Do you enjoying helping others?
Apparently, helping others is something remarkably happy people do quite often.
But, the question is, do you actually know how to help people?
Lets use the example of one of your friends that needs to lose weight.
Understand Anxiety to be a Better Communicator
You know the feeling.
The one where someone has made you flat out angry and all you want to do is call them or send the meanest email you could possibly write?
We’ve all done this a time or two, but at the end of the day it’s probably not the best way to handle things.
The I’m Angry and You’re an Idiot Email
Play this out with me.
Lets pretend you just wrote an email and told Jake how stupid he is and ripped him a new one.
Hit send.
Do you actually feel better? Maybe for a shimmer of a second, but you likely won’t feel long-term satisfaction. Why? Because you probably still have to work with Jake in some capacity and based on your loving email he’s probably not your biggest fan, which means he’s not going to be on Team You.
Here’s a sample email.
“Jake, you’ve really pissed me off. Why is it that you have to be such an idiot and can’t deliver on your promises? I expect you to deliver tomorrow and if you don’t there’s going to be hell to pay. Stop screwing around and just do your job like a competent person would.”
There’s a better way to do this.
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The Art of Spending Money
A funny thing happens when your business makes money: you suddenly start to spend more of it.
Sometimes the extra spend is warranted and results in additional income, but other times you may come to realize that you’ve transitioned from spending only what’s needed to buying shiny objects “just because.” This thought process can also be applied to personal finances.
How to Win
It’s those moments. The ones where your back is against the wall and it’s a make or break moment. That’s when you make it happen. Derek Jeter is the one of the finest examples I can possibly think of.
Emotions were high. The game was tied, and he was at bat in the 9th inning of his final home game before retirement… And he wins the game.
It simply gets no better than that.
Slow things down and see the moment. That’s how you win in sports, business and life.
Make it Happen for Yourself
At a very young age I knew I wanted to be a radio DJ. My mother probably thought it was a phase, but I was set on making it happen.
I started working at a skating rink when I was 14, and eventually worked my way up from skate rental to DJ. And I tell ya, going from handing out skates and touching peoples shoes to playing music was a big deal.
Fast forward a few years and I’d managed to start working at a Christian AM station. My shift was Sunday morning from 5 am – noon. I played church sermons via tape… for seven hours. There was nothing else in the world a 17-year old would have wanted to do. [Read more…] about Make it Happen for Yourself