Bob Ross - extremely nice man. You’ve heard the expression “to kill someone with kindness”? Well, Bob Ross actually did one time. He felt terrible afterwards.
Want to be more successful? Start by eliminating your negative behavior, says psychotherapist Flip Flippen (actual name). In his aptly titled book, The Flip Side, Flippen advises people to evaluate their negative behaviors and make a concerted effort to change. For example, if you tend to be aggressive and dominant at meeting, Flippen has this advice to offer:
“When people disagree with you, don’t argue with them. Rather, ask for clarification. You could say, ‘My tendency is to want to disagree, but help me better understand what you mean.’”
Yeah, that might work…or maybe you’ll just end up wasting your time listening to people with bad ideas expound upon those ideas before you ultimately shoot them down again. Just my thoughts, but what do I know? I’m just a guy typing on his computer. I haven’t even written a book featuring a pun of my own name in the title. Wait, I guess I forgot about my 2002 publication Financial MATTers. Eh, it was crap anyways.
Article [via Yahoo! Finance]