Susan C. Young, The Art Of Being: 8 Ways To Optimize Your Presence & Essence For Positive Impact Quotes
Yes, learning curves can be painful, exhausting, trying, scary, and intimidating. How did you learn to ride a bike? One pedal, one balance, one turn, and one step at a time.
Doesn’t it feel great when someone does something nice for you? Especially when you’re not expecting it? The irony is that they are getting as much joy by giving as you are by receiving.
It's simple. You enrich your life when you enrich the lives of others.
For others to be generous it requires that a person accept their generosity for the cycle to be completed.
When you come to life from a heart of service, you may be surprised by the blessings you will receive in return.
If you can establish yourself in the community as a giver, those people with whom you associate yourself will extend your branding far beyond you.
Love can extend far beyond the people whom we know and it makes us a part of something much greater than ourselves.
Passion gives you direction. It serves as an inner compass that links you to action.
When you choose a career that is aligned with your passion, the work becomes irrelevant because anticipation and fulfillment can outweigh everything.
When employees lack passion, it is nearly impossible to deliver excellent customer service. Doesn’t it make you less inclined to want to do business with them as well?
When an employee, a team, or a company is passionate about their products and services, I am more inclined to bring them my business. Aren’t you?
It can't be taught to all, but people who deliver exceptional work, merely by relaying their passion through what they say and do in the workplace, are priceless.
When employees are motivated and love what they do you will see higher productivity, less turnover, healthier communication, increased loyalty, and a happier environment.
Put the right people in the right positions to ensure their personal strengths and talents are being utilized and appreciated.
If you want to improve performance and productivity, set a vision that inspires and delights.
I simply needed to excavate passion lost by being resilient, resolving the blockages, and healing. As soon as I did, the passion, and joy, burst forth.
Think about the things in life that elicit passion in you and make you happy.
Do you have a dream or desire that is burning a hole in your soul? Something that lights your fire and brings you simple pleasure?
Passion is at the heart of your motivation. Let it fuel your spirit and feed your joy. It is your catalyst for courageous pursuits—and it will provide you the stamina to stick with it.
Love is one of our most profound emotions and enduring qualities for living a life that matters.
This feeling of warm personal attachment and deep affection is what connects, unifies, and binds our humanity.
Approaching others with a loving heart enables you to be more caring, compassionate, and empathetic. What’s not to love about that?
Do you genuinely love people? Or at least make an effort to like them? Your first impressions will be made easier and more successful when you start with your heart.
Do you see dignity & grace as a state of emotional and spiritual being or a physical projection of courage and class? Perhaps they describe both.
The radiance of dignity and grace creates a profound elegance which exists whether anyone is watching or not.
Likened to “still waters run deep, ” a dignified person is able to call upon their wisdom and experience to discern a situation and expertly navigate it with grace.
Grounded by healthy self-esteem and personal self-worth, this admirable character quality can inspire awe and reverence.
Dignity is an inherent value and human virtue which represents the best of mankind.
Dignity is a gracious pride without narcissistic projection. It portrays a calm confidence and awareness regardless of the environment or circumstances.
Dignity is pride’s barometer.
With awareness and practice, even the most awkward people can learn how to be both fluid and purposeful in their bearing.
A wonderful place to start is to seek role models who exemplify this way of being and try their style on for size.
Dignity impacts everything in your life. It affects the quality of your internal world for how you see, feel, and think about yourself.
Dignity impacts the quality of your external world in your relationships, communications, and interactions.
Dignity impacts how you are perceived and received when making a first impression.
Practice positive and affirming self-talk.
Identify confident people whom you admire and respect and notice what they do differently to project such confidence. Learn by observing role models.
Walk the talk and project confidence. If at first you don’t feel confident, fake it until you make it.
What do confidence and command look like when you see them? Moving one step past a healthy self-esteem, they project an air of authority, respect, and deliberate intention.
Self-confident people Know that obstacles are only temporary setbacks.
Self-confident people tend to be optimistic thinkers and focus on the positives.
Charisma and charm are endearing qualities which go hand in hand to make others feel “lighter, happier, and a little in love” when they are around you.
People with the gift of charm exude a delightful demeanor—an attractive likability that enwraps you in their warmth.
People who exude genuine charm & charisma seem to possess a heightened sensitivity to the feelings of others—delivering gentle manners, gracious compliments, and sincere interest.
They emanate an essence of caring, love, and compassion towards the people they know, and generously extend their aura to the new people they encounter.
Charisma (presence, poise, magnetism) and charm (enchantment, attraction, fascination) are behaviors which can be learned and practiced.
The key is to keep charisma and charm positive and underpinned with sincere and good intentions.
Your charisma and charm can make your moments more memorable for amazing first impressions.
Notice when negativity spins in your head and disrupt it immediately before it has a chance to take hold and stick.
When you feel low self-confidence, it is usually the result of the negative thoughts your inner critic whispers in the darkness of your mind.