Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - May 17, 2022

 Who has self-confidence will lead the rest. – Horace

Put on your big girl panties and deal with it. – J.R. Ward

As the author discussed last week, confidence is important to accomplish dreams and we all have to build our confidence if our dreams are going to come true especially if we desire them to happen sooner rather than later. 

Over the career of the author, she has worked in different industries and dealt with many people.  In her current role, she has confidence in many things, but working with one particular individual scared her.  It is not something she has to do often, but she had no choice but to assist this individual for a week.  She had prepared for it, but there was still fear in the author.  On the Monday morning, the author was scared, uncertain of what the week would hold and had butterflies in her stomach.  A couple things happened that first morning and the author handled them smoothly.  As she continued to press forward, she handled each situation as it arose and she survived.  On the last day, the author had to have a direct conversation with the individual to help review materials and she was praised for how the week had gone.  The author overcame her fear and built confidence knowing that when hard things arise to keep pushing forward even when afraid. 

She always played it safe.  But now she was ready to fly.  It was a big, bold dream and she was worth it. – Queenisms

 

ACTION: What areas or individuals have scared you and paralyzed you from moving forward with your dreams?  How are you going to overcome that fear and build confidence this week?

 

Resource

 

·       https://the-john-maxwell-executive-leadership-podcast-learner-guides.s3.amazonaws.com/Episode+169+Guide+-+Your+Year+End+Leadership+Checkup+Booklet.pdf

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-opportunity/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-timing/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://pastorrick.com/gods-dream-is-for-your-good-and-his-glory/

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-create/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=hyhq2Q%2BY&id=9FA8F2D1E78E3881F66A3C6AF0EB1AB15707D25D&thid=OIP.hyhq2Q-YUrsf4wVnScAHewHaFd&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fd2%2F3d%2Fda%2Fd23ddaf64a143ef548eba218e5837fa6.jpg&exph=480&expw=651&q=margaret+spelling+quote+put+on+your+big+girl&simid=608014593144136734&form=IRPRST&ck=D6A0659FB2F85F80226235BAC273F519&selectedindex=11&qpvt=margaret+spelling+quote+put+on+your+big+girl&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0&vt=0&sim=11&cdnurl=https%3A%2F%2Fth.bing.com%2Fth%2Fid%2FR.87286ad90f9852bb1fe3056749c0077b%3Frik%3DXdIHV7Ea6%252fBqPA%26pid%3DImgRaw%26r%3D0

Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - May 10, 2022

 There is no rule book, no right or wrong; you just have to make it up and do the very best you can to care for your family. - Kate Middleton

Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess. – Sabrina Carpenter

One of the hardest things for the author is to have confidence to accomplish her dreams.  As the author as has been contemplating her confidence, she remembered the lady’s business group she led when she lived in Austin, Texas.  The first topic the author discussed was confidence and talked about Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge.  She was a commoner who became one of the most famous individuals in the world because of her love for a man and her country.

Many of us have our own confidence issues.  It may not be anything we discuss with others, but most are scared of something and have to overcome that fear.  The author has learned that fear may come on her and she can feel that she is absolutely horrible and cannot do what is in front of her.  However, she knows that the best thing to do is to embrace the experience, learn from it and be prepared for the next time the author has to encounter a similar experience. 

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More

Next week, the author will discuss how she took her own advice and gained confidence by facing fear head on. 

ACTION: What recent experiences have you looked fear in the face and known afterwards that you can handle anything that comes your way?                                                                                

 

Resource

 

·       https://the-john-maxwell-executive-leadership-podcast-learner-guides.s3.amazonaws.com/Episode+169+Guide+-+Your+Year+End+Leadership+Checkup+Booklet.pdf

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-opportunity/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-timing/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://pastorrick.com/gods-dream-is-for-your-good-and-his-glory/

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-create/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

 

Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - May 3, 2022

 When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it. - Boris Pasternak

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities comes he is ready. - Theodore Roosevelt

Last week, the author stated that we have to create our own opportunities.  On Tuesday night, she created an opportunity for herself.  The author has stretched herself to meet new people and attend events.  She knows one of the best ways to meet people is through volunteering. 

Coach’s Night for the Fort Worth A&M Club was last Tuesday night at Billy Bobs.  The author signed up to volunteer at general admission.  Since there were not many people with general admission tickets, she was transferred to the VIP section.  After helping to register, she asked where her table was to eat dinner as she bought a ticket to participate.  The person she was assisting had a blank look on his face and was not sure where to send the author.  He quickly thought and told her and another volunteer to go sit at a table where people he knew had extra seats.  When the author and her new acquaintance arrived at the table, the author looked up and saw that she was on the front row to hear Texas A&M football coach, Jimbo Fisher.  Talking with the other guests at the table, she met a couple ladies from the Chamber of Commerce where the author may look to buy a home and they are happy to assist her however they can. 

