Something You Should Know about Attitude

July 15, 2011

Interview with Leonard Mlodinow, author of the book The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

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Mike Carruthers:
One force that likely has more impact on your life than any other is randomness.

Leonard Mlodinow:
In love, in business - if you look back on your life you'll find that minor unrelated events have as much or more impact as the ones you worked so hard to make happen.
 

May 23, 2011

Interview with Dr. Michael Pantalon, author of the book Instant Influence: How to Get Anyone to Do Anything--Fast

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Mike Carruthers:
If you want someone else to change a negative behavior…

Dr. Michael Pantalon:
You have to tell resistant people that they don’t absolutely have to change that it’s up to them. And the second thing is ask them questions about they might want to change.
 

February 18, 2011

Interview with Dr. Tim Irwin, author of the book Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled: The Qualities You Need to Stay Out of Harm's Way and Thrive at Work

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Mike Carruthers:
Why do some people love going to work and others hate it?

Tim Irwin:
I find that the people who are really passionate about their jobs have really found a way to connect who they are with what they're doing. And we do that by connecting with the customer. Line of site to the customer, I find, is the real key to this whole thing.
 

February 16, 2011

Interview with Judith Orloff, M.D., author of the book Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life

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Mike Carruthers:
Are you one of those people who gets upset and angry if someone cuts you off on the highway or has 16 items in the 15 items or less aisle at the store?

Dr. Orloff:
People are going to cut you off all of the time, people are going to irritate you allof the time – you have a choice about how you respond.