“I was just working at my desk when I saw your reminder email and I thought I would log in for fun. The Tuesday Night with Neworld show was great! Fun… informative… interactive… kind of like listening to old friends!
You know you have a hit when you beat out CBC Radio! Thanks guys. You are wonderful!”
Bruce Parsons
Traffic & Court Services
www.tcsparalegal.com
It was announced on January 24th in a Facebook Blog that the new “Timeline” Profile design will become mandatory very soon. Since “a few weeks” have already passed since this post… I think I had better dive in and see what this is all about before we are forced to create Michael’s ‘Timeline”!
I hate change. Really I do! I ruthlessly procrastinate… but I don’t see any reason to protest in this case because it is not MY sandbox that I am playing in. Facebook will do what Facebook will do… and I have to play by their rules! Full stop. After further research of the inevitable I found that upon activating my Timeline Profile… I will have 7 days to perfect it before it becomes public! THAT sounds reasonable.
When I am fully ready to activate my 7 day clock… I will go to the Introducing Timeline Page and activate and follow the instructions there. I want to be particularly careful about reviewing the new “look” and ensuring that it show the best side of me… to the people that I want to see it at all!
I have gathered a few resources including the Facebook Help Center and various blogs dedicated to the subject of Timeline and I am going to jump in… tomorrow!
Stay tuned for an update and a preview next week…
~Dawn Fletcher
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Presents… Beginning February 22nd
Communication is more than the words we speak.
It is about who we are and how we express ourselves. It is also about how we relate to everyone and everything… every day!
Communication is the message we send through nonverbal as well as verbal means.
It is the ultimate expression of who we are…
We are all awesome in our own way. YOU are awesome… I am awesome… and we are all trying our best at life and succeeding at it much of the time. Lists are made and intentions are high that we will accomplish all or most of what we set out to do. And then it happens… life gets in the way and a big part of the schedule flies out the window! It happens to me… actually it happens to me a lot.
The issue seems to be, that most of us are obsessing about the tasks that do not get completed far more than we are celebrating what we do get done! Weird… but natural.
The thing about guilt… believe it or not… is that we all choose to experience it and allow it into our lives. We actually look for things to feel guilty about. Yes we do. Now hear me out… does this sound sort of typical?
You get up in the morning and begin your day. You eat breakfast (or not) and shower (or not) and get ready for whatever tasks are ahead of you. Throughout the day you make choices. Choices about which call to take, or which project you will focus on, or whether or not you will go to the grocery store or find the time for little Billy’s baseball game. You choose each action and deal with the subsequent reactions to your efforts. Sounds simple right? It is! The problem begins at the end of the day when you reassess your choices. So many things are left undone or there were many different choices you could have made and you lament these choices. Then the guilt sets in…
The guilt about what you DID NOT DO! Perhaps you didn’t get to Billy’s game because you needed to finish the project for your company and meet your timeline. Perhaps you went to the game and gave up on the project knowing that your company would ultimately suffer for your choices. Either way… you did not do it ALL… and now… you feel guilty about it and that guilty feeling seems to be ruling us! What an extreme waste of our already precious time!
As entrepreneurs (many of us home based) we feel the need to be all and do all… ALL of the time. This is just not possible. We all have the exact same 24 hours in each day and it is what we choose to do with those hours that can define our success or failure. If we choose to forgo our children’s sporting events in favour of work then we have failed at being a good parent and missed out on a potential memory for the family. If we choose to forgo the work and be with the family then we have failed at our business. The same is true if we neglect the house cleaning in favour of our marketing or we choose to skip a monthly newsletter so that we can spend the day at a museum. I could go on and on… but that wouldn’t help to solve the problem.
So what can we do about this? Are we destined to be “glass 1/2 empty” type of people or is there an answer? What can we honestly do about the nagging pains of guilt that seem to make us feel mediocre and unfulfilled? You will be happy to know that I do have a simple answer for you. I really do!
