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Gary Patton

Q&A: Ontario's privacy commissioner took your questions on law enforcement and online p... - 0 views

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Privacy Act

shared by Gary Patton on 17 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Ontario's privacy commissioner took your questions on law enforcement and online privacy
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 17 Feb 12
       
      You, like me, may find less than reassuring the Ontario Privacy Commissioner's answers re your online privacy in this interesting interview.
  • Gary Patton on 17 Feb 12
     
    You, like me, may find less than reassuring the Ontario Privacy Commissioner's answers re your online privacy in this interesting interview.
Emenac Incorporated

Why Have a Virtual Receptionist? - 0 views

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call center BPO Outsourcing receptionist Live chat services offshore Business outsource Virtual assistant Answering IVR system Technical support

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  • Emenac Incorporated on 20 Nov 12
     
    Business owners take all possible steps to ensure customer satisfaction. One of the most successful and recommended strategies in this regard is to begin with a virtual receptionist service. This service brings in extra representatives for a business and eases the lives of the customers. When the customers have questions or queries to be answered or any problems to be solved, they try to reach the authoritative body telephonically and it is not uncommon for them for not having to been able to do so. This is where the need for virtual receptionists comes in. Virtual receptionists are basically persons who work for the customer support but do not work from the office or any specified location.
Gary Patton

John 14:1-6; 22-27 NASB - Jesus Comforts His Followers - Bible Gateway - 0 views

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bible scripture john

shared by Gary Patton on 04 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • John 14:1-6; John 14:22-27
  • Do not let your heart be troubled; [a]believe in God, believe also in Me.
  • I go to prepare a place for you.
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  • I will come again and receive you to Myself, that (D)where I am, there you may be also.
  • “I am (F)the way, and (G)the truth, and (H)the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
  • You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?”
  • If anyone loves Me, he will (D)keep My word; and (E)My Father will love him, and We (F)will come to him and make Our abode with him.
  • But the (I)Helper, the Holy Spirit, (J)whom the Father will send in My name, (K)He will teach you all things, and (L)bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
  • Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. (N)Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
  • Gary Patton on 04 Apr 12
     
    These passages from John 14 were shared by my Friend, Bruce Malcolm, at the Funeral service for my Mom, Ina Donelda Patton (aka Donnie (family) & Donna (friends). These passages confirm the eternal promise of Jesus to His Followers, of which my Mom was one, that they will spend eternity with Him in His mansions in heaven. Each human is a "spiritual being in a temporary earth suit". And, therefore, we each will live forever. The only question is where we will spend the non-earthly part of our eternity ...in what Jesus called "heaven" or "hell". The answer to that question depends solely on whether one chooses to believe that Jesus was "a liar", "a lunatic" or "Lord" of us all and "God Incarnate", His eternal "Son" who choose to die on a cross to pay the full penalty for our sin nature & sins which our "good works" cannot pay for. In addition to the above passages, another Friend, Adele Van Caulart, read Psalm 23 ...another source of great assurance of God's love and His peace for my Mom and me. gfp (2012-04-04)
Gary Patton

Guarding The Most Valuable Assets In Your Life - 0 views

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CBMC dis-stress stress freedom

shared by Gary Patton on 30 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • “Our most valuable asset sits 63 feet ahead” (referring to the driver of the truck).
  • really struggling with stress and not able to get everything accomplished that I wanted to get done. As a result, I had begun putting a lot of pressure on myself to become more productive.
  • I love progress and I love getting stuff done. However, what God showed me was that people and relationships are more important.
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  • “I figured that God is bringing this person into my life at this moment for a reason – either for them to speak into my life or for me to speak into theirs.
  • I was stunned. It occurred to me how often I do not demonstrate this in my own life, especially with my own fa
  • Truth@Work
  • “The way I look at it, if I honor God in conversations like these, He will take care of what needs to get done on my task list.”
  • Perhaps my biggest problem was my lack of faith.
  • more faith in myself to get work done than I do in my Heavenly Father’s ability to empower me to accomplish what has to be done. Because of my displaced “faith,” I sometimes put tasks ahead of people.
  • ily. My attitude so often is, “I can’t talk now. I’ve got something really important to get done!”
  • ), a ministry to people in the workplace.
  • www.christianroundtablegroups.com
  • Bleedership: Biblical First-Aid for Leaders.
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      Gary Patton on 30 Nov 11
       
      See what people say about Jim's book @ http://is.gd/tqIhNw gfp
  • online blog, www.5feet20.com
  • Reflection/Discussion Questions
  • Proverbs 17:17, 18:24, 27:23-27; Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:31; John 15:13; Ephesians 6:5-9
  • Gary Patton on 30 Nov 11
     
