Posts by Robert Ringer
Interferring with Caution
To a great extent, our lives are guided by the inferences we make, yet most of us never give this critical process a passing thought. A good definition of inference is “the act of deriving conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true.” There is, of course, a big difference between knowing something to…
Read MoreBeware “The Big Mistake”
It was a sad day in the hallways of my son’s high school last week. Students were in a state of mourning for “Tom,” a popular senior who sported a near-perfect academic record. Tom was also a starter on the varsity basketball team and involved in many school activities. Ironically, just days before his “demise,”…
Read MoreThe Brain: A Work in Progress
Cognitive science is the study of the brain mechanisms responsible for an individual’s thoughts, moods, decisions, and actions. Cognition refers to everything that takes place in an individual’s brain that helps him understand the world around him. To accomplish such an understanding involves mental processes such as concentration, memory, conceptualization, creativity, and emotions. In his…
Read MoreLetting Go
To a great extent, the guideposts for my life are based on numerous quotes that I’ve read over the years. There are thousands of great quotes in books and on the Internet, but only a relatively small number have a real impact on an individual’s life. These are the quotes that are beyond “Wow!” –…
Read MoreSalting the Record
The form of the real estate brokerage business may have changed since the advent of nationwide brokerage firms, but the substance has not. Human nature is the same today as it was when Century 21 first came on the scene back in 1974. Indeed, the same as it was in 1974 B.C.! And when it…
Read MorePeace of Mind, Part 1
Some months ago, following a keynote address I had given, a middle-aged lady approached me and asked if she could talk to me for a few minutes. I told her I’d be more than happy to speak with her, whereupon she began to share with me the difficulty she was experiencing trying to cope with…
Read MoreWho to Believe?
One day, when the then-unknown snipers (John Muhammad and John Lee Malvo) were terrorizing residents in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia, my son said to me, “I just found out today that the sniper is in our area.” I responded, “I doubt that. I don’t think anyone has a clue as to where he…
Read MoreEveryone is Fair Game
In Message #1466, Matt Furey wrote an interesting article in which he said, “Recently, a friend who has launched his own successful website wrote to tell me that the hooligans are on the attack on Internet discussion forums. Their criticisms of him are totally unjust and untrue – yet they are there to read for…
Read MoreThe Real Enemy
As I point out in my book Action! Nothing Happens Until Something Moves, the worldwide medical establishment has long been known for its vigilance in defending the status quo) against maverick truth messengers. One of the earliest truth messengers to feel the sting of the American Medical Association’s (AMA) attacks was Dr. Max Gerson, a…
Read MoreA Tsunami of B.S.
Do you ever feel irritated by other people? By things you see and hear on television? By situations you have to put with on a daily basis? Guess what? You have lots of company. What I’m talking about here deserves to be the subject of a book of at least 500 pages – or maybe…
Read MoreCustomer Service, Part 2
In Part 1 of this article, I discussed how giant companies such as AT&T, Xerox, and IBM have fallen from grace with their customers through arrogance, ignorance, or both. Put another way, they have lost touch with how the new-millennium marketplace works. They simply haven’t grasped the idea that the most successful companies today are…
Read MoreEarly To Rise
In Message #1372, I wrote about the importance of not being cavalier about two basic rules when it comes to making money: Staying alive and staying healthy. Yet, while these two rules are of crucial importance, there are many other bases that we have to be sure to touch as we make our way through…
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