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Understanding Extreme Behavior

Understanding Extreme Behavior Byr Bill Cottringer “Human behavior flows from three main sources—desire, emotion, and knowledge.” ~Plato. Is it my imagination or is extreme behavior becoming more commonplace these days? Is the incident rate of extreme behavior actually increasing or is the ubiquitous internet access and pervasive social media coverage giving an exaggerated boost to that perception? A fellow truth traveler friend of mine asked me why extreme behavior occurs. Here is my current understanding of the psychology of extreme behavior:

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If Enough People Imagine and Believe in Something, It Will Happen…

If Enough People Imagine and Believe in Something, It Will Happen… BynBill Cottringe n“I can believe anything, provided it is incredible.” ~Oscar Wilde. If enough people believe in something, it will happen…”The ‘Yes-but’ rest of the story is…True, but maybe just not quite in the exact way or ...

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Is It Important To Have An Accurate View Of Reality?

Is It Important To Have An Accurate View Of Reality? BynBill Cottringe n“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.” ~Abraham Lincoln. I suppose some people would pose slightly different versions of this title question: ...

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Five Ways to Keep Your Perspectives Flowing Forward

Five Ways to Keep Your Perspectives Flowing ForwardnBy Bill Cottringe n“In anything, perspective is everything.” ~The autho Perspective: Personal point of view; how you view something; different aspects of an object in thought from a particular standpoint. I hope Lao Tzu doesn’t ...

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The Trouble With Self-Help

n“If you want to know where you are going, stop; look at where your feet are pointing and look behind you to see where the footprints are that got you here.” ~The Author. I have been a part of the positive psychology, human potential and self-help movements since the late sixties. At this ...

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TWO KINDS OF BELIEFS

TWO KINDS OF BELIEFS Byr Bill Cottringer “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ~Philip K. Dick.

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Why You Should Focus More On The One Really Important Need You Have Rather than on The Many Others That Occupy Your Attention

Why You Should Focus More On The One Really Important Need You Have Rather than on The Many Others That Occupy Your Attentio BynBill Cottringe “We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.” ~James Matthew Barrie. We all really just have one ...

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Live, Love & Laugh

Live, Love & Laugh Byr Bill Cottringer “When done correctly by individuals, living, loving and laughing greatly improve the quality of life for humanity.” ~The author. The more you do these three things, the more successful and happier you and others will be. But first you have to translate the ideas and meanings of these things into actions that get results. Here are some suggestions on how to do that. LIVE Living means letting go and trusting life to take you where the whole flow is going in the long run.

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Training ROI

Training ROInBy William Cottringe nn Today, employee training has to be more cost effective than ever. Your tight bottom line can't afford the luxury of huge training expenditures without a serious return on investment. Below are the most important goals to focus on achieving in order to ...

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Only Two Kinds Of People?

ONLY TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE? By Bill Cottringe n Getting along with other people and working together cooperatively is the fundamental foundation of successful outcomes in the workplace. This is true teamwork at its best. Organizations without this foundation don’t grow or prosper, at least ...

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Hopelessness: The Only Real Enemy Worth Defeating

Hopelessness: The Only Real Enemy Worth Defeating Byr Bill Cottringer “Hopelessness is a feeling. It's not a fact.” ~Anohni Hopelessness is the main cause of all the world’s problems and hope is the only real antidote. Thank heavens for the reality of the quote above, that hopelessness is a feeling rather than a fact. This reality alone is worth having hope about in joining forces to defeat the common enemy of us all—hopelessness—or call it by any other name…anxiety, nilism, fear, lack of trust, pessimism, depression, existential terror, war, or whatever else seems to fit.

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Removing The Safety Space Between You And Life

REMOVING THE SAFETY SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND LIFEnBy Bill Cottringe n In a recent movie, "Lions for Lambs," the truth of life was pursued to the end from three different directions by three great movie stars, who probably weren’t acting: Tom Cruise, the ambitious politician, Meryl Streep, the ...

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Common Sense Time Management Learned The Hard Way

Common Sense Time Management Learned The Hard Way Byr Bill Cottringer “Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn. ~Delmore Schwartz.

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HEALING THE DIVIDE

HEALING THE DIVIDE Byr Bill Cottringer “The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.” ~Max Born.

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Heroes, Villains, Victims & Bystanders

HEROES, VILLAINS, VICTIMS & BYSTANDERSnby William Cottringe nnn In the game of life there are four main roles we can choose to play. These roles are Hero, Villain, Victim or Bystander. Which of these roles are you playing? HERO Heroes dream big, translate their dreams into ...

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What To Focus On?

What To Focus On? Byr Bill Cottringer “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” ~Alexander Graham Bell. Regarding the title question, the answer in a word is—NOW. One very popular view of life is that we are all pawns on a chess board being moved around by destiny (or whatever else you wish to call it), just to see what our reactions will be. This is a provocative perspective, but a plausible one.

