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The Gift of Being
Real (listen to this excerpt from the
classic tale "Velveteen Rabbit", narrated by my friend Anne Hossack)
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Lead - Inspire - Change the
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Volume 4 Issue 5 - May 2008
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join our blooming list!
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Dear Lorraine,
In this month's issue, we'll talk about transition, "big
fish", and Prime Time Marketing. I'll also introduce you to
my cool friend, Colleen Moore who is an expert in helping
people create fundamental and permanent change.
More importantly, this month we join with others in honoring
men and women who have died in military service. A national
moment of remembrance takes place on Memorial Day, May 26 at
3pm (EST).
Thanks for your feedback and for taking the time to focus and
tune in for your monthly reality check. Now - - - Bloom on!
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reinventing your career or business |
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Biggest Mistakes People In Transition Make
- Use the words "change" and "transition"
interchangeably.
Reality: A change is
situational; the revisions to a hiring policy, the
reorganization of a department after a merger, the move of a
medical office to a new location. Transition, on the other
hand, is psychological, it is a three-phase process (Ending,
Neutral-Zone, New Beginning) people go through as they
internalize and come to terms with the details of the new
situation that the change brings about.
- Expect the rest of the world to adapt to their needs.
Reality: Today's highly
competitive job market means you will have to be very, very,
flexible. You will have to be open to learn new things and
probably do "old" things in a new way.
- Take a break during a transition.
Reality: A successful transition
relies on momentum and constant forward motion. Taking a
break mid-stream could potentially side-line you with little
chance of getting back in the game without losing ground. If
you run out of steam during a transition, find a way to
augment your time with "fun and play" while staying on course.
- Try to reinvent the past.
Reality: A transition begins
with an ending, a letting go of old ways and old identities.
Once you understand that transition begins with letting go of
something, you have taken the first step in the task of
transition management.
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get real tips |
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 Never
worry about being a small fish in a big pond!
Being a big fish in a small pond "bites" - - particularly if
you're looking to advance on what you can achieve quickly.
You'll hit the ceiling and no one will care.
Where you want to be is in the most dynamic pond you can find
- - one where you can optimize results because you'll be where
the great opportunities can be found!
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boomer 4-1-1 |
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Prime Time Marketing!
Here are just a few Boomer facts (from Thornhill and Martin's
book Boomer Consumer) worth noting:
 | Every day, 10,000 more Boomers turn 50 years old. |
| One out of every three adults over 21 in the country is a
Baby Boomer. |
| 37% of the Boomer parents are also grandparents. Half of
all grandparents alive today are Boomers. |
If you want to learn more about the Ten New Rules
for Marketing to America's Largest, Wealthiest and Most
Influential Group,
then read the book called
Boomer Consumer by Matt Thornhill and John Martin
(Founders of the Boomer Project). I'll be adding a link to
this book on my FAB Stuff page within the next month, but for
now you can find it via Matt and John's website. |
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cool friend profile |
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 Collen
Moore (LMFT, MAC)
Colleen has
over two decades of experience as a licensed
psychotherapist who uses leading edge counseling/coaching
methods to disappear any unwanted thought pattern or behavior
that is in the way of you having your best life. The change
process works by identifying core beliefs and emotional
energies and disappearing them. The work creates fundamental
and permanent change in a relatively short period of time. If
you are solution focused then this is the work for you. Check
out Colleen's
website.- - you won't be disappointed!
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did you know? |
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10% of the 81,000 students enrolled in
the Los Rios Community College District in fall 2007 were ages
40 to 49.
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from jet set to desk set - then . . . and now! |
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 Memorial
Day
My cousin Richard Jacobs is buried at
Punchbowl Cemetery in Honolulu Hawaii. He died in combat
just five months after arriving in Vietnam. The year was 1966
and he was only 23 years old.
As a kid growing up in Hawaii, I remember my Mom and Dad
taking me and my brothers to Punchbowl every Memorial Day to
visit Richard's grave. My mom would carefully drape
red flowers around his gravestone. That seems like a lifetime
ago. Today, whenever I'm in the islands, I make a point
to place flowers at his grave site. And, whenever I'm in
Washington D.C., I manage to visit the
Vietnam War Memorial, searching out
his name etched in the black marble wall. There's
something comforting about running my fingers across his name
- - but then, there are so many other names - - too many
names.
I never met my cousin, never knew him. I was only 10 when he
died; yet I can't seem to shake the feeling that we would have
been very close had he lived. I can only honor him as a
soldier, a cousin, a man I will never know.
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winston's career-wise advice |
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If at first you don't succeed, repeat as necessary until you
change the world.
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As a woman who lives to help others succeed, it is my pleasure to
lead a coaching and consulting practice focused on business
advancement and career transition. Servicing people who are
planning their next career step, I am living my passion to help
you live yours!
Lorraine Rinker, Principal Careerist
Rinker & Associates
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