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Mistakes
Failure Is The Best Teacher! Learn from your mistakes and move on!
Posted in Life, Motivation
Tagged business, encourage, lessons, life, mistakes, motivation
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Praise and Thanks
Continuous, supportive communication from managers, supervisors, associates and on the personal end family and friends is too often under emphasized. It is a major, major motivator.
Say thanks and don’t forget the art of sending a card through the good old postal system or via an online service such as Send Out Cards.
Recognition is so easy to do and so inexpensive to distribute that there is simply no excuse for not doing it.
Compensation is what you give people for doing the job they were hired to do. Recognition, on the other hand, celebrates an effort beyond the call of duty.
Posted in Business, Life
Tagged appreciation, celebrate, leadership, recognition, thankful
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Procrastination
We are all procrastinators to some degree. We postpone or delay until some future time something we have already decided to do. There are a variety of reasons why we procrastinate.
- To escape an overwhelming or unpleasant task.
- To excuse poor quality work.
- To gain sympathy.
- To get someone else to do the job.
- To protect a weak self-image.
- To avoid change.
- To avoid the realization that the task or opportunity is no longer appropriate to our needs.
But we pay an enormous price for the ‘luxury’ of putting it off. Perhaps the greatest price is putting off living in the present, which in turn blocks our sense of fulfillment. Other costs of procrastinating include the boredom of inactivity, the anxiety of working under extreme deadline pressures, the emptiness of “safe” but impotent goals, the constant frustration of unresolved problems, and poor interpersonal relationship which result from our crippled approach to life.
When procrastinating, we are at rest, and the hardest part is getting started. Once in motion, our momentum tends to keep us going.
Don’t quit ~ get the job done!
Posted in Motivation
Tagged balance, change, excuse, hard work, life skills, motivation, Procrastination, productivity, self image, success
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Success
Success is a journey with multiple peaks and not just one pinnacle. The challenges and setbacks are all part of our journey to success…
Posted in Life, Motivation, PHOTOS, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, challenges, motivation, peaks, persevere, san luis obispo, success, travel
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Sharing & Creating Holiday Memories
With the wealth of experiences older people have to draw from, reminiscing can provide personal pleasure for them, interesting details for their families, and an outlet for communication during the holidays.
Enjoy the stories that are sparked from simple pleasures such as an ornament that can be worth a thousand words. “I gave this ‘ornament’ to your mom and dad the year you were born”… be patient, who knows, you might learn something about your heritage.
Posted in Christmas, encourage, family, Friends, gifts, inspiration, Life, motivate, parenting, Philanthropy, PHOTOS, Transition
Tagged advice, behavior, believe, choices, Christmas, dedication, encourage, family, holiday, ideas, inspiration, maturity, time management, tips
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Weekly Photo ~ Saturated
The world famous Winchester Mystery House is ‘saturated’ with rooms and incredible visuals inside and out.
Posted in Art, Travel
Tagged mysterious homes, people, photography, travel, weekly photo, weekly photo challenge, winchester house
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Entrepreneurial Success
Posted in Business, encourage, Entrepreneur, leadership, Motivation
Tagged behavior, business, confidence, dedication, entrepreneus, family, goals, journey, leadership, motivation, photo, productivity, success
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Write Effective Email Messages
- Show readers that you value their time by writing effective Email messages.
- Fill in the subject line with a concise subject to help readers sort through messages.
- Put most important part of your message first so it will be seen on the screen.
- For long messages with a lot of detail provide a summary at the beginning.
- Keep paragraphs short.
- Avoid writing in all CAPITAL letters or all lowercase letters.
- Boldface and italics should be used sparingly.
- Before forwarding an email check with the original sender.
- Proofread for typos and obvious errors, they annoy readers.
Posted in Business, inspiration, Motivation, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged business tips, email, motivation, success, writing, writing tips
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