Inspiration for your work & life » Chinese Proverb http://blog.givemore.com Work is more than a job. Work is how we make our lives and world better. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:15:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Chinese Proverb on Getting Happy http://blog.givemore.com/chinese-proverb-on-getting-happy/ http://blog.givemore.com/chinese-proverb-on-getting-happy/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:15:43 +0000 Sam Parker http://blog.givemore.com/chinese-proverb-on-getting-happy/ “Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.”

- Chinese proverb

Give more reminder…

For those who depend on customers, clients, or patients…

Remember… It took a lot to bring those people in. Make sure you keep them by continually radiating a service culture internally. When you see an opportunity, seize it (for the good of everyone).

Through your interactions with other departments, help and encourage each other to embrace the fact that it’s the customer/ client/ patient who keeps the lights on (metaphorically and literally). Don’t encourage, condone, or contribute to negative discussions about them. Focus instead on how your organization helps people solve their challenges and/ or improve their business or personal lives.

This is what keeps the lights burning bright (and you shining bright).

(smile & move)
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To help you kick off the day… A beautifully shot and scored video of New York (5 minutes). I’ve found it puts me in a great state of mind to make good things happen. (Thanks to Mark Hurst for tipping us off. Surround yourself with good people, you’ll learn about good things.)

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- Chinese proverb

Give more truth…

You don’t know everything.

You do know that, don’t you?

Continual learning is a basic necessity to professional improvement and in many cases it’s other people who will help you get there.

But only if you’re coachable. Are you?

To be coachable means to be…

  • Approachable
  • Attentive
  • Receptive
  • Curious
  • Objective
  • Trusting
  • Shapeable
  • Confident

It means you listen with the intent to learn rather than to show what you know. (listen > talk)

Get more insight and a quick 8-point check on your coachability.

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