Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - April 18, 2023

 Do not be concerned too much with what will happen. Everything which happens will be good and useful for you. – Epictetus

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. - Joshua J. Marine

Spring is in full bloom. Summer is just around the corner. As the author has stated, her life has been extremely busy with additional duties at work. When she took on these additional duties, it was uncertain when the end would come, and she did not realize the additional issues that would arise, and she would have to manage.

A month or so ago, the author was dealing with many issues. She was stressed and trying to control and accomplish everything in her life. The author was doing well with completion of tasks and on a Thursday night the author was talking to a friend and the tornado warnings went off. Calling the dog, the conversation with her friend ended in the closet and everything returned to “normal.”  Going to sleep, the author voiced a word of gratitude that she had not lost her electricity because did not have time for it. The next morning, the author awoke, completed her morning routine, and started working. Around 9:15am, the electricity went out on a beautiful sunny morning. The stress level for the author went sky high. She did not have time to have a disturbance. Doing everything she could with the electric company, she decided to go to a local coffee shop to work. For this particular day, her coworker was working and was able to cover some responsibilities. Frustration was high most of the day until someone asked her if she could do anything about the situation. Sitting in the coffee shop, she just laughed and shook her head. Shortly afterwards, she drove home, and the electricity came back on about 6pm.

What was the author to do? At first, she stressed and after about 6 hours she realized there was nothing she could do and changed her attitude.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

 

ACTION: How would you have handled a situation like this? What thoughts would have gone through your mind?

Resource

·        https://wisdomquotes.com/hard-times-quotes/

Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - April 11, 2023

 Small changes can make huge destination differences. – Sean Covey

Small changes can produce big results – but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious. — Peter Senge

Last week, the author gave steps for a first quarter goal review. Additionally, she challenged readers to think about small actions to implement to have a major impact at the end of 2023.

The author did not give any guidance, restrictions, or ideas on this. Hopefully, everyone thought of some ideas, but the author wanted to give a small action she has implemented that has already had an impact and the author foresees that she will have to continue to work on.

Some may know that the author can talk very softly and very fast. In a job interview a number of years ago, she was told to just slow down. Since January, the author has taken on more responsibilities at work and has had to interact with someone that has intimidated her for years. At first, the author was scared and talked fast. However, as the interactions with this individual have continued, the communication the author has with this person has improved. And the simple action that the author implemented was to slow down. For someone that is goal-driven and always trying to move to the next step and make progress, slowing down is not easy. The author has to continually check the speed of her dialogue to make sure she does not revert back to her old ways. In the long run, the author knows that this small change will have a major impact.  

ACTION:   Review the small changes you decided to implement in your life going forward in 2023.  Make any changes to help make 2023 the best year yet.

Resource

·        This One Word Will Keep You Focused - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-one-word-will-keep-you-focused/id274538089?i=1000607103119

·        Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week: Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - August 27th

·        Clear, J. (2018) Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results - Atomic Habits – An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones.  New York, NY: Penguin Random House.  

Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - April 4, 2023

Spring cleaning is a chance to hit the reset on your life. – Unknown

Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly.  It’s your masterpiece after all. – Nathan W. Morris

The first quarter of 2023 is complete!  What a crazy couple of months.  As usual for the author, not what the author planned, but it has been busy and good.

It is that wonderful time to examine the first quarter of 2023 and analyze the progress the reader has accomplished on their goals.  Here are some actions to take to determine progress so far this year:

1.      Review goals to see accomplishments for the first quarter of 2023.   

2.      Are the currently established 2023 goals still the appropriate direction for the reader?  Life happens and goals may need to be modified/revised/deleted based on the circumstances.

3.      With what has happened so far this year, are there new goals that should be established for the year?  Nine months is a lot of time to accomplish a new goal.

A little progress each day adds up to big results. - Unknown

As the author thought about today’s blog, she thought back to one of her favorite blog posts, which was posted on August 27, 2019.  The author wrote about how small changes can have a major impact on our lives. 

For example, what would happen if a plane traveling from Los Angeles (LAX) to New York had a slight change in heading by just 3.5 degrees while sitting on the runway?  Instead of landing in New York, the plane would land in Washington, D.C.  The change in heading does not seem that big at LAX; however, that small change has a drastic impact when flying across the country (Clear, 17).

ACTION:  Complete a quarterly review of 2023 goals and determine progress.  Think of 3 small changes that will have major impacts on your life by the end of the year. 

Resource

·        This One Word Will Keep You Focused - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-one-word-will-keep-you-focused/id274538089?i=1000607103119

·        Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week: Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - August 27th

·        Clear, J. (2018) Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results - Atomic Habits – An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones.  New York, NY: Penguin Random House.