Give yourself permission to not feel guilty. Simple right? It can be! Each time you feel badly about not accomplishing your family duties, or your business tasks etc, reassess your time spent for the day. Did you lounge around idly watching TV instead of working on the goals you had laid out for yourself? maybe you did… so what? Tomorrow is another day and you have yet another chance to make it count! If you worked all day as hard as you could and you just didn’t get it all done… then give yourself a pat on the back for not being lazy and celebrate what you did get done. There will be another newsletter for you to write next month and I am sure Billy will come to understand that sometimes sacrifices need to be made. It is when we consistently make choices that unhinge our lives that we can run into trouble. Too much work or too much of anything for that matter will lead to unbalance.
Permission… to try again the next day… to NOT let guilt rule your emotions… to let go for goodness sake and relax! Permission to be human and to fail once in awhile. By frequently reassessing your successes and failures you will able to make choices that will help to keep you in balance. Strive to find that balance and to forgive yourself for your shortcomings.
Remember… You are doing your best and you ARE AWESOME.
~Dawn
Exciting announcement…
Now YOU can lease or rent the Neworld Web System and use it to create your own amazing “live” webinars and recordings!
If you would like to learn more about creating your own live webinars or recordings using the Neworld Web System… Click Here
By lettering your vehicle with your company logo and contact information… you become a form of NO Cost advertising that carries your message wherever you go!
Years ago… when Dawn and I originally moved to Ontario, we lettered our car with just the simple URL of the company (www.neworldcoaching.com). Each time a call or email would come into our office regarding Neworld’s services, we would ask where the person had heard of us. On dozens of occasions it was the car that had lead them to us… ultimately netting us thousands of dollars in revenue over the years!
Well worth the initial small cost!
~Michael
P.S. What are YOU doing this week to grow your business…? Leave a comment here!
Many millions of users are using Facebook for professional networking, and most of them are balancing their profile between their personal, business or working life.
If we want to be seen as professional to any degree, we need to be especially careful about what we share with the world on Facebook.
Let’s take a look at a few suggestions OF how to ensure that your profile projects a professional image.
The best way to treat your “friendship” with Facebook is to look upon your profile as a little piece of you that anyone can access, and try to provide as accurate a representation of yourself as you can.
A professional profile doesn’t have to be entirely business related, but it does mean that you should project a positive online presence.
Deborah Plouffe
rewriter.ca
705-920-9473
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“No Cost Thursdays”
Each week a different topic that is geared toward your business growth. In the past we have done shows on Video, Blogging, Twitter, HootSuite, Promotions etc. We also give you the occasional Q&A show for good measure! (see below). All videos are uploaded into the library for YOU to enjoy anytime!
Neworld Q&A… The show where you pose a business question to the Neworld AND we make up a Power Point slide to promote YOU while we are answering it. YOUR promotion will be sent to everyone who joins Neworld Web and it will be seen by hundreds!
Just Join the Neworld Web Club and enjoy the show”live” or by watching the recordings anytime!
Here are some of our topics that are coming up…:
• Neworld Q&A!
• Stock Market for Beginners
• How to create CONFIDENCE in yourself and others
• Everything you need to know about S*P*A*M
• Word of Mouth Marketing
• Public Speaking
• And more from YOUR IDEAS
Effective Communication
Effective communication is an essential element in our professional as well as our personal lives. Misunderstandings can cost money, time and even relationships. Have you ever stopped to think of ALL the ways in which you are communicating your message every day? Sometimes… even by doing nothing at all we are communicating a message to our audience. Whether verbal, non-verbal or written, learning to communicate effectively will help every part of your life, and lucky for us… this is something that we can always work on and improve!
Whether it is via email, telephone, face to face or simply by body language, we are communicating a message to people each and every day. Here are some steps and tips to help you develop good communication skills.
The most common cause of misunderstanding arises from assuming that the words used are the object. Two people can then be arguing about a concept, referring to it by using the same word and arguing because this word means something different to each of them. Remember… to be meaningful, words must establish the same thought in both the sender and receiver of a communication.
If you would like to learn more about communicating effectively… please visit our events page on our website to learn about our upcoming webinar series! Click Here
As always… my office door is open and if YOU want to chat about your business just send me a note. Click Here
~Michael
