living rightly

Thought for the Day today is on the theme "living rightly". Get it here.

Sales motivation

SALES MOTIVATION


If you’re in sales, I know you’ll use this often for that “shot of inspiration” to maintain a positive attitude. But, you don’t have to be in sales to love this book. If you like quotes and you like beautiful photos, well...this little book will “knock your socks off!”

Click here to turn the pages of this beautiful little book

Thought for the day, Communication, Pivotal Personal best, Teaching tools, Teenagers, meetings, success, public speaking

The Thought for the Day went out today. Read it online here.

I have updated the Communication pages at Pivotal Points, with two new articles:

A Contrarian Leadership Guide - Insights for Success at Work and at Home

Email Signatures - Nonprofits' Most Missed Marketing Tool

and success tips in communication and meetings. The book review is Conquer Your Email Overload: Superb Tips and Tricks for Busy People (Paperback) by Debbie Mayo-Smith.


Pivotal Personal Best - the ezine has now also gone out to subscribers. You can read it online here.


Blogs updates from today:

Free Resources: Teaching Tools from the National Air and Space Museum

Strengthen your Relationship With Your Teen

Running Effective Meetings

Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes

This last is a great video ...

Also added a new quotation to the Squidoo pages on creating a speech to have impact.

quotation, stuff happens

I posted a quotation to the Grow Organisation blog - worth reading
http://groworganisation.wordpress.com/2007/08/04/quote-for-the-week/

and the Book of the Week, this week is
... Stuff
Happens (and then you fix it!): 9 Reality Rules to
Steer Your Life Back in the Right Direction


Stuff Happens (and then you fix it!) is a simple guide for getting through life’s rough spots and turning these challenges into positive opportunities for personal growth. Life, as good as it is, is sometimes going to throw some dirt on you. This uplifting and inspirational book by two award winning authors, internationally renowned Speaker Hall of Famer John Alston and five-time Emmy award winner Lloyd Thaxton, offers nine “Reality Rules” for dealing with these trying times and getting your life backon track. Keeping these nine rules in mind helps readers prepare for the stuff that happens and gives them the attitude adjustment they need to succeed. The many stories in the book of people bouncing back from all kinds of big and little problems by applying one or more of the nine reality rules offers proof that these rules really work. It’s not what happens to you that’s important, it’s how you respond to what happens and Stuff Happens (and then you fix it!) tells you not only how to respond but how to fix it.

Quotation, fun, babies, bilingual, language

"If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions."

-- Susanne K. Langer

More quotations

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown that babies can tell when a person switches to a different language just by watching the speaker's face.

"Babies can see language"

and this week's video ...

The Eight Principles of Fun

More Just for Fun

meetings, agendas, brain type, quizz, quotation

The latest free set of tips is now available .... How to keep your meetings efficient and effective, and still let everyone have their say ...
Apply now to have this set of tips sent to you by email.

The latest Thought for the Day is now online.

The Brain Type Test
Are You Left-Brained or Right-Brained? The brain is composed of two hemispheres. While each hemisphere has unique functions, which one side performs and the other does not, both hemispheres possess the ability to analyze sensory data, perform memory functions, learn new information, form thoughts, and make decisions. Which is your dominant half?

Take the test and find out

June 22

The latest Pivotal Public speaking ezine has gone out. You can read it online here.



Today's Thought for the Day :


"If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives."
-Robert South



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Useful range of sites related to classics and ancient history ..http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=17033804&postID=7181961243839510189

June 21

Posted a new Thought for the Day
.
"Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world."
-- Hans Margolius
http://www.consultpivotal.com/thought.htm


“How we set up a non-profit by the seat of our pants”
Great ideas on using Web 2.0 to establish a non-profit organisation.

the latest Pivotal personal Best ezine has gone out. You can read it online and subscribe from the same page, or send me an email right now.

Interesting ...
People who experience emotional ambivalence – simultaneously feeling positive and negative emotions – are more creative than those who feel just happy or sad, or lack emotion at all, according to a new study.
Read on ...

I've updated the pages of lesson plans and resources for teachers. The list of pages updated is here.

June 17th

Great article on goal setting


Ten Steps to take to guarantee failure


Added a new quotation to the page of quotations on teaching and education.

and since it's the weekend, a bit of humour ...

From Bill Bradley

--You know you're living in 2006 when...

1. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
4. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job.
5. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.

More Just for Fun

June 12th

Thought for the Day now online at http://www.consultpivotal.com/thought.htm

Memory
Sometimes we forget something instantaneously, sometimes we can remember things we learnt in childhood. Why? http://pivotalpersonalbest.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/memory-forgetting-speed/

Public Speaking on the run ...?
That's the subject of this article Improve your presentation in less than an hour

June 11th

We saw "Shrek 3" today. I'm not sure that it had the same sort of story as its predecessors, and the magtiian was ... well... a strange part of the plot, but I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed going out with the boys (and their dad!). We explored the new shopping centre that housed the cinema complex. It seems to be the new village style of shopping centre that is spreading across Australia.

Sent out the latest "Thought for the Day" today. It's online at http://www.consultpivotal.com/thought.htm

Posted Using humour images and cartoons in presentations on the public speaking blog.

and offered the assessment - Are you a team player? on the Organisation Management Blog.

Here is this week's bit Just for fun

Dilbert's Words of Wisdom

Poor Dilbert (the cartoon character, for any who aren't familiar with him) has a cynical attitude, but often knows exactly what's going on and where the truth is buried.

Here are a few nuggets of wisdom from the Corporate World. Enjoy!

I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow is not looking good either.

I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.

Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue.

Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If he isn't there the first time, chances are you won't be needing him again.

On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.

Don't be irreplaceable -- if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

After any salary raise, you will have less money at the end of the month than you did before.

When bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves.

If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit, and remove all evidence that you tried. No use being a damn fool about it.

You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk.

If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

When you don't know what to do, walk fast, carry a clipboard, and look worried.


Good night!!