    Is work a 24/7 proposition for you? Has it become a depressing rather than fun activity? Do you not know where to turn to get off the treadmill? This short article by Jim Lang, of the Christian Business Men's Committee has some freedom-producing answers for you! gfp This
  • Gary Patton on 30 Nov 11
     
    Is work a 24/7 proposition for you? Has it become a depressing rather than fun activity? Do you not know where to turn to get off the treadmill? gfp
Gary Patton

Should Every Business Have a Blog? - 0 views

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social media marketing customer service business blogging

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  • Gary Patton on 09 Mar 12
     
    This is an excellent article that answers the above question simply and well in 2,154 words according to it's entrepreneurial author. gfp (2012-03-09)
Thomas Claire

Use the Concept of Neuro Linguistic Programming for Changing your Life - 0 views

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neuro-linguistic-programming

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  • Thomas Claire on 15 Oct 14
     
    In such a circumstance, the million dollar inquiry is - does the idea of Neuro Linguistic Programming or NLP bode well? The plain and basic answer is - Yes it is worth the money.
Stanley Bishop

Bid Goodbye To Your Snoring Problem - 1 views

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Stanley Bishop

Bid Goodbye To Your Snoring Problem - 1 views

Let us face it, snoring has been disturbing people since time immemorial. Of course, it is the snorer's partner or anyone who sleeps in the same place who suffers from the lack of sleep due to this...

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Gary Patton

"Thinkers Anonymous" Renesch.Com | FutureShapers Monthly Newsletter Archives - 0 views

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business freedom addiction

shared by Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • little is said about the one of the biggest addictions for the Western world - compulsive thinking.
  • addiction is a habit that we cannot easily break through willpower, is something we do compulsively and is harmful to us, or to people around us
  • it is a habit that is difficult to stop does harm.
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  • Anne Lamott quote: "My mind is like a bad neighborhood, I try not to go there alone."
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      The Apostle Paul agrees with Ms. Lamott, (1954- ) U.S. author. He suggests that we allow Holy Spirit to control that dangerous neighbourhood in Galatians 5:16-17 &25 as well as 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 . gfp
  • Thinking becomes harmful when it takes total control of our behavior - so we can't freely choose but feel compelled to act. In other words, conscious choice is absent.
  • We have assigned our minds an aristocratic nobility so that our thinking often reigns supreme over our feelings and intuitions, which are often denied in the process.
  • Mystics and spiritual teachers tell us about the trap that our egoic minds represent, and how our egoic thinking prevents us from having "the relationship of all relationships" that so many people yearn for.
  • many if not most of people's problems stem from egoic thinking which leads to worry, anxiety, depression and fear.
  • We are the most sedated society in the world
  • Surrender to a Higher Power - "a power greater than ourselves" - was the answer created by the founders of A.A. along with a supportive community of fellow alcoholics who knew what it was like - who could identify with the hopelessness, fear, and powerlessness that went with the addiction.
  • So how do we stop thinking? We can't stop all thinking but we'd be far healthier if we could end the compulsiveness and only engage with generative thinking - thinking that creates, explains, challenges and contributes to wisdom and understanding. Compulsiveness is the problem, not thinking itself.
  • Einstein told us decades ago that we'd never solve our problems with the same consciousness that created them. The same thinking that made the messes cannot get us out of them. We have evolved to such a degree that we must surrender to a power greater than our egoic minds if we are to transcend the conditions we find undesirable - personally, organizationally and societally.
  • mystic Robert Rabbin says, "we must live in the heart, not in the thinking mind."
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      Mr. Rabbin, a U.S. author & speaker, has a flagship program, "The 5 Principles of Authentic Living. He calls these his "Authenticity Accelerator". The priciples are powerfull. I agree and teach these five, key relationship approaches as well: 1 Be Present 2 Pay Attention 3 Listen Deeply 4 Speak Truthfully 5 Act Creatively at http://www.authenticityaccelerator.com I disagree with Mr. Rensch, however, that Mr. Rabbin's work entitles him to the title given to the great mystics of the Middle Ages, like Catholic Priest John of the Cross and his mentor, the Catholic Nun, Teresa of Avalon! gfp
  • Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
     
    Mr. Renesch shares and interesting definition of 'addiction' and proposes an uncommon one most would not normally consider an addiction. His thesis makes sense. gfp (2011-11-17)
Gary Patton

How To Solve Difficult Problems - 0 views

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business creativity incubation process life-skill

