Weaving Your Work Into The Balance Beam of Life

I love to work.  I love to relax.  I love my family. I love my work family.  I'm tired of people telling me to balance my work and family.  I don't want to balance my work and family because frankly I'm not good at balancing.   I'm clumsy.  I often spill on myself.  If I'm walking on a balancing beam I will fall off.  I don't like falling down or falling off anything.  So I'm done balancing work and life.  I'm going to weave it. Period. 

Everything I do in my family life invariably relates to my work life and vice versa.  When my kids learn a painful lesson in life I find myself relating that to something happening at work and I try to learn from it myself.  When an "Ah Ha" moment happens at work, I find myself wanting to mimic the positive reactions into my home life.  I'm going to start blogging more about this weaving of my two worlds - in a more structured fashion.  When I do I'll tag / keyword "Weave" so it's simple to find.  I also would love you to share the way you weave through your life.  

My first weave is a simple one - positive reinforcement.  My son came home from a Hockey Tournament and was thrilled with words he heard from coaches. He let us know at the dinner table that complete strangers said really nice things to him about his skating style. How often do we do that in our work - tell people that we don't work with side by side that they are good at what they do?  When someone tells you how does it make you feel? It makes you feel like you want to improve, be better and continue to impress.  Today's Weave of the Day is:  Surprise someone in your work and home life by letting them know you notice something they do very well. 

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#GratefulFor - Celebrating Anniversaries and the Teams that Make Me Smile!

Today is my One Year Anniversary with Consumers Credit Union! Yesterday was Bosses Day. I spent the day yesterday in Strategy Sessions with my CEO and Exec Tam.

My Marketing team surprised me with flowers and a nice card --

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You Can Limit Ad Tracking On IOS 6 - Thank's @BusinessInsider!

Here is a great article about advertisers tracking you - and how you can limit this in IOS-6.  I've also created an easy screen shot.

http://www.businessinsider.com/ifa-apples-iphone-tracking-in-ios-6-2012-10

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The Three Most Important Words For..... Well Everything.

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I stopped by the Pathway to Caregiving Conference.  It's an all day conference put on by a stellar group of dedicated organizations,  including Clark Retirement Community where I'm proud to serve on the Board of Directors.

The conference focused on support for anyone on the journey of memory loss.  One of the sessions I attended ws called The Meaning Behind Behaviors:  Actions and Reactions.   Karen Stobbe of In-TheMoment spoke about how caring for people with dementia is all about communication. 

When she asked the question, "what are the three most important words you can say to someone as they age?" my mind immediately went to "I Love You."  That's an easy one right?  I was wrong.

Karen explained that the most important words for anyone is "I Need You."  I paused and thought about that for a moment and brought it out of the conference and into everyday life.

You know the feeling you get if you feel your talents, skills, or face it just plain you in general are not needed.  You feel discarded and unworthy and your confidence slips.

In the workplace the three little words "I Need You" are just as important.If you are a manager do you keep your team focused? Do they understand their work is needed?

In the workplace feeling unneeded leads to productivity and trust issues.  How can we make sure that we help those we work with (or live with)  feel needed? 

Tell people how they are needed

Tell people why they are needed

Tell people out loud they are needed.

Learn what your non-verbal clues are saying to your colleagues and team members.

Listen without interruptions

Karen Scholton's three most important words are critical for those who work in dementia care.  The same holds true for anyone working ... well anywhere.

 

 

 

 

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ArtPrize 2012 Quick Glance Guide Top Ten!

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