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A monthly
newsletter to conduct you on the way to successful performance and
harmony in your work and personal life. Every issue brings you tips
for interviews, resumes, networking, and strategies for career advancement.
Brought to
you by E.
Anna Watkins,
MM, MBA, CPCC - Career & Life Coach
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What's
in this issue?
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Feature
Article - The Role Played by Your Inner Critic
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Your
Coaching Assignment
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Career
Tip - Preparing Yourself for Your New Job
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Class
Schedule
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Information
on Coaching Services
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Resources
1.
The Role Played by Your Inner Critic
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"You are today where
your thoughts have brought you;
you will be tomorrow where
your thoughts take you."
- James Allen, author of As a Man Thinketh |
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We all have an
inner critic, that annoying little voice that keeps reminding us of
our shortcomings. Who knew, though, that the inner critic can play a
positive role? Shad Helmstetter, in "The Self-Talk
Solution", points out several ways that the inner critic can
serve in a productive way. According to Helmstetter, the critic's
function is to push you to achieve, protect you from fear of
rejection, and make amends for your guilt.
However, the
critic's tactics are not the most constructive. The author recommends
ways to hear the message and then use your own strong values and
beliefs to learn from the critic.
Some of his suggestions:
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Need
to achieve |
Challenge the
belief that what you do is who you are.
Evaluate your
goals to see if they are appropriate. |
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Fear
of rejection |
Reframe social
errors as the best decision you could have
made at the
time. Learn to check out an assumed rejection
rather than
trying to mind-read. |
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Guilt |
Determine if
your guilt violates a healthy or unhealthy value.
Reaffirm your
values and live by them. |
More good
advice comes from Jack Canfield in "The Success Principles."
Canfield includes a chapter on transforming your inner critic into
your inner coach. He advises that you teach it to tell you the whole
truth. The prevalent message you hear from your critic is that of
anger. Underneath the anger is the rest of the message that includes
fear, requests, and love. Here is a brief example of the progression
from partial to whole truth:
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Anger: |
You're lazy!
Why don't you finish the things you start? |
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Fear: |
I'm afraid
that you will never reach success that fits your ability. |
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Request: |
I want you to
work on this current project every day for at least one hour. Stick
to it! |
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Love: |
I love
you, and I want you to fulfill your potential. |
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Another
very pro-active way to counter critical messages is to use positive
affirmations. Do affirmations work? Let's look at another question.
Does negative self-talk work? You bet it does! Most of us have been
using it for many years, and it has worked very well at undermining
our self-esteem and keeping us from achieving all sorts of goals.
This won't be
easy. You will have to say a lot of affirmations to make up for the
old negative self-talk messages. Are you ready to try?
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Obviously, if we say positive
affirmations for five minutes
each day but then go back to
our old, negative groove
for the other twenty-three
hours, fifty-five minutes of the day,
it will take a long time to
notice any progress.
- Chellie Campbell in "The Wealthy Spirit" |
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2.
Coaching Assignment
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a) |
Write down one of the messages you hear from your inner critic. |
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b) |
se Canfield's steps of Fear, Request, and Love to write the rest of
the truth about your critic's message. |
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c) |
Repeat with additional messages.Now write down what would happen if
you did trust yourself. Use your imagination! |
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d) |
Keep reading your new messages. This must be what they mean by
"the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." |
3.
Career Tip - Preparing Yourself for Your New Job
CWhen we are
in the midst of a job search, we can be quite intent on getting our
resumes ready and saying the right thing in interviews. What we may
neglect, however, is proper attention to our mental and emotional
preparation to make a career transition.
It is equally
important, if not more so, that you spend time reminding yourself
that you really are the capable person you are describing to a
prospective employer. Along with your other actions, develop a
strategy for keeping a positive perspective and for welcoming new
challenges. Line up your advocates and cheerleaders, believe them,
and enjoy their support. This is also the time to re-read your list
of past accomplishments and those glowing evaluations you have
collected. You are going to get more of them!
4.
Class
Schedule for Anna Watkins
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Mind Group - New Group
Beginning on
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5.
Great Resources
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Laurie also offers coaching for people in transition of all kinds.
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