Monthly Archives: March 2014

Living fearfully or fearlessly

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Murray Hill

Like anything else, the way we make decisions is a choice. If you are full of fear of what might happen if you change something in your life you likely will decide to do nothing. Doing nothing usually results in … Continue reading →

Posted in Change, Human Behaviour, Motivation | Tagged change, control, decision making, fear, fearful, fearless, predicting the future, self esteem | Leave a comment

Two ways to lead

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Murray Hill

1. Intimidate others to create fear. It works but only in the short term. Why? Because this method takes away individual freedom of thought and expression. Eventually your followers rebel because people don’t want to do things they don’t believe … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership | Tagged goals, leadership, motivation, results, values, vision | Leave a comment

The true test of honesty

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Murray Hill

Let’s be honest. Most of us see ourselves as being truthful. To me though, being honest is bigger than that. Being honest is choosing a path in life and then being true to that path. You stay on that course, … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Behaviour, Perception | Tagged doing the right thing, guilt, honesty, integrity, respect, Truth | 1 Comment

An easy way to be more helpful to others

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Murray Hill

Want to do more good more often? Then imagine yourself as a lighthouse. Become a virtual lighthouse with a working beacon. This way you’ll always be there to prevent others from crashing into the rocks.

Posted in Giving Back, Human Behaviour | Tagged friendship, giving back, helping, helping others, lending a hand, listening, support | Leave a comment

Avoiding vulnerability

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Murray Hill

We all have weaknesses. We could all use some shoring up and improvement when it comes to our character traits, personalities, attitudes, skills and even habits. So before someone else recognizes your weaknesses and tries to take advantage of you, … Continue reading →

Posted in Change, Human Behaviour, Strategy | Tagged attitude, change, preparation, strengths, vulnerability, weaknesses | Leave a comment

Croud searching

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Murray Hill

We have a new term to use! We are familiar with crowd sourcing where people come together online to proved information and also we know about crowd funding where people choose to invest in the ideas of others. Now we … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Behaviour, Technology | Tagged croud searching, Malaysian jet search, satellite images | Leave a comment

Failure is okay

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Murray Hill

We’ve all heard the stories about inventors getting it right after numerous failed attempts and baseball players with home run records who also hold records for the most strikeouts. Here is another about having to endure failure while on his … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Behaviour, Motivation | Tagged acceptance, failure, golf, Jack Nicklaus, losing, perserverence, positive attitude, winning | Leave a comment

Quotable Quotes

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Murray Hill

With the announcement that Getty Images is going to release 35 million stock photos at no cost for non-commercial use, Jonathan Klein, the CEO of Getty Images says, “images are the communication medium of today and imagery has become the … Continue reading →