Facts & Evidence, Language Choices Bob Benninghofen Facts & Evidence, Language Choices Bob Benninghofen

Backsliding Language - What Does it Sound Like?

This article discusses ineffective and effective language and the impact of each usage. By this, we mean that the language show-ups in words we choose to use in everyday conversation sometimes take the low road and sometimes the high road: we prefer you to take the high road :-)).


We’ll begin with useful language because we suggest that individuals live an On-Purpose Life when there is demonstrated aspiration to excellence: this language can be articulate with precision designed to produce unambiguous meaning and consequential understanding. Usually, this means that the individual has defined their purpose, tracks, and monitors their choices, actions, and results with high marks on the CAM Awareness Scale: usually above a 9.5.

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Experiential Learning, Managing Behaviors Bob Benninghofen Experiential Learning, Managing Behaviors Bob Benninghofen

Does Discipline Help You?

This article explores how one perceives the way they approach their day. A few disciplines are inspected to show what they can mean for someone: the author shares his experiences of actually doing daily disciplines. After reading this article, you will gain insight into how one person switched from being a list-maker and list-checker to a belief-based disciplined achiever.

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Out of Arrogance

We support the contention that we as American’s are arrogant and lazy with our language. This is a very generalized statement but applicable to many cultural aspects and domains within our culture. We didn’t define this condition and state by ourselves, but agree with the author’s who mentioned it to us frequently – see our blog “In Search of Mediocrity”.

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True Belief, What is Transformation? Bob Benninghofen True Belief, What is Transformation? Bob Benninghofen

Transformation vs. Change

This article examines the topic of transformation in today’s self-help industry. Proponents insist that transformation can assist with implementing adjustments in one’s personal and/or business life. It generally refers to the exposure of training/education courses along with instruction and detailed guidance which will allow people to experience re-calibration at a rapid pace - at least that's the promise! We look at some specifics and analyze why that promise may not be fulfilled.

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