“…knowing that, in the grand scheme of things,
we live in a world where rainy days
eventually give way to sunnier skies.”
Jason Rogerson
While on our unemployed journey, Jason Rogerson’s quote is worth repeating to ourselves constantly.
I know right now we are only focusing on what is not happening instead of the fact this is just a small portion of our lives. A day, month or year is just a blip in our lives.
Think back to the time when you were working, complaining about your job and wishing you could take a vacation. Now we look at that time as the sunny skies and today being unemployed as the rainy days.
It is all a matter of perception. How can we change our thinking and focus on the sunnier skies instead of the rainy ones?
Let’s start by taking small steps.
Are you up to playing a little game? It is called the Smiling Game.
• Walk out your front door and go to the nearest coffee shop.
• Walking into the coffee shop, put a smile on your face. You don’t have to mean it just use those smile muscles. It is a scientific fact when you use your smile muscles your body has no clue if you are smiling it just feels better.
• Make eye contact with the first person you see with that smile on your face.
• Continue smiling and making eye contact with everyone you see.
Eventually your smile will become natural, people will start talking to each other and YOU will feel better.
A smile costs you nothing and lightens up the world.
Let's make Monday "Smile Day" and bring a little sunshine into everyone’s day.
Starting today we will play our little game.
Please let the Love Yourself – It Matters Community know what happened as you were playing the Smile Game.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Helen
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Being Unemployed is Only a Small Segment of Time in Our Lives
“…knowing that, in the grand scheme of things,
we live in a world where rainy days
eventually give way to sunnier skies.”
R.L. Keith
What struck me reading R.L. Keith’s quote this period of time being unemployed is only a small segment of our lives. I know it seems things will never change. Believe me things will get better.
I would like to tell you a story about Caroline.
Caroline Hopkins (name changed) worked for a small Medical Device Company located in Chicago, Ill. She was the Executive Assistant to Jack Lyons (name changed), President of the company. Caroline worked for the company seventeen years.
There were rumors flying around the company that Jack Lyons was retiring and selling the company. Every time Caroline approached Mr. Lyons about the rumors, she was told not to worry he planned on working another twenty years.
Having total faith in Mr. Lyons she told everyone the rumors were not true and went on her merry way. Even when other firms were asking if she would be interested in another job her answer was, “I will never leave Jack Lyons.”
One Monday morning Mr. Lyons called Caroline into his office, sheepishly told her the company was being sold and he was retiring. Not believing what she heard Caroline stumbled out of his office and went home. She was in total shock.
The months passed quickly and before Caroline could get her bearings she was out of a job. What was she going to do?
At first she could not function and spent most of her days in the house. One day reading the newspaper she saw that an Unemployed Support Group was forming at her local library.
Caroline went to the library and signed-up for the first meeting that night. To her amazement there were 40 other people attending the meeting. It was the first time in months she did not feel alone.
Caroline listened intently and was surprised to feel her positive energy returning. What she heard and repeated to herself constantly, “This is a small segment of my life and things are changing constantly.” This statement helped Caroline regain her belief she would find a job.
With this new faith in finding a job, Caroline joined the Circle of Inspiration for the Unemployed and started taking small action steps daily to find a new job and within six months she was working again. She changed fields and today manages a Nursery School.
Caroline keeps saying, “What helped me the most was finding support, learning from other people and realizing this time was only a small segment of my life.”
Now It Is Your Time
• List the small action steps you can take to find support. Working with even one other person helps you to keep motivated and not feel alone while on this journey.
• List messages you can constantly repeat to reassure yourself you are okay. Reassuring ourselves gives us the courage and strength to keep moving ahead. Examples:
o This is only a small segment of my life and things are changing constantly.
o I am taking the right steps for finding that perfect job.
o I am safe, loved and very successful.
Please share your stories with the Circle of Inspiration Community. Together supporting each other you will find strength, different action steps you can take and the knowledge this is only a small segment of your life.
Helen
we live in a world where rainy days
eventually give way to sunnier skies.”
R.L. Keith
What struck me reading R.L. Keith’s quote this period of time being unemployed is only a small segment of our lives. I know it seems things will never change. Believe me things will get better.
