Rewrite a happy ending!

Handed a "pink slip" and you immediately break out into a cold sweat! But hold up, wait a minute! Calm down and come at a "lay-off" from a positive viewpoint.

While you dig in, dust off your interview suit and update your resume, do some some self- assessment. Before you got caught, all the way, up in a 9-5, you were writing, painting and sewing pillows for the craft fair. So, while you're out there, applying for your unemployment benefits, stop by the hobby shop and pick up some paints, paper and an easel. Re-ignite your passion! Make a bartering deal with your local community center and invite your friends and family for a showing~ You will get your work before an attentive crowd and you may even make a sale or two!

Word of mouth could enable you to slide that interview suit back into the closet; resumes into the shredder.

You get my drift...turn that "pink slip" into a congratulatory bouquet of pink roses!

Soul Food

"I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet."

paraphrased from
The Rose Garden by Saadi

5 Ways To Bring Creativity into Your Business Meeting!

Looking for ways to bring color and life into your next business meeting? Check these tips:

1)Bring in a guest, someone who is not affiliated with the group, to offer "new eyes" to the business topic at hand. Getting an outsider to come in, will give a shot of new energy!

2)Do an early morning meeting, I mean, like 2A.M.! You can't beat the peace and quiet and sometimes solutions flow better before the city comes alive. Make sure you prepare in the evening before with a nap!

3)Usually meet in your office cubicle? Change the venue! On a nice day, meet in the park! Look into booking a room at your local library. Maybe, a member of your group will allow his home to be used. In other words, change the venue and bring a different "life" to the meeting!

4)Before the meeting, go around and ask everyone what they expect to gain from the meeting-listening to your co-workers' expectations might spark a new idea to come out of you!

5)Change break times! In other words,if you usually break after two hours( for a meal, etc.), hold off and break after four hours. Or break after one hour into the meeting! The idea is to cut new interval paths into the meeting, which will lend itself to a freshness, a brain jolt!

Do you have anything to add to this list? Would love to hear from you! Post right here!

Your Personal Evolution is Up To You!

Start Here:

1) Along with daily goals(a to-do list) formulate a five year plan. Map out a do-able path to your desires.

2) Enroll in a class at your local community college. Take your pick from learning a new computer application to learning how to knit that winter cap. Get additional skills and change your world!

3) Follow a motivational speaker who you admire. It may be someone's article you've recently read or someone you've seen in a television interview. Find out if they've written any books, dust off that library card and peruse the shelves. Priceless!

4)Join Toastmasters and gain the confidence it takes to stand before thousands to impart information and share knowledge. Power!

5)Explore your spiritual side. A "bigger than me" comes in many forms. Work on finding a road to the "Great".


Above are five prompts to start you on the road to personal evolution...can you add five more to this list?