Getting unstuck means realizing that living well in a world of unreason is a commitment we must make to ourselves every day.

Irene Becker, Just Coach It-The 3Q Edge™ (IQ-EQ-SQ)
3Q Leadership™ Blog- 50,000+ Social Media Followers & Growing!

We cannot lead, communicate and succeed well; we cannot take footsteps that  build a sustainable future without getting unstuck. Developing empathy for ourselves and others, while strengthening our resolve to live, lead and communicate to purpose is essential for our individual and collective survival. The economic, social and organizational argument for building empathy is addressed in a brilliant read, Born to Love:  Why Empathy Is Essential And Endangered by Maia Szalavitz and Bruce D. Perry, PH.d, M.D. 

 

At a time when our access to knowledge, information and technology are unsurpassed in human history; and our standard of living is higher than ever before, few of us are truly living well. The World Health Organization forecasts that depression will be one of the most common problems by 2020. It is easy to be distracted by the growing demands of a life and career that charge forward and push us in ways we never expected.  It is easy to lose our footing, by forgetting what really counts.  Sadly, it is also facile to lose the human connection as we live and work in an exceedingly virtual world.  Human doing is not enough. When we forget to focus on human being better, we get stuck on a course of action that will undermine our greatest potential; potential to contribute, potential to make a positive difference, potential to find meaning and fulfillment in our lives and work.

 

The march of unreason has infiltrated our popular entertainment, music, and our lives. Too many of us ingest a regular diet of violence, discord, anger, fear that is cloaked in the guise of entertainment.  Living well is something that starts with personal transformation, with the realization that what matters most is not what happens to us, but what we choose to do with it.  The most difficult of circumstances or experiences can be transcended when we refuse to be a victim of what was, and start taking back our power to create and re-create what can be by striving to find our best self, our noblest thoughts, emotions and actions.

 

 

The secret to success is timeless. Create value for others, and you shall prosper and attain happiness.  Love yourself more, and you will feel greater tolerance and love for your fellow human beings. Build a fence around yourself that protects you from the greed and ego of those who are not able to share and seek only to take, because  sharing their company will not help you live well or create sustainable prosperity.

Every day presents us with a new opportunity to get unstuck, to remove the shackles that keep us bound to living and working on a collision course that is outstripping our energy, passion, purpose and potential.  Every day presents us with challenges that can be used help us build greater empathy for ourselves and others.   Take the free 3Q Life and Career Self Quiz!

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What is the value proposition that will fuel your purpose, passionate engagement and success?

Irene Becker, Just Coach It-The 3Q Edge™ (IQ-EQ-SQ)
3Q Leadership™ Blog- 50,000+ Social Media Followers & Growing!

How can I share a simple, powerful and important message that is the focus, the raison d’etre of my life and 3Q Edge™ work? Express that which is so critical, simple and yet elusive?

One of my clients this morning pointed me in the right direction; our session was riveting, inspiring and compelled me to write this post!

Take Back YOUR Power to Make a Difference-Because YOU Can.

 

 

7 ways to inspire, engage and enable your greatest potential and results!

 

•Understand YOUR True Power

Whether you seek to lead your best life, lead your team, organization or country you will need to lead greatly.  Doing so means understanding and enabling YOUR true power. True power is not the power of domination, exploitation, ego or arrogance; true power is the fire of faith, hope, courage, integrity and humanity; it is the spark plug for your greatest thoughts, actions and results.  Using your true power means understanding what it is and cultivating the passionate desire to enable it!

•Ask yourself the right questions
What are YOU doing with your life?  What do YOU really want to achieve?  What new personal rituals/habits of thinking are you developing to inspire, empower and engage YOUR best self, best thoughts, best communication, best actions…YOUR greatest contribution?  How can you see the changes, challenges, stressors and failures you face with new eyes that help you USE them all as a lever for your true power?  How can you build a better stronger relationship with yourself?  How can you build a better stronger relationship with others?

•Use failure to succeed
Crazy? Really?  Think again. The secret to your greatest success is hidden within your greatest failures.  Being able to see them with new eyes, learning to use them as positive and powerful stepping-stones to your greatest potential and results is the way forward.

