There’s a very seductive trap that people often fall into when they become successful. It goes something like this: Success eventually leads to arrogance where people become taken with themselves and their success. As a result, they slowly start to alienate the people who helped make them successful in the first place. Arrogance then leads to feelings of infallibility (I’m … [Read more...] about Humility Is The Key To Sustaining Success by Ross Reck
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Be the Change You Want to See in the World by Ross Reck
If we want the world to be a better place, it’s up to us to set the example. We need to live our lives in such a manner that when others think of kindness, caring, fairness and integrity, they think of us. This begins with things that are simple and easy to do like: returning your shopping cart. Picking up a piece of trash that someone else left. Holding the door for someone … [Read more...] about Be the Change You Want to See in the World by Ross Reck
We Wake Up Every Day To A New Beginning by Ross Reck
Each day is a new beginning--a chance to start off fresh and new with a clean slate. Whatever happened yesterday is behind us and will stay there, but we have the opportunity to make today what it will become. What we make of each new day depends on our attitude which we get to choose. If we choose to greet each new day with a positive attitude; those days will be filled … [Read more...] about We Wake Up Every Day To A New Beginning by Ross Reck
Being Nice Gives You A Real Advantage by Ross Reck
There are a number of people who view being nice as a liability when it comes to their personal and professional success. Some say, "If you're nice, people will take advantage of you." Others say, "If you're nice, you'll be seen as being weak." Recent research studies, however, have shown that just the opposite is true. In a study published in the March, 2009 issue of … [Read more...] about Being Nice Gives You A Real Advantage by Ross Reck
Ross Reck: Having Lots of Friends Leads to a Longer Life
A study at Brigham Young University, which was reported in the journal PLOS Medicine, found that our personal relationships are among the “short list” of factors that predict our odds of living or dying. The study authored by BYU professors Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Timothy Smith and J. Bradley Layton found that people with adequate social relationships—friends, family, … [Read more...] about Ross Reck: Having Lots of Friends Leads to a Longer Life