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Issue 330 - February 28, 2006
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"Humans have the remarkable
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difference between a 'must' and a 'want.'" Jim Rohn
Today's issue includes:
1. Thinking Like a Farmer by Jim Rohn
2. Vitamins for the Mind - Leadership/Management by Jim Rohn
3. A Positive Attitude Definitely Increases Productivity and Employability by Connie Podesta
4. I'll never forget the buzz... People were rushing...
5. Jim Rohn Testimonials - February 21 - 27, 2006
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1. Thinking Like a Farmer by Jim Rohn
One of the difficulties we face in our industrialized age is the
fact we've lost our sense of seasons. Unlike the farmer whose
priorities change with the seasons, we have become impervious to the
natural rhythm of life. As a result, we have our priorities out of
balance. Let me illustrate what I mean:
For a farmer, springtime is his most active time. It's then when he
must work around the clock, up before the sun and still toiling at
the stroke of midnight. He must keep his equipment running at full
capacity because he has but a small window of time for the planting
of his crop. Eventually winter comes when there is less for him to
do to keep him busy.
There is a lesson here. Learn to use the seasons of life. Decide
when to pour it on and when to ease back, when to take advantage and
when to let things ride. It's easy to keep going from nine to five
year in and year out and lose a natural sense of priorities and
cycles. Don't let one year blend into another in a seemingly endless
parade of tasks and responsibilities. Keep your eye on your own
seasons, lest you lose sight of value and substance.
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
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2. Vitamins for the Mind by Jim Rohn
Leadership/Management
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude;
be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but
not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have
humor, but without folly.
We must learn to help those who deserve it, not just those who need
it. Life responds to deserve not need.
My mentor said, "Let's go do it", not "You go do it". How powerful
when someone says, "Let's!"
Good people are found not changed. Recently I read a headline that
said, "We don't teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice
people." Wow! What a clever short cut.
Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people
to see themselves better than they are.
Learn to help people with more than just their jobs: help them with
their lives.
Vitamins for the Mind is a weekly sampling of original quotes, on a specific topic, taken from The Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn (TTOQ). TTOQ, a beautiful, burgundy hardbound book with gold foil lettering, is a collection of over 365 quotes on 60 topics gathered from Jim's personal journals, seminars and books spanning over 39 years. To order the TTOQ by Jim Rohn or Excerpts from TTOQ by Jim Rohn or Brian Tracy, please go to Jim Rohn's Online Catalog
3. A Positive Attitude Definitely Increases Productivity and Employability by Connie Podesta
While employers can teach people to do a job and provide
in-service training so employees can update their skills, they can't
mentor, teach, or coach employees to have a positive attitude.
That's why working on your attitude daily and having a positive
impact on your organization, customers, and colleagues is so
important to your future employability.
Unfortunately, when asked to define a positive attitude, many
employers find it difficult to put into words what they mean.
Instead, they use words like "happy" and "enjoyable to be around"
when describing a person with a positive attitude. Since our
attitude affects our behavior, which in turn is demonstrated by our
performance, it's no wonder that attitude is so important in the
business world. It determines how we do our jobs.
Some employees may resist this notion, believing that no one has the
right to tell them how to think. This is correct. Employers do not
have the right to evaluate our inner thoughts and feelings. However,
they do have the right to evaluate how we behave as a result of
those thoughts and feelings.
Employers and organizations also have the right to expect that an
employee's behavior and performance will have a positive impact upon
their organization. Why? All would agree that an organization
comprised of employees who have a negative influence on their
customers and co-workers will not be in business for very long. But
organizations whose employees have a positive impact on their
co-workers, their customers, and their company will enjoy many years
of success.
Separate Attitudes from Actions
Is it possible to display a positive attitude even if you're feeling
sad, depressed, or angry? Of course. Employees constantly find
themselves in situations where they simply cannot let their internal
feelings influence their actions. Put yourself in these situations.
