In This Issue

-My Weekly Reminder
–Instant Turnaround!
-Feedback From a Subscriber
-Pass it on

My Weekly Reminder

When someone does something to make you angry, the last thing on your mind is to be kind to that person.  In reality, it should be the first and for a very selfish reason: doing so cancels out your anger and brings you back to normal.  An article in a recent issue of Spirit magazine told of a gentleman waiting in a Starbuck’s drive-through line.  He had placed his order, but was unable to drive ahead far enough for the man in the car behind him to place his.  This man started honking his horn and calling him an idiot.  The gentleman was on the verge of losing it and knew he had to do something fast.  So, he calmly told the woman at the window that he wanted to pay for the coffee for the person behind him.  This set off a chain reaction of people paying for the next car’s coffee that lasted throughout the day.  The gentleman said that as soon as he asked to pay for the nasty person’s coffee, his anger immediately went away and his equilibrium was restored.  This is a wonderful and convincing illustration of the power of kindness.

Instant Turnaround! 

As I mentioned last week, Instant Turnaround! is going to be published by the William Morrow division of Harper Collins.  It will be launched during the April/May time frame of 2009.  If you would like to download the final version of the manuscript that was sent to the publisher, please click on the image of the cover below. 

Feedback From a Subscriber

This past week, I received the following email regarding last week’s Reminder about always conducting your affairs as if someone important is watching:

“Ross,

Years ago I learned this lesson a different way when I was training to be a broadcast journalist.

At some point during the course, a radio student would inevitably forget to turn off the microphone, or a tv student would assume the “broadcast” was in break. In either case, the student said or did something that was embarrassing. My radio instructor was particularly plain-spoken and sincere when he told my small group: “Remember, the mic is always on.”

 To this day his words echo in my mind, I’ve made mistakes over the years. I’m human. But I believe I would have made more mistakes had I not been mindful of those words.

Kind regards,”

Pass it on

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