Posts Tagged ‘motivation’
|For a Monday.
Monday, August 9th, 2010
“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.”
This quote by Rosalyn Carter is one to write on a blog, on Twitter, on my hand, my refrigerator, on a billboard in my front yard, and, well, you get the idea. And if you don’t, that idea being that success, in whatever realm, takes confidence, but not only confidence, it takes work. Lots of it.
So, despite the power going out this morning, which led to my oversleeping, despite the distraction of the much-anticipated Arcade Fire show tonight, despite the fact that I can’t get this needy cat off my keyboard, there’s no substitute for hard work. Here’s to a Diet Mtn. Dew and some effort to get me through a busy week.
Do you have a routine or a beneficial way to start off your work week?
Tags: cat, monday, motivation, office, public relations, quote, work ethic
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Funk Proof
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
I’ve been in a funk all day. My day started late because I wasn’t feeling well, then I checked my e-mail and realized a mistake I had made, and it completely impacted the rest of my day.
Rather, I let it impact the rest of my day.
This wasn’t one of those things that we as marketers deal with where the client just doesn’t understand what we’re trying to do. This was me. All me. I just messed up. And I sent it to a person whose opinion I value and whose respect I want to have, and she was the one who saw me at what is to date — professionally, at least — my worst. It wasn’t that bad of a mistake. I didn’t send it to dozens of media. I was just embarrassed at myself and froze.
I hated it. I fixed the problems quickly, but I was upset about it, knowing she was right, and became almost too frustrated with myself to move forward with my day. It’s 2 p.m., and I’m just now convincing myself to get. over. it. That’s it. Mistakes happen. Do what it takes to move past them. Now I have made a list of all the things I need to accomplish for the rest of my day and convinced myself I couldn’t move forward in the list until I moved forward with this. I finally proofed the releases for what had to be the eleventy billionth time and hit send. Finally, hoping this one isn’t screwed up. [Cue sigh of relief]
Now, I’m resolved to keep going. Progress. Tiny steps. Me? Personally, I do that by blasting Thao Nguyen for a couple of minutes while multitasking between dancing in front of the window and making a sandwich. Now I’m zoning in on finishing my shiny, hand-written to-do list as I begin Season 4 of Scrubs and pretending like I’m here:
What about you? How do you overcome messing up at work and keep it from derailing your day or getting into a funk? I’m sure Jonathan would appreciate suggestions that don’t include me singing or dancing in his presence.
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