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Vol. 8 No. 4, July/August 2006
Copyright 2006 by Wolf J. Rinke
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. NEWS YOU CAN USE
2. SPECIAL OFFER FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
3. POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ATTIUDE--IT'S YOUR CHOICE
4. HEAR WOLF "HOWL"--I MEAN SPEAK
5. HUMOR BREAK
6. ABOUT THE EDITOR
7. PRIVACY STATEMENT AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
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INSIGHT BREAK
The next time you feel like complaining, remember that your garbage
disposal probably eats better than 30 percent of the people in the world.
--Robert Orben
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1. NEWS YOU CAN USE
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NATURE VS. NURTURE-THE LATEST FINDINGS
Scientists have debated this question forever. Not too long ago they
settled on a compromise--both your genes and your upbringing are responsible
for who you become, better known as the "succotash" model.
Since they didn't know what percent was responsible for what, they assumed
that it was about 50-50. The latest findings however say it is more
like 100% each depending on what goes on in your environment. In other
words "the innate potential we call nature [genes] becomes reality
only when it is exposed to a certain kind of nurture. A gene contributes
0% of what you become if you don't grow up in an environment that turns
it on, and environment contributes 0% if you lack the gene it acts on.
But if both the gene and the environment that turns it on are present,
then it's as if each contributes 100%."
ACTION STEPS
Get in the drivers seat of your life! You may be able to control who
you become by behaving as if you have already arrived. As a parent or
manager, treat people the way you would like them to become, not the
way they are. After all you can't control your or their genes, but you
can provide the environment (nurture) that helps people achieve their
maximum potential. And if the right gene is present you have a very
high probability of success. (Read more in section 3.)
Source: S. Begley, How Nurture Overrides Kid's Nature--or Why Succotash
Model Fails, Wall Street Journal, p. A9), 1/13/06.
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3. POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ATTITUDE--IT'S YOUR CHOICE (Anonymous)
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About four weeks ago lady luck took another day off. That was the day
Superwoman, that's my wife of 39 years, was told that she has breast
cancer. The reason why I said "another day off" is because
this will be Marcela's third cancer. And each cancer has been an entirely
different cancer. When we found out both of us felt less--actually much
less--than our normal positive self. (If you've read my "Make it
a Winning Life" book you already know that Superwoman was born
with a positive gene and that she is the one that helped me convert
from being an eternal pessimist to becoming an eternal optimist.) About
the same time Susan Carr from SAP America e-mailed me the following
article with a request to share it with others which is what I'm doing
right now. It has helped Marcela and I get back into a positive state
by continuing to make the right choices every day. It is so powerful
that it deserves your full attention.
LET IT REALLY SINK IN--THEN CHOOSE
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood
and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him
how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would
be twins!"
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, John
was telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made Fred curious, so one day Fred asked John,
"I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time.
How do you do it?"
John replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have
two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose
to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something
bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from
it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining,
I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive
side of life. I choose the positive side of life. "
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," Fred protested.
"Yes, it is," John said. "Life is all about choices.
When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose
how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your
choice how you live your life."
Soon thereafter, Fred left the company to start his own business and
lost touch with John. But Fred often thought about him when he made
a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, Fred heard that John had been involved in a serious
accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower on which
John had been working. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive
care, John was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
Fred saw him about six months after the accident and I asked him how
he was doing. John replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins.
Want to see my scars?"
Fred declined to see his wounds but did ask what had gone through his
mind as the accident took place. "The first thing that went through
my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," John
replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had
two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose
to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" Fred asked.
John continued, "…the paramedics were great. They kept telling
me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and
I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got
really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed
to take action.
"What did you do?" Fred asked. "Well, there was a big
burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John. "She asked
if I was allergic to anything? 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses
stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and
yelled, 'Gravity'." Over their laughter, I told them, "I can
choose to live or die. I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I
am alive, not dead."
John lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of
his amazing attitude.
Fred learned that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude,
after all, is everything. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for
tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its
own. After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
You have two choices now:
1. Delete this.
2. Forward it to the people you care about.
You know the choice I made.
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4. HEAR WOLF "HOWL"--I MEAN SPEAK
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These full day seminars maybe open to you if your company is a member
of the Institute of Management Studies (IMS). Contact the chairperson
for specifics.
Achieve Peak Performance by Increasing Your Personal Effectiveness
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Winning Management: Building a Peak Performance Workplace
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5. HUMOR BREAK
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I dialed a wrong number the other day and got the following recording:
"I am not available right now, but thank you for caring enough
to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message
after the beep. If I do not return your call, you are one of the changes."
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6. ABOUT THE EDITOR
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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 14 books including "Make
It a Winning Life: Success Strategies for Life, Love and Business"
available at www.WolfRinke.com and 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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