Through simply volunteering, the author had new opportunities that she would never have had if she did not volunteered.   

ACTION: What opportunities are you involved in or you want to begin doing that could provide new opportunities for you? 

 

Resource

 

·       https://the-john-maxwell-executive-leadership-podcast-learner-guides.s3.amazonaws.com/Episode+169+Guide+-+Your+Year+End+Leadership+Checkup+Booklet.pdf

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-opportunity/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-timing/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://pastorrick.com/gods-dream-is-for-your-good-and-his-glory/

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-create/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

 

 

Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week- April 26, 2022

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. –William Arthur Ward

Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door. – Emily Dickinson

As the author has discussed over the last couple of months, her priorities have refocused since she moved back to Texas.  It has definitely not been easy and she has often fallen back into her old habits.  When she falls back into those habits, she has to stop herself and return to her new habits.  The author discussed last week to prepare as if the reader’s dreams are coming true in October and the author has tried to focus on tasks, activities and events that will hopefully move her closer to her dreams coming true. 

For the author, she has stepped outside her box many times lately to meet new people, network and engage with people in her new area.  Often times, opportunities arise when we least expect them and sometimes we have to help create new opportunities.  The author can also tell you that this will not be easy.  It may take all of the courage the reader has to press toward their dreams.  Like the author, the reader has gone through many learning experiences to prepare for opportunities and they are not even aware of it.  The best plan is to keep pushing forward with confidence that the reader is prepared to accomplish the dream and to narrow the focus on what projects, task, or goals will help move closer to the dreams.

Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed. - Confucius

ACTION: Over the next quarter, what projects, tasks or goals will you focus on to help you move closer to your dreams?                                                                                

 

Resource

 

·       https://the-john-maxwell-executive-leadership-podcast-learner-guides.s3.amazonaws.com/Episode+169+Guide+-+Your+Year+End+Leadership+Checkup+Booklet.pdf

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-opportunity/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-timing/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://pastorrick.com/gods-dream-is-for-your-good-and-his-glory/

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-create/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta 

Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - April 19, 2022

 You can’t just wish for a better life, you must go out there and create it. – Joel Brown

When opportunity comes, it’s too late to prepare. – John Wooden.

How is 2022 going so far?  We have made it through a little over a quarter of the year.  Is the reader where they expected to be at this point in the year for their goals?  If the reader’s biggest dream was to come true in October, would the reader be ready? 

The author has been pondering the last question a lot lately.  As she has progressed well on most of her goals, she knows that organization and spring cleaning of her home is not where it needs to be.  If one of her biggest dreams was to come true, she is not ready.  For that reason, the author has focused her attention on working on decluttering. 

When the reader’s dreams come true in 2022, is the reader ready? 

Ideas to prepare include:

    ·       Grow daily in the area of the goal

    ·       Develop strengths

    ·       Declutter and organize

Don’t wait for the opportunity to come to you, work for the opportunity so when it comes you can do something good about it. – John Maxwell

 

ACTION: What do you need to do in the next couple of months to prepare for your dreams?  

 

Resource

 

·       https://the-john-maxwell-executive-leadership-podcast-learner-guides.s3.amazonaws.com/Episode+169+Guide+-+Your+Year+End+Leadership+Checkup+Booklet.pdf

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-opportunity/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-timing/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://pastorrick.com/gods-dream-is-for-your-good-and-his-glory/

 

Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - April 12, 2022

 Leaders should influence others in such a way that it builds people up, encourages and edifies them so they can duplicate this attitude in others. - Bob Goshen

Always do your best.  Somebody is watching you. - Colin Powell

Over the weeks, Terri’s Tuesday Tip of the Week has discussed the difference between coaching and mentoring.  Also, it discussed different aspects of how the reader can be mentored through group discussions, reading books, etc. 

To finish out this series, the author wants to look at this from a different perspective.  How is the reader being a mentor?  It is very easy to take, take, take as we pursue our dreams; however, it is important that we give and help others.  Each one of us has lived a unique life and we can use what we have learned to help others. 

 

In learning, you will teach, and in teaching, you will learn. -  Phil Collins

 

After the author had started this series, she was talking with someone at work about how she would be helping a new employee in the unit and the author said, “I will be her mentor”.  Once the author heard herself say this, she realized she was implementing in her life what she had been writing about.

 

ACTION: As this series comes to an end, how does the reader plan to be a mentor through regular conversations with someone, group events, writing, podcasts, etc. to help others?  

