"Marshmallows Best Predictor of Success?"

Working with Emotional Intelligence
by Daniel Goleman

Dr. Goleman did an excellent job with his second book on Emotional Intelligence because he gives more detail on how to correct the lack of Emotional Intelligence in the business and professional world.

On page 26 he tells us how to do a check up on our missing competences for emotional intelligence( both personal and social competencies) and he also mentions that there must be a continious follow up on this program to achieve a lasting effect over the change of our un-wanted bad habits and he alos mentions the guidelines for emotional competence TRAINING which is very helpful in the seminars to train management executives.

Dr. Goleman explains also that it takes months to be able to modify our personality, so that some people will not dispair because they can not get an overnight change, it takes time, perseverance and practice to become a proficient and capable executive with good emotional intelligence. Dr. Goleman also explains the effect that stress has on CONTROL and how it affects mistakes, memory and health and overall management.

In other words Dr. Goleman is helping everybody to modify their personalities to be able to produce more with less stress and wear (or exhaustion).

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Marshmallows Best Predictor of Success?

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The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment

In above video you will see kids participating in the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment. The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment must be the most astounding psychological study ever performed, or at any rate ranking right up there with some of the experiments done by Stanley Milgram.

Who would ever guess that a brief observation of a four-year old alone with a marshmallow would be an excellent predictor of college entrance exam scores — twice as good a predictor as IQ test scores? In one of the most amazing developmental studies ever conducted, Walter Michel of Stanford created a simple test of the ability of four year old children to control impulses and delay gratification.

Children were taken one at a time into a room with a one-way mirror. They were shown a marshmallow. The experimenter told them he had to leave and that they could have the marshmallow right then, but if they waited for the experimenter to return from an errand, they could have two marshmallows. One marshmallow was left on a table in front of them. Some children grabbed the available marshmallow within seconds of the experimenter leaving. Others waited up to twenty minutes for the experimenter to return.

In a follow-up study (Shoda, Mischel, & Peake, 1990), children were tested at 18 years of age and comparisons were made between the third of the children who grabbed the marshmallow (the "impulsive") and the third who delayed gratification in order to receive the enhanced reward ("impulse controlled").

The third of the children who were most impulsive at four years of age scored an average of 524 verbal and 528 math. The impulse controlled students who scored 610 verbal and 652 math! This astounding 210 point total score difference on the SAT was predicted on the basis of a single observation at four years of age! The 210 point difference is as large as the average differences between that of economically advantaged versus disadvantaged children and is larger than the difference between children from families with graduate degrees versus children whose parents did not finish high school!

At four years of age gobbling a marshmallow now v. waiting for two later is twice as good a predictor of later SAT scores than is IQ. Poor impulse control is also a better predictor of later delinquency than is IQ.

Obviously there's a strong correlation between IQ and impulse control. People who do well in life have lots of both, and vice versa for those who don't do well.

Sociologists have regaled us for years with their theories as to the causes of poverty: lack of education, structural causes, racism. But it seems that, at least where opportunity exists, the reason for differences in income and wealth is that the poor have high impulsivity.

The Just Wait Teen Program

The teenagers of the Just Wait Teen™ program  are exposed to the information and research concerning their Happiness, their Temperaments, their Talents, their Attributes, their Gifts and how to maintain long term relationships. The Just Wait Teen™ program  is life enhancing program, not a substance rehabilitation program. Although its' objective is to give the teens tools and understandings to reach 21 years - substance free.

This Program was developed by the Just Wait Foundation a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation to prevent drug, alcohol, and tobacco problems among teenagers. The Foundation provides one-year scholarships (two semesters) at a Community College or $1000 award to teens that completes the 4 year Just Wait Teen™ Positive Youth Development Program, obtains a GED, or graduates from high school - alcohol, tobacco, and drug free. The Just Wait Foundation has arranged to use of 80 acres to raise fruit and vegetables to finance the scholarships

We offer free training for any person or group that wants to start this program in their community.

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Beat The Competition - Let's Beat Out The Competition Once And For All   
Rochelle Togo-Figa

Have you ever lost the sale because the prospect decided to go with your competitor?

In the world of business, there will always be other businesses competing with you for your customers.

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Is there a way to decrease losing business to the competitor and increase the chances of them choosing you? Absolutely! It starts with knowing, understanding, researching, and learning from your competitors.


Here are 8 steps to help you learn more about your competitors:

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1. Identify the company name
2. Names of top executives and sales people
3. What services they do and do not provide
4. How much they charge
5. Who they target their marketing to
6. How they find clients
7. How they position themselves in the marketplace
8. Their strengths and weaknesses.


Invest some time in studying and learning from your top competitors, especially the successful ones. After completing Steps 1-8, you can now identify, create, and offer new ways to present your product that your competitor isn't doing.


This can include offering services they don't offer, creatively packaging your fees and services, providing benefits they don't, ways to better market your services, and positioning your services against their strengths and weaknesses.


Let me say a little bit more about "strengths and weaknesses." The most effective way to learn about your competition in depth, and position yourself against them, is to do what is called a 'SWOT" analysis. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.


There are many ways to uncover information about your competition for their SWOT analysis. Here are a just a few:


* Search the company website. You'll be surprised how much you can learn about them.


* Call, or have a friend call, as a potential client and interview their sales person.


* Walk into their place of business, or have a friend walk in, and be a potential customer. Observe how they help you and ask questions.


* Ask them to send you their marketing or media kit about their product.


* Sign up for their newsletter or ezine.


* Use Internet search engines to find out information (google.com).


* Look in local newspapers or trade magazines.


* Interview their past clients.


* Use a business website (hoovers.com) to learn about the financial state of the company.


You've now done your research and have enough information about the competitor to create their SWOT analysis.


Every company and person has strengths and weaknesses, including you. It's just as important to know your strengths and weaknesses as it is to know your competitors. You're in a better position to sell against the competition if you have a clear picture of how you compare to them.


The next step is to create your S.W.O.T analysis for your business. Now take both S.W.O.T. analyses and compare them, survey the similarities and differences, and think of new ways to market your business. For example, you may have noticed they offer lower prices. Look for creative ways to repackage your pricing. You could offer a payment plan, lower your prices by removing a service, or offer a special discount for a limited time.


With all the knowledge you've gathered, you now have all the confidence you need to powerfully differentiate yourself and win over the business.


ASSIGNMENT:


* Create a S.W.O.T. analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) for a competitor and do the same for yourself.


* What are 5 ways you could market your services that would take full advantage of your competitor's weaknesses?


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