If you reach for the moon and you happen to miss, you still land amongst the stars.
Author unknown
Remember that people are more motivated when the goals set are challenging and attractive.
What exciting and motivating goals can you set either for yourself or for somebody else this week?
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveller back to his own fireside and quiet home!
Charles Dickens
Christmas holds different meanings for different people. For some it holds great religious significance, and for others it merely means a few days off from work! However you want to spend this Christmas, remember that it can be a magical time, reminding us how to have fun. The festive season offers us an opportunity to connect and share with others and to take a little time out to renew ourselves during the long, dark winter days.
How best can you renew yourself this Christmas time? Who do you want to catch up with? How can you have fun?
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do
Henry Ford
If you want to build a reputation you will need to start to be somebody in your chosen career area.
How can you contribute to your field? There are many ways of doing this. Some people write articles or books or give talks. Others, set-up groups, carryout research, workshops or become mentors. In what way could you be somebody in your field of expertise?
After the crew is told they are now empowered, Dr. Crusher begins doing medical experiments on unsuspecting enlisted personnel while Worf slaughters everyone he considers weak
Star Trek
The idea of empowerment is not new. Lao Tse in 6th Century China said that a characteristic of great leaders was that when a task was done the people will say `we did it ourselves.
During the week, in what way can you allow others to take more responsibility for themselves?
If you can DREAM it, you can DO it.
Walt Disney
All the truly great inspirational people in the world had a dream. Perhaps they are recognised for their greatness because, not only did they have really big dreams but, they were also able to make those dreams happen. From a psychological point of view, we know that the bigger the goal the more compelling and exciting it will seem.
Do you have a really big dream? How could you make it even more compelling?
Never confuse motion with action
Ernest Hemingway
Sometimes, without realising, we find ourselves repeating patterns, tasks and behaviours to gain results that don't work for us.
Awareness of this fact only seems to come when we keep achieving the same results! In what small way could you do a familiar task differently to gain a different result?
If you think education is expensive try ignorance
Derek Bok, President Harvard University
The good thing about learning is that it often brings understanding. The good thing about understanding is that it often dispels fear! Some people fear networking with strangers; but once they have learnt a few skills and practiced them, those strangers become prospects.
Is there an area of your life that you fear? What could you learn that would help dispel the fear?
Love your enemies, for they will tell you your faults
Benjamin Franklin
The Native American people believe that your enemies are your best teachers. The people in our lives often act as mirrors. Quite often people become our enemies because they strike some chord in us. They press our buttons or they make us feel uncomfortable. These are signs that we need to look at ourselves. Only when we feel comfortable with our enemies do we know there is nothing more to learn from them.
Take a moment to think about the people in your life who you consider difficult. What have you got to learn from them?
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