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How To Recapture The Optimism Of Youth
We all know that being positive is a Good Thing. But as we get older, it’s not that easy to break long-held habits of negative, self-defeating thinking. By following these steps, you'll be able to recapture the optimism of your more youthful self!
Confidence Is Money
Confidence comes and goes; but you have to have it when it counts.
Today's Economy DEMANDS A Critical Skill: Optimism
Although there is much to fear right now there is always hope and optimism. Let Eileen McDargh show you how you can learn optimism.
Sales Training Introverts Top Four Strategies for Winning Sales
Salespeople are not like Triple Crown winning horses. On a November day back in 1938, Seabiscuit was named horse of the year outrunning the Triple Crown champion, War Admiral. Horses only have until about the age of three to become Champions on the Triple Crown racing level, but salespeople have each day of their sales career to reach and exceed their sales goals.
Intelligent Optimism Wins In Today's World
Learn to be more optimistic despite the constant bombardment of negative news and the erosion of our culture.

Happiness is only a thought away
Do you want to be happy in your life? Not the constant blissed out happiness of flower children, but genuine happiness on a day to day basis. Happiness is only a thought away. What do I mean by that? One of the key indicators of how happy you feel is how optimistic you are and one of the causes of optimism is how you talk to yourself. In a previous issue, we talked about your internal guidance system and touched on self talk. This month I would like to explore this concept a bit further.

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Present Like a Pro Book Review
Present Like a Pro Cyndi Maxey, Kevin E. O’Connor; St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Ave, NY 10010, 212.674.5151, www.stmartins.com, July 2006, ISBN 0312347731, 256 pages, $12.95

Present Like a Pro
Book Review -- – Cyndi Maxey, Kevin E. O’Connor; St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Ave, NY 10010, 212.674.5151, www.stmartins.com, July 2006, ISBN 0312347731, 256 pages, $12.95
Tough Calls
Book Review -- AT&T and The Hard Lessons Learned from the Telecom Wars – By Dick Martin; AMACOM, 1601 Broadway, NY, NY 10019, www.amacombooks.org; November, 2004; 304 pages, $24.95
Work Life Balance And The Power of Positive Thinking
Can we learn how to respond optimistically and hopefully to events that challenge work life balance? According to psychologist and researcher Martin Seligman, the answer is YES. While some folks appear to be hardwired to respond optimistically to ups and downs in life and work, others are wired for pessimistic responses. Fortunately, you do not have to settle for the wiring you were born with. Find out how you can improve your resilience and your hopefulness by acquiring solid positive thinking skills.

The Prayer of Change
The three sentences in a quotation attributed to Martin Luther King, Jr. are a prayer for change. It speaks to us on every level of business, of society, and of self-improvement.

How Business Boosts Development
The experience of the richer powers today shows that the private sector provides the base for a country's development, said Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada. Visitors to most developing countries see evidence of widespread entrepreneurship in bazaars and markets and of the skills possessed by local people. So why have these nations not also been able to make the same economic advances as countries in Europe and North America? One explanation he has heard, said Martin, is that indigenous business has no confidence that it will be able to overcome the various administrative barriers that dominate economic life, that property rights can be protected, or that legal systems can bring real justice. How far is this true? he asked his fellow panellists.

The three types of happiness - are you really happy?
Dr Martin E.P. Seligman, a proponent of positive psychology, has identified three types of happiness.

How to Respond to Criticism – Learning from Dr. King
I am embarrassed to tell you that, up until three weeks ago, I had never read Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham City Jail. It is, without a doubt, one of the best case studies in how to deal with criticism I’ve ever come across.
Choosing Our Reality
An optimist expects the best possible outcome and dwells on the most hopeful aspects of a situation. He or she believes that this is the best of all possible worlds, the universe is improving, and good will ultimately triumph over evil. An optimist believes no one ever ruined their eye sight by looking at the bright side of life. Research on Emotional Intelligence, Attribution Theory (see Martin Seligman's book outstanding book Learned Optimism), and related fields show that optimists not only go further in life, they also have a much better time on the trip. Optimists are generally healthier, happier, and leaders in their fields.
Leaders Inspire Their Teams With Optimism
Seligman has found that pessimists fall into the trap of the three Ps when faced with negative change or setback. They make the issue Permanent, Pervasive and Personal. They avoid wearing clean underwear because it will only tempt car accidents. When faced with difficult change or problems, we have three choices. We can be a Survivor and just hang in there, hoping for the best, sitting on the fence, and waiting to see what happens. Or we can choose to be a Victim, using the situation as one more example of how these terrible things keep happening to us.

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