What Ideal Team Work Looks Like

Written by Susan Dunn, The EQ Coach


I got a new website designed, up and running last week. Yes, last WEEK. And it was no cookie-cutter either. I’m well-organized, butrepparttar speed with which Nancy,repparttar 130940 web designer, worked was amazing.

No sooner did I send her something, than it was up onrepparttar 130941 website. Actually she was simultaneously working on two websites for me. Things were flying back and forth.

DRAG CREATES DRAG

I was reminded of something my friend told me when I was working on my dissertation. He said do whatrepparttar 130942 chair asks immediately, get it back as fast as you can. “It baffles them,” he said. “Most students prolong it indefinitely. When someone’s working fast, then they don’t have time to obsess. It’s catching, you know?”

That was good advice! Taking forever to do something creates a force field with a lot of drag in it.

Back to Nancy. Well, she’s a friend, too, and I became concerned. Didn’t she have any other business? Eventually I had to ask, “Do you not have any business, Nancy?”

“Yes,” she emailed back. “I’m swamped.”

Small wonder when she’s so professional, speedy, accurate … but she’s also creative.

Okay, I thought, I’m going to ask. Nancy, HOW DO YOU DO IT?

“Thanks for asking,” she wrote and then sent me this list. Atrepparttar 130943 top it said, “I’m glad you asked why I have so much time. I try to teach this to others [she’s also a coach].

I HAVE SO MUCH TIME BECAUSE

·I’m in good health; therefore I’m very active and need little sleep. ·I eat to live rather than living to eat, so my meals are simple and I don’t consume a lot of time shopping or grazing duringrepparttar 130944 day ·I am well-organized ·I can focus and concentrate like you wouldn’t believe; there are no distractions in my world ·There is no clutter in my life and there are no so-called obligatory functions ·There are no draining people in my life ·I don’t own a tv and do not waste any time in passive activities ·As an introvert, I conserve energy by being with people as little as possible and onlyrepparttar 130945 nice ones or loved ones when I do choose to interact socially ·I have constant variety in my life so when I am innervated by one project, I switch to another and my energy returns ·I love my work—all of it, house, garden, daughter, friends, counseling, web design, teaching, walking my dog;repparttar 130946 idea of “work” has been well integrated in to my daily life, like a monk · I am a high energy person (that is a great gift from God) ·I don’t smoke, drink, eat white sugar or white flour ·I play hard when I play

“And you can quote me!” she added. “I’m glad you asked.” What a great sense of personal power we get when we’re doing something well that we love to do.

Nancy continued, “The way I’ve worked on your website is my typical way of interacting with web design clients and a typical response time. I really setrepparttar 130947 pace when I do a website with someone and am terrific at wrapping it up, too. Some people have trouble completing things in life or they bottom out inrepparttar 130948 middle when it gets hard. In me, they have a steady pace setter who hasrepparttar 130949 will to completerepparttar 130950 project andrepparttar 130951 know-how, expertise and experience.”

21st Century Career Success

Written by Michelle Casto


21St Century Career Success When it comes to modern career development, one thing we can all count on is change. Withrepparttar advent of technology, telecommuting, and E-commerce, how work is performed is in a state of reinvention. Self-employment and small business development will become morerepparttar 130938 norm than big business. And career changes will be more frequent due to rapidly changing organizations and industries. Finally,repparttar 130939 line between one’s personal and professional life will become even more blurred. Sincerepparttar 130940 modern world of work is rapidly changing to keep up withrepparttar 130941 demands of our fast-paced lives and lifestyles, here are some characteristics of whatrepparttar 130942 new work contract will look like: §Seeking more meaning from work. §Equating “career success” with personal satisfaction over paycheck or status. §Everyone will need their own “name-brand.” §Increased use of technology. §Finding work that needs doing. §Changing inrepparttar 130943 way management and leadership is conducted (less arrogance atrepparttar 130944 top level, more power on lower levels). §Increased need for networking and self-marketing. §Lifelong “trying on” of various roles, jobs, and industries. §Creating a plan that is flexible, and continually assessingrepparttar 130945 “fit” ofrepparttar 130946 work. §Increased representation of women and minorities inrepparttar 130947 workforce. §Changing career fields numerous times in a lifetime. §Self-responsibility: Everyone knowing they have to chart their own career direction. However,repparttar 130948 21st century career also offers many advantages: §More career opportunities for everyone. §Freedom to choose from a variety of jobs, tasks, and assignments. §More flexibility in how and where work is performed, i.e. working from home or telecommuting. §More control over your own time. §Greater opportunity to express yourself through your work. §Ability to shape and reshape your life’s work in accordance with your values and interests. §Increased opportunity to develop other skills by working in various industries and environments. §Self-empowerment mindset. §Allows you to create situations or positions where you can fill a need inrepparttar 130949 world that is not being filled.

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