Brooke and Martha believe that thoughts drive all behaviour.  Thoughts are responsible for our feelings, which cause our actions and our actions determine the results.

Brookes' example is that being overweight is the result of over eating, which is the action.  What this model is saying is that every time we over eat we can trace back to particular thought(s) that drove us to eat.

Although a little confusing at first, this concept is revolutionary!  For so long I've been attempting to run off the fat and follow stupid diets without success.  Treating the result (and even small amounts of weight loss) have done absolutely nothing to help change the way I feel about my body.  It makes sense that until we address why we're feeling a particular way our behaviour will not change long term.

After years of beating myself up about the way I look and my inability to change my body to look the way I wish, I've become totally disconnected with my body.  Not only can I NOT tell when I'm physically hungry I'm also not sure I even know what I'm thinking half the time!

Another amazing concept that I learned from this seminar is that our beliefs (such as 'I'll never be thin') are just thoughts that we keep thinking and become fixed in our minds.  It follows that if we can change the way we think, we change what we believe and how we feel.  It is only then that our behaviour will change.  Brooke refers to this as "reprogramming your brain."

Brooke's first step for Clients is listening in and acknowledging your thoughts.  It all sounds too easy but after only 24 hours of trying to hear my thoughts and be more aware of what I'm thinking I can honestly say it's not easy!  After being disconnected for so long I can see that it's going to take time and I'll really need to be super focused.

Give it a try and let me know how you go!

The seminar (presented by Martha Beck Inc) can be purchased from http://www.marthabeck.com/telecourses_detail.php?class_id=17&cat_name=Recorded%20Telecourses

For more detailed information relating to the Thought - Feelings - Actions - Results model, refer to Brooke Castillo's book, "If I am So Smart, Why Can't I Lose Weight?" available from www.amazon.co.uk

Brooke Castillo assures us that it really isn't that hard.  Her theory is that 90% of the food we eat should be "fuel" - natural, high energy food that the body needs to function efficiently.  The key is eating the "fuel" as soon as you feel hungry and stop when the hunger is satisfied.

I'm not sure I remember what it's like to feel physically hungry.  Do you?  I tend to eat too much, too often!

Brooke emphasises how important it is to really understand what it feels like to be hungry so that you ensure you eat before you get so super starving that you eat everything in sight!

In Brookes' words, we "need to retrain ourselves and listen to our bodies."  The physical sensation felt when hungry is the way our body communicates its needs.  We should be feeling hungry every 3 hours or so and if we're not we're either over eating or not tuned into our bodies.

The remaining 10% should be food that you eat to enjoy.  Excellent!

This is where Brooke's definition of overeating comes in.  Anything that you're eating outside of the "fuel" and 10% enjoyment food is "over eating".  It's when we eat this additional food that we need to be asking ourselves why.  Becoming more internally focused will help us identify the cause of our overeating.

After listening to Brookes' wise words my goal for the week is to pay more attention to my body and how it feels.  What does it feel like when I'm hungry?

The full seminar audio can be purchased from http://www.marthabeck.com/telecourses_detail.php?class_id=17&cat_name=Recorded%20Telecourses.

I'm too scared to count!  I'm not sure I've ever had a New Year goal that wasn't, 'this year I WILL lose 5kg and I WILL get super fit.'

Brooke Castillo and Martha Beck believe that when we set diet and weight loss goals we're setting ourselves up to fail.

In the 'Why Can't I Lose Weight? (You Can!)' seminar (http://www.marthabeck.com/telecourses_detail.php?class_id=17&cat_name=Recorded%20Telecourses), Brooke explains that the minute you go off your diet or have an exercise free week, in our minds we've already failed.  The goal is thrown aside in frustration.  Another attempt yet again not completed.

Brooke teaches her Clients that dieting is not a one off event.  The relationship with our mind and body is life long and therefore must be seen as a long term process.

Rather than focusing on the weight (the symptom, not the cause), what we should be doing is asking ourselves two important questions:

"What do you weigh and why do you weight that?"

We all know that if we eat more energy than our bodies need to function then the excess will be stored.  Hence the extra weight we don't want.

What's important is that we start taking notice of when we are over-eating.  Brooke recommends keeping a food diary to help track your eating patterns.

