Life throws you curve balls continuously. I believe that three key attributes will serve you well, resilience, grit, and optimism.

How you respond to a situation through action, language, and body language is critical. Your determination to move forward out of a situation requires grit, and to positively envisage a path ahead involves optimism. Your level of self-confidence, mood, emotions, and attitude will help you guide your journey, so you want them to be positive.

• Look for the good in a situation — the glass half full is always better than the alternative.
• Look for the lesson in a negative or challenging situation, name it, learn from it and move on.
• Look for the solutions to a problem. Be curious, process issues into smaller compartments, and work through each part until you resolve the issue.
• Relentlessly focus on your goals, and they will come to fruition.

LEARN FROM PEOPLE WHO YOU DEEM SUCCESSFUL… ASK THE EXPERTS!

This week ask two people who you identify as successful (professionally, personally, financially) and ask them,

‘Can you share three strategies you use around productivity, balancing life’s demands, or finances that you feel I could use in my life?‘.

 

By asking two people per week for the next month (yes, you can do this in person, over the phone, via email or text), you will have 24 options to experiment with to help you improve your performance.

I encourage you to listen, be curious, and then personally try the strategies that resonate with you.

Why reinvent the wheel? If something is proven to have worked for someone around productivity, life hacks, or finances, try it and find out for yourself if it can help you in your situation.

‘For 20 minutes in the morning, as a part of my daily routine, I read for professional development. Learning new skills, and developing capabilities and competencies enables me to get better at my consultancy’s critical tasks. Continuous professional development is the key to success.’

~ Jenny Reilly ~

I asked two successful business owners to share three strategies that they have used to help balance life’s demands.

Heather Piowar

Co-Founder — Our Research: Tools to make scholarly research more open, connected, and reusable

• Doing the Couch-to-5k to establish a running habit.
• Using a VIA Character Strengths Panda planner.
• Writing morning pages as described in The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.

Sarah Hay

Founder — Sarah Hay Design: Interior Design and Home Staging Specialist

• Productivity — On my to do list put my most difficult tasks #1. Getting it done first makes the rest of the day easier.
• End of work day routine — Organize and prep for next day.
• Balancing life’s demands — Take time each day to exercise, meditate and laugh. It’s a good day if I get all three in!

‘Throughout my many years of experience I have encountered leaders who have lost the drive that propels them forward personally and professionally.

Without it both companies and individuals become stagnant. My objective is to help individuals and companies develop strategies to sustain focus and high-performance over the long term and continue to grow.’

~ Jenny Reilly ~

If you are interested in learning about professional development or executive coaching can help support your leadership or your leadership team, please reach out to askme@jennyreilly.com to schedule a convenient time for a complimentary strategy session.

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