From e-nspirations at jeankelley.com Mon Jan 31 23:19:49 2005 From: e-nspirations at jeankelley.com (e-nspirations@jeankelley.com) Date: Mon Jan 31 23:19:51 2005 Subject: [e-nspirations] Inspiration from Auschwitz Message-ID: <20050201051949.C61F6C046@mail.sus4.net> *************************************************************************** The last of the human freedoms is to chose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. --Victor Frankl *************************************************************************** Last week we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The significance of this event sent me to my bookshelf where I found Victor Frankl's book, "Man's Search for Meaning". As a psychiatrist and a perceived threat to the Nazi movement, Frankl was in four death camps. His parents and all his family members died in those camps. As leaders of people [and we all are], nearly every day hardship of some kind comes our way. Sometimes our circumstances are dreadful. Frankl says we alone can choose our attitude in response to any crisis. We can choose hope or despair, rage or acceptance, kindness or cruelty. As humans we have the freedom to carefully choose our response. A leaders we also have the responsibility. by Jean Kelley e-nspire a friend!! Invite someone you know to receive these bi-monthly messages. ___________________________________________________________________________ Jean Kelley Consulting specializes in executive development, selection, and retention. Through her seminars, media exposure, books, and one-to-one consulting, entrepreneur Jean Kelley has helped thousands of people improve their positions. Jean Kelley Consulting, Inc. 918-496-9192 copyright 2000-2005, Jean Kelley *************************************************************************** Resources: For more information about Dear Jean books and materials: To e-nspire a friend: From e-nspirations at jeankelley.com Mon Apr 11 14:18:21 2005 From: e-nspirations at jeankelley.com (e-nspirations@jeankelley.com) Date: Mon Apr 11 14:18:23 2005 Subject: [e-nspirations] We give a day of our life for it. Message-ID: <20050411191821.2E71DC01A@mail.sus4.net> *************************************************************************** What is the longest and yet the shortest--the swiftest yet the slowest? All of us neglect it and then we all regret it. Nothing can be done without it. It swallows all that is small and it builds up all that is great. --Voltaire *************************************************************************** Every morning you and I wake up with a fresh 24 hours of non-refundable time. It's a gift, and we give a whole day of our life for it. How sad that so many hours of our days are chewed up with worry about the future or playing old tapes in our head about the past. For most of us, no matter how challenging and difficult a day can be, we know that at the end of the day that we can wipe the slate clean and tomorrow we will receive 24 more precious, priceless hours. by Jean Kelley e-nspire a friend!! Invite someone you know to receive these bi-monthly messages. ___________________________________________________________________________ Jean Kelley Consulting specializes in executive development, selection, and retention. Through her seminars, media exposure, books, and one-to-one consulting, entrepreneur Jean Kelley has helped thousands of people improve their positions. Jean Kelley Consulting, Inc. 918-496-9192 copyright 2000-2005, Jean Kelley *************************************************************************** Resources: For more information about Dear Jean books and materials: To e-nspire a friend: From e-nspirations at jeankelley.com Wed Jun 1 23:28:46 2005 From: e-nspirations at jeankelley.com (e-nspirations@jeankelley.com) Date: Wed Jun 1 23:28:49 2005 Subject: [e-nspirations] Are My Actions Helping or Hurting? Message-ID: <20050602042846.C9AE3C182@mail.sus4.net> *************************************************************************** It's hard to make a decision when boundaries are fuzzy. --Jamy Fox *************************************************************************** Most of my early years as a manager were spent helping people do things that they could be doing and should be doing for themselves. Once in a while I still catch myself "rescuing" people and keeping them from being accountable. If a person can't do a task for himself, my job is to teach him to do it. Helping. When she could or should be doing it for herself, my doing the task is meddling. Hurting. To be a good colleague, friend, boss, subordinate and family member, I must leave open every opportunity for the growth of others, which includes the dignity of letting them fail and being accountable for their failure. by Jean Kelley e-nspire a friend!! Invite someone you know to receive these bi-monthly messages. ___________________________________________________________________________ Jean Kelley Consulting specializes in executive development, selection, and retention. Through her seminars, media exposure, books, and one-to-one consulting, entrepreneur Jean Kelley has helped thousands of people improve their positions. Jean Kelley Consulting, Inc. 