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 torepparttar organization? Are you there to giverepparttar 123724 best of your skills and creativity or are you there to dorepparttar 123725 least you can for a pay check?

What if you work for yourself? This can berepparttar 123726 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 torepparttar 123727 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 onrepparttar 123728 basis of 'How can I dorepparttar 123729 least forrepparttar 123730 most money?',repparttar 123731 equation stops working. It stops working forrepparttar 123732 company obviously. The employee is not giving value for time and money spent. The company cannot prosper. Jobs are lost and you'll likely berepparttar 123733 first to go. It stops working forrepparttar 123734 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 onrepparttar 123735 company orrepparttar 123736 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 itrepparttar 123737 best experience possible for all concerned. That includes you! Think about this:

You will never haverepparttar 123738 hours from 8 AM to 5 PM on March 20th, 2002 again. What makesrepparttar 123739 most sense? Marking time at work doingrepparttar 123740 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 usesrepparttar 123741 least amount of emotional energy. I hope you believe that. It isrepparttar 123742 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 showedrepparttar 123743 85% ofrepparttar 123744 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,repparttar 123745 results have stuck in my mind. What keeps us from wanting to dorepparttar 123746 best job possible at work?

5 Ways To Jump Start Your Morning

Written 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. Asrepparttar decorators say, if you can't hide it, paint it red.

So that means that I need to take care of some thingsrepparttar 123723 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 settingrepparttar 123724 breakfast tablerepparttar 123725 night before. Borrow this idea from restaurants (and especially if you have kids), set out bowls or plates, silverware, and evenrepparttar 123726 cold cereal, protein bars, fruit, anything that you can forrepparttar 123727 first meal. If you're a hot meal breakfast family, a crock-pot set uprepparttar 123728 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 inrepparttar 123729 refrigerator -- things like juice, soda, fruit, chicken nuggets and veggies (already divided into individual baggies), or anything prepackaged. I even stashrepparttar 123730 Peanut Butter and Bread right inrepparttar 123731 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 onrepparttar 123732 kitchen counter next to each person's lunchbox. Packing it up is a snap.

3. Think about Dinner: If you'rerepparttar 123733 cook, planrepparttar 123734 night before what will be for dinnerrepparttar 123735 next day. Collect all ingredients, place them in one spot onrepparttar 123736 kitchen cabinet, or in a special part ofrepparttar 123737 refrigerator. If you're going out, picking up, or ordering out, make that a Family Decisionrepparttar 123738 night before. No "what's for supper" surprises.

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