As destructive as gossip is normally, turned on its head it can be an incredible force for good.
A recent e-mail from Darren Hardy described the power of reverse-gossip: talking about people, behind their backs, in a positive way.
Read about it here.
It’s akin to (a definition of) true generosity: giving to someone who really needs help, who could never pay you back, anonymously.
Go forth and (reverse) gossip!
“People die of fright and live of confidence.” – Thoreau I think Thoreau, among other things, was speaking of courage here. Confidence is what results when courage (being afraid, but taking a reasonable risk anyway) is combined with purpose (the energy that comes from knowing what we want and why we want it). Is courage…
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. – Albert Einstein Why? What is it about “big dreams” that trumps having “all the facts?” Facts, to some degree, are necessary, but they are indeed insufficient. Without the emotional power…
I subscribe to Steve Chandler’s e-mails (you should too). Because I’m not feeling terribly inspired, but unwilling to not write a blog post, I am just going to pass along something recent from Steve: Selling myself on “the way I am” keeps me locked in my own fearful childhood. I become heavy with a false claim…
Please think about your legacy, because you’re writing it every day. – Gary Vaynerchuk So many people think “legacy” is just something to worry about when you’re “old.” This is unfortunate on two counts: 1) Worrying is just a misuse of one’s imagination. The best thing to do is decide what you want to create…
Character is much easier kept than recovered. – Thomas Paine Just as it’s easier to keep an existing customer than to acquire a new one, character and trust is much, much, much harder to recover once it’s is lost than it is to maintain. Therefore, resolve to live in such a way: That you don’t…