I would like to tell you a story about Caroline.
Caroline Hopkins (name changed) worked for a small Medical Device Company located in Chicago, Ill. She was the Executive Assistant to Jack Lyons (name changed), President of the company. Caroline worked for the company seventeen years.
There were rumors flying around the company that Jack Lyons was retiring and selling the company. Every time Caroline approached Mr. Lyons about the rumors, she was told not to worry he planned on working another twenty years.
Having total faith in Mr. Lyons she told everyone the rumors were not true and went on her merry way. Even when other firms were asking if she would be interested in another job her answer was, “I will never leave Jack Lyons.”
One Monday morning Mr. Lyons called Caroline into his office, sheepishly told her the company was being sold and he was retiring. Not believing what she heard Caroline stumbled out of his office and went home. She was in total shock.
The months passed quickly and before Caroline could get her bearings she was out of a job. What was she going to do?
At first she could not function and spent most of her days in the house. One day reading the newspaper she saw that an Unemployed Support Group was forming at her local library.
Caroline went to the library and signed-up for the first meeting that night. To her amazement there were 40 other people attending the meeting. It was the first time in months she did not feel alone.
Caroline listened intently and was surprised to feel her positive energy returning. What she heard and repeated to herself constantly, “This is a small segment of my life and things are changing constantly.” This statement helped Caroline regain her belief she would find a job.
With this new faith in finding a job, Caroline joined the Circle of Inspiration for the Unemployed and started taking small action steps daily to find a new job and within six months she was working again. She changed fields and today manages a Nursery School.
Caroline keeps saying, “What helped me the most was finding support, learning from other people and realizing this time was only a small segment of my life.”
Now It Is Your Time
• List the small action steps you can take to find support. Working with even one other person helps you to keep motivated and not feel alone while on this journey.
• List messages you can constantly repeat to reassure yourself you are okay. Reassuring ourselves gives us the courage and strength to keep moving ahead. Examples:
o This is only a small segment of my life and things are changing constantly.
o I am taking the right steps for finding that perfect job.
o I am safe, loved and very successful.
Please share your stories with the Circle of Inspiration Community. Together supporting each other you will find strength, different action steps you can take and the knowledge this is only a small segment of your life.
Helen
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Happy Moments for the Unemployed
“If you want to be happy,
set yourself a goal
that commands your thoughts,
liberates your energy,
and inspires your hopes.
Happiness is with you.
It comes from doing some certain thing
into which you can put
all your thought and energy.
If you want to be happy,
get enthusiastic about something.”
Dale Carnegie
Being unemployed gives us the chance to stop and think about the times in our life when we were really happy. Don't feel guilty about taking this time to think about those happy moments it will give you energy and enthusiam regarding something.
Let’s play a little game!
Take the following steps:
• Close your eyes, take 5 deep breaths, relax and think of a time in your life when you were really happy. Was it when you were a child, young adult or just recently?
• Reminisce about that time. What were you doing? Who were you with? What made you happy?
• Relax and enjoy that experience.
• Think about how you can recapture that time again. Do you have to plan a party? Call that special friend? Take time alone and go to the beach or mountains? What would make that experience a reality again?
• Open your eyes at the count of 5.
• Take a big stretch and relax for a few seconds.
How are you feeling? I hope relaxed and ready to take action.
Remember we can never recapture the same experience again. What we can do is create a new experience that will make us happy.
You are the creator of your happiness. Go for it!!!
After completing the exercise above, please share with the Love Yourself – It Matters Community your thoughts. What made you happy? What plans are you making to recapture your new happy moment?
I am looking forward to hearing from you and together we can bring a little happiness into our day.
Helen
set yourself a goal
that commands your thoughts,
liberates your energy,
and inspires your hopes.
Happiness is with you.
It comes from doing some certain thing
into which you can put
all your thought and energy.
If you want to be happy,
get enthusiastic about something.”
Dale Carnegie
Being unemployed gives us the chance to stop and think about the times in our life when we were really happy. Don't feel guilty about taking this time to think about those happy moments it will give you energy and enthusiam regarding something.
Let’s play a little game!