For example, do you overeat during work?  Are you bored at work?  Perhaps you're not feeling challenged?  Or do you overeat when you're with friends?  Why?

For me, when I'm with friends I'm so worried about what they think that I tend not to eat enough.  Sounds like a bonus but it's definitely not!  By the time I get home I'm starving and it only leads to me binge eating.  I think I need to follow Brooke's advice and try and be more conscious of my thoughts rather than worrying about others.

Working through why you're over eating leads you to the root cause of your eating habits.  Brooke suggests that through this process you will learn more about yourself than you would ever anticipate.

The seminar (presented by Martha Beck Inc) can be downloaded (at a cost) from http://www.marthabeck.com/telecourses_detail.php?class_id=17&cat_name=Recorded%20Telecourses

July 16, 2008: Rob will be teaming up with CU Conferences for their Annual Credit Union Strategic Lending Conference in Williamsburg, VA. He will be presenting a seminar on “Regulations in Lending” which will give a general overview of Regulation Z and offer advice on how to keep in compliance and what traps to avoid. The types and timing of disclosures in open-end and closed-end lending will be discussed. Rob will also focus on common mistakes made in lending documents concerning Regulation Z as well as covering new developments such as the bankruptcy legislation that amended Truth in Lending. If you are interested in attending this seminar, please click here.

August 7, 2008: Rob will be presenting an audio conference for the Illinois Credit Union League on "Regulation Z," covering the same topics as listed above. To sign up for this seminar, please click here.

September 9, 2008: Rob will be teaming up with the MD/DC Credit Union Association to present a seminar on “Fortifying Your Frontline: Account Options, Compliance Issues & Fraud Prevention” in Columbia, MD. For a member to have faith in their credit union, expertise needs to start at the front line. A member who doesn’t have confidence in a credit union’s member service staff may not trust other departments to handle their additional financial needs. Taking care of members at the front line takes care of the bottom line. This seminar will review issues concerning account options, compliance and fraud prevention and is meant to help front line employees make a good first impression on new members and keep existing members faithful full service users. If you are interested in attending this seminar, please click here. 

September 16, 2008: Rob will be presenting a seminar on “Marketing Compliance and Negotiating and Reviewing Vendor Contracts” for the Wisconsin Credit Union League Marketing Conference in Milwaukee, WI. This seminar will help marketing professionals and other credit union employees avoid the traps and pitfalls associated with marketing credit union products so that they can confidently get their message across to credit union members. Rob will review advertising rules for share accounts and related products, what trigger terms are under TISA and what constitutes full disclosure, what constitutes and advertisement under TILA and differences between disclosures. This seminar will also cover negotiating and reviewing vendor contracts. The audience will learn about preparing for contract negotiation, debating the terms of a contract and making proposals and counter proposals. Click here for more information as the seminar gets closer:

September 17 & 18 2008: Rob will be presenting a seminar on “Trust Accounts” as part of the 2008 CUNA/OCUL Mini-Seminar Series. This seminar is designed to cover trusts from the credit union’s perspective. Attendees will learn about the various types of trusts, how trusts are set up with the credit union and related operational issues. Click here for more information on the September 17 seminar in Dublin and here for more information on the September 18 seminar in Toledo:

September 24, 2008: Rob will be attending the 2008 CUNA Attorney's Conference in Charleston, SC to speak on "Credit Unions and New Media Issues." More informaton is soon to come. To find out more about the CUNA Attorney's Conference, please click here.

October 17, 2008: Rob will be presenting a seminar on “Advertising Compliance” and “Dealing With the Death of a Member” for NAFCU’s Regulatory Compliance Seminar in San Francisco, CA. The Advertising Compliance portion will cover the topics mentioned in the September 16 seminar above, while Dealing With the Death of a Member will cover the issues that a credit union must be aware of when dealing with a member’s death. For more information on this seminar, please click here. 

November 4, 2008: Rob will be presenting a seminar on the “Bank Secrecy Act” at the CUES Network Conference in Las Vegas, NV. Credit unions are increasingly caught between stricter regulations concerning member data and increasingly broad powers of government to acquire this data. Rob will review how to stay in compliance when filing Suspicious Activity Reports and Currency Transaction Reports by walking through the Bank Secrecy Act. For more information on this seminar, please click here.

