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Stop looking. Stop looking for answers when you already have them.
You’ll never find a magic key to happiness as long as you’re looking for it, there’s no shortcut.
You know exactly how you want to live your life, and you know the steps to get there, there’s no shortcut.
Those days. Those days when I’m tired or worn out or just basically sick of the grind…well what do I do on those days? I go anyways. I get it done. Even if I’m just going through the motions. I go through the motions. I don’t really want to work out. I work out. I really don’t want a hammer on a project. I hammer on the project. I don’t really want to get up and get out of bed, yeah, I get up and get out of bed.
No buts about it: It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. That saying holds true in business. No matter what your industry or function is, your success depends greatly on how you communicate. One simple tip I picked up years ago and have used both in sales and management is substituting the word but with the word and. Every time I hear a sentence that has a “but” in the middle I cringe – knowing that bad news is coming or the person is discounting my idea. Think about how you react when you hear it and try to listen to yourself when you say it. It’s simply a negative sounding conjunction.
