Episode 7 of Transitions Podcast

Deaf Dogs Rock is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the love and care of deaf dogs around the world.

Nitro from Deaf Dogs Rock!

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Manage your time effectively and follow your passion!

When it comes to really managing our time, social media, or our lives…  we sometimes fall short of the mark.

In this Podcast, Marie interviewed Christina Lee, CEO of Deaf Dogs Rock, who knows a thing or two about managing your time wisely while doing something that brings you joy.   She shared her journey on how and why she started her non-profit.  How falling in love with Nitro, a deaf dog that needed a home, brought her to her real mission and passion, creating Deaf Dogs Rock.com and some great social marketing tips.  As you listen to her story, start thinking about how to make simple changes in your daily life that will help you manage your time effectively.  Think about what brings you really joy and happiness?  What things should you be really focused on during the day that will bring you closer to your dreams?

Marie’s favorite tip from Christina is about running your business with integrity. If you commit to doing something, DO IT!  Such a simple thing that can have such a significant impact!  Marie’s second favorite tip is picking only a few social networking sites you like or love and focusing on them as you market your business.  “Don’t spread yourself too thin.”

Christina is the CEO and Founder of Deaf Dogs Rock and Vice President of Operations at Lee Digital Marketing LLC.  (Lee Digital Marketing specializes in Website Design, Search Engine Optimization, and Social Media integration.)   She is a great wife to her husband, Chris, and, honestly, one of our favorite people.  She inspires us with her passion and drive!

For more information about her non-profit, please check out her website, Deaf Dogs Rock (Linked here) Deaf Dogs Rock.com.

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Twisted Tuesday- Learning from Failure

Richard Branson talks about what to learn from failure.  It is a quick 2 minute video that can really help you put it in prospective.

How to avoid killing people with meetings

What are the top 10 things that frustrate people about attending meetings?

1.  Doesn’t start on time or finish on time.
2. No clear purpose or objective; no specific action items or walk-away points
3. Not inspiring or motivating.
4. Not organized. No agenda.
5. The meeting is too long.
6. Repeating information for late arrivals.
7. The presenter is monotone, and rambles on repeating the same comments and thoughts
8. Boring
9. The meeting is information that has been present before i.e. repeated at the last meeting
10. Meeting for meeting sake. (It’s Monday so we have to have a meeting, even if we have nothing to meet about.)

Life is too short to be killed by meeting!

 

Meetings should be an opportunity to connect, learn, encourage, and inspire.

So how do you make your meeting better for everyone?

Respect your attendees by being prepared, communicating clearly, and valuing their time (Time is valuable commodity).

Don’t read your PowerPoint your attendees can read; think about this, if everything is on the PowerPoint what’s the point of the meeting?

Make it about helping them be better as a result of the meeting not a time to complain about bad behavior.

Make your meetings interactive

Participate.  Don’t just run the meeting be a part of the meeting

Keep it short and sweet.  If you need more time make it a workshop and make sure everyone knows they need to block out more time.  Meetings should be short information sessions.

Make it fun

Encourage people to ask and answer questions and be a part of the discussion where you can.

Be on time, finish on time

Remember, don’t kill people with meetings the fewer meetings you have the better life will be for everyone.

 

Hump Day Inspirational- quote of the day

Update on Transitions Podcast.

I have received a lot of emails about posting a link to the podcast for people that don’t have access to ITunes and I have done that for all our readers! if you want to listen to the podcast without going on ITunes you can now access them on the blog. I hope that helps and please feel free to email us about anything!

Transitions Podcast Episode 6

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Creating your start up today

When it comes to actually making that first step into business, a lot of us get stuck. In fact sometimes we get so stuck we put off our dreams and passions, on the pretext that it isn’t the right time.  Sadly, we end up never making those first steps.

However, we all have the ability to turn our thinking around and start building our dreams now. In this Podcast, I interviewed Jen Bugajksy, owner of One Powerful Step, who knows a thing or two about creating a start up while maintaining a full time job and family.  She shared her journey on how and why she started her business and it is such a life-changing story. As you listen to her story, start thinking about how you can make your vision, and dreams a reality by taking those first steps.

Jen is an entrepreneur, a health coach and she is a mother and wife to four great kids and one awesome husband!

For more information about her services, please check out her website One Powerful Step (Linked here) One Powerful Step

Jen received her certification from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition (IIN) as a Health Coach in April of 2013 and is a member of the AADP American Association of Drugless Practitioners.

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Twisted Tuesday- Quote of the day

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.

Confucius

Hump Day Inspirational- quote of the day

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman

“What is the work you can not do?”

 

Why are you doing the work you are doing?

As school starts and we have a new group of freshman starting school I love asking them the following question: What do you love to do?  This helps them focus on what they want to study as they begin their college journey.  But what about those who are in the workforce?  Simple, Why are you doing the work that you do?  Scott Dinsmore’s TedTalk, How to find and do work you love is Scott’s mission to change the world by helping people find what excites them and build a career around the work only they are capable of doing.

Scott is a career change strategist whose demoralizing experience at a Fortune 500 job launched his quest to understand why 80% of adults hate the work they do, and more importantly, to identify what the other 20% were doing differently. His research led to experiences with thousands of employees and entrepreneurs from 158 countries.

While you listen to his talk think about the following:

1. What is your unique strength?
2. What do you value?
3. What in your experience has made you happy?
4. What in your experience has made you unhappy?
5. What matters to you?
6. What inspires you?

Twisted Tuesday: The power of vulnerability

Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work.  She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame.. She poses two simple questions:

How do we learn to embrace our vulnerabilities and imperfections so that we can engage in our lives from a place of authenticity and worthiness? How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection that we need to recognize that we are enough – that we are worthy of love, belonging, and joy?

Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability

Do you believe you are worthy?  Do you embrace your imperfection?  This is a funny, heartfelt TedTalk that will give you something to think about today.