November 5, 2008: Rob will be presenting a seminar on "Lending Compliance" to the West Virginia Credit Union League. See the seminar description for July 16 above for more information. The information on the seminar is not yet available on the West Virginia Credit Union League website.

November 12, 2008: Rob will be presenting a seminar on “Mortgage Lending Regulations” to the Washington Credit Union League in Seattle, WA. See the September 16 seminar description above for more information on the content of this seminar. This page should have more information on the seminar as it gets closer.

December 2, 2008: Rob will present an audio conference on “Regulation B” to the Illinois Credit Union League. Guarding against unlawful discrimination in the lending process is still very important today even though other regulations seem to be getting more press. Rob will discuss the elements of unlawful discrimination under Regulation B and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and offer tips as to how to guard against it. He will also discuss recent cases where financial institutions have run into trouble and the consequences of violating Regulation B. To sign up for this seminar, please click here.

Do rich media, animated experiences really matter to my business?

Join us on Tuesday, July 22 at 6:30 p.m. to learn as industry leaders from Eyewonder, Avenue A/Razorfish, Springbox, and Coloring Book Studios share their insights on how to engage consumers by providing an exceptional online experience.

Our panelists will discuss the evolution of rich media, and the move towards increasingly immersive interactive experiences, dimensional design and animation on the web.   Topics will range from new rich media formats, marketing effectiveness, the re-emergence of flash and other technologies, best practice case marketing examples and practical application of the medium for advertisers.

Panelists:

Mike Appel, Senior Vice President and  General Manager Avenue A | Razorfish, Austin

Mike Griffin, EVP Marketing and Strategic Development, Eyewonder

Adrian Taylor, Group Creative Director , Springbox 

By  Molly Greaves

I'm trying to learn as much as I can about SEO and this aspect of the internet, so I've signed up for this event. I'd like to say THANK YOU to the AMA for providing its members with a nice $50 off voucher. Woohoo, that sure was cool of them, and I know I do appreciate it very much.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE  http://www.semforsmb.com/

SEM for SMB is a two-day business conference with hands-on training, workshops and one-on-one sessions with experts. This conference has been carefully crafted for small and mid-market companies to cover both business and technical topics and give attendees hands-on training with tools, processes and skills needed to deliver more return from online marketing and advertising. Attendees can gain new skills with proper customer-focused web design, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, and pay-per-click advertising and this event will serve to enhance your career or business.

The conference serves:

• Established businesses, non-profits and government organizations looking to improve and grow with online marketing
• New businesses that want to learn proven strategies and minimize their risks when marketing online
• Professionals who are interested in becoming self-sufficient with search-engine marketing
• Entrepreneurs looking for global and regional visibility through the Internet
• Retail and service businesses who want to capitalize on the local search options that cost nothing, and increase visibility and revenue
• Individuals with interest in interactive and search engine marketing skills for new career opportunities

Need more?

By Molly Greaves

I appreciate the City of Austin for so many reasons, and in particular, for things like this. What I'm talking about is this Meet The Lender conference they hold, free to the public, to help educate our city so we can make the most informed decisions.  So, not only am I going to attend the event, I'm also called and arranged it so I can volunteer.

FREE! Meet the Lender 2008 - Business Loan Fair The City of Austin Small Business Development Program is hosting the 5th annual Meet the Lender Business Loan Fair. This is an opportunity to meet, network, and learn from area lenders about the loan process for your small business. Whether starting out or looking to expand your existing business, Meet the Lender is a great opportunity for you! Business Start-up Orientations will be offered at 4:30pm and 6:00pm. Registration is not required, but it is encouraged. Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00  PM Location: Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Rd Fee: Free! Parking is $7 For Information: 512.974.7800

For over 15 years and under Chairmanship of the Founder himself,
Dr Rudolf Lin, the TUE Club has educated more than 30,000 members
worldwide to become free.

You know freedom doesn't come easily, few people know what it is.

Want to find out for yourself?
http://www.tueclub.biz

To discover how un-free you are, is actually an uncomfortable
revelation (we are led to believe that we are free).
But if you are in debt, you are not free, if you are working from
Monday to Wednesday to pay all your taxes
(income tax, council tax, road tax, so called Value Added Tax,
what a euphemism that is) etc...you really are not free.

