Posts tagged ‘Fear’

Recently, I was reviewing some old notes from different sources regarding success and failure. It became obvious there were six core issue or obstacles preventing people from reaching their goals in life. After reviewing the list I felt it may be of interest to our readers.

So here are the six obstacles to your success… Continue reading ‘Six Obstacles to Your Success’ »

Okay, it is now time to send Fear to the Bench. In fact, it is the only way we are going to get out of the current economic downturn. Too many people are fearful of the future, fearful of making a mistake, and fearful to take any kind of risk.

Well, here is my advice: Go over it! Continue reading ‘It’s Time to Send Fear to the Bench!’ »

Okay, it’s time for me to rant about things that I don’t understand. During the past two weeks I have had to deal with “stupid” customer service issues from several different organizations. It amazes me that people are not allowed to think about what they are doing or just refuse to think while using “rules” as their excuse – eh – reason.

While I know I’m not perfect, I will attempt to think about the issues before I act on things. However, when confronted with rules – people can not think or even use common sense.

In one case, after I raised the issue about a “rule” that appeared to only be a revenue generator for the company I learned that a manager actually asked about the rule. The manager learned that it was one of those “rules” that was unwritten, unknown as to when and why it was implemented, and no one could explain the reasoning for the rule. This is a clear example of no one taking the responsibility to question a rule that only aggravated their clients.

There have been several other examples of “stupid” rules that I have had to deal with over the past two weeks. My question is why do people (who are educated) not thinking and taking action? It appears there are four  reasons: Continue reading ‘It’s Time to Think for a Change!’ »