Take the following steps:
• Close your eyes, take 5 deep breaths, relax and think of a time in your life when you were really happy. Was it when you were a child, young adult or just recently?
• Reminisce about that time. What were you doing? Who were you with? What made you happy?
• Relax and enjoy that experience.
• Think about how you can recapture that time again. Do you have to plan a party? Call that special friend? Take time alone and go to the beach or mountains? What would make that experience a reality again?
• Open your eyes at the count of 5.
• Take a big stretch and relax for a few seconds.
How are you feeling? I hope relaxed and ready to take action.
Remember we can never recapture the same experience again. What we can do is create a new experience that will make us happy.
You are the creator of your happiness. Go for it!!!
After completing the exercise above, please share with the Love Yourself – It Matters Community your thoughts. What made you happy? What plans are you making to recapture your new happy moment?
I am looking forward to hearing from you and together we can bring a little happiness into our day.
Helen
Friday, August 21, 2009
Volunteering can help you land your next job
“I never think of the future.
It comes soon enough."
Albert Einstein
Big question, "When will I be employed?” Does this thought constantly pop into your mind during the day, night or when you are sleeping? You are not alone, everyone has this thought while on the unemployed journey.
Part of finding happiness during this period is to accept what’s happening as a fact of life. I know this is a tall order and some times very difficult to accomplish.
Relax, there is hope!
One of the ways to relax during this period is to focus on a task that will take your mind off your circumstances.
One of the things you can do is volunteer your time and services. It is also a way of networking and helping you find your next job.
Volunteerism is part of the trend today in food banks, hospitals, non-profit organizations, etc.
One of the ways to research different opportunities is to read about President Obama’s United We Serve initiative, which encourages Americans to visit www.serve.gov and serve their country with local action that benefits the community.
Reasons for volunteering:
• Makes you feel needed and builds self-esteem.
• Learning new skills.
• Gives you something else to focus on instead of your unemployed thoughts.
• Meet new people and breaks down barriers of misunderstanding, mistrust and fear.
• Creates new contacts which may help your business or career.
Volunteering options:
• Community
• Hospitals
• Food Banks
• Animal Shelters
• Schools
• Non-Profit Organizations
• etc.
Links for Volunteering Opportunities
• www.volunteermatch.org
• www.smartvolunteer.org
• www.serve.gov
• etc.
Now it is Your Turn!
Take a few minutes today and research one volunteer option that sounds interesting. Let the Love Yourself – It Matters Community know about the information you found. If at least three people share their information we will have three different options to consider.
Have fun and enjoy this new option!
I look forward to hearing from you.
Helen
It comes soon enough."
Albert Einstein
Big question, "When will I be employed?” Does this thought constantly pop into your mind during the day, night or when you are sleeping? You are not alone, everyone has this thought while on the unemployed journey.
Part of finding happiness during this period is to accept what’s happening as a fact of life. I know this is a tall order and some times very difficult to accomplish.
Relax, there is hope!
One of the ways to relax during this period is to focus on a task that will take your mind off your circumstances.
One of the things you can do is volunteer your time and services. It is also a way of networking and helping you find your next job.
Volunteerism is part of the trend today in food banks, hospitals, non-profit organizations, etc.
One of the ways to research different opportunities is to read about President Obama’s United We Serve initiative, which encourages Americans to visit www.serve.gov and serve their country with local action that benefits the community.
Reasons for volunteering:
• Makes you feel needed and builds self-esteem.
• Learning new skills.
• Gives you something else to focus on instead of your unemployed thoughts.
• Meet new people and breaks down barriers of misunderstanding, mistrust and fear.
• Creates new contacts which may help your business or career.
Volunteering options:
• Community
• Hospitals
• Food Banks
• Animal Shelters
• Schools
• Non-Profit Organizations
• etc.
Links for Volunteering Opportunities
• www.volunteermatch.org
• www.smartvolunteer.org
• www.serve.gov
• etc.
Now it is Your Turn!
Take a few minutes today and research one volunteer option that sounds interesting. Let the Love Yourself – It Matters Community know about the information you found. If at least three people share their information we will have three different options to consider.
Have fun and enjoy this new option!
I look forward to hearing from you.
Helen
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