Go-Givers Chapter 1 Summary

(Myers and Dewall, pg.30). If I wake up and I am thinking to myself that this is going to be a bad day, it affects me and I will usually have a bad day. It has been said that positive thinking will produce a positive outcome. According to Darshan Goswami, “Some long term studies on positive thinking and health have been conducted that confirms positive thinking strengthens the immune system and assists in healing.” (The Power of Positive Thinking) By my own observations, I agree with this statement. When I have gone to work thinking that I do not want to be there and that it will be a bad day, I end up having a bad day. The opposite holds true as well. My emotions can have an influence over my health. When I get too upset about something at work, it will literally make me sick to my stomach and end up giving me a headache. If I dwell on not feeling well it can literally make me feel sick. This is another example of how negative and positive thinking can affect health. This gives way to our body’s neural communications and how they send messages to other

Hate is a learned behavior, but so is love. If we were to isolate ourselves from our hateful ways and move toward the loving ways, it will rub off on others. We need to learn how to unite together and teach our loved ones how to love one another despite our differences. As long hate is portrayed in the everyday scene, hate will be carried out by people. Thus, the saying, “Monkey see, monkey do!”.

An outstanding book such as “The Go-Giver” by Bob Burg and John David Mann can use a business tool. As a business student, I can relate partially to this book and the message that the authors are trying to deliver. We set goals in the business world based on what we want to accomplish as an organization as well as what we would want to get of the business such as a business relationship. We may also seek (from these goals) some sort of benefit. However, these wants that we have in our business mindset may interpret our goals wrongly; most people will continue to take as much as they can and never give. The Go-Giver talks about the five laws of stratospheric

Prejudices is found virtually everywhere, and will be continually found, if we can’t rise above our own opinions and just listen to what others have to say. It’s not everyone’s fault, it’s the people that encompass one’s life. Therefore, if ones around people that have a negative thought process, one will soon also have the same thought process even though it’s wrong. The only way out of it would be ones self-perseverance in achieving goals in life.

Thinking positively can be a difficult task, no matter the circumstance. When negativity fills you up like helium in a balloon you should always try to find the light in the darkness. Thinking positively doesn’t make the hard times disappear, it helps you survive negativity and the daily conflicts that challenge you. Looking on the bright side of things increases attentiveness, improves your ability to think, and leads to happier thoughts (Psychology Today). No matter what you are going through, you should always stay optimistic. “Man’s Search for Meaning” and “Dear Miss Breed” are great examples of how having a bright outlook can help you survive conflict.

This is one of my negative habits. The concept of being able to control what I think about sits well with me, because if I am able to think about other, happier things in those situations, I may not spiral downward.

The central root of depression or rather anxiety are the thoughts in our minds that constantly whisper that things are getting worse and won’t get any better culminating to hopelessness. Nevertheless, how we keep our minds in constant peace and from such elements plays a key role. By constantly staying in check of such thoughts, confronting them with sober truth will eventually leave you with a peaceful heart. A constant flow of negative thoughts could adversely empower our depressed mind and the only alternative is to confront them with a positive reality that is worth entertaining.

Givers who usually care about how others think and feel prevent themselves from achieving their own personal goals. For instance, Peter Audet prioritized

The Law of Attraction sounds as though it could be a complicated scientific theory; however, the theory is quite simple: "your thoughts become things" (Byrne 25). Whatever the mind focuses on, the universe attracts. For example, in The Hobbit, Thorin & Co., the group of dwarves that hire Bilbo Baggins, traveled far and wide and regularly grew short on food and supplies. Hobbits and dwarves are known for having incredibly healthy appetites, therefore, days without food was horrific. Unfortunately, days with little to no provisions were inevitable. However, Thorin & Co. set the majority of their thoughts on low rations. According to the Law of Attraction, it is no surprise that the thoughts centered on low rations, eventually created a reality of low rations. Along those same lines, if you are complaining, or you are agreeing with someone who is complaining,

A person’s mind can either be their greatest or worst enemy. Society puts these images and expectations out that make people look at and question their own worth. Often times, negative thoughts can pop into our minds and cause feelings of stress, unhappiness, or

One cannot hope to improve or to control one’s negative and unproductive impulses if one is not conscious of them. A good example of this is found in business-related diversity training. It is not possible due to human nature to extinguish all bias and prejudgment in society. In fact, some kinds of bias or prejudgment are very productive – such as our instinctive reaction to stay away from a dark stranger in a dark alleyway. We have judged him without truly knowing him, but there is a social benefit to that kind of judgment. And we all have our biases. The best way to avoid letting our biases harm others, however, is to develop our self-awareness. We can protect ourselves from our own capacity for evil by becoming aware of our own nature. In that way we can consciously choose to act

When you practice visualization techniques to bring success into your life, you are also following the sixth law of Metaphysics, The Metaphysical Law of Strong Conviction and Positive Expectations. This law states; “That whatever you believe with absolute conviction and confidently expect to happen becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy and will become a reality in your life” (Daher, 2014). When you believe something with outright conviction, you expect it to become true. Your beliefs are based on the two powerful parts of this law which are conviction and expectation. Conviction and expectation recognizes the influential power of your will to succeed. What we expect to happen will happen when we constantly build our convictions about our foreseeable

It can be difficult to stop thinking negative things, especially when they are personal, but the sooner the negativity stops, the sooner the brain can heal and not become trapped into believing the negativity. According to Kant’s categorical imperative “Always act in such a way that you can will that the maxim behind your action can be willed as a universal law” (Hinman, 2013, p. 167). The test for the maxim is whether people can consistently fill their minds with more positive thoughts than negative thoughts. By positive self-talk, people believe the positive message and the brain becomes less likely to think negatively again. The relevant act description is morally correct and perhaps even praiseworthy even though not following the maxim would not be contrary to the Formula of

It is important to have a calm and clear mind to understand it. Before the visualizations I calm myself by breathing deeply, sitting comfortably in my chair, and release any tension in my body. Also, by turning the lights off, this creates a more calm and relaxing environment which helps me achieve a sense of tranquility. These elements are very important for me in order to fold up my thoughts and to relax. After calming my mind, I am able to listen carefully to the

IF WE DO NOT THINK POSITIVE, OUR THOUGHTS WILL BE LIKE HEAVY DARK CLOUDS HIDING THE SUN AND THE SKY, MAKING THE DAY LOOK GLOOMY AND THREATENING.