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Vol. 2 No. 1 Jan./Feb. 2000 IN THIS ISSUE 2. HOW TO MAKE 2000 YOUR BEST YEAR EVER 4. HOW TO MAKE MONEY THE EASY WAY 6. FREE STUFF AND SPECIAL PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER 7. CONTACT AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ======================================================== INSIGHT BREAK Nothing enhances a positive attitude more than success, so regard success as the normal state of affairs - and the lack of success as the exception. -Wolf J. Rinke ======================================================== ======================================================== GOALS CAN CONTROL HOW LONG YOU LIVE According to research conducted by David Phillips at the University of California Jews who were actively involved in Passover celebrations experienced 25% more deaths in the week after Passover than in the week before. When the first day of the holiday fell on the weekend-which increased the likelihood of family gatherings-Jewish men experienced 61% more deaths after the holidays. Similarly, Chinese American women who played an important ceremonial role in the Harvest Moon Festival experienced a 35% increase in mortality the week after the festival. And women who were in the early stage of breast cancer and scored higher on measures of depression and anxiety had a three-fold greater risk of death. Similarly, men who are depressed and divorced have a higher incidence of mortality after heart attacks. In short, your mind has the potential to keep you alive, as it is doing for Richard Bram, who has a rare form of cancer long past treatment or even control. Although he was not expected to live, Mr. Bram wanted to see his son get married. So the wedding was moved to Thanksgiving. Now Mr. Bram wants to celebrate the new millennium. And after that who knows what new goals Mr. Bram will set for himself. SOLUTION: If goals can keep Mr. Bram alive just think of what they can do for you and your career! So establish three fire-in-the-belly goals for yourself for the year 2000. Do it this weekend! (For more see How to Make 2000 Your Best Year Ever.) As seen in the Washington Post, 12/26/99, pp. A1, A8-A9. STOP WASTING 34 HOURS PER YEAR According to a Texas Transportation Institute study American commuters are wasting an average of 34 hours a year sitting in traffic. Unless you live in Los Angeles (82 hours), Washington, DC (76) or Seattle (69). Motorist in the 20 most congested cities spent more than 40 hours stuck in traffic. SOLUTION: Move closer to your work. If that is not an option, get in the habit of listening to motivational or educational audio-tapes in your car, at least on your way to work. It will reduce your perceived travel time, energize you, and keep you on the cutting edge. Call Nightigale-Conant at (800) 525-9000 or Wolf Rinke Associates at (800) 828-9653 and we'll get you started now. As seen in USA Today, 11/17/99 p. 3A ############################################ Subscribe FREE to our sister publication: THE WINNING MANAGER: Putting People First. To subscribe mailto:WolfRinke@aol.com and type the word SUBSCRIBE WM in the subject box. ======================================================== 2. HOW TO MAKE 2000 YOUR BEST YEAR EVER by Wolf J. Rinke, PhD, CSP ======================================================== => Get paid less Yes, you read right! I said LESS! Why? Because if you get paid more than you are worth you will be out of a job real soon! It's elementary, Watson! In our capitalistic society you must generate more worth or value than you receive, otherwise the system will go kaput. Besides, "golden handcuffs" make you a slave. What you want to do is give your employer more than he or she expects. Start right now! In the long run, you will be compensated according to the value you deliver. Here is how to stay on track. Compute your weekly pay, add about a third for benefits, divide by five. Put the value you just computed on a 3x5 card or a Post-it note, and place it on your desk where it is clearly visible. At the end of each day, ask yourself: Did I generate $x of value today? => Value yourself Who is your most important customer? If you said ME, you got the right answer. Ask anyone in sales what it takes to be a sales superstar, and they will tell you that you've got to love what you sell. Notice I said love, not like! Even though you are probably not in sales, you sell yourself all the time! You sell your ideas, your proposals, your beliefs etc. to your boss, your spouse, your children and even your pet. And to do that successfully you've got to value, like and even love yourself the way you are, not the way you ought to be. That means you turn off that internal negative voice that keeps focusing on all your weaknesses. Instead value yourself for your strengths and forget your weaknesses. => Identify your fire-in-the-belly goals It's been said that if you don't know where you are going, the last thing you want to do is get there any faster. Since this is a new millennium write down your three "fire-in-the-belly" life time goals. Prioritize these, then put them on two 3x5 cards or Post-it notes. Put one on your desk or Day Timer, and the other on your bathroom mirror. Then get busy visualizing and