First impressions

When it comes down to it, nothing beats a first impression. Even your resume does a first impression for you.You want it to be perfect and outstanding, especially when it comes down to the cover letter.

What do you want to say? What image do you want to portray? How professional is this position you are applying for?

If you make it to the dinner interview, OMG, do not do anything without thinking about it first. Snap judgements says a lot about you. How you eat, how you order, How you season your food, (what may seem small and insignificant are actually big and large in the interviewers mind.)

Remember, that first impressions will always stick in the mind of those you mean to impress longer than you think. It’s hard to come back from a bad first impression.

I’ll converse more on this, but for now, it’s just a taste of something for you to chew on.

Think of your strong points, make a list, What can You bring into a company that they are looking for? How can YOU make a fabulous first impression?

Communication in business

What is to be said about communication? everything!!! We communicate even when we don’t think we are. Body language says a lot, rolling of the eyes, just simple things like that is communicating ideas and thoughts all the while we think that we aren’t saying anything. We cannot go without saying something with our mouths, our facial expressions, our body language, something about us is giving off some sort of communication in some sense.

What does it mean when you lean forward into someone that is speaking? That your interested in what they are saying, that u are an active listener, and that you really want to pay attention to what they have to speak about. What does it mean if you fiddle with a pencil and sit back in the chair while the speaker is talking? You aren’t all that interested, you would rather be elsewhere, and that you aren’t acively hearing what they are saying.

To be an good communicator, you must make equal parts of hearing and listening to your agenda. To hear is to be a particapant in the conversation and take in the information, to listen to actually participate in the act of hearing and absorb the information. You can always hear someone without listening to them. But to listen to them is to take in the information, process it, decode it, and remember it.

Sometimes we take notes while listening to better our chances of remembering. This is our way of processing and decoding. If we write down the information in our own paraphrases, then it comes out in a better understanding for remembering. Does it not?

Now then, body language. How many “phrases” can u say with just your body? Go through a list and see how many you can come up with………. did u do it? How many did u come up with? I know that I can come up with at least 20-30 just sitting here off the top of my head. Money, I dont’ know, moron, over the top, had it up to here, just to name a few. What about facial expressions alone? concentation, i dont’ understand, surprise, give me a break, Oh, please, etc…, are a couple that are easily conveyed.

Do you think that it’s better for one person to speak and the other listen or for both parties to exchange verbal communication? In most cases it’s better to get feedback from each other that why it’s better to have both parties exchange communication. Especially if you want to get all the details correct.

An active listener does not interupt. An acive listener has all attention on speaker. An active listener asks questions. An active listener paraphrases for better rememberance.

Are you an active listener? Do you communicate well? Do you use body language? Let’s hope so. It is very important in business.

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Motivating People

What do we think of when thinking of motivation? church? speeches? hardly ever think of work do we? but it’s the driving need within us that motivates us to do the things we do and the job that we do. Either how well or how poor.

What I’m talking about is what we need to motivate us in our job space and what drives us in this motivations for leadership purposes.

We all need things. This is basic. It’s a human trait. We need satisfaction for a job well done. Right? If we don’t get this, we aren’t motivated to do the job as well next time. “?” How can managers increase the fulfullment for our needs and have job needs met at the same time?

Start by asking people what their needs are. (seems simple enough, right?)

Satisfy the lower needs first., (always start from the bottom and work your way to the top.)

EXPECT peoples needs to change. (this should be a given… duh)

Finally, as needs change and lower needs are satisfied, create opportunities for employees to satisfy higher-order needs. (reaching for the stars now.)

These things are met by extrinsic and intrinsic rewards. Either you are rewarded in pay, or someone saying good job, or you get a bonus,… or you feel accomplishment, a sense of pride, a job well done. These are needs that must be met at any job. Hoping that the intrinsic can be met more than the extrinsic. But we all know this day and time, extrinsic is now a need that must be met as well.

Hope this helps u find a reason to help motivate people w/in your workspace.

