Do you know yourself?

Hello Readers,

Each quarter or so I select a skill to work on to enhance my craft. If you have not noticed I love to learn and in return better myself. I am always working on me. Are you? (Just thought I would ask). For this quarter I have been reading on the topic of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and I wanted to share some insight with you. Here are three areas people who have a high EQ excel in:

1. Self- Awareness-The ability to look within yourself and truly understand how you are behaving at any given moment

2. Self- Motivation- The ability to excite/push oneself without the constant push from others

3. Self-Regulation- The ability to set rules for oneself and follow them and feel not guilty when the rules have changed. (Hint is you changed the rules)

Now you ask yourself, are you excelling in these areas? If not what can you do NOW to excel in these areas?

It is wisdom to know others; it is enlightenment to know one’s self –Lao-Tzu

Your thoughts are welcome…

MJW

www.truthspeakscoaching.com

Are you following these?

Hello readers!
 
Periodically I like to share with you some of the authors I read. Brian Tracy is one of my favorite personal development mentors and here are some of his quotes to live by:

 
1. The future belongs to the people with the critical knowledge of how to get results and those who are adding to their knowledge base everyday. 

2. There is a direct relationship between the quantity of ideas and the quality of ideas.
 
3. You can start off with nothing but an intense desire to be successful and then, by the process of self-study and self-development, you can learn anything you need to learn to achieve any goal you can see for yourself.
 
4. You can tell how high you will rise in life by how deep your foundation is in a practical knowledge or skill.
 
5. Leaders are readers.
 
Allow yourself to ponder on these quotes and apply accordingly.
 
These are taken from Tracy's book:  Create Your Own Future. How to master the 12 critical factors of unlimited success. 2002.
 
Your thoughts are welcome...

 MJW 

 Www.truthspeakscoaching.com

Clean UP! 10 Social Media Career Moves

Hello Readers,

As you know I love information and even better I love to share what I learn. I recently attended a career seminar in which I learned some key career moves to enhance your social media presence. I compiled a list of areas we need to “clean up”. Some of these I knew about and some are areas I need to work on myself. I know this list will help you also.

1. Complete your LinkedIn profile. If it is not at 100% get it there!

2. Make sure your resume and your LinkedIn page match. The jobs listed should be the same.

3. List accomplishments on your LinkedIn page, not job tasks. (I mention this all the time when I complete  resumes)

4. Follow the companies you apply for... If I apply at ABC Bank, I will make sure I am following ABC Bank on the three main social media giants. Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

5. Join subject matter expert groups on LinkedIn. I am a member of quite a few and I comment on all of them.

6. Create a website about yourself. It can be a one page website highlighting great things about your expertise.

7. Have a personal business card. Remember you are a business, You Inc.!

8. Google yourself, if you do not like what is out there, take the steps to clean it up.

9. Follow the careers/personalities you want to pursue on Twitter and LinkedIn. i.e. If I want to be a cook, I will follow Martha Stewart. You get the picture.

 10. Delete silliness from your Facebook page. If you do not want to delete anyone, you can hide the posts/notifications from those people. 

**Employers look at social media first and they will make a decision to hire you based on what they view. Make sure what they view is really you!

Your thoughts are welcome…

MJW

www.truthspeakscoaching.com

Well this is it…

Hello Everyone and Happy 12/30!

Well here we are less than 48 hours to go. As I sat at my desk and wrote out my 2014 accomplishments (by the way I encourage you to do the same), I reflected back on the year I have had. There have been ups and many downs but as I viewed my list I noticed how much I accomplished. Therefore, I ask what is on your list?  What did you learn in 2014 that you can improve upon in 2015? What relationships grew stronger? How did you self-develop? Sure I could list all the negative things that happened this year in my life and there was a few such as getting laid off. I choose, however, to list a few of the GREAT accomplishments for this year. Here are some:

-Started blog in April

-Finished Master’s Degree

-Started G.E.D. Tutoring/Mentoring

-Read 41 books with a goal of only 12

-Taught my own material to various audiences

I share this not to brag but, to share a piece of me with the world and to simply encourage others. Write your 2014 accomplishments and share…

Thanks

MJW

www.truthspeakscoaching.com