If you cannot choose where and how your children should be educated,
public and private. You cannot move to where you would prefer to live,
and so many other things - you are not free. OK, you have a roof over your head,
food, water, heat, so you are far, far luckier than millions, but
that doesn't define freedom. And prices are rising faster than incomes.

Dr Lin was brave enough to put himself in a position where he was
subject to persecution just because of the nature his beliefs and
the information he distributed. He could easily have
packed it all in years ago but instead he continued to run the show
and always was working on developing things and making the
information ever better for the members. And he even
continued to do this over the last few months while he was not feeling well.

He never, ever did this for the money. This was his life's work.
Sadly, Dr Lin passed away in June 2007.

We will miss him.

Some early UK members met Dr Lin in Birmingham (May 2007)
They were highly impressed and he came across as a very genuine person
and very passionate about his work and his vision.

Simone Linschoten is Dr Lin's daughter and was also co-founder of the
the club. She has been heavily involved with the running of the club since
1993 and is also a very accomplished business woman who made her
first million by the time she was 23 years old!

Simone was appointed Chairman of the Club and is personally in
the London and Los Angeles offices making sure, that her father's
wish and dream is maintained. To help educate every able person.

As announced in April 2008 Simone passed the chairmanship to
D. Robert Cathers jr. A business man with a great financial background
in dealing with heads of state in the USA and Africa.

The Ultimate Entrepreneur Club will therefore continue to bring you
the education and knowledge of the wealthy. Global (often called offshore)
Technology is an area of expertise usually not taught at universities
or financial institutions.

These strategies generally require a different mind-set, often
contrary and diametrically opposed to prevailing trends.

Dr. Lin's and additional audios will shake people out of their "conditioning"
and into a different and more truthful reality. This will set the stage
for you to understand more about freedom than you ever thought possible.

Your new 'mindset' will be ready for the incredible profits that
can be reaped by participating in "The Club."

Establish International accounts and contacts, protect yourself and
your family from the International currency crisis about to descend
upon us all, as a result of the the National Debt and the UK,
Japanese and American banking systems.

But there is much more to this Club:

* How to legally protect yourself from judgements and creditors.
* Why you need to control your own financial information.
* How to strategically plan for good credit by design. Your design.
* What to do with really bad credit and how to correct it.
* Credit Card Debt, what can you do to eliminate it

These are just a few points from the Stage 1 It's Your Money Series
and this information can save you thousands.

Not only does the TUE Club offer education and knowledge, it
also helps you to create an instant income. By passing on the Club
details to other like minded people you will receive over GBP500 of the
retail price.

I have described above how this is worth every single penny and
instead of the creator and author making all the money, the Club is
passing this opportunity on to you.

This was his plan to help.

Thank you Dr Lin.

We are about freedom - and spreading it. Email me, question me,
telephone me, Skype me, the decision is of course entirely yours,
delete me or ignore me even.

Whatever you choose, I am not going to tell you what to do,
you are the master of your own destiny, are you not?

Should you wish to join us or just to have a chat, please contact me.

It is my choice to pass on Dr Lin's legacy.

Can I pass it on to you?

Splash page http://newfinancialwealth.com

Main Site http://www.tueclub.biz

To Your Future Wealth,

Sally Griffin

Skype: freeway1001
Email: sally@newfinancialwealth.com
Splash Page: http://www.newfinancialwealth.com
Main Site: http://www.tueclub.biz
UK+44 (0) 208 529 2090
UK+44 (0) 7958707733

Do you wish that you knew more about how to use your Blackberry? It’s an amazing tool that can make your life so much easier. But it all starts with knowing how to use it beyond making phone calls and sending emails.

At a 1 hr long, FREE seminar at The Collective you’ll be taught by an AT&T instructor about the fundamentals of the Blackberry.  The overall functionality - abilities - features will be taught.

He will also delve into the more advanced tricks with the
Blackberry.  Shortcuts and tips, maximizing your time while using the
blackberry while taking advantage of the shortcuts will also be discussed.

