Motivational: Two Very Forgotten but Crucial Words

Two Very Forgotten but Crucial Words - Thank You

Written by Tracy Lyn Moland

Thank you -- wonderful words that we all love to hear but forget to say. Do you write thank you notes? I remember when I was a child my Mother always made my brother and I write thank you notes to our friends, family, and each other. I recall thinking that it was a lot of work. What was repparttar

point? We already had said thank you in person or on repparttar 123162

phone. But Mom insisted it had to be done and we did it. Before long she didn’t have to enforce it, we knew what to do. If we were given something, we sent off repparttar 123163

thank you notes.

As I got older, I started to see it from a different side. A dear elderly Uncle was very generous with us and said it was because we were always so thankful. He appreciated our notes. The more thankful we were, repparttar 123164 more he felt like giving. We learned a powerful lesson. We learned repparttar 123165 power of gratitude! We learned to be thankful. I feel so good when I receive a sincere thank you note that I want to send one back to repparttar 123166 sender! We also learned to look for times to be thankful – not just when we received gifts. We learned to be thankful for repparttar 123167 things going on around us.

Bringing Spirituality to the Workplace

Written by Judi Singleton

What is spirituality in repparttar

workplace? Some companies would tell you

that it is bringing your values to work and using them in everyday

life. Values like honesty, integrity, and good quality work. Other

companies would tell you it is treating each customer, employee and

co-worker with respect and love. Yes I said "love". For yet other

companies it is using prayer, meditation, in making all repparttar 123161 small and

large decisions each day. And for some it is being socially

responsible for repparttar 123162 community, enviroment, and repparttar 123163 world. They see

their companies serving repparttar 123164 three "P's" people,planet and profit.

Some key values that companies are embracing are:Key spiritual values

embraced in a business context include integrity, honesty,

accountability, quality, cooperation, service, intuition,

trustworthiness, respect, justice, and service. More and more companies

believe this approach exemplifies a balance between deeply held

spiritual values and respect for repparttar 123165 need for profit in business

endeavors.

With more women in repparttar 123166 workplace than ever before (studies show that

women are more concerned with repparttar 123167 spirit) we are in a revolution in repparttar 123168

workplace that repparttar 123169 whole person be reflected in repparttar 123170 workplace.

How do I find a job I really enjoy? How do I find meaning in my work?

Is there more meaningful work I should be doing? How does my

spirituality fit in with my career? People are asking these questions

of themselves and their companies. Since we spend so much of our lives working and so much of ourselves

these are valid questions to be asking.

Corporate scandals fill repparttar 123171 headlines but Signs of spirituality in repparttar 123172

workplace keep turning up: companies not only allowing but sponsoring

prayer or meditation groups; company-sponsored chaplains; conferences

and executive training sessions that experiment with spiritual

practices or how to incorporate values into decision making; and how to

use prayer as a way of making decisions. I think these headlines

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