Day 4 of 7 - Positive Thoughts for the Day... 1) All roads lead back to Julie can be a good thing - I often view it as suffering from the boomarang effect. Six degrees of separation somehow has me at the start of the chain and at the end of the chain. Given my perfectionist and data driven decisioning penchant I am starting to learn rhythm - dont start what I cant add to the already full plate when it comes back to me - pick my battles and it all will work out in the end. 2) Learning that translating fishing as work sport reaps big rewards --- there are lots of potential fishermen and my job is to find a way to teach people how to fish. I work in Sales Operations - which is basically means babysitting the sales data and trying the unmotivated how not to screw it up in the sales database - lots of moving parts and highly unmotivated sales people who hate to do paperwork even if it is electronic and involves only keeping 3 fields updated with information on less than 30 records. Teaching from the whats in it for them versus corporate needs this information is required to be successful. Convincing my counterparts that we need to create an easier way for field sales to complete this 3 field update task - is an exercise in a different type of motivational speaking. Finding the balance after a year of working at it - and starting to see some huge positive swings and clean actionable data emerge! And yes, it resulted in # 1 boomerang in a big way - I am now in charge of making sure this happens across the US -- dont get excited...no raise in pay. Just personal satisfaction that I accomplished a goal. Thats where I motor from so its all good. 3) Being at peace with being a fringe friend to many - close friend to a select few - for now. Oddly - my closest friends live 100 miles or more away from me. Coincidence - probably not. The reality is - it has given me oodles of time to focus on my kids (sorry Erin, Lauren, and Colin if this has cramped your style) and become a second cool mom to their closest friends. Practically my whole life, Ive been that person people seek motivation from, gravitate to when they have a problem they need to solve, the target for perfect strangers who stop me in every store I am in to help them locate the item they cant find. Im approachable, yet, I expect I exude a self confidence that also puts people at bay - Im told I am intimidating unless experienced in small doses. Yes, I am a fountain of endless needless, why do you store that kind of knowledge. God just made me that way - and actually, it comes in quite handy. Despite receiving few invites to parties, I tend to make a party everywhere I go and I make a new aquaintance friends that wave to me and make me feel at home and comfortable no matter where I am. As my kids age out from me, I realize Im gonna have to find my circle - or stalk them and move as they move. Hey Erin, wanna look at beach property some more? :o) Most of all on day 4 of 7 -- I realize what Ive always known...I really dont have anything to complain about -- just a new reason to get out of bed in the morning and tackle a new set of minor challenges that can always be overcome. Peace to all of you as you head about your day -- Im gonna make it a good one...Are you?
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:15:02 +0000
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