Would you like your surgeon to be all thumbs because he was upset
with his wife? Or a fireman to drive slowly when you called in an
alarm because he was tired? Or your lawyer to argue your case poorly
because she didn't feel like talking today? Or the lifeguard to
daydream about getting a new job instead of paying attention while
your child was swimming? These people are required to behave in a
certain, prescribed way regardless of their attitude. And we
certainly expect them to do that-no matter what.
But how do you stay enthusiastic and excited about your job if
you've been at it for a while and things at work or at home are not
going perfectly? Remember, when actors are on stage, they know they
must be so good at what they do that their performance will set them
apart from the rest of the cast and make them memorable. No matter
how famous and successful an actor may be, he or she is always aware
of an understudy waiting in the wings, eager to take over the role
the moment that actor begins to deliver a performance that is less
than top quality.
In today's world of downsizing and layoffs, we all have
understudies-people who would love to take our place and play the
part the job requires. To remain employable, you must make sure you
are one of your organization's "star performers." Your customers
also have the right to a star performance because they are your
audience. After all, that's really what your paycheck is: a reward
for playing your part well. Can your organization count on you, as a
professional, to be a star performer?
Now, this doesn't mean you should be phony or just go through the
mechanical motions of acting out your part. No employer wants an
office full of robots, but they also don't want people who bring
their negative feelings to work every day. Think of what a different
workplace we could create if everyone came to work and focused on
the job at hand instead of allowing our internal attitudes to affect
our performance.
To Stay Positive, Avoid Negative People
Is attitude, whether positive or negative, contagious? You bet! From
your own experience, think about how you feel when you have to work
with a negative person. Do you remember times when someone else's
negativity influenced your own performance that day? Even though you
may love your job and you're proud of the products and services you
deliver, you probably felt that you and your organization weren't
doing their best. And if you had to work with a negative person for
a long period of time, their poor attitude may have even made you
want to quit your job. That's the power a negative attitude can have
on us.
If you have to work with negative people, try to limit additional
interactions. You are not obligated to carpool with them, go to
lunch with them, or spend time with them after work. Part of your
responsibility as a professional is to be the kind of employee that
others are not trying to get away from, but rather, to be a positive
person with whom they enjoy working and seek out.
With two thousand to three thousand people losing their jobs every
day, now is not the best time to be perceived as having a negative
attitude, so avoid those people who can cast that shadow on you. If
you're going to become a positive influence on your co-workers and
customers, you must take time to evaluate your interactions with
others and their effects on your organization as a whole.
Your Positive Attitude is Your Best Motivation
You may not realize it, but your performance has the power to make
or break your organization. Your attitude can be your greatest asset
or your greatest liability. Unaware of that, employees often say,
"My job is hard work. And my organization doesn't even try to
motivate me to do my best." Today's organizations realize that it is
not their responsibility to motivate employees because motivation
cannot come from the outside. Motivation is "an inside job." This
means that employees should not have to be coddled or coerced into
working hard and doing an excellent job. A valuable employee, the
kind an organization would work hard to hire and retain, is
self-motivated.
The bottom line is that today's employers are looking for employees
who:
- Want to work;
- Enjoy what they do;
- Take pride in their organization, their products, and their services;
- Care about their customers and their co-workers;
- Are the kind of team player others like to be around;
- Make work a better place by their good humor, dependability, integrity, and their ability to be a positive influence through their words and actions.
And finally, consider this: employers from all over the country
believe that attitude is contagious. If that's so, is yours worth
catching?
To stay employed, analyze your attitude and determine whether or not
you're helping to create a healthy work environment. Do whatever
possible to stand out from the rest and be easily recognized as an
employee who has a positive influence on your customers, your
colleagues, and your organization. By loving your job and playing
your part well, your efforts will be rewarded with years of steady
employment.
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have a motivated idiot." Jim Rohn
4. I'll never forget the buzz... People were rushing...
I'll never forget the buzz...
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Being able to answer yes to both questions is the key to happiness,
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