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“What’s your advice for getting out of a temporary rut?” I asked Jack Canfield

Since last year’s onset of the pandemic, there has been a proliferation of virtual events, giving people around the world (with an internet connection) the opportunity to learn and grow, even as it seems the world has been falling apart around us.

Today, I was fortunate to attend (without charge) two of the sessions in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)’s Sustainability Development Summit. The full video is at the end of this article.

The second was entitled “Leveling-up for High Performance and Breakthrough Success.” The presenter was Jack Canfield, who I had never heard of. Sure, I knew about the “Chicken Soup For the Soul” series of books, but didn’t know the author’s name or what he had accomplished.

His presentation was empowering and action-oriented and I found myself taking screenshot after screenshot. Yes, registered participants will get the recordings, but in the moment, I wanted to capture those aspects of his presentation which resonated with me, such as….

  1. Success Principle: Decide what you want. What is your vision of success?
  2. There are only 3 responses you have any control over. E + R = O: Thoughts, Images, Behaviour
  3. You have to give up making excuses
  4. Create a Breakthrough Goal.…a goal that would quantum leap your personal or professional success or the success of your organization…and that will require you to grow to achieve it.
  5. Practise the “Rule of 5”: Do 5 things every day that will lead to the achievement of your breakthrough goal.
  6. Set a goal that is big enough so that in the process of achieving it, you will become someone worth becoming! BHAGBig Hairy Audacious Goal”

What I appreciated about the presentation and indeed the first one I attended, what that the speakers took questions after. Here is the host Dr Terri-Karelle Reid asking the question I posed which was “what’s your advice for getting out of a temporary rut or setback, especially if you’re normally positive and a believer?” (That’s the reflection of the ceiling light)

“Setbacks are part of the process” Canfield said. He further said that it is learning to handle those obstacles which builds your capacity, confidence, patience and courage. Part of the goal of life, he said, is to become a master, like in Karate, where you go through different belts.

Other advice he gave was:

  • See those ruts as opportunities to learn something new.
  • Surround yourself with positive people. Listen to something positive everyday.
  • Get your mindset changed and start doing something different.

Canfield ended by saying this:

A rut is something where you keep digging the same hole over and over and it looks like forward progress, but you’re not going anywhere really. You’ve got to do something different, anything different at all that you think might get you out, and surround yourself with something positive.

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The Unofficial Smartsheet Guide To Being A Project Manager

I haven’t done Project Management certification, however, from many years working on Conferences, I am realizing that I learnt many project management skills there. Recently, I have been exploring technology tools to see which are useful and can be recommended to clients. Smartsheet was recommended by a friend who works in Project Management.

They have a really good unofficial guide to being a good project manager. Note what is number 1!

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The Unofficial Smartsheet Guide to Being a Project Manager | An infographic by the team at Smartsheet

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Techy Learning

Learning is a good thing, especially when you do it by trial and error. There is a sense of accomplishment in figuring out something on your own, just by using all the resources available, including the brain.

Since 2012, I have made a concerted effort to do away with the old way of doing things and only sticking to what I knew and was comfortable with. The first time I saw a friend with an iPad, I ‘pffffed’ at their need to ‘follow fashion,’ as Jamaicans would say. I then remember being with another friend one day and she took out her iPad to show me some pictures. I got a close up view of the gadget. A trip to New York later that year saw me heading to THE Apple store soon after arriving. Expensive, yes, but it has been well worth it. 

That was the significant event which led to other tech-type developments such as the creation of this website after going to a Bootcamp to learn how to do the basics and get the hosting set up.

Applying this new found technology interest to my professional life, I started to explore various tools that could be used to help employees work more efficiently. The latest search is for a collaboration tool which does not cost any money. Who doesn’t like free things?

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Increasing Productivity, Motivation and Engagement

All companies want to get the most out of their employees. That means ensuring employees want to be at work, fully committed and operating at maximum capacity. This article gives some tips from Yves Morieux’s Ted Talk. His theme is simplification, which resonates with me. Watch the original speech.

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