Note from Mary...

It was Brian Tracy who once said ... "We are the CEO's of our own service organization" ... meaning that we and we alone decide who we are going to give our services to for pay.

Victim mentality is pretty much about believing more in our weaknesses than we do in our strengths, which has everything to do with how we show up for our work.

Maybe we are doing work that is merely paying the bills, but hey, if it's paying the bills it's paying the bills. If you feel you have a purpose and passion that extends beyond what you are currently doing, the fastest way to getting on to that next playing field is to make sure you are leaving the place you are currently working at better than when you first came.

You can do that be reaching out to each and every person in your organization - ESPECIALLY - the personnel you don't like, who rub you the wrong way, who are irritating, difficult and start connecting, acknowledging and making a difference right there! Dig deep inside yourself; put yourself in their shoes and start acknowledging them as authentically as you possibly can, ONE thing that you can recognize as their gift and/or talent.

I have found that each and every time I was in a work situation that I was ready to advance out of, that I had made it a goal of reaching out to connect with each and every person in a helpful way. A daily goal and that daily goal accumulated to amazing good for my professional path and I am certain it will yours ... if you will just do it!

Reaching out...

Co-Creator of the Acknowledgment Movie
makeadifference.com/Acknowledgment

Mary Robinson Reynolds' Column This Week

Using the Power of Acknowledgment Increases Your Bottom Line
Excerpt from Make A Difference with the Power of Acknowledgment UTRAIN™ Program for Educators.

Core Values, your "reason for being," will determine your success in life and in the business of education. To help you or your school reinforce what's most important, and to show that you care, begin with the simple act of acknowledgment district -wide. It will have a continuous exponential ripple effect!

Acknowledgment makes more money!

According to Professor Daniel Goleman, who conducted research on how emotions affect the workplace for his book Primal Leadership, there is a direct correlation between employee morale and the bottom line.

One study found that every 2 percent increase in the "service climate" -that is, the general cheerfulness and helpfulness of the staff - saw a
1 percent increase in revenue.

To the small or large business owner and entrepreneur: Real leadership begins on the inside with your own commitment to inspire the best in others and be the difference you want to make in your lifetime.

Cooperative Leading is a philosophy - an attitude - that will work wonders for anyone in any type of leadership role.

Emerson said it best, "It's one of the most beautiful compensations in life that no person can help another without helping themselves."

For every 2 percent increase in the "service climate" - that is, the general cheerfulness and helpfulnesss of the staff - you get a 1 percent increase in revenue.

Do the math to determine how much of an increase in "service climate" it will take to increase your revenue as much as you may need right now.

There is a current Top 10 List of Businesses that are Growing and Hiring in the midst of the economy shift, one of which is Dreyer's, a $2 billion company with more than 6,000 employees. It just keeps on growing because of their …"I Can Make A Difference" Work Environment.

JUST IMAGINE what this will do for your classrooms and school culture , not to mention what it teaches the students about a great way to LIVE and succeed in this world.

The message has never been more clear: First, if you need a lift in your day, get out there and acknowledge someone. Second, if you need job security, advancement, money and credibility as your motivator, get out there and acknowledge someone and make it your daily practice and you'll get more of what you want in life... and less of what you don't!

Advancing Your Career, Creating Job Security
PLAN NOW to get this "Make A Positive Difference" Program on your In-service agenda for the very first part of this new year and you WILL see a synergizing effect over the entire workplace.

If you haven't already watched my newest Video Training Series for Educators, I hope you will grab a cup of tea and come join me in discovering just how DO-able this program is for your school. Click Here and watch the Education Video and then click the UTRAIN™ Program for Education graphic below the video.

People who learn to acknowledge others will feel good about themselves. When we teach our teams "how" to safely and effectively become more authentic through learning how to genuinely acknowledge others during a week, month and/or year long experiment in human kindness... they WILL do outstanding when it comes to being able to relax and "think" when working together and doing so, synergistically. Why? Because in an emotionally calm state of mind, the LIGHT IS ON and somebody is in there doing their work... with purposeful intent!

Mary Robinson Reynolds, M.S., Educational Psychologist, Author and Producer of the world renowned videos - MakeADifferenceMovie.com and AcknowledgmentMovie.com - both amassing over 10 million views within a few short months of their releases - spent many years as a classroom teacher K-8 and then as a counselor K-12. She parlayed her phenomenal success with youth at-risk into her programs for business leaders, entrepreneurs and managers on how to be energetically effective in leading improvement in their organizations through the power of Team Synergy and MasterMinding. She has written six books, developed UTrain Programs that anyone can take into their place of work to build organization wide Team Synergy, and has presented to over 20,000 people in two year period in every major city in the U.S. To learn more go to: makeadifference.com