LESSONS FROM LIFE ROLES

In her book, Successful work habits in a week, Jane Smith highlighted the relevance of maximizing your skills from Life Roles. These are skills we possess but often overlook. She gave the example of Helen, a Sales Executive.
Here is Helen’s Life Skills List

Life Roles Skills Developed or Used
Traveller Language and Communication Skills,
Organising self and others,
Planning, Problem Solving,
Time Management

Captain of Hockey Team Cooperating with others,
Providing clear direction and leadership
Taking tough or unpopular decisions,
Thinking on my feet, Giving feedback

Parenting Planning, Coordinating more than one task at a time,
Making Arrangements, Supporting People, Resolving Agreements,
Dealing With Crises

Jane’s list above is a good starting point for you to look at your life roles and be aware of additional skills you have that can add value to your career and business.

Maybe you are parent out of work for some time and concerned about getting back to paid employment. Don’t be afraid, some of the skills you use to keep your home running effectively are also required by employers too. Be confident and focus on the peculiarities in your family that brings out the best in you.

NEVER GIVE UP

Dear Readers,

I want to share some stories with you today.
In case you are contemplating giving up on your dream, goals, plans or aspirations, these will inspire you to finish strong.

As a young man, Abraham Lincoln went to war a captain and returned a private. Later, he failed as a businessman. As a lawyer in Springfield, he was too impractical and temperamental to find success.
He turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the legislature, again defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for congress, defeated in his application to be commissioner of the General Land Office, defeated in the senatorial election of 1854, defeated in his efforts for the vice-presidency in 1856, and defeated in the senatorial election of 1858.

He later became the 16th President of the United States of America.

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Robert Sternberg received a C in his first college introductory-psychology class. His teacher commented that “there was a famous Sternberg in psychology and it was obvious there would not be another.”
Three years later Sternberg graduated with honors from Stanford University with exceptional distinction in psychology, summa cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa.

In 2002, he became President of the American Psychological Association.

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Albert Einstein did not speak until he was 4-years-old and did not read until he was 7. His parents thought he was “sub-normal,” and one of his teachers described him as “mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams.”He was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School.

He did eventually learn to speak and read. Even to do a little math.

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We read recently about Walt Disney who was fired by a newspaper editor because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” He went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland. In fact, the proposed park was rejected by the city of Anaheim on the grounds that it would only attract riffraff.

Winston Churchill had difficulties as a child during his school years. After deciding to become a politician, he was defeated in every single election for public office, until he became Prime Minister at the age of 62. What does Churchill have to say about failure? “Never give in–never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Never Give Up

This week, make a decision to Finish Strong (and next week too, and the week after).