internalizing these goals. (If they are running inside your head like a perpetual movie loop, you've got it). Follow that up with a detailed step by step action plan that will get you to where you want to go. Then work that plan. And don't forget to reward yourself every time you've accomplished a goal. => Do what you don't feel like doing Chances are that those are the things that others don't feel like doing either! To guide my actions I've developed an axiom: If I don't feel like doing something, I go do it. If I really feel like doing something, I think about it twice before making a decision. For example, I'm sitting in front of my computer and writing this article on an incredibly beautiful winter day. The sparkling sunshine is beckoning me to go out and go hiking with my Superwoman—that's my sweetheart of over 30 years. Yet, I discipline myself to do what I really don't want to do. Here is a bonus strategy: Figure out what your boss does not like to do, and do more of it! => Invest in yourself If you want to earn more you've got to learn more. Figure out how much of your disposable income you spent on your own development during the past year. If it is less than 3%, you're probably becoming obsolete. Read at least half an hour every day. Reading at least one non-fiction book every year puts you ahead of 45% of the U.S. population. The top 3% of the population devours 16 books a year. Listen to motivational and educational audiotapes in your car. By listening only half the time you'll earn the equivalence of two, 3-credit college courses every year. Get a mentor and attend seminars. Learning from other peoples' experiences (OPE) is a shortcut to success. => Focus on the positive You and I get what we look for. So make it a practice to look for the positive. One way to do that is to start every day by thinking of three specific things you can be grateful for. Another is to get rid of "stinking thinking." (See the Success Actions Steps below.) An even better way is to use my perpetual desk calendar to keep yourself on a positive action oriented track all year long. (See below.) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– LOOKING FOR A FAIL-SAFE SYSTEM TO MAKE 2000 YOUR BEST YEAR EVER??? Order my NEW unique Perpetual Desk Calendar and SAVE $$$ See the FREE STUFF AND SPECIAL OFFER section. Like your personal effectiveness question answered in this column? Have suggestions regarding this eNewsletter? Mailto:WolfRinke@aol.com. ======================================================= ======================================================== GET RID OF "STINKING THINKING" Anytime you find yourself thinking negative thoughts, stop, and substitute a positive thought! Your mind can hold only one thought at a time. Positive thoughts will energize your battery; negative thoughts will drain your battery. Make sure you keep your thoughts positive! FOCUS ON THE FUTURE. You can't change the past, but if you decide where you want to go in the future, and how you want things to be different in the future, you will give yourself the best chance of getting there. Always aim high, and you too will master your daily trials more effectively and make it a more positive and winning life. FIND WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO Think about the three things you love to do the most. If one of these three things is your job or career, stay with it and you will succeed. If none is job related, engage in a freewheeling brainstorming session with your significant other, your mentor, or a close friend, to come up with as many strategies as possible that would allow you to make your ÒhobbyÓ into your profession. Capture all of these ideas on audiotape or paper and refer to them when you decide that your current job no longer compensates or fulfills you adequately, or when you are "rightsized," whichever comes first. ======================================================== 4. HOW TO MAKE MONEY THE EASY WAY ======================================================== WANT TO EARN UP TO $600 WITH ONE PHONE CALL? Do you know of an organization that could benefit from a highly effective keynote speaker, trainer or organizational effectiveness consultant who knows how to improve the bottom line? Recommend Dr. Rinke to the decision maker, then send us his/her name, address, e-mail and phone number. We will do the rest. Upon completion of the engagement we will send you 10% of Dr. Rinke's fee! IT'S THAT SIMPLE! (Sorry, not available to employees of the hiring organization.) Dr. Wolf J. Rinke, CSP is an internationally recognized motivational and management keynote speaker and seminar leader who delivers customized presentations that combine story telling, humor and motivation with specific "how to" action strategies that participants can apply immediately to improve the quality of their personal and professional lives. He is also a highly effective management consultant and executive coach. Call us at 800-828-9653 or mailto:WolfRinke@aol.com to ======================================================== ======================================================== Research has found that people who rise early have a more positive and cheerful disposition than those who sleep late. 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