Archive for December, 2011

What I wish you for the new year is MOJO!

posted on December 26th, 2011 in Changing Careers

Marshall Goldsmith, author of the book MOJO: How to Get It, How To Keep It and How to Get It Back If You Lose It defines Mojo as “that positive spirit toward what we are doing now that starts from the inside and radiates to the outside.”

A few key words here: NOW, not yesterday, not tomorrow. Do I have a positive spirit toward what I am doing NOW.  It starts on the inside and radiates to the outside. Are you showing on the outside what is going on in the inside? Are the two in alignment? Are you being authentic in what you are …

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The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace – Book Review

posted on December 20th, 2011 in Changing Careers

The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace , a book by Chapman and White, is a gift for anyone who struggles with how to express appreciation to others, especially in the workplace where sometimes you just don’t have a clue about how to give the person something that will be meaningful to them. In what the authors call the “Motivation by Appreciation” model, they describe the five languages as: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Acts of Service, Tangible Gifts, and Physical Touch. And they even offer an assessment so that you can see what the preferred language is for …

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“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

posted on December 19th, 2011 in Changing Careers

As our holiday celebrations approach, I reflect on how lucky I am to celebrate 9 years of having a practice which allows me to serve people in a way that fills me up, re-energizes me, and has me in awe of my clients! And like the quote above says, feeling gratitude and not expressing it IS selfishly wrapping a present and not giving it.

I am also surrounded by professionals in a variety of businesses that inspire me to get outside of myself and to dream about what we can do together to make the world more humane …

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