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Three Beatitudes for Better Communication

Three Beatitudes for Better Communication Byr Bill Cottringer “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” ~George Be ard Shaw.

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Success Principles

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Shortcut to Happiness

SHORTCUT TO HAPPINESS BynBill Cottringe nn“Happiness is merely what you get from doing what you do to get it.” ~The author, not being facetious. Or put another way… Shortcut to Happiness Want more happiness? Slow down & do less, Unload the overload; Listen to what you want, Hear what you ...

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Success Principles

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Thinking Your Way to Success

Thinking Your Way to Success Byr Bill Cottringer “I want to know all God’s thoughts; all the rest are just details.” ~Albert Einstein.

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Seven Things Relationship Counselors Usually Won't Tell You

SEVEN THINGS RELATIONSHIP COUNSELORS USUALLY WON’T TELL YOU By Bill Cottringe nn Now I realize that this article is going to rile a few people in the relationship counseling profession, but I will at least try to speak the truth gently and kindly. I have been there, done that and paid my ...

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The Two Problems of Problem-Solving

The Two Problems of Problem-Solving byr Bill Cottringer If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution. ~Albert Einstein.

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Facts of Life That Get In The Way Of Living

Facts of Life That Get In The Way Of Living Byr Bill Cottringer “It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.” ~Victor Hugo, Les Misérables.

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GAP-CLOSING

GAP-CLOSING Byr Bill Cottringer Life is all the stuff that happens in between acknowledging our gaps and trying to deal with them. ~The author.

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Being Happy Without Money

BEING HAPPY WITHOUT MONEY Byn Bill Cottringe nn“If you can’t be happy poor you can’t be happy rich.” ~ The Author. Are we all really capable of achieving great financial wealth like The Secret proponents and all the wealth books and wealth gurus profess? Are we all meant to have wealth? ...

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Success Principles

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A Simple Life Gap Map That Makes Sense Of The Ones You Have To Pay For

A Simple Life Gap Map That Makes Sense Of The Ones You Have To Pay For Byr Bill Cottringer “Life gets to be fun only when we begin to feel free to live it; but there is no real freedom apart from responsibility and ownership.” ~Dr. Henry Cloud. Here are two important things you know than no one else does: First, only you know exactly where you are on your journey (probably not exactly where you would really like to be). And secondly, only you know where you want to be (living your dreams and goals happily and dealing with misfortunes gracefully).

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A SIMPLE BUT PROFOUND LIFE-CHANGING CHOICE

A SIMPLE BUT PROFOUND LIFE-CHANGING CHOICEnBy Bill Cottringe n“The difficulty in life is the choice.” ~ George Moorenn Several years ago one of my best friends had a small piece of granite on his desk with some words that impressed me so much I made mention of the object several times. He ...

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Unloading The Management Overload Problem

UNLOADING THE MANAGEMENT OVERLOAD PROBLEMnBy Bill Cottringe nn“I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up.” ~Erma Bombeck. Is it just my imagination or do other managers feel ...

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Two Illusions That Spoil Reality

Two Illusions That Spoil Reality byr Bill Cottringer “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” ~Søren Kierkegaard.

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REALITY REPAIR: With Stress-less Success

REALITY REPAIR: With Stress-less SuccessnBy Bill Cottringe n“Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.” ~Lily Tomlin. This is my 7th book and I am trying something entirely new this time around. I am starting out with a definite title to my book in mind; ...

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BEING OKAY WITH BEING AVERAGE

BEING OKAY WITH BEING AVERAGE Byr Bill Cottringer “Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common. ~Satchel Page. In reality, the great majority of people fall within the “average” range of the so-called Bell Curve.

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The Baker’s Dirty Dozen Gaps Between What’s

The Baker’s Dirty Dozen Gaps Between What’sr Byr Bill Cottringer “The main challenge in life is to close the gap between where you are now and where you really want to be.” ~The Author. We all have much work to do to close the above gap. Here are a Baker’s Dirty Dozen Gaps we need to figure out how to close before they widen past the point of no return:

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Good Decision-Making

Good Decision-Making One of the most important skills in life and work to perfect is decision-making. Successful outcomes are always based on good decision-making but good decision-making is not a skill you can learn ove ight or learn from a book. It takes great thought, patience and ...

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Success Is Easier Done Than Said

SUCCESS IS EASIER DONE THAN SAIDnBy William Cottringer, Ph.D. “People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.” ~Albert Einstein. All the libraries of current success clues are making success harder said than done. We are all buried in the success overload and ...

