Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Some quotes are meant to share - over and over and over again. Thank you Mother Theresa!
and self-centered; forgive them anyway.
If you are kind,
People may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful,
you will win some
false friends and some
true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could
destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity
and happiness,
there may be jealousy;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today,
people will often
forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the
best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the
best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis,
it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway."
Mother Teresa
LjjSpeaks: Be grateful and your day will be full indeed.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
LjjSpeaks BlogPost: Exiting Gracefully - Helping Someone Who Has Been Terminated.
The community of Grand Rapids is abuzz. Suzanne Geha•, a television news anchor who has been in the market for 30 years as the main anchor of the nightly local news was let go. No fanfare, no party, just a short announcement presented to the local paper. In your home one night, gone the next. For many loyal viewers her absence will be as shocking as a death.
The most common thread of conversation centers around how could someone so public, some say iconic, be let go without what seems to be any care? What does that say of the company's loyalty?
To discuss how the company could have announced this most recent public parting of ways is not the point of this blog. It's estimated 7.9 million jobs were lost in the recent recession**. Jobs = People. Let's face it, there will be more people we know abruptly fired. There are behind the scenes factors we will never know surrounding the reasons for a job termination.
While we can't change what has happened to our colleague or friend, we can support them and help them exit gracefully. If a termination happens to us we can do the same - exit gracefully. Bitterness brings people down. Short term it is easy to complain about what has happened; long term who doesn't get tired of complainers.
Today there is a person who was, by nature of her job, in our homes in Grand Rapids 5 days a week (more if there was breaking news). She told us about local people and places. I had the opportunity to work with Suzanne Geha when I was a news producer. Great memories of great times - and she is one classy individual. Today, let's help Suzi as she exits gracefully. At some point today post on your status "Thank You Suzi." Use your tools of Twitter, Facebook, Linked In and more. Why so public? Suzi's job is public. She deserves to be told she was valued by the viewers who let her into their homes.
You know others who are not in the public eye who have lost their job. Today send a private message letting them know you support them.
Today is the day to say thank you - you matter.
After all, the more graceful an exit the more grand a re-entry!
*http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/04/ruth_butler_wood-t...
**http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/02/news/economy/jobs_gone_forever/index.htm
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
LjjSpeaks Blogpost: Here's The Thing.
How can "the thing" help anyone? Can "the thing" move your team in a better direction? Is "the thing" an amazing new tool to help you communicate more effectively or efficiently? The thing is, there's nothing that works better than clear, open and direct communication.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
LjjSpeaks: #Lowe's Safety Plan Saved Lives. Is your company ready? Plan, Practice and Implement!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
PLEASE READ: Beware: Grandparent Scam Is REAL - and Very Believable - ask Grandma Betty.
But my mom (Who many of you know) called to say our nephew had called and she spoke with him. He was in a car accident and in trouble and needed help to get out of jail. My mom spoke to her "grandson." She asked him questions that he knew the answers to. His voice was that of my nephew down in Florida. He begged his "Grandma" not to tell anyone that he called her because he was too embarrassed to call his mom. Then he gave the phone to another individual who was "from the court system" who requested $4,800 to have the issues go away and no court date would be needed. My nephew would then have a clean record. My mom took the initiative to tell the "officer" that she wanted him to call her son-in-law who is an attorney. The person immediately hung up. For a brief period of time our entire family thought my nephew was in trouble and needed help. My mom, understandably, was very upset. She did reach her grandson and found out he was fine and safe at home. I explained the situation to a friend who said the same thing happened to a family she knows. A young person called sounding exactly like their grandson.
They totally thought it was him. They did not give money but the first inclination was to try to help. If you know any older adults who may have this happen to them please let them know immediately. The voices sound exactly like their grandchildren. I've been told phone calls, or Xbox Live games - computer voice games may be how the people impersonate the voices. Obviously they link up online to get details about the individuals who they call so they can sound authentic. Please let everyone know to beware of this issue. It is real and many people are getting taken. I read online that one family was taken for $20,000!
Call your aunts, uncles, moms & dads - share this post with your family and friends.
