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What a beautiful word! Norman Vincent Peale often referred to Serendipity as one of the most beautiful words in the English language. Not only the sound of the word as it rolls off the tongue and into our ears, but the meaning of the word itself.
ser·en·dip·i·ty
n. pl. ser·en·dip·i·ties
1. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.
2. The fact or occurrence of such discoveries.
3. An instance of making such a discovery.
Years ago, probably ten years or more, I read a delightful story and then safely tucked it away in an inspiration file. Many times since then, I have looked for the story and have not been able to locate it. Less than six months ago I deliberately set out to locate the little story in my large collection of inspiration files… to no avail.
Fast forward to May 1, 2010. Today!! I opened a bulletin I had just received in the mail. To my delightful surprise was the story I had been seeking for these many years. Enjoy! Continue reading ‘Celebrating Serendipity’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on May 6, 2010 at 12:55 am under Personal Development.
Tags: Definition of Serendipity, Judy W Bell, moral to the story, Norman Vincent Peale quote, Serendipity
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Reminisce for a moment back to childhood when your school class took field trips to interesting places in the city or region. Weren’t we all assigned a “buddy” to sit with on the bus and to keep each other safely inside the group? If the headcount didn’t add up as the bus was loaded up for the return trip to school, your buddy was responsible for knowing if you had slipped off to the restroom or had been eaten by lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!
Well, fast forward many years and this buddy system is still a good idea. Often I meet with people who are in job or career transition. And what a scary and lonely world that can be! Continue reading ‘Remember the Buddy System?’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on April 29, 2010 at 4:00 am under Personal Development.
Tags: Buddy system, career transition, friendship, job transition, Judy W Bell
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In our last blog we talked about work being about both Daily Bread and Daily Purpose. This submission is more specifically about the higher meaning of work.
As you contemplate the questions from the previous blog, begin to think about these additional questions:
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on April 21, 2010 at 5:02 am under Personal Development.
Tags: daily bread, daily purpose, Judy W Bell, meaningful work
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Work has been said to provide us with both our daily bread and our daily purpose. Work consumes a large part of our waking hours; therefore, it is important that we evaluate from time to time how we spend this large portion of our lives.
In a survey conducted several years ago by the Wilson Learning Corporation, 1500 people were asked, “If you had enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life, would you continue to work?” More than two-thirds of respondents (70 percent) said they would continue to work, but 60 percent of those said they would change jobs and seek more satisfying work. Continue reading ‘Work gives us Our Daily Bread and our Daily Purpose’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on April 20, 2010 at 4:52 am under Personal Development.
Tags: daily bread, daily purpose, Judy W Bell, meaningful work, mission and values, personal mission
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Recently, I was reviewing some old notes from different sources regarding success and failure. It became obvious there were six core issue or obstacles preventing people from reaching their goals in life. After reviewing the list I felt it may be of interest to our readers.
So here are the six obstacles to your success… Continue reading ‘Six Obstacles to Your Success’ »
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Posted by Voss Graham on April 16, 2010 at 1:00 am under Personal Development.
Tags: Discouragement, Doubt, Fear, Frustration, Ill health, Indecision, Negative Emotions, Poverty, Six Obstacles to Your Success, Voss W Graham, Worry
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Many times the words character and personality are used interchangeably. While related, there are distinct differences between the two words and their meanings.
Character is often used to define a person’s integrity, such as he has “upstanding character” or “his character is lacking.” Character is actually a set of behavior traits that define what type of person you are. Do you follow the rules of your “group?” Many times people who do not follow the rules of the group, whether it is a family group, work group, or religious group, are not accepted by the group. This tenant and tendency has been in place since the beginning of time. Continue reading ‘Is There a Difference Between Character and Personality?’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on March 26, 2010 at 12:24 am under Personal Development.
Tags: Behavioral traits, Character, Difference between Character and Personality, DISC, Integrity, Judy W Bell, Personality, psychology of achievement, The Phoenix Seminar
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Everyone needs a person or two in their life who can help pick them up when circumstances seem to be down. Enter the Happiness Mentor! This is the person you email or phone when you need a pick-me-up. You may not call your friend the Happiness Mentor, but that is the role they play.
The job of a Happiness Mentor:
- Make sure you only wallow in your misery for a moment
- Make sure you stay on track with healthy diet, adequate sleep, sufficient exercise and proper life balance
- Make you laugh
- Make you think about your blessings
- Make you count your blessings if necessary
- Hold you accountable for staying on track with goals and desires
- Make you laugh some more
- Make sure you don’t take yourself too seriously
Everyone does need a Happiness Mentor. Make sure you offer your “happiness” services to someone too!
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on March 18, 2010 at 12:33 am under Personal Development.
Tags: blessings, Happiness Mentor, Judy W Bell, laugh
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As the new year approached, I pulled out my list of goals from the previous year and began my review of goal achievement. My question to you is – How Did You Do in Achieving Goals?
As I reviewed what I had done in goal achievement, I reflected on the number of reasons people have told me they did not achieve their goals. The list is short, yet, the variations are long and unique to each individual – so here are the top five reasons goals fail… Continue reading ‘Top Five Reasons Goals Fail’ »
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Posted by Voss Graham on January 2, 2010 at 1:14 pm under Personal Development.
Tags: Achieving Goals, Goal, goal achievement, Goals, instant gratification syndrome, smart goals, top five reason goals fail, Voss Graham
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This is a serious question – How Often Do You Fail?
If the answer is zero – you have a problem and may not even know it.
If the Fear of Failure is overriding everything you do, then you have a problem.
When a person does not take any risks in life – this person seldom wins anything either. Life is lived in the status quo. This is a risk-less world with no rewards or payback above the cost of living. So what is happening when people are connected to no fail practices? Continue reading ‘How Often Do You Fail?’ »
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Posted by Voss Graham on December 14, 2009 at 12:05 am under Personal Development.
Tags: Fail, Fear of Failure, how to overcome fear of failure, learning from failure, lying to yourself, self-employed, status quo, Voss Graham
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Are you feeling stressed these days? One of the key influences to high stress is from trying to be – “All Things for All People.”
This condition is a stress creating machine for those who have it. In fact, it is so common we have found it or identified it from our basic assessment tools. When people have this condition it shows up in their adapted behavior, which indicts the person has little internal identify and attempts to make everyone happy – but themselves.
This unique finding has allowed us to either assist the person with the condition (it is not fatal unless it leads to a stress related health condition.) or advise their manager with a simple solution. Continue reading ‘High Stress and Being All Things for All People’ »
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Posted by Voss Graham on November 29, 2009 at 6:31 pm under Personal Development.
Tags: Being All Things to All People, high stress factors, performance or politics, stress, Voss Graham
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