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both personally and professionally, through workshops/training and coaching.

 

Category Archives: Professional

The Reward of Effort

February 10, 2010 – 6:05 pm

“I always tell the kids,
‘you know what’s great about going the extra mile?
There’s very little traffic.’ ”

Jim Larrangaga
It is often acceptable to be good enough.
A lot of people do just what they need to do to get by…
and, they do get by.
They aren’t blazing new paths or leaving lasting impressions.
They are not making waves or [...]

Is this what you want…?

January 20, 2010 – 3:21 pm

“Most people are so busy knocking themselves out
trying to do everything they think they should do,
they never get around to do what they want to do.”
Kathleen Winsor
She was so angry.
Initially it didn’t make sense, and it was hard to follow.
Her friend had finished a training program, in an area she loved,
left her job, and opened [...]

Being the Boss

January 22, 2009 – 4:55 pm

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Bonnie Jean Wasmund
Managing and supervising people is tough. Many express feeling confused, overwhelmed or unprepared for role of supervisor. There are so many facets to supervising, it’s obvious why this is such a challenging [...]

Emotional Intelligence

December 10, 2008 – 10:09 am

“You and I do not see things as they are.
We see things as we are.”
Herb Cohen

Emotional Intelligence, or EQ, is an amazing framework for assessing
the most important factor in your personal and professional life….
YOU.
We all experience life, and all of our relationships and interactions in it,
through an individual lens, or filter.
This lens frames every [...]

Now is the time~

October 15, 2008 – 8:14 pm

“The best time to plant an oak tree is 20 years ago.
The second best time is today.”
Unknown
Several people have recently said to me, “It’s too late…”
Too late for what?
Whether it was a relationship,
their health, finances or a job,
they all felt like it was “too late”
to do anything about it now.
“Too late” for anything they [...]