tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12971209.post-89631449606597026612008-04-24T20:06:00.002-04:002008-04-24T20:17:29.762-04:00As the economy tightens, I have given much thought on how to thrive in a downturn. <br /><br />It occurs to me that companies tend to over react in the short term at the expense of long term health and prosperity. Of course this is easy to say if a company is prosperous, they have the luxury of thinking longer term. But in the end, it is those companies (and people) who think long term that win.<br /><br />Changing topics completely:<br /><br />I recently read "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517887428/002-2911370-7288054?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=timeleadershi-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=0517887428">Thought Viruses - Powerful Ways to Change Your Thought Patterns and Get What You Want in Life</a>" by Donald Lofland. It is an excellent book but takes a long time to read if you actually do the exercises which are probably worth doing; although I didn't spend the time to do them all.<br /><br />Donald Lofland is a neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) practitioner. He also has a PH.D. He talks about how we can change our thought patterns and re-program ourselves to reach the success that we want.<br /><br />With Spring coming on, I am starting to get hay fever and allergies and there was an interesting chapter on how using NLP, someone can cure allergies. This is definitely something that I am looking to try. If anyone knows a good NLP practitioner, I would be interested in speaking to her or him.<br /><br />There are a total of 40 exercises in the book on everything from discovering your mission, setting life goals, setting priorities in life, looking at your personal uniqueness and your values, etc., through to looking at specific thought patterns.<br /><br />This book is worth reading. And read it with an open mind because some of the concepts are a bit "out there" or unbelievable.Jim Estillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589374299058476097noreply@blogger.com