Why Can't You be More Like Me?Written by Sandra Schrift
Publishing Guidelines: You are welcome to publish this article in its entirety, electronically, or in print fre*e of charge, as long as you include my full signature file for ezines, and my Web site address(http://www.schrift.com) in hyperlink for other sites. Please send a courtesy link or email where you publish to sandra@schrift.com Thank you. ___________________________________________________________TITLE: Why Can’t You be More Like Me? AUTHOR: Sandra Schrift CONTACT: sandra@schrift.com COPYRIGHT: ©2004 by Sandra Schrift. All rights reserved ___________________________________________________________ Why Can’t You be More Like Me? Here is a non-scientific, but fun way to see which style you may be. Read poem below and then identify which one of styles is most like you. You will also start to see and understand behavioral style of other people around you just from reading poem. Now you can be better prepared to speak to people way they want to be spoken to and sell to people way they want to be sold to. DIRECTOR D’s are daring, determined to win Stay out of their way if you have thin skin Blunt, direct, with a nary smile No problem at all, that long extra mile Focused on winning, they rush through day For them art of winning is just child’s play Leaders they are, but few rules to be found They win by force of their, pound, pound, pound! Mountains they challenge, they assault each top The problem with them, is making them stop If winning is first then, then their style is just fine But remember their motto, “What’s bottom line?” SOCIALIZER Charming, confident, optimistic and fun They smile all day while continuing to run Popular and persuasive is butterfly Convincing, inspiring to life’s passerby Open-minded this talker where friends do abound The high I spreads influence, to sell by pound To know them is to love them with their winning smile They will sell you their story with charm and beguile Effusive, influential, trusting and true They need you to love them, it’s their point of view Never mind all paper work, no time for all that They inspire all others, while leading pack
| | TIME MANAGEMENT? NO!Written by Dr. Dorene Lehavi
Many people want to be coached to manage their time better. I say NO! to that. You cannot manage time anyway; it just keeps ticking away no matter what you do. What you can do is manage yourself based on two concepts I keep mentioning: self-knowledge and self-acceptance. Following are four principles to maximize time that you have. They take time to incorporate into your life at habit level. Don't give up. Keep practicing. 1) GOOD ENOUGH Accept that no human being is meant to do everything. We all have our uniqueness; things we do better than others and vice versa. Perfection is not a human condition. Cut yourself some slack and adopt concept of "good enough". You can rework your resume 50 times. Is it really so much better than a much earlier draft? You can shop for perfect dress endlessly? Wasn't first one you tried and liked as good as 15th? How much time did you spend past "good enough"? Demand higher standards of excellence where it really counts. 2) SPECIALNESS Concentrate on excelling in what you do well, what you would enjoy doing better, and new areas you would like to learn. Delegate, hire, share, partner with people who complement you or can fill needs you have in areas you don't enjoy or do not know that well. Don't ever berate yourself for not being able to do it all. Appreciate your talents and excellence and flaunt them. They are you, yours and very special. Let others have their specialness too. The results will not only save time but enrich and free you.
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