BeWhoUR: UrBestSelf
Be-Who-You-Are: Your-Best-Self
December2009--Vol 5, No 12
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As the Winter Holidays approach, here are some ideas for being "at your best" at a time that might be busy and stressful.
- Spend more time with the people who ask you to be your best self. If we are a reflection of the people we spend time with, choose the ones that bring out your best.
- Be the one who believes in others, even when they can't believe in themselves. Your belief will soon encompass your self as well as the others.
- Stop your negative mental chatter and choose the best of who you are. Use this silicone
wristband, debossed with bewhour@urbestself.com (Reads: be-who-you-are-at-your-best-self) and choose the best of your qualities. Check out the website www.urbestself.com for the wristband and suggestions on how to use this supporting structure.
What brings out the best in you? Share your ideas and suggestions so others can benefit from what you've figured out. Send an email to Marti@BusinessEnergetix.com and with your permission, we'll share it with the readers of this ezine |
 Chloe's Chronicles
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Meet Chloe, Business Energetix's Business Wizard; we call her MizBizWiz. When Chloe joined us, we didn't realize the depth of her talents for noticing how stuff works but she has dazzled and amazed us with her ability to relate her observations to common business issues. Read on to see how she serves as a constant source of instruction and inspiration for exploring the challenges of management.
I am an opportunist and proud of it! I recognize that there are times when something wonderful shows up without my planning it or working on it and when it does, I am ready to benefit. I make myself available for good things to happen, every time a human walks in the kitchen, I follow them, just in case something falls to the floor for me.
A few days ago, I had about 20 pounds of my favorite dog food land on the floor right in front of me. It was a beautiful sight-what a gift!
Whether it was a gift or an accident, I guess, depends on your point of view. Marti saw it as an accident because she didn't intend to spread all that kibble on the floor. She was trying to empty a big bag of my food into its storage container and it slipped, spilling on the floor, under the furniture and into the furnace vent.
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| Resilience Resolution |
| By: Marti Benjamin, MBA, PCC, CCMC
"Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up." I found this proverb on my tea bag one recent morning and it seemed to be speaking to all of us who have been battered around by the global economic recession. As the economists and news pundits declare an end to the storm, many businesses are not seeing much hope in the day-to-day reality of selling goods and services in a market that has shifted dramatically. How do we get up under those daunting conditions?
Getting up requires the talent of resilience, the ability of a system or person to withstand unexpected shocks and recover, hopefully, quickly. The resilient system (or person) accepts that there will be failures and setbacks and plans how to identify them early and recover from them as completely and quickly as possible. This is not about adopting a Pollyannaish attitude and denying the change; this is about looking at it squarely and working with it, rather than against it.
As 2010 begins, I propose a resilience resolution-maybe even a resilience revolution if that seems called for in your situation. Many businesses will never be the same as pre-recession days and a new business model is required just to continue. Some businesses will cease to exist in their current structure and form, to be replaced by the resilient folks who can face the new reality and make the necessary adjustments.
Characteristics of Resilience
Resilient, or hardy, people have been the subject of research studies identifying the characteristics that help withstand those sudden, unexpected shocks and recover.
Accept or even embrace change. Hardy people don't delude themselves about the situation orthe inevitability of change. They develop an accurate, objective picture of the situation and themselves-what skills, qualities and resources will be helpful now?
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Flexibility. They open their perspective to new possibilities and consider new options. They expand their view to go beyond just their own position or that of their business and look at the broader community or field, for a bigger perspective. They challenge their own assumptions about how things should be and see different alternative. Remember this quote, attributed to Albert Einstein, "The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them." A mental shift-flexibility-is required.
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Optimistic. They believe and act as if they can influence events and they recognize they can control their response to the situation. They focus on the best outcome possible, not the best possible outcome. They recognize that the situation is not permanent, personal or pervasive-that means that they know it didn't happen just to them, that it will change (see the first characteristic) and that the situation does not alter every corner of their self-identity.
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The Last Word
Seen on a bumper sticker and approved by MizBizWiz:
A very Happy Holiday Season to you from the Business Energetix-Success Coaching Team! |
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All the BEST,
Marti Benjamin, MBA, Professional Certified Coach, Certified Career Management Coach
Karri Benjamin, MBA
Chloe, MizBizWiz
Business Energetix--Success Coaching
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