Relationships ; This “New Science” is the Old Common Sense (post by Kirk Weisler)
In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions. – Margaret Wheatly Leadership and the New Science
I read this quote and had to ask myself – did it really take “New Science” to determine that relationships are the key? Heck I knew that since I was a kid.
Kirk Out
So Busted!!
This dog is not allowed on the bed. So it’s owner installed a camera to check what happens when the dog stays home alone.
Want Peace? Don’t Guess at Others Motivation (post by Kirk Weisler)
HELLO and HAPPY MONDAY!!
Many years ago one of our wonderful subscribers, Karen Staebell, posted this response to T4D. I invite you to take special note of the very last sentence.
Peace requires one to let go of the urges to judge others for what they do or do not do.
It means taking things one at a time and letting go of worry over things that cannot be controlled or changed.
Accepting people for who they are without trying to guess at their motivation puts us on a path to a peaceful existence.
Accepting, without guessing, places us on a more peaceful path.
Kirk out
The Secret to Living is Giving (by Simple Truths)
There are certain stories that just get stuck in your head…changing the way you look at life. In the next three minutes, you’re about to experience one of those stories.
It’ll illustrate, more than words can say, the #1 thing you can do to transform your entire life…and the lives of those around you.
Click on link below to view the three minute movie:
The Secret to Living is Giving
Boy spends savings on smoke detectors for families in need
An 8-year-old boy who spent his savings to help keep others safe is a lesson in kindness for all of us.
Hector Montoya heard about a fire near his Texas town that killed a mother and her child. The family didn’t have working smoke detectors.
Hector decided to take all the money he was saving and buy smoke detectors for people who needed them.
“I was saving the $300 for a PS4 but I said saving a life is more important,” Hector said. “It really hurts my heart to see people die in a fire.”
This past weekend, Hector, with the help of his local fire department, installed nearly 100 smoke detectors. His friends and neighbors also joined the effort.
Hector ended up getting his PS4 after all. Someone who saw his good deed on the news bought him one.
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Laughing Makes Your Brain Work Better, New Study Finds (By SARAH FIGALORA via Good Morning America )
Ever have trouble remembering where you just left your keys? Just laugh it off. New research suggests that humor can improve short-term memory in older adults.
In a recent small study conducted at Loma Linda University in Southern California, 20 normal, healthy, older adults watched a funny video distraction-free for 20 minutes, while a control group sat calmly with no video. Afterwards, they performed memory tests and had saliva samples analyzed for stress hormones.
You guessed it; those who got to laugh the 20 minutes away with the funny video scored better on short-term memory tests, researchers said. And salivary levels of the stress hormone cortisol — a memory enemy of sorts — were significantly decreased in the humor group.
“Learning ability and delayed recall become more challenging as we age,” said study author Dr. Gurinder S. Bains, a Ph.D. candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences. “Laughing with friends or even watching 20 minutes of humor on TV, as I do daily, helps me cope with my daily stressors.”
The less stress you have, researchers said, the better your memory. It works like this: humor reduces stress hormones, lowers your blood pressure, and increases your mood state, according to Dr. Lee Berk, a co-author of the study and associate professor of Allied Heath.
The act of laughter — or simply enjoying some humor — increases endorphins, sending dopamine to the brain to provide a sense of pleasure and reward, Berk said.
That, in turn, makes the immune system work better and changes brain wave activity towards what’s called a “gamma frequency,” amping up memory and recall.
Want to lower your stress levels?
“Begin by laughing more daily,” Bains said. “It will improve your quality of life.”
So, maybe you don’t have to feel bad about all that time you spend watching funny videos at work?
Here’s a video to get you started!! Have a groovy day!!
Cherish Your Vision – If You Want It…(post by Kirk Weisler)
You can have anything you want — if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States
Say What?? I can be ANYTHING?!?!?!
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blue prints of your ultimate accomplishments. — Napoleon Hill (1883-1970) American Motivational Speaker
Now here is the culmination of those two quotes realized by a young boy who had a vision and wanted it… badly.
Kirk Out
