Positive Consequences

I have always been fascinated with the word Success. I have read countless descriptions and definitions of the word, but I have yet to find a description that is all encompassing. Success means different things to different people.

In blogging here at Success Begins Today, we have talked about a myriad of things that lead [...]

Find The Key

We all have problems in life. Things we can’t fix, people who don’t understand us, and situations that confound us. All we need is a solution. All we need is that golden key that unlocks the problem and provides the perfect answer.

Yet that key is often hard to find.
We can spend hours, days, and [...]

How Not to Praise Your Kids

I’ve been listening to the new book by Daniel Coyle, entitled The Talent Code and I ran across something truly eye opening. In fact it goes against conventional wisdom to such a degree that I didn’t believe it at first.

In a chapter on “Ignition,” about how to get talents started, Daniel goes into a [...]

Can We Learn Faster?

That is the question that the new book by Daniel Coyle, entitled The Talent Code aims to answer. I downloaded the book from Audible yesterday and the first chapter is already fascinating.
The main study of the book is based on a road trip he took to what he calls “talent hotbeds”, places where [...]

Crisis Communications

Have you noticed lately that there are drastic swings daily in the way the news media represents our current economic crisis. One day it’s the end of the world, the next day recovery is here.
   
I can’t remember a time that perception is so intrinsically tied to news events. This last week a number [...]

Your Next Emergency

Seth Godin has a great post on his blog this week about emergencies..
He says…
It’s amazing that people have so much time to fret about today’s emergency but almost no time at all to avoid tomorrow’s.

With all the things that have happened in the last year from the economic crisis, housing bust, rising unemployment, to the [...]