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Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Monday, March 8th, 2010

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Thank God it’s Monday!™ I recently heard a great analogy at a conference about how to bring great wisdom into our lives. I just have to share it with you. Remember the song: Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream? I’m really glad I didn’t have to sing for you. Now, I KNOW this doesn’t sound like rocket science but actually, it’s better than rocket science. Let’s dissect it.

Row YOUR boat… not somebody else’s. In other words, keep your nose clean out of other people’s business. If you stay solidly focused on YOUR boat, you can achieve greatness with sanity.

Gently down the stream…

It doesn’t say create a battle… It doesn’t say go up the stream… so stop making things so hard. Choose ease and grace.

Merrily… yes, that is a choice. You can encounter mosquitoes to swat, rapids, and all of life’s speed bumps, but YOU get to choose to meet each one MERRILY—but that is a choice and that choice is YOURS. You get to make it and it is a dream, it is your dream. You get to create as much joy, abundance, and love as you want in your dream or as much heart ache, pain, and struggle. Just by changing your attitude, the ride down the stream turns to a beautiful experience.

Enjoy YOUR trip.

Have a great Monday!

Roxanne

Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday! How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.

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Let Your Drawbridge Down

Monday, March 1st, 2010

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Thank God it’s Monday!™ Let Your Drawbridge Down—You only grow when you accept coaching… and unfortunately, it’s sometimes hard for all of us. It really is. We HATE the thought that we make errors and that we are flawed… but we are flawed and we do make errors so why not accept it. It doesn’t mean we’re bad, wrong, or sick. It means we’re human. We are simply humans trying to find our way to be the people our dogs think we are.

So why not let your drawbridge down. Accept the coaching. Let them in. After receiving the coaching, instead of telling people why they’re wrong, explain that you will take in what they said and consider it and get back to them about the actions you’ll take.

Let it be the magic. Use it as a guide to help you better channel your energy and create better results.

And don’t forget to thank the person coaching you… it is because they care enough to help.

Have a great Monday!

Roxanne

Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday! How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.

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Implied Contracts

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

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Thank God it’s Monday!™ Implied Contracts—If someone asks you to do something, if you don’t say “no” or renegotiate, you have an implied contract. In other words, they are assuming they can count on you to deliver to the specifications they requested.

That’s kinda cool. No need for paperwork… just a verbal contract.

So when you get a contract, know that you are responsible to deliver in a “no kidding” kind of way. People who received your implied contract have made other implied contracts so if you don’t deliver, they can’t deliver.

Know that if the request doesn’t have a deadline, you can assume that the deadline is “right now” that’s it… today… right this moment. If you think it might be anything other than that, it is your job to clarify. Nobody likes to hear the words, “nobody TOLD me.” YOU are in charge of your schedule and keeping your implied contracts straight.

So capture them into your time management system with a deadline and deliver on time every time.

People trust people who meet implied contracts and quickly move away from people that will repeatedly let them down. Be the kind of person who lives up to every implied contract.

Have a great Monday!

Roxanne

Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday! How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.

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The Project Sandwich

Monday, February 15th, 2010

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Thank God it’s Monday!™ The Project Sandwich—your job is no doubt filled with project requests. The problem is, in the project request sandwich, people often times forget the bread.

Think of it this way. There is the bottom slice, absolutely fundamental to every project. This is the requesting of what are the specifications of the project. How do you know what they are looking for? What’s the outcome? The deadline? What should the check in points be? What are the resources available?

If you don’t ask these questions and go right to the meat of the project, you are going to have a mess and it will take much longer.

For most projects that involve any amount of time, a check in with a “Am I on the right track?” question can save you a ton of wasted time as you flit along down the wrong path.

Then, there’s the top piece of bread and that is essential as well and often missed. This is the part where you bring it to the person who assigned it to you and ask, “I think this is complete. Did this meet the expectations or are their changes to be made before we put this baby to rest?”

Without that step, the project is in no way complete. Know that it is your job to make sure that you never forget the bread or you will exhaust yourself doing unnecessary steps and repeating work.

Make sure your project sandwich tastes good every time.

Have a great Monday!

Roxanne

Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday! How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.

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Be the Head Coach

Monday, February 8th, 2010

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Thank God it’s Monday!™ Be the Head Coach. You count on them—your teammates. If even one of them fumbles, you can lose the game. The whole company can lose the game.

That’s right… one person can blow it and take a company down. You’ve seen the news reports. One person guessing how to handle a transaction, when not knowing, can take down a company and cause legal problems. Another saying an inappropriate thing can jeopardize a whole company. And a receptionist who does a lousy job handling orders can cause sales to plummet requiring a major layoff of those who are not even “the guilty” parties.

So, here’s the good news. You have far more control than you think. Know that YOU can hold your team accountable and you should. Managers of course are often the last to witness and error or bad attitude so know that you have a moral obligation to do the right thing and coach your teammates to get back on track.

A simple, “Hey, I’m concerned this may not be right.” Or “Can we check that one more time?” Or even a “Help me understand why you are saying that to make sure we’re saving those accounts.”

Let the words, “put me in coach” have more meaning as you coach your teammates to a Super Bowl!!!

Have a great Monday!

Roxanne

Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday! How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.

