Music is a very strong effect on you mood and should not be forgotten.

I’ve got a playlist full of things like: I’ve got the Power, Get on your feet, Book of Days, Calyspo, Fame, Everybody wants to rule the world, and Rhythm is gonna get you.

I, too, have loaded my iPod with a whole lot of audiobooks, thanks for the recommendations.

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As I don’t own any tapes or mp3s yet, I regularly read blogs and share my thoughts to give something back to others. Similarly to yunasville, I want to systematically write about positive thoughts (personal development, entrepreneurship) on a daily basis. I do it in the morning to get the positive energy for the day. As I already have my blog running since more than a year, I can start right after getting up. I’m very enthusiastic about this and I’m looking forward to see myself a month later.

Mike

I can use them in english, but my wife can’t.

Thank you,

Daniel

by Stuart Wilde

@Joe: I agree. I tend to shy away from the “me, me, me” motivators as well as the “give until it hurts” ones and find myself more attracted to those who can strike a balance between the two, not as opposites in conflict but as two parts of an integrated whole. I especially like Covey’s private/public victory model as well as some of Dr. Wayne Dyer’s ideas. Integrating this kind of balance into my own work has been hugely important to me. To me there’s a natural flow between giving and receiving — they can work in harmony if you run your life to invite that harmony.

I too have experienced this, finding a work full of good ideas and enthusiasm and enjoying the teaching, but disliking some of the observations the person makes about people. At another level, I am a Buddhist and I am dissappointed that “success literature” doesn’t seem to acknowledge responsibility to the rest of the world (usually).

One of my favorite speakers routinely makes jokes about people who don’t make it, and seems to laugh at the idea that some people feel they never have a chance, saying it’s all their fault. Fact is, if you live in a house and can feed your family daily, you are in the richest 20% of the world. Here we are using the internet to discuss our personal success, when over half the world has never seen a telephone. I’mm not saying social inequality is impossible to rise above. I am saying we as Westerner’s with our Powerbooks and audiobooks have some advantages. I would like to see these men (and women) at least noting that and not ridiculing it.

Success literature has the unfortunate side effect of being all abot the iindividual. We might expect Zigler to be a great salesman and a great motivator, but we can”t expect him to be a great social observer. I think those of us who are doing this kind of development work need to establish a new model that is about success and focus for the individual without neglecting responsibility and compassion for others. There is a successful, prosperous individualism that is still possible even while being compassionate and giving to all other human beings.

I think Steven Covey, for example, walks that line. His works is designed for personal prosperity, workplace prosperity, but includes a plank about giving back to others. I think it’s impossible to be personally successful while still scorning other people.

I can see some folks having lots of good things to say, and then having one or 2 crazy opinions.. but this guy has got to be 99% BS. There’s no way I’d spend a hundred minutes listening to someone if it was only going to give me one minute of benefit. And there’s no way I could support someone who so blatantly lies and exploits to make his living. Yikes.

I concur with the remarks that NLP driven techniques on their own usually are tough to maintain. One of the problems I identified with them is that by following these techniques, you exert influence on yourself. However, we as human being are always influenced by our environment as well. If an environment drains my energy, no amount of NLP techniques will create a lasting result for me. However, if I use a technique that creates temporary positive energy but that also positively influences my environment, the chances on a lasting effect increase significantly.

I personally use two things to ensure a positive work environment: 1) wishing everyone a genuine good morning and 2) smiling a lot (look around on the street or a metro station: how many people are smiling? How many will be surprised to see your smile and return it?).

This might not work however if you work at home, with a limited amount of colleagues.