Some information about the truly amazing capabilities will also be revealed. No matter what your level of expertise is w/ the Blackberry, even if you don’t have one but are thinking of getting one, this is the Seminar for you.

Please call to reserve your free spot. Only 40 seats are available.
Call 616.455.8700    (ask for Jen)

Blackberry 101 and Beyond
Monday July 21 from 6-7p

Donald Trump's The Donald Trump Way to Wealth Seminar is coming to Austin and I'm registered for Saturday July 12th at 9am. I can't wait. I just shot off an email, and made a phone call to see if I can volunteer. That would be awesome if they needed an extra hand during one of their other seminars in town.

They are also giving out a free bonus book that I've been meaning to pick up--"Think Like a Billionaire," which is very exciting for me. I believe it's been deemed a top-seller, but I'm really not sure. 

http://www.trumpinstitute.com/seminar.php

How to Build a Business that Will Make You Rich

If your dream is to be your own boss, you will learn about:

• The Trump Way to get people to jump-start your business
• The Trump Way to structure your business for maximum profit and protection
• The Trump Way to build your power team the right way
• The Trump Way to finance your business without putting up your house
• The Trump Way to stop paying high taxes
• The Trump Way to build your retirement account quickly and live the lifestyle of your dreams
• The Trump Way to be your own boss... forever

You can have all this priceless knowledge and much, much more.  But you must be willing to take action.  So don't miss out - register now!

Reservations

Due to the popularity of the program, seating may be limited.   Attendees must make advance reservations and arrive no later than 30 minutes before the start of the Seminar in order to take advantage of the available seating (doors will be closed promptly at the start of the Seminar.)  We encourage you to invite a guest to attend the Seminar with you, such as a family member,  a friend, or a business associate.

Not In Austin?

They hold Seminars in different cities every week. To find an upcoming Seminar location near you, visit the zip code search.

Interracial intimacy has been the subject of extensive historical research by historians of colonialism in Canada, the United States, Australia and elsewhere. New Zealand’s history of interracial intimacy, as well as the diverse manner in which such relationships emerged, is now coming to light. The purpose of this symposium is to foster further work in this field, by focusing on New Zealand histories and experiences of interracial intimacy from contact until the 1960s across a broad range of ethnic communities and peoples. Submissions are invited from those who take a multi-disciplinary perspective, as are proposals that take a broad view of interracial intimacy to include friendship and other affective ties. Proposals that deal with the following themes are also strongly encouraged:

Transnational and comparative perspectives
The visual, particularly family photograph albums, art and film Literary representations
Categories of ‘race’ and ‘whiteness’
Mixed descent peoples, families and communities
Interracial intimacy and the rule of law
M?ori encounters with Asia and the Pacific
The sexual economy of cross-cultural encounters

An abstract of 250 words, a brief biographical statement, and a 1-page CV should be sent to Angela Wanhalla, Department of History, University of Otago (angela.wanhalla@otago.ac.nz) by October 1st 2008.

Angela Wanhalla, Department of History, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
Email: angela.wanhalla@otago.ac.nz

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Within God's universal call to holiness is our personal response according to our unique identity and the life mission entrusted to us which constitutes our personal vocation. The seminar invites us to reflect on our response to this invitation of God to us personally to live a fuller and more meaningful life according to his plan for us.

A 2-day seminar conducted by Rev Fr. Ignatius Huan.

Dates: 26-27 July 2008
Time: 9.00am - 5.00pm (Sunday Mass included)
Venue: Catholic Spirituality Centre
Contribution: $30 / person

Registration required. Forms are available at CSC and website (www.catholic.org.sg/csctr).

For more enquiries, please contact Catholic Spirituality Centre at 6288 7901 / 6858 2716

International Sales Group in Miami hosted a seminar for real estate agents and brokers. Our presentation was tailored specifically to them. We showed them how real estate can be purchased with an IRA.  Information was also given about the process of  securing a non-recourse loan. Many questions were asked and they were all excited about learning more.

Our Dallas seminars that Providing Profit hosted have all been a huge success.  We will be returning to Dallas soon to present again.  Theresa Fette, the compliance office for Provident Group was bombarded with questions after our presentation.  We're looking forward to returning to Dallas for more seminars.

