The Dilemma

 

 

Take a moment to read this and when you have read it, ask yourself the question am I chained by my attitudes or do I take the risks to be free?

 

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.

To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.

To reach out for another is to risk involvement.

To expose feelings is to RISK exposing your TRUE SELF.

To place your ideas and dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss.

To love is to risk not being loved in return.

To live is to risk dying.

To hope is to to risk despair.

To try is to risk failure.

 

But risk must be taken, as the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
I may avoid suffering and sorrow but I simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
Chained by my attitudes I would be a slave,one who has forfeited freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.             

                                                                Author unknown.

 

So do you take the risks?

 What other people think of you is none of your business,  it is only their opinion. Find your passions in life because after all you are the most influential person you will speak to all day everyday.

 

Finally,

 "The vision will come only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside dreams,who looks inside,awakens". Carl Jung.

 

To book your free consultation to discuss your companies training needs, contact

 

 

Linda Geaney

0863457257

http://www.believeachievesucceed.biz

Corporate Well-being Workshops: Change your attitude and the world is yours.

Corporate Well-being Workshops: Change your attitude and the world is yours.:               A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist. Eleanor Roosevelt.   For t...

First impressions in the workplace.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Personality isn't something that you can easily determine and label with a set of indicator questions. We can be quick to judge others in the workplace, based on our fixed ideas of a personality. When we have fixed ideas of ourselves and others as being a particular type of personality, we limit our mindsets and their capacity to develop.

 

Its dangerous to assume that your first impression of people can tell you much about their personality. An introverted person who prefers being alone may appear extroverted at a work event because that’s what’s expected at that given time. A lot of our behaviour in the workplace is driven by our core projects, so we often act out of character. Of course, there is a price for this because over time it can put a strain on your autonomic nervous system and in turn can cause burn out. This effects the functions of the heart rate, digestive system, immune system and your breathing. To counteract this, get into the habit of becoming aware of your breath throughout the day. Just two minutes of watching your breathing changes multi tasking to single tasking, this reduces stress and gives you more accuracy levels. 

 

Here is an interesting study. This study was conducted by researcher Adam Grant at The University of Pennsylvania. In the personality category, generally extroverts are perceived as better sellers than everyone else. Grant overturned this ideology, indicating that not only is that stereotype wrong, but there is an entirely different personality type that stands well above the others in sales, prowess, and that is the Ambivert. Ambivert's embody traits from both sides of the personality spectrum - in a sense, they have a built in governor that regulates their exuberance - they don’t trip over the obstacles that handicap their more extroverted counterparts.

 

"The Ambivert advantage stems from the tendency to be assertive and enthusiastic enough to persuade and close, but at the same time, listening carefully to customers and avoiding the appearance of being overly confident or excited", Grant said.

 

This study proves that first impressions are dangerous.

 

Finally,
 

"If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other persons point of view and see things from that persons angle as well as from your own" - Henry Ford.

 

To book your free consultation to discuss your companies training needs contact,

 

Linda Geaney

0863457257

 

lindageaney@live.ie

 

http://www.believeachievesucceed.biz