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Lose Control

Conventional thinking:  I must always be in control.  I must keep a tight grip on everything in my life in order to be successful.
Contrarian thinking:  Losing control will help you relax, may boost your creativity, and will do wonders for human relations.
If you have an A-type personality it may be difficult for you to let […]

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11Mar2008 | goldfish | 0 comments | Continued
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The Customer is Sometimes Right

Conventional thinking:  The customer is always right.
Contrarian thinking:  The 20% of customers that are responsible for 80% of your revenues have the right to be demanding and you should get out of your way to accommodate their needs.  The other 80% of your customers who are responsible for 20% of your revenues are not worth […]

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5Mar2008 | goldfish | 0 comments | Continued
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Less is More

Common sense:  In order to succeed I need to do more than the competition.  I need to do more work, provide more content, add more option, and so on and so forth.
Contrarian thinking:  Less is more.  I don’t need to do more busy work.  I need to be smarter about the work I do.  I […]

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17Feb2008 | goldfish | 0 comments | Continued
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Think Negative

Conventional thinking:  I should think positive in order to achieve my goals.
Contrarian thinking: If you don’t think about the problems that are getting in the way of achieving your goals you won’t overcome them.
According to Greg Helmstetter, CEO of myGoals.com, an online goal-setting site, instead of thinking positive you should do just the opposite:
“If you […]

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28Jan2008 | goldfish | 1 comment | Continued
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Big Bang Theory: Small Changes Do Not Work

Conventional thinking:  Choose small reasonable goals, take small steps and make changes slowly.
Contrarian thinking: Make big changes at once in one big bang approach.
Dr. David Hyman, M.D., chief of general internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston coauthored a study that showed that changing everything at once in a big bang approach is […]

Popularity: 48% [?]

25Jan2008 | goldfish | 0 comments | Continued
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