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  • Remember when you were staring at the ceiling in elementary school, and the teacher asked you whether the answer was on the ceiling? Maybe it was.
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      You guys NEVER ever did that ...right? gfp (2011-10-04)
  • One potentially appropriate therapy for procrastination lies in teaching something akin to time management
  • it is desirable that not only that there should be an interval free from conscious thought on the particular problem concerned, but also that that interval should be so spent that nothing should interfere with the free working of the unconscious or partially unconscious processes of the mind. In those cases, the stage of incubation should include a large amount of actual mental relaxation"
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      Might it not have been more understandable for his readers for this academic to have simply said: "When you have a really difficult problem ...go to sleep!" Or: "Take a shower!" The latter usually works best for me. And to enhance the former, I keep a pad & pen on my bed-side table so I can jot down a quickie reminder, without really waking up, because I seldom can rember my brialliant idea in the morning? What do you do? gfp (2011-10-04)
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  • Helmholz described how new thoughts came to him: After previous investigation, "in all directions," .. " happy ideas come unexpectedly without effort, like an inspiration ... they have never come to me when my mind was fatigued, or when I was at my working table ... They came particularly readily during the slow ascent of wooded hills on a sunny day" (p. 91).
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      Athiestic scientists describe the event this way! Some call it 'serindipity' to similarily disguise the real source! I more accurately and unasamably call it what it is: GOD! gfp (2011-10-04)
  • Einstein would "allow the subconscious to solve particularly tricky problems
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      Apropos my note above re 'serendipity', and contrary to common myth, Einstein was at best a diest late in life but not a Christian, according to those who knew him well. gfp (2011-10-04)
  • They engage in the "preliminary period of conscious work which also precedes all fruitful unconscious labor" (Poincare, 1924).
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      Don't you just love academic writing? gfp (2011-10-04)
  • Of course, the "illumination" that is the result of incubation needs to be followed by more conscious work. Ideas that arise as a result of incubation need to be evaluated (Smith, 1994);
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      Really? Duh!! gfp
  • Incubation sometimes requires a very long break:
  • can also occur with breaks of shorter duration.
  • it can also happen in very short breaks, a few minutes or even moments.
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      God seldom works the same way ...every time! gfp
  • I have found that these breaks work best when they are devoted to something fairly mindless: washing just a few dishes, filing just a few papers, or doing some light exercise.
  • In fact, high achievers may actually take more time.
  • perhaps some of the "non-stop" working was staring at the ceiling. If high achievers appear to accomplish tasks more quickly than others, I suspect it is only because they put in so much more time.1
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      "Type "A' Personalities", please take note! (This is a note to myself!! :-) ) gfp
  • Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
     
    In this helpful, short article the author outlines, simply, how to unleash your creativity best by using the simple process of incubation. gfp (2011-10-04)
Gary Patton

Four Paradoxes of Great Performance : The 99 Percent - 0 views

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virtues antinomy

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  • the paradoxical key to great performance – and leadership – is the capacity to embrace opposites.
  • Even the noblest virtues, standing alone, have their limits.
  • Honesty in the absence of compassion becomes cruelty.  Tenacity unmediated by flexibility congeals into rigidity.  Courage without prudence is recklessness.
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  • 1. The Physical.
  • human beings operate best when we pulse between spending and renewing energy.
  • In our rush to get things done, it doesn't occur to most of us that intermittently renewing and refueling energy prevents us from relentlessly burning down our energy
  • The Emotional
  • most of us embrace the notion that confidence lies at the heart of success. Vulnerability and uncertainty are seen as signs of weakness. 
  • it feels dangerous to acknowledge our limitations and difficult to admit we don't know the answer, much less that we got something wrong.
  • Humility comes from the Latin word "humilitas" which translates as grounded, or from the earth.
  • The Mental
  • we've long worshipped at the altar of scientific method and observable facts and admired rigorous, analytic left-hemisphere thinking.
  • we've paid precious little attention to cultivating the more subjective, imaginative, and integrative capacities of the right hemisphere of our brain, which is visual rather than verbal, and capable of big intuitive leaps and creative breakthroughs. 
  • The ability to embrace both of these ways of thinking – to recognize that each is essential but neither is sufficient by itself – lies at the heart of whole brain thinking.
  • When we talk about spiritual energy, we mean the energy derived from serving a purpose larger than yourself.
  • far too few leaders in companies recognize the galvanizing impact of creating a shared and compelling sense of purpose
  • By contrast, we've found that people in professions such as health care, education, social work, and the military often run almost solely off spiritual energy.
  • Self-care is a prerequisite to being most effective on behalf of others.
  • Gary Patton on 08 Dec 11
     
    The paradoxical key to great performance - and leadership - is the capacity to embrace opposites. Even the noblest virtues, standing alone, have their limits: * Honesty in the absence of compassion becomes cruelty. * Tenacity not mediated by flexibility congeals into rigidity. * Courage without prudence is recklessness.
Felipp Crawly

Amazing Customer Service - 1 views

I would like to thank Onward Process Solutions for greatly helping me with my need for assistance in a customer service outsourcing project. They provided me with 24/7 phone/ email answering servi...

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