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How You Do Anything is How You Do Everything

Monday, February 1st, 2010

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Thank God it’s Monday!™ Have you ever noticed that people are consistent? People who are late to work are late for projects. People who hate their boss leave to hate the next boss. People who can’t get along with coworkers can’t get along with their spouses and kids. People who leave right before being fired due to performance problems jump into the next job, only to be found out again in about the same amount of time.

Now, we ALL have some of these issues and they’re in all of us. We have to swallow the honesty pill.

And yet, if we simply understand that we are humans with patterns, we can finally begin to break the patterns. Awareness is the first step to recovery. Let me repeat that. Awareness is the first step to recovery.

So, first of all, stop right there. Don’t spend your time identifying your coworker’s patterns. Instead, take a look in the mirror and perhaps even put it under the microscope. Then, forgive yourself everything so you can move beyond the guilt.

And then commit. I mean really commit. And, if your break a commitment, realize you need to get right back on the commitment because it still is YOUR commitment.

Break those patterns and enjoy the fruits of your powerful breakthrough because how you do anything is how you do everything.

Have a great Monday!

Roxanne

Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday! How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.

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Fresh Starts

Monday, January 25th, 2010

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Thank God it’s Monday!™ Fresh Starts—aren’t they great? People knock themselves out making New Year’s resolutions, only to let them fall flat within weeks. And then unfortunately that person feels even worse. Of course I’m sure that NEVER happened to you, right?

The problem is that it doesn’t work. It’s not ABOUT New Year’s resolutions; it’s about understanding
a constant commitment to excellence and the behaviors.

Think of it this way. People go on a diet. They drink that darn carrot juice for weeks only to discover that it’s Martha’s birthday and the cupcakes have arrived. Fabulous—an excuse to not have carrot juice!

And then the guilt and shame washes over that person and she feels like she failed at yet another diet, I think the 14th that year in fact.

The problem was, it was the wrong mindset.

It’s about understanding the nature of true commitments. IF we fall off the wagon on a commitment,
that’s not great, BUT it’s still our commitment so we need to get right back going again. It’s not a reason to stop.

If every human understood that we’d all be healthy, slim, and prosperous. It’s about never letting
a setback be a reason to stop.

Have a great Monday!

Roxanne

Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday! How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.

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Chunk Time

Monday, January 18th, 2010

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Thank God it’s Monday!™ Did you ever have one of those dreams where you’re being chased but your legs won’t move? For many people their awake life resembles just that.

Let’s admit it, we’ve all been there. We’ve been in that place where we start in the morning on one project, only to be interrupted by an email emergency, only to be interrupted by a project deadline that came as a surprise, only to be interrupted by a co-worker’s crisis, and you must stop everything. Suddenly it’s 5:00 and you’re exhausted, and nothing is accomplished that was on your list. It’s time to take back your life, now, while you still have one.

Here’s how—chunking time.

Chunking time means declaring non-interruptible time for your key initiatives—those key projects
that are the priorities that create the most important results.

How do you do it? You block an hour, two hours, or even half a day, whatever is appropriate that won’t create unnecessary burden for your co-workers. And then make sure it’s obvious you cannot be interrupted. Your team will love to grant you that option when they see the results you create by being focused.

Chunking time expands your results in less time. Enjoy the time you’re investing and get massive results starting now!

Have a great Monday!

Roxanne

Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday! How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.

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Set Ground Rules for your Meetings

Monday, January 11th, 2010

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Thank God it’s Monday!™ Meetings can be exhilarating or exhausting, and it really depends on how the kids play around the table. Since you know that, why not set some ground rules about how you want them to play? Think of all the things that make you crazy in meetings and start (even if you’re not the leader) by saying, “Can we spend a minute deciding the ground rules for this and all our meetings?” Then be prepared to list all the things that make you crazy and list them as ground rules. Examples could be:

Start on time!

Make sure the agenda is actionable with agreed upon time frames for each piece.

Don’t go off on tangents, don’t interrupt, state things in the positive, and use advancing language
instead of complaining.

Don’t repeat yourself or the same thought, hear opposing view points openly, make sure your comments are focused and speak of solutions, not of problems.

Then make sure there’s a code that reels people back in when they get off track. Perhaps you’ll have a visible hand sign—a nice one of course—that indicates a violation of a ground rule. This sign then means that there’s no debating, but to just bring your behaviors back on track.

So set some ground rules for your meetings and start having some great meetings that are exhilarating, fun, and productive.

Have a great Monday!

Roxanne

Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday! How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.

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You Blew It!

Monday, January 4th, 2010

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Thank God it’s Monday!™ So you blew it. Well, welcome to the human race. If you’re breathing you’re going to make mistakes. It’s not that you make mistakes that’s the problem, it’s how you handle the mistakes that will define your success and your future.

Most people, when they blow it, pretend like it doesn’t matter. It matters! Your integrity is on the line.

So what do you do instead? You get all about it. You pretend as if it’s a national emergency. You let every person impacted know that you blew it within an hour, and let them know that you’ll have it fixed by a certain time, and get their input on how to best fix it.

Most importantly, show that you care. If you show a conviction that the poor behavior was not acceptable and that you feel strongly about that, people will allow you a ton of slack because you show you care. If you act like it’s no big deal, it suddenly becomes a really big deal because
people around you now think you don’t care and they just can’t trust you. Remember, the mistake is not the problem; it’s the reaction to it that will win you friends or enemies.

Make sure you’re attracting the friends whenever you blow it!

Have a great Monday!

Roxanne

Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday! How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.

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