Your Competitive Edge
May 18th, 2012 
Jimmy People skills can be your competitive edge in life and at work. They can separate you from others who can technically do what you do or intellectually know what you know. They are skills such as having a positive approach to issues, clearly communicating, a sense of humor and working with people to get the job done. They can help separate you from the herd and be heard!
Tags: Competitive Edge, Herd, Job, People Skills, Sense Of Humor
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May the 4th be with you!
May 4th, 2012 Jimmy On May 4th, may the force of positivity be with you! We are positive when we discover constructive and productive approaches to issues. It allows us to realistically make the best out of situations. And if you can make the best out of a situation you can also make the jest out of the situation.
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Respond don’t React
April 26th, 2012 Jimmy Life isn’t so much about what happens to us, it is about how we respond to what happens to us. When we respond it is a choice we make among options. When we react it is a reflex we make without much thought. Laughter is a choice. It gives perspective and enables us to positivity respond not negatively react.
Tags: Options, Perspective, Reflex, Thought Laughter
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Either Or, or Either And?
April 20th, 2012 Jimmy Life and business are about options. How we choose them helps to determine if we are productive and successful. Either Or thinking is limited. We have only 2 choices – either it is this way or the other way. This thinking helps to get us stuck. The next time you are stuck try Either AND thinking. It is the creative 3rd alternative.
Tags: Choices, Limited
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Commencements
April 13th, 2012 Jimmy I recently attended a college graduation called a Commencement. The word means beginnings, but most people (especially the students) think them as endings. Endings are really new beginnings seen from a different perspective. Think of something that is ending in your life. How can you view it as a new beginning?
Tags: College Graduation, Commencement, Different Perspective, New Beginnings
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Stress is Energy not the Enemy
April 5th, 2012 Jimmy Stress, we can’t live without it and it is not always easy to live with it. The problem is excessive amounts of it. Stress is energy. Use it positively to motivate you. Not negatively to wear you down. It is like a spice. A little stress can go a long way, but too much can overdue it and you. Healthy humour helps dissolve excessive amounts of stress.
Tags: Excessive Amounts, Humour, Spice, Stress
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Re-Treat
March 30th, 2012 Jimmy I just led a leadership retreat. The whole idea was to withdraw. At retreats we withdraw away from something which can lead us towards something else. This helps to change our perspective. A renewed or new perspective can result. BTW, we had fun and lots of laughs making it a re-Treat and a reward for the leadership team!
Tags: Leadership Retreat, Leadership Team, Led, Lots Of Laughs, New Perspective, Retreats
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Be more Innovative
March 23rd, 2012 Jimmy Innovation is about creating or introducing something new – products, processes or ideas. It is the key to thriving in today’s global market. Creativity is how we implement new approaches which lead to innovation. The next time you have to think creatively, begin by remembering something funny and start laughing. See what positive perspectives may result!
Tags: Creativity, Global Market, Innovation, Perspectives
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Universally Funny?
March 14th, 2012 Jimmy Albert Einstein once said: ‘The most important question a person can ask is, “Is the Universe a friendly place?’ Now, I’m no Einstein but I think the question to ask is, “Is the Universe a funny place?’Humor is all about how you look at the world or in this case the universe. It is a matter of perspective. How do you look at life?
Tags: Albert Einstein, Friendly Place, Funny Humor, Funny Place, Perspective, Universe
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Humor is a business skill
March 7th, 2012 Jimmy Good people skills such as having a healthy sense of humor are important in business. People like to do business and buy from genuine people. Your humor can show your humanity. It can make you more likeable, identifiable, and memorable by making you more personal. Humor is a soft skill that can help deliver hard results, and that’s no joke!
Tags: Business People, Business Skill, Business Skills, Joke, People Skills, Personal Humor, Personal Soft, Sense Of Humor, Soft Skill
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