July 10th we will be in Las Vegas presenting at a seminar for L. L. Bradford & Co. at the Las Vegas Country Club.  There are over 25 attendees registered all ready.  Don't forget to register if you would like to attend.

                                                                                                 Story of the day:  Come

   When a child has gotten hurt, he usually heads straight for the person that can comfort him at that moment.  A caretaker is there to place a bandage on the wound in order that the healing may start.  I have never seen a child run away and not want to get a kiss on the "booboo" or a bandage to mark the spot of the infamous "hurt".  Instead, the child wants healing and love to comfort them and let them know that everything is going to be alright.  The child comes to the caretaker, because he feels safe and close to them.

   "There are none of us so close to Him but that we may be nearer, and the secret of our daily Christian life is all wrapped up in that one word, "come".  Nearness is what we are to pursue, and that nearness is capable of indefinite increase.  We know not how close to his heart we can lay our aching heads.  We know not how near to his fullness we may bring our emptiness.  We have never reached the point beyond which no closer union is possible." (Alexander Maclaren)

   'There's a bumper sticker that says, "If you don't feel close to God, guess who moved?"  God is always in pursuit of us, and yet we so seldom, "come" to Him.  Instead, it seems, we prefer to "go."  We may go to church, go to Christian concerts, even go to seminars to hear the greatest Bible teachers.  All of this is fine--after we obey the most elemental instruction of Jesus:  "Come."' (Charles Sheldon) 

Quote of the day:  Christy Povolish

"He is the best caretaker in your life and knows exactly where to place that bandage so that the healing can take place and you can start living."

Bible verse of the day:  Matthew 11:28

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father,

So many times, I want to be that person that wants to go, go, go, and You remind me how simplistic the instructions in Your Word are to just "come".  Life is so much easier when I just "come" to You and hear the things that You are telling me as I lay my head on You for comfort.  Father it is great that You have gifted many in the ability to speak Your Word, but it does me no good, when I can't even listen to greatest speaker of all, You.  Father, something great is about to happen in our nation, and across the world.  You are gearing up to do a move so great, that people won't even understand and they will just want to worship.  Father, I am so excited about starting Your church in Texas.  It's like our worship pastor's CD is called, Now, but not yet.  I am ready now, but our time is not yet.  As you continue to prepare us and as we move forward with Your plans in the church, may we soak up all the things that You will have us to learn and equip us with people that are willing to serve for the Kingdom.  I thank You for this day and a hope of tomorrow!

In Jesus Name I pray,

Amen

I believe that my ultimate goal as a trainer/teacher/speaker is to help my audience teach themselves. Just as the leader is successful when he or she is able to develop other leaders.

The principles are not new. If you've read my earlier entry on I Will Multiply My Value a Hundredfold, you will see that it simply declared the first principle in One Minute Manager.

And maybe, unknown to Transco employees, they can find a book in their library entitled the 15 Second Principle which say almost the same thing. Even before I read this book, I have been sharing the principles in every toastmasters meeting, in every High Impact Presentation , in every Performance on Purpose, and every Personal Effectiveness seminars. I am not sure if I have already talked about Personal Kaizen in this blog. That one too follows the same principle of the One Minute Manager.

If you want to know more about the principles, read the article of Ken Blanchard himself, and the book review below:

The One Minute Manager
by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

The One Minute Manager reveals three secrets to productive and efficient managing as told through a young man's search for the perfect managing and leading skills. The One Minute Manager is focused on, not surprisingly, a one minute manager. The man is a venerable leader that is highly spoken of by his employees, his three secrets being the key to his success.

The first secret is One Minute Goals. This involves a meeting of the manager and the employee where goals are agreed on, written down in a brief statement, and occasionally reviewed to ensure that productivity is occurring. This whole process takes a "minute", which truly means it is a quick meeting, however it is not limited to just sixty seconds. The purpose of one minute goal setting is to confirm that responsibilities of each working is understood, understanding that confusion leads to inefficiency and discouragement.

The second secret to one minute managing is one minute praisings. This involves being open with people about their performance. When you catch someone doing something right, a goal of the one minute manager, you praise them immediately, telling them specifically what they did correctly. Pause to allow them to "feel" how good you feel regarding their importance to the organization, and finish by shaking hands.

