Referring back to Dr. Wayne Dyer classic book “ Pulling Your Own Strings, he comments that “If you want to achieve your own greatness, to climb your own mountains, you’ll have to use yourself as your first and last consultant.” ( p. 94)
To this end, in cultivating your Serendipity Quotient, you must work on your mind, body and spirit awareness in displaying creative aliveness while undergoing the greatest of adversity.
Victor Frankl in his book “Man’s Search for Meaning” also attests to this in creating and finding the purpose and meaning of your life through the most tragic of circumstances.
Another book that reflects this theme is “One Day in the Life”of Ivan Denisovich” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. In this book, the author focuses on life in a forced- labour prison in Siberia.
These two books, in particular, tell the life- changing story of using the mind to be creatively alive in moment-to-moment contexts.
These authors, like Dr. Dyer, emphasize the significance of “applying your sense of self-worth” to the present moment and refusing to let your own attitudes and self-beliefs defeat you as being the basic ingredient to the survival of the characters in these books.
Some quotations by Dr. Dyer summarize the essence of this theme:
“ You are the product of what you choose for yourself in every life situation” ( p. 234)
“ You do have the capacity to make healthy choices for yourself by changing your attitude to one of creative aliveness”. ( p.234).
And, this one by me- “You truly are the power of your mind!”
About Me
- Di Wright
- I am an ESL Instructor, Communications Specialist, Career Coach and Novice Writer specifically for your communication/ career goals, and establishing your brand. For over 11 years, I have led leadership/communication workshops (and now online sessions ) on developing leadership skills, enhancing creativity, creating a work/life balance, and many other subjects for the Toronto Board of Education, and in the non-profit and corporate sector. My approach teaches the vital importance of clear, motivational, yet caring communication. I have recently written a journaling workbook for my students/clients that contains weekly reflections with activities. It has been used by life coaches, career consultants and communications instructors. Here is the link for those who wish to learn about my journalling workbook and to purchase it.. http://tinyurl.com/serendipityjournal I’m currently working on my second workbook – a unique guidebook for traveling your career pathway. For more information about my upcoming other workbooks, email me at: d.wri3420@gmail.com
Monday, September 21, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Break out of the mold of mediocrity
Break out of the mold of mediocrity and develop your peripheral vision for job searching and career planning.
One way to do this is by transforming your attitude into action.
There is an old adage that says” Your attitude determines your altitude”.
Become a non-conformist by not using the traditional ways of getting a job. Mass emailing of your resume to companies on Workopolis.ca and Monster.ca is the pathway pursued by most people; and therefore you end up behaving like “ all the other job seekers”.
Prove yourself resourceful by abandoning the so-called“ the right way” approach to job hunting by substituting creative individualized behaviour that brings results!
Don’t pigeon hole yourself with rules.. Take off those tunnel vision glasses you are wearing and throw away “ the only right way” manual of rules!
Be proactive by :
1. Getting rid of your stereotypical thinking and list some alternatives
2. Accessing the risk factors
3. Picking the best bet of these and doing it.
Don’t focus on the words “ what if”, ‘maybe” or “ I’m not sure” .
If your attitude is that you believe you cannot do it, then you become paralyzed by this self-limiting belief; and this belief will be transformed into a sad reality.
Learn to become your own marketing expert. Success in your job searching and career planning is not spotting the latest trends, but is starting them!
You can package an idea and sell it to anyone by believing in yourself and if you can demonstrate that it will work by designing a logical and easy- to- implement plan of action.
Dr. Wayne Dyer refers to this theme in his book “Pulling Your Own Strings” as the creatively alive approach to overcoming adversity. I like to refer to it as cultivating your “Serendipity Quotient” by using adverse circumstances to nurture out-of-the-box thinking.
Dr. Dyer comments ‘Don’t say to yourself that imaginative approaches may be fine for others, but they could never work for you”.
In your unique value proposition, you are succeeding by doing it “ your way” with your unique talents and competencies that can specifically benefit the company/ organization. This is all in part of cultivating your Serendipity Quotient.
Put some effort into having fun by seeing how effective you can truly be!
One way to do this is by transforming your attitude into action.
There is an old adage that says” Your attitude determines your altitude”.
Become a non-conformist by not using the traditional ways of getting a job. Mass emailing of your resume to companies on Workopolis.ca and Monster.ca is the pathway pursued by most people; and therefore you end up behaving like “ all the other job seekers”.
Prove yourself resourceful by abandoning the so-called“ the right way” approach to job hunting by substituting creative individualized behaviour that brings results!
Don’t pigeon hole yourself with rules.. Take off those tunnel vision glasses you are wearing and throw away “ the only right way” manual of rules!
Be proactive by :
1. Getting rid of your stereotypical thinking and list some alternatives
2. Accessing the risk factors
3. Picking the best bet of these and doing it.
Don’t focus on the words “ what if”, ‘maybe” or “ I’m not sure” .
If your attitude is that you believe you cannot do it, then you become paralyzed by this self-limiting belief; and this belief will be transformed into a sad reality.
Learn to become your own marketing expert. Success in your job searching and career planning is not spotting the latest trends, but is starting them!
You can package an idea and sell it to anyone by believing in yourself and if you can demonstrate that it will work by designing a logical and easy- to- implement plan of action.
Dr. Wayne Dyer refers to this theme in his book “Pulling Your Own Strings” as the creatively alive approach to overcoming adversity. I like to refer to it as cultivating your “Serendipity Quotient” by using adverse circumstances to nurture out-of-the-box thinking.
Dr. Dyer comments ‘Don’t say to yourself that imaginative approaches may be fine for others, but they could never work for you”.
In your unique value proposition, you are succeeding by doing it “ your way” with your unique talents and competencies that can specifically benefit the company/ organization. This is all in part of cultivating your Serendipity Quotient.
Put some effort into having fun by seeing how effective you can truly be!
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