“Clothes make the man, Naked people have little or no influence on society” Mark Twain Suits It is generally accepted that you need to have the appropriate attire for the job. For example. you are making a presentation to a corporate, you wear a suit to show, not only respect for your audience, but, credibility [...]
“Clothes make the man, Naked people have little or no influence on society” Mark Twain
Suits
It is generally accepted that you need to have the appropriate attire for the job. For example. you are making a presentation to a corporate, you wear a suit to show, not only respect for your audience, but, credibility and authority. The suit gives you the confidence but also provides the appropriate mindset to do the job. Therefore, people wear a suit and not a jacket with tatty jeans. However, when you are going to a social occasion, the casual attire is more appropriate – you are going to have a good time.
Cars
Cars are equivalent to clothes; you are inside them and your behaviour reflects the personality of the car. As soon as you step into the Veyron, a high speed road cruiser, your mindset is about the pleasure of high speed driving, not about saving the planet. However, when you are driving a Prius, your mindset is about transportation but with a eco-friendly consciousness about saving the planet – you do not drive this car on high speed pleasure drives.
Offices or Working areas
The environment influences your thinking.
This small room is used as an home office and the client is not happy. Why?
You take the personality of the room when you are in there. A small room has a persona of a small minded person; narrow and small thinking. This would be reflected in your actions and therefore, your business.
Secondly, in this configuration, the person faces a corner because of the position of the computer. Facing a corner reminds me of a school punishment but more importantly, the walls meeting together to form a corner. People who spend a lot of time facing a corner tend have closed mindsets.
The ideal office is a larger room but with the desk facing an open space. A larger room allows the person to have a bigger thoughts and an unhindered mindset. An open space allows the freedom of thought; open mindset.
Conclusion:
We adopt the persona of the environment that we are in. We wear the clothes and adopt its characteristics; we drive the car and adopt the characteristics.
We work in an office and we adopt the characteristics of the office. A small office will reflect small thinking. A large office will reflect a larger thinking.
Of course, a ordered and tidy office, will reflect an ordered and tidy mind.
Dr Michael Oon
Luck is a belief in good or bad fortune in life caused by accident or chance, and attributed by some to reasons of faith or superstition, which happens beyond a person’s control http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck Richard Wiseman, psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire made empirical observations and found that your could make your own luck The book [...]
Luck is a belief in good or bad fortune in life caused by accident or chance, and attributed by some to reasons of faith or superstition, which happens beyond a person’s control
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck
Richard Wiseman, psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire made empirical observations and found that your could make your own luck
The book – The Luck Factor
He observed that lucky people generate good fortune via four basic principles.
- They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities.
- Make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition.
- Create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations.
- Adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.
He has come up with a set plan of action to “make your own luck” using three easy techniques that can help to maximise good fortune:
1. Unlucky people often fail to follow their intuition when making a choice, whereas lucky people tend to respect hunches. Lucky people are interested in how they both think and feel about the various options, rather than simply looking at the rational side of the situation. I think this helps them because gut feelings act as an alarm bell – a reason to consider a decision carefully.
2. Unlucky people tend to be creatures of routine. They tend to take the same route to and from work and talk to the same types of people at parties. In contrast, many lucky people try to introduce variety into their lives. For example, one person described how he thought of a colour before arriving at a party and then introduced himself to people wearing that colour. This kind of behaviour boosts the likelihood of chance opportunities by introducing variety.
3. Lucky people tend to see the positive side of their ill fortune. They imagine how things could have been worse. In one interview, a lucky volunteer arrived with his leg in a plaster cast and described how he had fallen down a flight of stairs. I asked him whether he still felt lucky and he cheerfully explained that he felt luckier than before. As he pointed out, he could have broken his neck.
But, after reading the article, I said to myself, “Are these not the basis of Personal development?”
1. Relax and use your intuition to assist you in making decisions?
2. Extend your comfort zone; do not have any limits or say “I can’t”
3. Be positive.
Some useful links:
Be lucky – it’s an easy skill to learn
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3304496/Be-lucky-its-an-easy-skill-to-learn.html
How To Make Your Own Luck
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/72/realitycheck.html?page=0,0
The Luck Factor: Change Your Luck and Change Your Life (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Luck-Factor-Change-Your-Life/dp/0712623884/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266269874&sr=8-1
Government Drugs Advisor sacked
Professor David Nutt was sacked by the Home Secretary for criticising the Government on Drugs Policy.
I would like to state by opinion after having worked as a Forensic Scientist in the implementation of the Misuse of Drugs Act (1971).
A Scientific Adviser advises by stating his point of view. The final decision is made by the Minister or Cabinet after looking at the bigger picture which includes the scientific viewpoint. A scientific adviser is responsible to the minster who had appointed him. The Government is responsible to the Parliament and to the electorate eventually.
The Scientific Adviser can disclose is viewpoint to the public BUT, he does not criticise or comment on Government policy. That is the basic tenet of scientist or scientific adviser dealing with Government. He is only an advisor not a Cabinet minister or governor.
In my opinion, David Nutt was right to state his opinion based on the scientific viewpoint but he pushed it too far when he commented on Government policy.
Dr Michael Oon
