LOOKING GOOD or DOING GOOD?Written by Rhoberta Shaler
What is your focus at work? Do you want to look good? Or, do good?What attitude do you bring to work each day? Are you there to cover your anatomy or give real service to organization? Are you there to give best of your skills and creativity or are you there to do least you can for a pay check? What if you work for yourself? This can be most exciting and compelling work, however, you can kid yourself there as well. I've met many folks who have good ideas, great skills and excellent health and are not successful. Most often, as I work with them in a coaching capacity, it becomes clear that they are afraid to take their ideas to marketplace. As long as they are talking about what is possible, researching, studying, networking, 'developing', they kid themselves that they are doing something. They are always 'getting ready'. That, of course, does prevent failure. No one will say 'No' to you if you don't ask for their business. You can look very good while doing no good for yourself or your bank account! When any person's work life is built on basis of 'How can I do least for most money?', equation stops working. It stops working for company obviously. The employee is not giving value for time and money spent. The company cannot prosper. Jobs are lost and you'll likely be first to go. It stops working for employee in a few ways. Not only will they likely be fired, they will not be happy. They will find fault, cause problems, and irritate co-workers who need them to pull their weight. It gets even more curious when they blame their inertia on company or people at work. Big problem! The focus is wrong. If you are going to spend 30 to 35% or more of your life hours working each week, make it best experience possible for all concerned. That includes you! Think about this: You will never have hours from 8 AM to 5 PM on March 20th, 2002 again. What makes most sense? Marking time at work doing least you can while complaining and hoping no one will get on your back, or, putting a smile on your face and doing fair work for fair pay with a good attitude and not having to look over your shoulder? Giving your best at work is economical. That is what uses least amount of emotional energy. I hope you believe that. It is difference between just wanting to look good to save your anatomy and wanting to do good to save your integrity. Not long ago I came across some statistics that showed 85% of people surveyed said they could do much better at work...if they wanted to! That is a truly disturbing percentage, don't you think? Although I can no longer find that study, results have stuck in my mind. What keeps us from wanting to do best job possible at work?
| | 5 Ways To Jump Start Your MorningWritten by Kathy Gates
I'm not a morning person. I'm lucky to know my name, much less bounce out ready to face Denise Austin's morning workout. Not this girl. So I decided to stop fighting it, and start working with it. As decorators say, if you can't hide it, paint it red.So that means that I need to take care of some things night before in order to start my day off in a calm, collected way. If you're not much of a morning person either, try these ideas, and see if they help your morning go a little smoother too. 1. Think about Breakfast: Get a jump start on your morning by setting breakfast table night before. Borrow this idea from restaurants (and especially if you have kids), set out bowls or plates, silverware, and even cold cereal, protein bars, fruit, anything that you can for first meal. If you're a hot meal breakfast family, a crock-pot set up night before works well. In my house, we even use paper plates and throw-away forks.just makes clean up that much easier. 2. Think about Lunch: If you're making several lunches -or even only one - put each person's preferred lunch food into their own personalized small plastic basket in refrigerator -- things like juice, soda, fruit, chicken nuggets and veggies (already divided into individual baggies), or anything prepackaged. I even stash Peanut Butter and Bread right in same section, so I don't have to hunt for it to make a sandwich. Other things like chips or cookies (again either prepackaged or already divided into individual baggies) are set up on kitchen counter next to each person's lunchbox. Packing it up is a snap. 3. Think about Dinner: If you're cook, plan night before what will be for dinner next day. Collect all ingredients, place them in one spot on kitchen cabinet, or in a special part of refrigerator. If you're going out, picking up, or ordering out, make that a Family Decision night before. No "what's for supper" surprises.
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