Happy At Work?

“Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.” Elbert Hubbard

Your ability to get happiness out of your work becomes easier the closer your work comes to connecting with your passions. A job is something you do for money. A career is something you do based on an inner desire and motivation. Even if you aren’t in the “perfect” career at the moment, you can still get happiness out of your work - if you are willing to passionately throw yourself, your talents and skills into your work.

People who are paid exactly what they are worth (or more) often find themselves replaced, declared obsolete or reengineered out of the organization. On the other hand, people who are underpaid for the amount and quality of the service they provide are always in highest demand - so money and opportunity are always chasing them.

Keep the level of your yearning and learning, ahead of your earning. Be inspired to learn as much as you can, to know as much as you can, to gain skills as much as you can, to find a cause and a passion which benefits humankind - and you’ll be sought after for your quality of service and your dedication to excellence.

Your power, passion and motivation will make you oblivious to quitting time and to the length of your workday. You will awake each and every morning with the passion of pursuit, not just the pursuit of a paycheck and true happiness will be a natural by-product of the passion you are putting into your work.

Those who deliver more in service than they expect to receive in compensation are always sought for and are always in demand. Their name and their work outlive them, and their services always command the highest price. Therefore, you would be most wise to - chase your passion, not your pension!

Bill Gates, who dropped out of college to found Microsoft and become one of the wealthiest individuals in the world before reaching age 40, could retire with a lifestyle of the rich and famous. But he won’t. At a computer industry meeting he told the audience that even though he could do anything he wants, his greatest thrill is to go to work every day and find exciting problems in search of solutions.

Everyone told the artist Renoir to give up painting because he had no talent. A group of artists who were rejected by the establishment of their time formed their own little team consisting of Degas, Pissarro, Monet, Cezanne, and Renoir – five of the all-time great masters, doing what they believed in, pursuing their passions while the critics laughed and mocked. One Parisian expert looked over Renoir’s paintings and sneered: “You are, I presume, dabbling in paint to amuse yourself.” To which Renoir rapidly and passionately replied: “Of course! When it ceases to amuse me, I will stop painting.”

In Renoir’s later life he suffered from advanced rheumatism, particularly in his hands. When Matisse stopped by to see the aging painter, he noticed that every brush stroke caused Renoir great pain. And Matisse asked: “Why is it that you still work? Why do you continue to push yourself?” Renoir slowly answered: “The pain passes, but the pleasure, the creation of beauty, remains.”

Remember – by putting your passion first, you will be able to enjoy happiness today and create a legacy which will truly last.

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Strategy and Tactics - What You Need To Know About Both

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” —Sun Tzu, The Art of War

When it comes to winning in business and in life there is an important connection between strategy and tactics. Successful entrepreneurs are those who can bring these two vital facets together.

The world is filled with visionaries and strategist who can spew forth great ideas, inspiring concepts and blue-sky, shoot-the-moon opportunities. Unfortunately, many of them are never able to transform those visions into practical, tactical applications which can be executed in order to produce real results.

Even on an individual level there are scores of people who have dreams of grandeur while their head rests on the pillow, or have compelling visions of what is possible when standing in the shower – yet, without any specific tactics they simply lead to frustration and disappointment. With no clear daily tactics the way becomes so slow that victory is often lost, not for lack of opportunity, but for lack of time, resources and energy.

The old saying, “Where there is no vision, the people perish,” is as true today as it was in centuries gone by. Tactics without vision or strategy is drudgery and in the end all of the effort is nothing more than the noise before defeat or window dressing on an empty home. And yet, so many individuals and businesses end up laser focused on day-to-day tactics which are completely disconnected from any strategic path. Ultimately this leads to being busy, but not productive, having much motion, but no forward movement.

Combine the two – strategy and tactics and you will set yourself up for instant impact and real results. As a leader you must constantly strive to connect the dots for those you lead. It is part of your role to continually help those you lead see the vital connection between your strategy and the daily tactics they carry out.

Sun Tzu was right, Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” Together every opportunity will be yours and nothing will keep you from success.

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Bloom Where You're Planted

Bloom where you are planted! - Anonymous

In our fast paced world it is easy to look at others around us and wish that we had their talent, their skill, their house, their bank account and their future. We are bombarded with messages from the media that tell us to look elsewhere for our success.

We are even told that we aren’t smart enough, young enough, secure enough, rich enough or bold enough unless we use their product, drive their car or go on their vacation. Far too many of us are on a wild goose chase in search of some holy grail that will suddenly make us rich, secure, happy and successful.

With all of this searching, more and more of us are getting depressed and discouraged with our lot in life. We feel as though we just don’t have what it takes to be successful and happy. We truly need to stop looking outside and beyond and start looking inside and beneath our own skin to find what success is really all about.

Dr. Russell Conwell of Temple University once delivered a lecture that was quoted in a December 1980 edition of the wall Street Journal. Dr. Conwell told of a man in Titusville, Pennsylvania, who sold his farm for $833 to go off and search for oil in Canada. The man continued his search for many years but never hit oil, never found success and finally gave up his quest in frustration. He had searched high and low for the magic spot that would give him all the success and security he dreamed of. Yet in his chase he came up entirely empty.

The man who purchased the farm for $833, however, settled into his new environment and worked hard at his labors each day. As he dug a well for additional water, he found instead a rich well of oil and launched a billion dollar industry.

Today, with faster communications and transportation, instant access to information and people, it is ever easier to look at the fact that the grass may appear greener on the other side. Yet what really counts is what is going in your own back yard and what is going on in between your own two ears.

The old saying is true that success is like a butterfly -- the more you chase it the more it eludes you-- but if you will settle in and focus on the task at hand, it will come and softly land on your shoulder. So unpack your bags, bloom where you are planted and find the success, joy and satisfaction that is waiting for you, right where you are – blooming in your own back yard.

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Kind regards,

Ron Stebelton,CEO/Founder

Eagle Leadership Consulting

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