In This Issue
It's not always easy to stay motivated in the face of all the busy-ness and complications of our daily work lives. The lead article this month looks at ways to keep your motivation high day-in and day-out. Also this month is an article about building a strength-based career and an article on time chunking that shows how simple time management can be, and how harnessing your time better can lead to greater motivation. To reply to this newsletter, please click here.
High-Gear Motivation: How to Hit Your Peak Day After Day
As challenging as your work life can be, sometimes the biggest challenge of all is just staying motivated. We have a hundred tasks vying for our attention. Events happen in our personal lives that can get us off course. They can all take their toll on our motivation levels. And yet, most of us don’t have the luxury of performing at anything less than our peak. Full story here.
Building A Strength-Based Career
A strength-based career is a career based on who you are. This raises questions like, “Who am I?” “Am I working at a career that matches who I am?” “Is this a career that will bring me success and give me a sense of purpose?” “How do I know that my career is the best one for me?” Read more here.
Time: It's Not How Much You Have, It's How You Chunk It!
No matter how many new technological innovations are created to improve our efficiency and productivity, there are still just 24 hours in every day. This limitation leads to missed business, deadlines and opportunities. It also results in feelings of guilt and inadequacy, and a huge amount of stress. And while you can't add more hours to the day, you CAN make better use of the hours you have. It's called time chunking. Read more here.
The following questions are designed to broaden perspectives, to open vistas, to widen the lens. There is no one right way to approach them. You can journal about them, talk to friends, create art... View questions here.
Relevant Reading
The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know, by Dianna Booher
Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success, by Penelope Trunk
The Ultimate Sales Machine, by Chet Holmes
Today's Quote
"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable."
--Seneca, Roman statesman, dramatist and Stoic philosopher
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