Prosperity to all,

Shannon

Staying positive paid off

Indeed today was my first ever craft show. And yes, i may had many mistakes when it come to my pricing, but ya know what? I still come out in the black. and it felt good. I had to even let my hubby take over for me for a while, as I went to the ER for a migraine, and when I got back, the show was nearly over, but increase in funds was enormous compared to what it was when we left.

I stayed positive while I was away knowing that today would be a good day, even though there was rain and not many like to travel in the rain. I knew today would be a good day even though I was in the side room, but I managed to get the main table in that room so people saw me first when they came out of the main room. I knew today would be a good day because I believed in what I was selling and knew that it would sell really well. And ya know what? … it did!!

Today may have had several mistakes and such, and wrong prices on my items (too low), but ya know what? I still come out if it with $70 to boot even after putting back the monies that we put n2 it to begin with. It was definitely an excellent day.

Napoleon Hill, ty from the bottom of my heart. Because of u, I believe more in myself and what I’m doing. I have a drive to succeed now stronger than ever. I have a need for belief and passion for achieving. TY again Napoleon Hill for your state of mind theories. They truly work. Today was a great example of that.

Leadership

There are some that say we are born leaders, there are some that we learn to be leaders. Does it take an extrovert to be a leader? or is it an introvert? What are the traits of a successful leader? We all want to know this as we all want to be one.

Leaders have the will and the drive to lead groups, be them introverts or extroverts. According to the CEO’s status, the intoverts vs the extroverts is about 50/50. Leaders have a strong will to take charge and inspire others. Inpiration is what counts. Do you have the charisma to inspire others to do better work? Not just to improve work but to ask them what they need to do a better job?

Leaders and managers differ in this area. Leaders are concerned w/ inspiring people to doing better, while managers are more concerned with the status quo. There are leaders in every business, you just have to be one, and take responsibility for the position. Are u ready for that responsibility?

I am. I have been before. I am a leader.

for example, when I worked construction, I found a better way for us to roof a house because I was more flexible, I had two guys nailing while I laid shingles. I lead the group, while they followed. They didn’t say no. They were surprised at my extrovertedness probably. But we did a better job at a faster rate. And it didn’t take as much time for us to lay and nail shingles compared to one person trying to do both things.

Take it from me, the manager or foreman of the job shook my hand after work that day. He told me that I surprised him. He didn’t think that I could do the job. But I proved him different.

It takes a leader of many sorts to do what they do. Dont’ waste any opportunity.

Prosperity to all,

Shannon

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Others out there like me

Yes… indeed. There are others out there like me, wanting to become leaders and wanting to share in the brilliance of the riches to come. But we first must learn the ways of a very wise man and another wise one to teach us how they come to be. Who are these two individuals? Napoleon Hill and a mentor. I already have them both. shew… now to just finish reading Napoleon Hill’s words and the mentor can take over from there.

But yes, there are others out there that share the belief of his teachings. http://www.ulearn2earn.net/group/mentorsclub

Check them out. It may do you a world of good.

twitter-business

I don’t know what to call it. Twitter business is about all I can call it. If u want people to look at your stuff, or to get hits, post here, it’s definitely twitter business. People will click links.

It’s all about the links on Twitter isn’t it. It’s not really a social network, it’s not really about who’s following u or who your following, it’s all about the links. People are starved for links and want to know what’s going on in other people’s lives.

Twitter-business. busy bodies. lol. if that’s what u really want to call them, myself included. Yes, I partake in twitter business too. But I find myself trying to build up a following. Don’t really know why, but I am. I want to be know, i want to get down to business. I want to have pride in what I do. I have the basic need for acknowledgment. That too, is part of twitter-business. Acknowledgment is part of it wouldn’t u reckon?

The more people u follow, the more people that follow u, the more acknowledgment u get? I don’t know. But twitter is a confusing place. It’s not chat, it’s not messaging, it’s just posts. How frustrating.

Twitter-business is indeed the social in of today. But can make u an outcast in a hurry. Post against someone, and your done for.

twitter,… what do u make of it?

Business is a Positive Mind

I found this fascinating quote today:

What are the customers supposed to do about their contracts come the beginning of the new year when this deal takes affect?Business is a Positive Mind, Nov 2008

You should read the whole article.