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Who You Listen to Matters

goals mentoring personal development Apr 27, 2021

I believe that it is easy to find people willing to give you advice.

It’s hard to find people with advice worth giving.

Who you listen to matters.

Before you ask someone what they think, make sure they do.

Before you get advice on how to accomplish something, anything, make sure THEY have done it before. And done it well.

Don’t seek affirmation. Seek information.

Practical information.

Based on evaluative experience.

There’s a process and a system for you to follow to get from where you are right now to where you want to be.

I teach all about this in the various studies, courses, and programs that I provide.

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Worrying is Like Bubble Gum for the Mind

habits leadership mentoring Mar 30, 2020

"Hey, I’m Tom Miller and I’ve got a quote I want to share with you one of my favorite quotes from my mentor Paul Martinelli. "Worrying is like bubblegum for the mind."

Many times, thoughts that consume us are such – ‘Did I do right?’, ‘Could I have done better?’, ‘Am I enough?’, ‘What will be the result of this?’.

In fact these are such familiar thoughts, that they are often on in our daily habits without our awareness.

Lots of times, we are in these grey situations where there is nothing obvious that we’ve done wrong, but nothing that we’ve done terribly right either. These thoughts can paralyze you.

One example is when a client or a potential client emails or calls me. My mind immediately goes to…”What did I do wrong?’ I sometimes delay in opening the email or listening to the voice message.

Do any of these thoughts ever enter your mind? How do they make...