Another of my favorite … and often-repeated … concepts from my training and coaching engagements:
‘My short and simple definition of success – Do what you love, love what you do and be good enough at it to support the life you’ve chosen.’
Use with my compliments and stay tuned for more ‘Phil’s Faves’ next month.
And, in case someone asks ‘Who’s that? –
If you were in one of my Time Management workshops, you’d probably hear me say several times –
Don’t say ‘I don’t have time‘, because you do have time. Instead say ‘I don’t want to spend the time.’You’re in charge of how you spend your time – no one else is.
Another of my favorite … and often-repeated … concepts from my training and coaching engagements:
‘Perception is Reality’ with audiences. All they know is what they see and hear. If you look and sound like you’re comfortable, credible and competent, you are!’
Use with my compliments and stay tuned for more ‘Phil’s Faves’ next month.
And … true to my rant about always identifying the people you quote:
Phil Stella, 21st century entrepreneur, communication consultant & executive coach
If you’ve read my articles on presentation skills or attended a workshop, you probably heard me refer to the ‘Power of the Three Es’. Your audiences expect and deserve workplace presentations that are ‘Effective, Efficient and Engaging’, so don’t let them down. And remember the ‘fourth E’ so necessary to achieve those results – Effort.
I often share my definition of success in workshops or presentations. So, you might hear me say –
‘Do what you love … love what you do … and be good enough at it to support the life you’ve chosen.’
Thanks for the positive comments about ‘Phil’s Faves’. Here’s another helping of what you might hear in one of my Time Management presentations.
I was facilitating a workshop last week and caught myself using on of my favorite faves – ‘Don’t tell me it won’t work until you can tell me that it didn’t work.’ I’ve been using that phrase regularly in reference to challenging old habits or trying something new for years, but it still works very well today.
So, go ahead and use it if you like it, but … wait for it … ‘Don’t tell me it didn’t work … ‘
Add this to your growing list of Phil’s Faves –
‘Because perception is reality with audiences, all they know is what they see and hear. Therefore, if you look and sound like you’re comfortable and competent with your presentation, you are. If you don’t, you aren’t.
And, you can quote me –
Phil Stella, 21st Century workplace communication consultant, executive coach and author.
Regular readers see me rant and rave all the time and might assume I’m that way in my workplace writing workshops, Surprise – I’m not. I don’t ask people to change any of their word use or writing style habits. I do ask them to challenge their habits in light of the contemporary Best Practices we discuss in class.
If they decide to change any of those old habits, that’s fine. If not, that’s fine, too, as long as they remember the old adage, ‘If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always gotten.’
Three simple concepts about teamwork you’d hear often in one of my training or coaching sessions.
‘There is no ‘I’ in ‘team’, but there is a ‘me’. So make me feel welcome, valued and important if I’m on your team.’
‘There is no ‘I’ in ‘team’, but there is an ‘eat’. So, make sure you have good food at every meeting.’
‘A camel was a horse designed by a self-directed team!.
