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Vol. 14 No. 1, January-February 2012
Copyright 2012 by Wolf J. Rinke
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1. NEWS YOU CAN USE
2. HEAR WOLF HOWL--I MEAN SPEAK
3. ACHIEVE INNER PEACE EVEN DURING TOUGH TIMES-PART 2
4. AN INEXPENSIVE WAY TO MAKE IT A GREAT 2012
5. HUMOR BREAK
6. HOW TO TAKE YOUR CAREER TO THE NEXT LEVEL
7. ABOUT THE EDITOR
8. PRIVACY STATEMENT AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
INSIGHT BREAK
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their
dreams."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
1. NEWS YOU CAN USE
Education is Still a Great Investment
Regardless of what you've heard about college graduates not being able
to get a job, the fact is that college pays. College graduates are more
likely to be employed, and they earn more. How much more? Studies have
found that each year of college adds approximately 6% to 10% to annual
income.
More specifically median lifetime earnings are as follows:
Less than high school diploma-$973,000
High school diploma-$1.3 million
Some college, but no degree--$1.5 million
Associate degree-$1.7 million
Bachelor's degree-$2.3 million
Master's degree-$2.7 million
Doctoral degree-$3.3 million
Professional degree-$3.7 million
ACTION STEP
If you are in school now, stick with it. If you are unemployed and finding
it difficult to get a job, this might be the best time to go back to
school. And if you are employed, make a plan to continue your education
in 2012. Remember becoming the best you can be in your chosen profession
is a sure-fire-way to achieve permanent life-time job security.
Source: C. Bialik, College does pay off but it's no free ride. Wall
Street J., Nov 19-20, 2011, p. A6.
2. HEAR WOLF HOWL--I MEAN SPEAK
Oct 3, 2012 "Increasing Your Personal Leadership Effectiveness",
Los Angeles, CA. This full day seminar may be open to you if your company
is a member of the Institute of Management Studies (IMS). Contact Michael
Alley, losangeles@ims-online.com for specifics.
NOTE: I have other "in-house" presentations scheduled. Please
let me know if you are interested to preview me or bring me into your
organization at reduced expenses when I'm scheduled to be in your area.
That way we can let you know when I'm coming your way!
3. ACHIEVE INNER PEACE EVEN DURING TOUGH TIMES-PART 2
by Wolf J. Rinke, PhD, CSP
In a previous issue of this eNewsletter (13-5)
I outlined five specific strategies to help you achieve inner peace:
1. Be Where You Are
2. Master the Art of Relaxation
3. Simplify Your Life
4. Be Honest
5. Think Empowering Thoughts
Let's go on from there and discover five additional strategies that
will help make your New Year more serene:
6. Take Advantage of the Abundance
When we are poor, struggling and having trouble making ends meet, it
is really difficult to see the abundance. What we see instead-almost
oppressively-is scarcity. I know firsthand. Having been born right after
WWII in Germany with my parents losing all their earthly possessions-yes,
everything-we had less than scarcity, we had desperation. Finding enough
food and shelter to keep us alive is what consumed my parents. Then
some 17 years later-when I immigrated to the United States-scarcity,
although not as extreme, reared its ugly head again. Basically I only
spoke a few words of English, had an 8th grade education, $20 in my
pocket and the proverbial shirt on my back. I certainly had trouble
finding all "the milk and honey" everyone had talked about
in Germany. However it was all around me, and over time I learned to
find it by internalizing a powerful concept that I learned from several
different mentors: Give more of what you want. I know it sounds counterintuitive,
but it really works. Of course the only way you can take advantage of
this principle is to internalize the next one.
7. Look Out For #1
Gotcha! This one catches the negative thinkers' attention. They immediately
translate this into selfishness, conceit and greed. Nothing however
could be further from the truth. What it means is this: You can't give
away something you don't own. Going back to the previous paragraph,
if you want to love someone you must first love yourself, if you want
to be happier you must choose to be happy. It you want to trust someone…I'm
sure you're catching on. Achieving inner peace requires you to make
peace with who you are, not who you ought to be…by someone else's
standard. The unvarnished fact is that at this nanosecond you are who
you are. And no wishing, hoping or praying is going to change that one
iota. Now who you will become in the future will be determined by your
thoughts, which in turn drive your actions. So begin right now to become
your own best friend! In addition to taking great care of your thoughts
also take extraordinary care of your body. And if you want to avoid
psychosomatic illnesses, which account for the majority of the illnesses,
then you must eat right, get adequate rest (seven to eight hours), and
do 25-30 minutes of aerobic exercise three times per week, alternating
with strength training for the other three days. It also means that
you don't put stuff into your body that does not belong there-read illegal
drugs, nicotine and excessive alcohol etc.
