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Starting with a Fresh Attitude
This entry was posted on 7/31/2008 4:06 PM and is filed under Personal Development.
"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. " Winston Churchill In former jobs, I have managed up to 50 staff and over 300 volunteers in different organizations. One of the beliefs I held, shared, and lived by was that mistakes were permitted; it meant you were trying. Sometimes mistakes would demand critical action - such as developing new procedures; hiring more staff; offering more training to lower the risks.
The premise was that I wanted individuals to try, to take risks and solve problems themselves and to encourage them to blossom and flourish. I gave them permission to fail and to learn from their mistakes.
So Mr. Churchill's words resonate with me because you have to keep plugging along to make things work, despite small setbacks. Managing your workload in a busy organization during tough times can be a difficult chore. No matter where you work, you often find yourself aligning your job, your department or your division's resources with that of the organization or corporation for which you are employed. You probably do that with regularity.
But, how often are you stepping back and looking at YOUR mission, YOUR vision, YOUR values and strategy for YOURSELF? When was the last time you took inventory of your dreams, your needs? Was their a first time that you took inventory of your dreams and your needs? Is it time for a fresh attitude, for a resurgence of enthusiasm?
Take a minute; get out a piece of paper and think about these things. Well actually, it may take a few minutes.
Who are you? Write down your values; your success stories; your stories that brought you humility or other lessons that you've learned in your life.
What are your overall objectives in life? When you are dead and gone, what do you want to have accomplished? How do you want to be remembered?
Okay, now make two columns. In one column, write down what you want in your life. Next to these items, put a checkmark next to the ones you need - the ones you absolutely must have to survive. How can you transpose these?
Now, think about where you are working. How does where you are working fit into any of your objectives or values?If it's a perfect fit, good for you!! If it's an acceptable fit, there are probably some things that you could do to make it better. If it's a nonfit, what are you doing there?
Beginning this fall, in addition to teleseminars that I'll be offering, I'm going to offer group coaching as a means of additional support. There, you will have an opportunity to be coached on specific issues that you bring to the table within the security and safety of a group.
If you are living a life that is not acceptable, you could hold yourself accountable for making change. You are the only one who can make that step. I wish you all of the successes to need to keep your enthusiasm for life high on your priority list. This fall, give yourself a fresh start with a reinvigorated attitude.
If you'd like more information about Group Coaching, contact me at groupcoaching@bestprincipledsolutions.com
"Kayte Connelly has been instrumental in coaching me to better organize and set priorities for my start-up business. I can say without equivocation, that she encouraged me to follow through and hold myself accountable." Celeste Walker, creator and President of Words and Actions a voice and speech coach/consultant.
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