Expectations

Self-esteem: Teens feel great about themselves — but are they headed for a fall? – chicagotribune.com

July 6, 2010

Self-esteem: Teens feel great about themselves — but are they headed for a fall? – chicagotribune.com. This interesting article covers two topics I speak on in one tidy post. The fact that constructive, necessary Negative Thinking isn’t being taught to the younger generations.  This excerpt about how the reality of what “truths” we tell our [...]

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Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

February 12, 2010

I hear people say that “the squeaky wheel gets the grease”. These squeaky wheels complain and complain, often getting what they want. So they use this as justification to complain all the time. Occasionally, the squeaky wheel gets replaced. It’s a ratio of talent to tolerance. Are you talented enough to be tolerated? If you’re [...]

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Suffer Today to Survive Tomorrow?

August 6, 2009

People always try to avoid negative experiences. One of the great uses of negative thinking is to use it to see potential problems so you can bypass them altogether. But often, you need to have those negative experiences to make you better prepared for potential worse experiences in the future. Take the Swine Flu. Seems [...]

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Cultural Change Comes From the Young to the Old

July 31, 2009

Here’s an article that shows how cultural shifts do not trickle down from old to young but from the youth to the older generations. If those pesky kids with their new fangled twitter machines and iphones annoy you, beware…you just might want one too. From CNN: Teenagers exchange text messages while driving because, well, they’re [...]

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Hey Joe Buck! What did you expect??

June 16, 2009

One of the tenants of negative thinking is thinking about possible outcomes. Not dwelling on horrible or bad outcomes, but understanding possibilities so you can avoid bad situations. And that is why I have no sympathy for Joe Buck when his guest Artie Lange acted like a foul-mouthed abusive idiot. That’s Artie Lange!! You know [...]

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Don’t Disregard the Message Just Because You Don’t Like the Messenger

May 8, 2009

Often, we dismiss people out of hand because we don’t like their personality, their history or for numerous other reasons. “Never mind him, he always complains.” “Oh, he’s just negative, don’t listen to him.” Often, complainers have a tendency to have less than palatable personalities. They’re grumpy, whiny, grating types. What we forget is that [...]

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You Can’t Outrun Who You Are

May 7, 2009

Often, people who do a job feel they don’t have to follow the same rules. They think either the rules don’t apply or that they’ll never get caught. They need a small dose of negative thinking, letting them know the reality of the world. It keeps their nose clean and on the right path. Take [...]

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Over-optimistism Leads to Problems, Denial

April 23, 2009

If fatalistic thinking is the dangerous extreme of negativity, greed is the dangerous extreme of optimism. I’ve said over and over, we wished and hoped our way into this financial mess and many are trying to wish and hope their way out. In many respects this article by Knowledge@Wharton hit it on the head: “I [...]

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Sharing What You Know

April 20, 2009

Since I’ve been giving Generational Training programs I have learned one valuable lesson that many of my clients haven’t accepted yet. The older generations need to adapt more than the younger generations do. I offer both types of training. One is Generation X and Y: The Xs and Os of Recruiting, Managing and Retaining the [...]

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Baby Boomer Bottleneck

March 25, 2009

I ran into this transcript of a radio editorial by Dan Drezner about boomers and retirement on PublicRadio.org. He whines about Baby Boomers, then in the comment section, Boomers whine about Xers, who then whine about Baby Boomers. Ah… the internet. The reason I even bother to bring it to your attention is that his [...]

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