918-496-9192 copyright 2000-2005, Jean Kelley *************************************************************************** Resources: For more information about Dear Jean books and materials: To e-nspire a friend: From e-nspirations at jeankelley.com Tue Sep 6 23:10:43 2005 From: e-nspirations at jeankelley.com (e-nspirations@jeankelley.com) Date: Tue Sep 6 23:10:45 2005 Subject: [e-nspirations] e-nspirations by Jean Kelley Message-ID: <20050907041043.EE979C01D@mail.sus4.net> *************************************************************************** Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. --Ambrose Redmoon *************************************************************************** How would our relationships change if we had the courage to "calmly speak our truth and listen to the response without judgmentâ" What goals would we set for ourselves if we knew we couldn't fail? What risks would we take if we were guaranteed a positive outcome? Fear was installed in us for a reason -- to keep us out of danger. It's a healthy emotion when we don't overuse it. Fear, used properly, can guide us and help us navigate our lives more safely. Desire will override fear. When our judgment tells us that our desire for a result is stronger than our fear of the consequences or our decision, we will take action. by Jean Kelley e-nspire a friend!! Invite someone you know to receive these bi-monthly messages. ___________________________________________________________________________ Jean Kelley Consulting specializes in executive development, selection, and retention. Through her seminars, media exposure, books, and one-to-one consulting, entrepreneur Jean Kelley has helped thousands of people improve their positions. Jean Kelley Consulting, Inc. 918-496-9192 copyright 2000-2005, Jean Kelley *************************************************************************** Resources: For more information about Dear Jean books and materials: To e-nspire a friend: From e-nspirations at jeankelley.com Tue Oct 4 22:08:53 2005 From: e-nspirations at jeankelley.com (e-nspirations@jeankelley.com) Date: Tue Oct 4 22:08:55 2005 Subject: [e-nspirations] Please somebody Message-ID: <20051005030853.D2316C00B@mail.sus4.net> *************************************************************************** If you can't please everybody, please somebody. --Harvey Mackay *************************************************************************** Everyone seems to want something and they want it from us. It's common to be so distracted by the overload of daily demands that our activities are a blur. At the end of the day we are aware of being busy all day; we are dead tired and we say to ourselves, "What did I actually 'do' today?" We can't possibly meet all the demands of a typical day. Why not commit to pleasing somebody every day? The act of doing that will give us a sense of completion and fuel us for the next day. by Jean Kelley e-nspire a friend!! Invite someone you know to receive these monthly messages. ___________________________________________________________________________ Jean Kelley Consulting specializes in executive development, selection, and retention. Through her seminars, media exposure, books, and one-to-one consulting, entrepreneur Jean Kelley has helped thousands of people improve their positions. Jean Kelley Consulting, Inc. 918-496-9192 copyright 2000-2005, Jean Kelley *************************************************************************** Resources: For more information about Dear Jean books and materials: To e-nspire a friend: From e-nspirations at jeankelley.com Mon Oct 31 13:36:31 2005 From: e-nspirations at jeankelley.com (e-nspirations@jeankelley.com) Date: Mon Oct 31 13:36:32 2005 Subject: [e-nspirations] On Being Teachable Message-ID: <20051031193631.1B5E3C00D@mail.sus4.net> *************************************************************************** To know and yet think we do not know is the highest attainment. Not to know and yet think we do, is a disease. -- Lao-tzu *************************************************************************** When we know and think we do not know we remain open. We are teachable. It is not always easy to maintain the stance of one who learns: to be respectful and to keep our minds pliable, to be listening instead of formulating clever rebuttals, and to have humility when humiliation is feared. When we think we know all there is to know about a subject we are un-teachable. It's easy to act as though we know. We are encouraged to have confidence, to stand fast in our position in an argument, to have the right answers under fire. This dis-ease causes us to be stagnant and stubborn. It only takes three words to cure this disease: "I don't know." by Jean Kelley e-nspire a friend!! Invite someone you know to receive these monthly messages. ___________________________________________________________________________ Jean Kelley Consulting specializes in executive development, selection, and retention. Through her seminars, media exposure, books, and one-to-one consulting, entrepreneur Jean Kelley has helped thousands of people improve their positions. 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