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Little Things That Can Help a Good Relationship Stay That Way

Little Things That Can Help a Good Relationship Stay That Way By Bill Cottringer “A man's sense of self is defined through his ability to achieve results; a woman's sense of self is defined through her feelings and the quality of her relationships.” ~John Gray.

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The ABC’s of Success in Anything & Everything

The ABC’s of Success in Anything & Everything Byr Bill Cottringer “How much or how little you have of something, depends mostly on how you define that something.” ~The Author.

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A Mission Every Employer Has with Every Employee

A Mission Every Employer Has with Every Employee Byr Dr. Bill Cottringer “The obscure takes a while to see, but the obvious even longer.” ~Anonymous. The above quote relates to a lesso I seem to have to keep relea ing and remembering from the first book I wrote several years ago—“You Can Have Your Cheese & Eat It Too.” The important lesson is in understanding how to do this by understanding the opening quote. Oddly, the solution to this challenging paradox is rather obvious, yet obvious things usually take longer to see than even more obscure ones.

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Are There Still Differences Between Male and Female Psyches?

Are There Still Differences Between Male and Female Psyches? Byr Bill Cottringer

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What Do You Have to Do to Feel The Way You Want to Feel?

What Do You Have to Do to Feel The Way You Want to Feel? Byr Bill Cottringer “There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” ~Aldous Huxley.

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Two Serious Problems We were Warned About in 1970

Two Serious Problems We were Warned About in 1970 By Bill Cottringer “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything” ~George Be ard Shaw.

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THE “WORST BAD HABIT” YOU CAN GET CAUGHT UP IN

THE “WORST BAD HABIT” YOU CAN GET CAUGHT UP INnBy Bill Cottringe n“The obscure takes a while to see and the obvious—even longer.” ~Anonymous. What is the worst bad habit you can get caught up in? One that is hard to see because it is so much of who we are on this human journey. As it ...

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Reality is Not What it Seems

Reality is Not What it Seems byr Bill Cottringer Every once in a while, I stumble upon a book that helps me reconcile harsh polarities into a bigger, better, and more useful truth, usually emerging from somewhere in-between the given opposite possibilities. Such is the case with the quantum gravity researcher, Carlo Rovelli’s book, in Reality is Not What it Seems.

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The Rewards Of Negativity

“Positive people live their lives like there are no tomorrows; negative people live life like it will go on forever but wish it wouldn’t.” ~The Autho n You really don’t have to have a Ph.D. in clinical psychology to explain why some people are positive and some are negative. Human ...

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BANDWIDTH AND “P” POINTS FOR SUPER SUCCESS

BANDWIDTH AND “P” POINTS FOR SUPER SUCCESS Byr Bill Cottringer “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill.

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GREEN, YELLOW & RED LIGHTS

GREEN, YELLOW & RED LIGHTS Byr Bill Cottringer “Three things cannot be long hidden: The sun, the moon, and the truth.” ~Buddha.

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The Reality Principle of Success and Why Many People Don’t Follow It

James Gray’s “Two Lovers” with Joaquin Phoenix, Gwenth Paltrow, and Vinessa Shaw was an amusing, but predictable movie. The plot involved a confused young man carrying on with two completely different lovers—one very passionate, slightly out-of-reach relationship with all sorts of possibilities, good and bad, and the other a comfortable love that he could easily grow into. He follows his heart and gets jilted at the last minute in his plans to run away with the hoped-for love, but luckily still has the comfortable, fall-back relationship as an alte ative to his suicidal thoughts.

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Double Vision Decision-Making

Double Vision Decision-Making Byr Bill Cottringer “Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.” ~Phil McGraw. Double vision decision-making is a very useful and valuable skill in maneuvering around in today’s plethora of information overload that confronts us all. Basically, double vision is seeing both sides of the decision-making equation, or things like: • What information you already have and what you may need, and using what you already have smarter?r

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A Mother of a Problem For Reality Repair

A Mother of a Problem For Reality Repai By Bill Cottringe n A central challenge in life is for us to learn how to become experts at reality repair. We frequently find ourselves as part of undesirable realities we need to fix or create new and better replacement ones we think we want. ...

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Surprise: When You Are Slightly Off Keel You Are At Your Best!

Surprise: When You Are Slightly Off Keel You Are At Your Best! BynBill Cottringe nn“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” ~ Oprah Winfrey. I am sure I am not the first person to discover this powerful reality, but…You are poised to be at your best ...

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Barriers to Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases

Barriers to Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases Byr Bill Cottringer

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Reality is Not What it Seems

Reality is Not What it Seems byr Bill Cottringer Every once in a while, I stumble upon a book that helps me reconcile harsh polarities into a bigger, better, and more useful truth, usually emerging from somewhere in-between the given opposite possibilities. Such is the case with the quantum gravity researcher, Carlo Rovelli’s book, in Reality is Not What it Seems.

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