it easier to identify them, however, telling someone NOT to think about a thing is to cause them…
15 Thought Filters Used By Peak Performers
The thoughts we entertain, (i.e. mental house guests) make us or break us, like the Unwanted House Guests from the old Saturday Night Live skits. If you let negative thoughts set up shop in your brain-housing group, it’s hard to…
Critical Thinking Tools: RELEVANCE
What is the relevance? Now that we are thinking clearly, precisely, and accurately, we must ask ourselves, “Is this relevant?” A funny illustration of this point is found in the movie, “Kindergarten Cop”. Arnold is teaching the class and says…
Critical Thinking Tools: ACCURACY
Once we have mental clarity, and have become precise, we must drill down further to ACCURACY. Yesterday, I ended with a quip about how imprecision could lead to overdraft fees on the old bank account. The next step is…
Critical Thinking Tools: CLARITY
The very first tool I use in my thinking is clarity. Most of us have a difficult time with communicating clearly, but that is a symptom of not thinking clearly. I used to watch the sitcom “Seinfeld” all the time. …
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