Quote of the Week

“You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself.”

- Galileo Galilei

 

It has been my experience that we (as people) decide when to change our behaviors and actions.  We can read books, attend seminars, seek advice and try to model our behavior after those who have come before us.  However, the true change only applies when we decide the course of action for ourselves.  Nobody can make us change.

Sure, I have tried to change my behavior, because someone else told me to do so, but I found that at the end of the day I was not only back to my original way of doing things, but I resented myself and the person who told me what to do. 

As a child it was a constant battle to keep my room clean.  It was expected, and there were consequences if it wasn’t done.  Cleaning my room was a chore and no matter how hard I tried, it never seemed to be clean.  Today, I have my own home that needs to be maintained, much larger than my 10 X 12 bedroom, yet nobody has had to tell me to pick up after myself.  It just gets done.  The change occured when it mattered to me, when it was my decision.

How can we help others that want change?

The key word is WANT.  If someone wants to change, and doesn’t know how.  Our role is simple, we can do it in 3 steps.

1. Listen
2. Ask Questions (Open – Ended)
3. Share our own experience

The receiver of the information, can then create their own course of action.

Question of the Week

Have you been Bold today?

Quote of the week

“You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself.” Galileo Galilei

About Galleleo Galelei

Keiserism of the Day

Feed the Dog Meat, not Catnip.

In other words give your customers what they want not what you think they want.

Fact of the Week

According to the SBA there is an estimated 25.8 million small businesses in the US.

Other Business Statistics

Book Recommendation of the Week

Jeffrey Gittomer’s Little Black Book of Connections

Question of the Week

What have you done to market your company today?

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Quote of the week

“Ask yourself the easy questions and you’ll have a hard life, ask yourself the hard questions and you’ll have an easier life!” by Peter Thomson

Related Article: General Douglas MacArthur’s Principles of Leadership

Keiserism of the Week

Sometimes to get things done we need to bend the rules and make a little bit of noise.

Entrepreneurs take on a big risk to go it alone. Look at your creative self, dig down and see what you find. Some methods may seem unorthodox, or strange. Remember it is only strange the first time it is done. After that it becomes Americas favorite cookie. Toll House Cookie Story

Interesting Fact of the Week

By 2010 $13.9 Billion will be spent per year on books, tapes, retreats and other self help techniques.