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Labels: Just for Fun
![]() GottaGettaBLOG! 2008-2009An executive coaching, leadership development, and life coaching blog – with a bit of this and that thrown in every now and then - from ICF-Certified Master Coach Barry Zweibel and GottaGettaCoach!, Inc. Saturday, October 31, 2009Wednesday, October 28, 2009Drowning in Life's Trash![]() Today's question, which I thought was a good one, was: "How much receipt paper is generated by America's retailers?" The answer? An attention-getting "228.7 million pounds a year." But the graphic explanation of how heavy that amount of paper is seemed, well, curious ... Two Titanics?! Sorry, but I don't get the connection. Maybe if they were talking about newspapers and the dramatic slippage in the number of home subscriptions over the last few years, a sinking ship reference would be more apt. But sales register receipts?! The connection fails me. So let me give it a try* ...
On second thought, given the nearly 115 tons of paper sales receipts "drowning" the US each year, maybe the Titanic reference isn't so obtuse after all. Hmmm. ----- Labels: Just for Fun Monday, October 26, 2009Conflict Trigger Mitigation and Avoidance
Here's the scenario:
Or maybe, it goes like this:
Likely both scenarios turn into one, big, round-and-round, ongoing, mess-of-a conflict. Now keep in mind, no one actually has to be at fault here - Person A (or B) can be triggered just because Person B (or A) did, said, or even just *wore* something that reminded Person A (or B) of a trigger-worthy something/someone in his/her past. It's all very Pavlovian, for you Classical Conditioning fans out there. The point is, though, that triggers can be triggered for reasons totally unrelated to the "triggeree". But, if Persons A and B can get more "consciously aware" of this whole triggers-triggering-triggers thing, they will likely WANT to work, in true partnership - yes, in TRUE partnership -, on:
Not to sound sales-y about it, but coaching (along with a Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP) Assessment) is an excellent way help someone better understand his/her own triggers, how they may be unknowingly triggering others, and how to better manage these conflict dynamics. So if you and someone - or someone and someone else you know - are in seemingly constant conflict with each other, there very well might be something we can all do about it to make things better. ---- *Triggers --> Whatever causes one's fight/flight instinct to suddenly, and dramatically, engage. Labels: Conflict, Fear/Courageousness, Getting Unstuck, Success at Work Monday, October 19, 20094qtr2009 Not Just Talk! Newsletter Now Available![]()
Enjoy! Labels: favorite quotations, Getting Unstuck, Leadership Development, Life Coach - Life Coaching, Motivation, Success at Work Tuesday, October 6, 2009Where They Sign What They Sign![]() In a recent study, he found that when people are asked to sign their name at the TOP of an insurance application (instead of the usual signature spot, at the bottom) they were more honest about their driving habits, even though higher annual mileage meant higher premiums. Extending this notion to more of a B-to-B setting:
And just to keep yourself on the up-and-up:
----- Labels: Motivation, Positive Psychology, Success at Work |