Creating potential or sabotaging a dream?

If a glass is sitting on the table is it half full or half empty? When a problem develops is this just one more issue or the chance to make a difference? When a child cries is this viewed as an annoyance or the chance to help someone in need? Do you feel that people in general and those that are close to you are far more important than anything else as you go about your day? Is your personality type more negative or more positive?

Make a conscious effort each day to be aware of your feelings, how you react to them, those around you and what is truly important. Are you carrying excess baggage with you where ever you go? Communication is very important, whether it is for your career or everyday encounters with those around you. Do you tend to be moody, or when you have a bad day do you take this out on others?

There is a difference between creating potential by approaching each situation with a "can do" attitude and viewing it as an opportunity to learn and grow. The flip side is carrying this around with you and not understanding the harm involved in sabotaging a dream.

Through negative sabotage relationships suffer in all aspects of life. Co-workers will head in the opposite direction as you enter a room, family will walk on eggshells, and probably all the while you are unaware of the damage that is developing. When this is allowed to continue it becomes more and more difficult to participate in the communication process. Eventually others will stop listening, which is another key component of the communication process.

While you proceed through the marketing process, hoping to obtain an interview, take the time to notice your body language, ask others about your communication style and how you could improve, be open to feedback and view this process as a phase of exploration.

Work towards developing your greatest networking tools; work towards becoming the best at being you.

Carolyn Lee, CPRW, CEIP
Senior Consultant - I.A.M. Resumes
www.IAMresumes.net