Reck, Ross; Dr.

Comfort Zone Study after study has shown that highly successful people possess high levels of self-confidence–a rock solid belief in their abilities.  This confidence stems from the fact that they have very large “comfort zones.”  The reason for this is that highly successful people, as they go through life, are constantly trying out new and different things–they are … [Read more...] about Want To Increase Your Self-Confidence? Expand Your Comfort Zone

Rage in the Car The last thing you want to do when someone cuts you off in traffic, doesn't say thank you or doesn't hold a door open for you, is to take it personally.  Keep in mind that such behavior is not directed at you, it's directed at the world.  People who behave like this are generally miserable and unhappy with little or no joy or fun in their lives.  If you respond … [Read more...] about Ross Reck: Don’t Let A 10 Second Encounter Ruin Your Day

Being Nice! A number of years ago, a group of researchers studied 16,000 corporate executives.  They found that the "high achievers" in the group tended to be every bit as concerned with people as they were with profits.  The "medium achievers" were concerned only with performance numbers, while the "low achievers" were obsessed with their own survival. The high achievers … [Read more...] about Ross Reck: Nice Managers Get The Best Results

Mr. Reik is right I came across an interesting quote made by a psychologist named Theodore Reik [2] nearly 50 years ago.  It went, "In order to be happy oneself, it is necessary to make at least one other person happy."  He went on to say, "The secret to human happiness is not in self-seeking, but in self-forgetting." What this means is that we humans do not have the capacity … [Read more...] about Ross Reck: The Secret To True Happiness

Maya Angelou appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show recently and said, "I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights."  Maya is right on the money.  If you can negotiate events like this with a smile on your face, then you're the kind of person who is getting the most … [Read more...] about Ross Reck: Life Is Short, So Lighten Up!