The third secret is the one minute reprimand. Being honest with those around you involves reprimanding when a wrong has occurred. The first step is to reprimand immediately and specifically. This is the same as the second secret, and it holds an important aspect of the first secret: it enables an understanding of responsibilities and how to complete them correctly. Following the reprimand, shake hands and remind the person that he or she is important and it was simply their performance that you did not like. The one minute reprimand consists of the reprimand and the reassurance, both being equally important. If you leave the latter out, you will not be liked by those around you and they will attribute mistakes to them being worth less, which is far from the truth.

The One Minute Manager is a quick read that emphasizes key points throughout. The message is clear, and implementing the ideas is straight-forward and laid out in the book. This makes it simple to utilize the knowledge and techniques that the one minute manager style offers. Due to these factors, I find The One Minute Manager an effective tool for developing leadership.

With a time managing training course, you won't have to deal with the stress of every day deadlines. You will have everything under control - from personal to professional life. A training program (or workshop) can assist you become more proactive and less reactive. It will also help you get the maximum out of your daily routine.

Are you a company manager? Time management is one tool to success. When your employees manage their time wisely and efficiently you will see increases both in production and profits.

Wasting time lowers productivity, decreases profits, and fails a business. Have your people trained in time management because most people don't know how to properly manage their time. Give your employees the tools they need to find success for themselves and for your business.

Let me suggest three ways to make your time management training successful.

1. Try to involve everyone. No one likes to be singled out.Even if there are only a few people wasting time, make time management training mandatory for all employees. Understand that time management in the workplace is everyone's concern. Do you have 2000 employees? That must be a great problem. but the greater problem is to have at least/most one-tenth of them wasting an hour everyday simply because they lack the know-how of time management.

2. Invest a day in time management training. Unfortunately, very few wage earners would want to work overtime for a time management workshop. True, we can argue that attending one is for their benefit. However, most time wasters don't understand this. Some managers don't want to sacrifice productivity for a one-day training. Let's use a little of common sense here. A time-waster who waste an hour everyday is wasting 20 hours in a month (given five-day work) and 140 hours in a year. That must be more than 17 days of wasted productivity. If you are a time manager, you know that most time-wasters work only for 3 out of 8 hours work. Go figure the numbers!

3, Make time management training creative, interesting, and easy to understand.

There are a lot of training materials that are published for businesses that are just simply boring. They are dull and uninteresting and are completely incapable of keeping the attention of people.

The same is true with some facilitators. They lecture all day as if knowing time management will make the participants effective time managers.

If you are to handle the training yourself, personalize your material. Sell the benefits to them by using concrete examples. Get to the point. Your participants must appreciate how your company is investing for their personal and professional growth. Use a little of your own creativity to make the lessons fun and more interesting. The training may revolutionize your business, but it is useless if no one pays attention. Putting some creative effort into the material will also let your employees know that you are serious about time management training, and it will make them want to take it seriously as well.

Now, if you think that hiring a facilitator is your next best option, get somebody who is willing to customize the training based on your company's need, and one who will conduct the training based on three P's.

What are the 3 P's?

When giving your employees time management training, always remember the three P's; pertinent, practical, and polished.

The information must be pertinent to what is going on in your workplace. Consulting books is okay, but don't depend on any. The solution to the problem in the workplace is always in the workplace. Believe me, workshop participants (well, most of them) know the importance of time management and must have read many articles on the subject. Often times, they know how to solve the problem. Encourage them to tell you how. I always do in my workshops. And always participants are surprised of how much they know.

Present practical ways for people to practice time management. I am a believer of active learning. Participants learn better if you will provide practice during the training, clarify issues, and affirm the correct practices they already do.

Make your presentation polished and professional. A polished presentation will keep your employees excited about the training, make them more apt to implement positive changes, and will boost the productivity of your business. I say, make all of your presentations polished ones. Doing so will make your employees see that you are truly serious about your time management training.

Again, simply knowing the benefits of time management training will not bring you anything. Only action will make your goals come true.

Give your employees the benefit to handle their lives better. Yes, time management is the same with life management. Those who cannot manage their time are also poor managers of their lives. Your people is your best asset. Empower, encourage,enroll every employee to enjoy the time of his life.

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