Know your limit. When you're out with people you don't know or you first met and if you happen to have alcoholic, know your limit. Don't get crazy and don't go run and hide. Instead, enjoy the company and have fun. If you know your limit, set boundaries to make sure you don't go over your limit and step into crazy. After all being in control of your mind and body prevents poor choices that can lead to bad outcomes. Plus, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others.
What does your brand say about you? Make sure that you take time to brand yourself the way you want to be seen. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others. It's okay and encouraged to ask good questions. Asking questions is a way of engaging another person and showing that you care, because you want more information. So take time to ask questions when you don't fully understand something, need more information, and want to become better than you were. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others. Words can hurt and words can heal. Work towards a partnership with your spouse or significant other. Pay attention to what you say. As someone I work with says, there are 2 types of responses to decisions: 1) career enhancing decision versus a 2) career limiting decision. Now, replace the word decision with the word relationship and you have 1) relationship enhancing decision versus a 2) relationship limiting decision. Think in these terms and grow together instead of growing apart. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others. Gut instinct, what does that mean to you? If you go with your gut are you usually right? Sometimes right? Or never right? Make sure that you pay attention to your gut instinct. Many times it can guide you in the right directio. It can help prevent bad situations or bad things from happening, because you are alerted that something isn't right. So if you have a gut instinct about something coming, a feeling that you're out of place, or a feeling that you should be doing something different, take the time, energy, and effort to go make that happen. After all it will be a better outcome, plus it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others. Remember medical doctors have medical doctor degrees, and unless you're a doctor, you don't. Seeking wise counsel in times of need, includes seeking a medical doctor to advise you about your health. Google is not wise counsel and it does not have a medical degree, it's simply just an online paid advertising company with a lot of information plus a roadmap to buy stuff. Just because something is on Google does not make it true. So remember to seek wise counsel as needed from a solid source. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others. What are the words that you say to your spouse during the first 10 minutes you come home from work? Are they words that build up, encourage, and motivate or are they words that attack and tear down your spouse? In order to build a team and partnership and marriage it's important to pay attention to the words you say during the first 10 minutes when arriving home from work. After all you want your spouse to be excited to come home and not want to work longer and stay away. So choose your words wisely, work as a team, and build each other up. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others. Do you know what your bent is? Its how God designed you to be based on the gifts and skill sets you bring. When you're following your bent or God's design of your talents, you bring and give energy to those around you versus when you're not, you can drain the energy of those around you. So make sure that you understand what your bent is and move towards it, if you're not there now. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others. For many, tomorrow or later today, Monday January 4th is the first in 2016 to go make it happen. Are you ready? Have you had enough sleep? Is your head on straight? Is you water glass half full or more? Are you ready to go? Because today's the day you make it happen.It starts with a new day in the first week of the new year... Now. So just go do it. Plus, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others. If you have been off work on vacation since before Christmas, are you ready to go back Monday? Are you physically and mentally ready? Make sure you get your head on straight and be ready to attack 2016. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others. |
"Modeling the Way" BlogMark A. Watkins is a Region Sales Manager in the Midwest with Rollins, Inc. and strives to Model the Way as a Sales Leader, Teacher, Visionary, Innovator, Problem Solver, Coach and Mentor. Archives
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