8. Let Go Of The Past
It's amazing how much mental energy we spend in a place over which we
have absolutely no control-the past. I believe it was Dr. Wayne Dyer
who likened our past to a bag of manure, which we carry around with
us, putting more and more manure into the bag. Once in a while we put
the bag down, reach in and smear manure all over ourselves. And then
we wonder why our life stinks. Part of what we carry around in our bag
is resentments, hate and blame. All of these emotions will attack your
soul and diminish the quality of your spirit and your physiology. Go
ahead, pay tribute to your past. Visit it. And then toss it. You can
make that happen by taking ownership of all that is going on in your
life. Your life is not a function of what other people have done; it
is today what it is because of the choices you've made in the past.
And if your feelings of resentment, hate and blame are attributed to
the actions of others, then you have to wait for those people to change-which
may never happen. And don't even try to change them! Think! How many
of us have difficulty changing ourselves, let alone others. So live
by the axiom: If it is to be, it's up to me. Once you've done that,
you are ready to take it to the next level, by substituting the emotions
of love, empathy and kindness for resentment, hate and blame. This will
set you free once and for all.
9. Kill Your Ego
Ego, right along with greed and envy, is one of the most powerful destroyers
of inner peace. A look at history confirms that ego is responsible for
more evil-think Napoleon, Stalin and Hitler-and more corporate failures-think
Enron, Arthur Anderson and WorldCom-as well as relationship killers
than any other emotion I know. And yet we can get rid of it with just
five powerful phrases, expressed liberally and from the heart:
" You are right about that. Any time you get into a conflict use
this phrase and you will have no conflict-guaranteed!
" I've made a mistake. This will help you get off your high horse
gracefully, and re-affirms that there is only one omnipotent force in
the universe-and it is not you. So quit defining unrealistic expectations
for yourself.
" I changed my mind. It's been said that women have cleaner minds
then men because they change them often. (Okay, enough with the stereotypes
already.) You are an evolving human being, one who is like red wine
and gets better all the time-that means you have to let go of your past
beliefs. (Remember that the only person who can change his/her mind
is the one who has one.)
" I don't know. Admit it, you don't know everything. Saying it
let's other people know that you have high levels of self-esteem. (The
only people who are okay inside of their own skin can admit that they
don't know everything.)
" Let's agree to disagree. The phrase to use if all else fails.
10. Never Give Up On Your Dreams
The purpose of life is not to make it safely to the grave. Pursue your
dreams no matter how improbable or how "unreasonable." Let
me share an example. Doris Haddock had a passion. She felt that Congress
needed to get off their duff and change the campaign finance laws! Unlike
most of us, however Doris did not sit around and fret and whine. Instead,
Doris started to walk from Pasadena, CA, 10 miles a day, every day until
14 months, 3,200 miles later she arrived in Washington, DC. Now, here
comes the startling part: Doris, better known as Granny D, had a severe
case of arthritis, wore a brace and turned 90 years "young"
while on the trail. And for an added measure she got arrested twice
demonstrating for her beliefs. Why? Because, she had a dream and a passion.
So get off your butt and act on your dreams today, and you may achieve
the most coveted of all possessions-inner peace.
For other strategies that will help you make 2012 your best year ever
read or listen to Make It a Winning Life: Success Strategies for Life,
Love or Business available at http://wolfrinke.com/MIWL.html; or if
you need CPE credits devour Beat the Blues: How to Manage Stress and
Balance Your Life (C178) approved for 28 CPEUs, from which this article
has been extracted, available at http://www.wolfrinke.com/CEFILES/cepd.html#C178)
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5. HUMOR BREAK
Garfield: On the reason for the oil crisis
A lot of folks can't understand how come we have an oil shortage. Here's
why:
Nobody bothered to check the oil. So we just didn't know we're getting
low.
The reason for that is purely geographical. Our oil is located in Alaska,
California, Coastal Florida, Coastal Louisiana, North Dakota, Wyoming,
Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas.
But our dipsticks are located in DC.
Courtesy of my friend Denny McHugh
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7. ABOUT THE EDITOR
Dr. Wolf J. Rinke, CSP is a highly effective management consultant and
executive coach who specializes in building peak performance organizations,
teams and individuals. He is the author of 12 CPE manuals, available
at www.easyCPEcredits.com and 5 books including "Make It a Winning
Life: Success Strategies for Life, Love and Business" available
at www.WolfRinke.com. He is also 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 their personal and professional lives.
You can preview a live demo at www.WolfRinke.com. To take advantage
of Dr. Rinke's services contact us at 800-828-9653 or WolfRinke@aol.com
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