Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2008
Martin Seligman at the age of 13 witnessed his father being carried out of the house on a stretcher. His father, a lawyer at the pinnacle of his career, had been hit by a series of strokes and became physically and emotionally helpless for the rest of his life.
That event triggered Seligman’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 20th, 2008
Try to imagine this…a sales person complains that his prospects just aren’t interested. When you ask why, he responds, “I can just tell. They’re not interested in hearing anything I have to say. So why even bother? I just need some prospects who will give me a chance.”
What would you have to say to [...]
Posted in Life Purpose on Jul 17th, 2008
You might think that the pounding in my head would have been enough to wake me, but it was the sledge hammers that did the job. They pounded away in an unrelenting counter beat to my throbbing temples. A work crew was erecting a large white tent for a wedding reception near the grassy spot [...]
Posted in Best of Jim Manton Blogs on Jul 17th, 2008
I was eavesdropping this morning. I should do it more often because what I heard was shocking. I could hardly believe that someone who had lived so long and learned so much still had so much to more learn.
What I listened in on was my own thinking. It happened as I was pulling [...]
Posted in Life Purpose on Jul 17th, 2008
My wife and I often saw him on our morning walks with Koda, our goofy yellow Labrador retriever. The man was hard to miss with his red helmet, fluorescent orange vest, and the triangular orange flag attached to the back of his adult tricycle. I’d guess he was in his thirties, but I can’t say [...]
Posted in Best of Jim Manton Blogs on Jul 17th, 2008
That could be a touchy question these days, but I’m not prying into your personal financial situation. I am asking about your value - how you are valued by others at home, at work and in your community. Are you appreciating or depreciating?
You can learn a lot about how people are valued by [...]
Posted in Life Purpose on Jul 17th, 2008
Most of us have made a decision that we later regretted. It’s not a question of if or when; it’s a question of how many times it happened before. And more than just a few of us have not only made a bad decision or two, but we’ve made that very same bad decision more [...]
Posted in Best of Jim Manton Blogs on Jul 17th, 2008
She was a messenger sent from heaven. I’ve found that these messengers aren’t very subtle, and the message is almost always the same: “You’ve got something in you that still needs healing, bub. Wake up!
I met her eight years ago in my first ever coaching clinic, a three day workshop for people considering [...]
Posted in Life Purpose on Jul 17th, 2008
You’ve heard it said many times, “Follow your bliss. Pursue your passion. Do what you love doing”. Not only has it been said for thousands of years, but it’s also backed by modern career interest surveys and assessments. It doesn’t take a scientist to figure out that most people do well at what they [...]
Posted in Transition Tools on Jul 17th, 2008
Written more than 15 years ago, George Leonard’s classic book, Mastery – The Keys to Success and Long Term Fulfillment, remains one of my favorites. I was reminded of the book as I watched my grand daughter Talia this morning.
What a beautiful miracle she is. Every day she learns something new, adding it [...]
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