 

Resource

 

·       https://www.pushfar.com/article/mentoring-vs-coaching-the-key-differences-and-benefits/#:~:text=The%20Differences%20Between%20Mentoring%20and%20Coaching%201%20Mentoring,a%20lot%20more%20directive.%20...%20More%20items...%20

·       https://www.td.org/insights/mentoring-versus-coaching-whats-the-difference

·       https://www.liveyourmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1231.png

·       https://i.pinimg.com/originals/54/49/6c/54496c2295a270f35759dd56bddbb0ae.jpg

·       https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/20-inspiring-mentoring-quotes

·       https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/reverse-mentoring#:~:text=What%20is%20reverse%20mentoring%3F%20Reverse%20mentoring%20is%20a,often%20focus%20on%20new%20technology%20and%20business%20practices.

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-author/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://www.johnmaxwell.com/blog/the-three-types-of-mentors-every-person-needs-to-help-them-grow/

·       https://www.johnmaxwell.com/blog/smart-voices-in-your-ear/

·       https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/25-positive-quotes-mentoring-antoinette-oglethorpe/

·       https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/watching-quotes

·       https://cdn.quotesgram.com/img/66/66/304033595-dont-listen-to-what-people-say-watch-what-they-do-quote-1.jpg

·       https://www.terri.com/how-to-find-a-mentor-in-business/

·       https://www.terri.com/5-books-that-will-change-your-life-in-2020/

·       https://www.terri.com/warning-dont-try-to-be-successful-until-you-do-this/

·       https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/aug/19/all-the-presidents-reading-lists

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-author/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

Terr's Tuesday Tip of the Week - April 5, 2022

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. – Margaret Fuller

When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young. – Maya Angelou

Who would the reader like to be mentored by?  Maybe the author would like to be mentored in foreign policy by Madeline Albright or Rachel Ray in cooking or learn about building a business with Jack Welch or be mentored by John Maxwell in leadership.  There are many people in this world that would be a dream come true for the author to sit down and learn from.  However, it is not always possible for this to happen.  In the author’s opinion, the next best thing is reading books written by those individuals to learn how they interacted with world leaders or how to cook or learn business principles. 

This is a proven trait for many presidents.  In an article published by The Guardian in 2016, President Bush and Karl Rove had an annual reading competition and read on average 2 books per week.  While President Obama was in office, he released his holiday reading list showing what he was interested in and learning about at that time.  Additionally, the Clintons released their lists over the years and one of President Clinton’s decisions was influenced by a book he read in law school.

If you want to be rich watch what rich people do everyday and do it. And watch what poor people do and don’t do it. - Les Brown

In John Maxwell’s video titled Author, he said that his mentor wrote books to influence people beyond his reach.  That was the moment that Maxwell decided to be an author so that he could influence people. 

Everyone has the opportunity to learn from the mentors they want to influence their lives. 

 

I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them. – Emma Thompson

 

ACTION: Who do you want to be mentored by?  Research this week to see what books the person has written or if they have a podcast.  There is so much to be learned by either of these ways. 

 

Resource

 

·       https://www.pushfar.com/article/mentoring-vs-coaching-the-key-differences-and-benefits/#:~:text=The%20Differences%20Between%20Mentoring%20and%20Coaching%201%20Mentoring,a%20lot%20more%20directive.%20...%20More%20items...%20

·       https://www.td.org/insights/mentoring-versus-coaching-whats-the-difference

·       https://www.liveyourmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1231.png

·       https://i.pinimg.com/originals/54/49/6c/54496c2295a270f35759dd56bddbb0ae.jpg

·       https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/20-inspiring-mentoring-quotes

·       https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/reverse-mentoring#:~:text=What%20is%20reverse%20mentoring%3F%20Reverse%20mentoring%20is%20a,often%20focus%20on%20new%20technology%20and%20business%20practices.

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-author/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta

·       https://www.johnmaxwell.com/blog/the-three-types-of-mentors-every-person-needs-to-help-them-grow/

·       https://www.johnmaxwell.com/blog/smart-voices-in-your-ear/

·       https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/25-positive-quotes-mentoring-antoinette-oglethorpe/

·       https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/watching-quotes

·       https://cdn.quotesgram.com/img/66/66/304033595-dont-listen-to-what-people-say-watch-what-they-do-quote-1.jpg

·       https://www.terri.com/how-to-find-a-mentor-in-business/

·       https://www.terri.com/5-books-that-will-change-your-life-in-2020/

·       https://www.terri.com/warning-dont-try-to-be-successful-until-you-do-this/

·       https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/aug/19/all-the-presidents-reading-lists

·       https://johnmaxwellteam.com/2022-author/?c=jmax-em-np-bo&jmtc=mwm-word&jmta=mwm-word-cta