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EvolvingSuccess
® ...by Thomas Meylan, Ph.D. ....
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September 11, 2009 eNews from EvolvingSUCCESS
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Challenges, Opportunities, and Mental Toughness IX:Using Old, Faithful Skills in New and Challenging Situations
So the world has gone crazy and you say to yourself, "I don't know how to deal with this!"
As strongly true as that might feel, it's probably a gross over-generalization brought on by an overly-emotional response to your situation. And on top of that, at least in this country, a lot of people seem to act as if they don't have permission to use really good skills from one part of life in another part of life, or in unexpected situations. Then there are guys like the old TV hero MacGyver, who could figure out a contraption to get him out of any bad situation, regardless of what was laying around. We're all a lot more like MacGyver than we think. You see, we have all gotten this far in life by building our own, personal set of problem-solving skills. And we get more and more comfortable with the fit between our skills and our everyday lives as long as things don't change much. Well, there's no doubt that our skills get better and better tuned to our circumstances the longer they remain unchanged. However, there is also no doubt that the core characteristics of your problem-solving skills can fit a much wider range of conditions that you give yourself credit for. For instance, you can always start out with, "Well, if this were like last year, I'd start out by..." whatever that would be. You are likely to make some progress. You're likely to make enough progress that you'll see ways to improve your approach to your new situation. As you keep going, you'll get an even better idea of how your old, faithful skills can actually work in these new and challenging times.
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"In this timely manuscript, Meylan has provided us with a thought-provoking assessment of behaviors and methods appropriate to achieve personal success in the challenging times ahead. ...A must read for anyone interested in the psychological and practical roots of personal success." Steve Sutton, President, Sutton Scientifics, Inc.
"Thomas Meylan's book Facing Challenges is thoughtful and thought provoking. It
will be a useful tool for anyone dealing with life-changing issues, especially career
upheavals. It's like comfort food for the mind when fear and indecisiveness are about to
take over." Most mail filters block out the direct Amazon.com link to purchase Facing Challenges Whether You Chose Them or Not, so it's not included in our eNews letters. Please go to our Facing Challenges page to make your Amazon.com purchase there. Facing Challenges is also available for the Amazon Kindle. |
"Disasters happen and the key to business success often lies in being flexible enough to respond to emergencies. Optimizing Luck provides the tools and techniques for creating a corporate culture that nurtures customer satisfaction and peak performance regardless of emergencies and changes. The authors...combine their science knowledge with business management techniques to provide an analysis of business success." James A. Cox, Diane C. Donovan, The Bookwatch: April 2008, Midwest Book Review.
Meylan and Teays present excellent strategies to nurture women and men as creative
leaders, so that the workplace of the future does not mirror that of the past. Most mail filters block out the direct Amazon.com link to purchase Optimizing Luck, so it's not included in our eNews letters. Please go to the bottom of our Optimizing Luck page to make your Amazon.com purchase there.
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Closing down the EvolvingSuccess eNewsletterThe last issue of the EvolvingSuccess eNewsletter will be sent in December of 2009. We'll be transitioning to social networking media over the next few months. The times, they are a-changin'.
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