•Develop a new relationship with change, challenges, stressors (yes, even failures) Embrace change and challenges; doing so will help you use both to build cognitive and emotional dexterity and resiliency. Neuroscience confirms that our brains are neuro-plastic; we have the ability to re-write patterns of thinking, communicating and doing.  YOU are not stuck in a box, you cannot be defined by what you have done, said or accomplished unless you decide that you want to stay in the mold.

•Inspire Yourself
The choice is before you, is before us all; you can choose to champion the best or be swept away by the worst. You can feed your mind, your brain, your soul with intake that inspires, engages and challenges your forward or give in to the ongoing climate of volatility, uncertainty, change and ambiguity that characterizes this time of great paradox and transition. Finding one simple way each day to feel inspired, developing personal rituals of inspiration is critical.

•Inspire Others
Find a way each day to inspire another person forward. Just like volunteering your time makes you feel good, simply sharing a smile, a word or gesture that inspires someone else will positively impact your day.

•Build 3 Essential Strengths That GROW at the Speed of Change/Challenges-Your 3Q Edge™You cannot defy gravity, but you can learn to optimize strengths while  changes, challenges, stressors (even failures) into a lever for your greatest potential and results-YOUR 3Q Edge™

What is the value proposition that can fuel your purpose, passionate engagement and success?  Take Back YOUR Power to Make a Difference-Because YOU Can.  Carpe diem!

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Irene Becker, Just Coach It-The 3Q Edge™ (IQ-EQ-SQ)
3Q Leadership™ Blog- 50,000+ Social Media Followers & Growing!

The imperative to stay focused on what we CAN do, what we CAN accomplish and the extraordinary cognitive and emotional capacity within is critical.  

Where do you start?  How can you remove the barriers to your greatest potential?  Reset the primal GPS that is wired for to pick up negativity?  Yes, before we can move mountains and molehills, transform challenges into solutions, build our 3Q Edge™ ( 3 strengths that GROW in turbulent times) we need to look within by developing simple, powerful words that help our mind focus on what we can DO, and direct our brain to seek out clues in our environment that will take us forward stronger, better and faster!  Adding a visual image to YOUR manifesto has a powerful impact on your mind and brain.  Start today, enjoy this post and use it to build a 2015 Manifesto that takes YOU forward!  Enjoy over 500 Inspiring, Motivating Links, Posts, Videos, Podcasts at the end of this post!

Delighted to share, Creating Your 2015 Manifesto, by the awesome Jone Bosworth, CEO of inCourage Leading!

 

One of the best ways to build strength and focus in 2015 is to create a manifesto.

A manifesto is like a compass not a map. It’s a declaration of principles, beliefs and intentions. It’s a rallying cry: statements or images or even just one word that embodies what you stand for.

The example (above) is Mars Dorian’s work. A visual story-teller and online illustrator, Dorian brilliantly combines images and words into a manifesto that really packs a punch.

Because I want your manifesto to be something you print, post, and read every day as a reminder of what’s truly important to you, here are a few examples and how-to questions to get you energized as you create your unique manifesto.

Example Manifestos

Just Three Words: You, Your Loved Ones, Your Work

I also love how Chris Brogan creates his annual manifesto in just three words. Chris is the awesome author of books like Trust Agents and The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth, and he leads the Owner Media Group. (If you don’t know Chris, put getting to know him near the top of your priorities list this year! You’ll be very glad you did.)

Here’s how Chris Brogan picks his 3-word manifesto for the year:

“Make the first word about yourself,
the second about your loved ones,
the third about your business.”

Questions to Create Your Manifesto

What do you believe / what drives you?
What do you NOT believe?
What were some of the biggest lessons you’ve learned last year?
What do you do consistently, even if you have to fight for it?
What’s one thing you’re great at and love; no matter what, you’ll do it?
What is one thing you’ll let go of or forgive yourself for?

 

One last awesome example from Mars Dorian (left). Create-Conquer-VISUAL-Manifesto1-728×1024

When we don’t know where we’re going we’ll end up someplace we don’t want to be.

Write your manifesto for 2015 and may it be the compass that guides your path in joy-and-success-filled ways!

May 2015 be your best year yet!

 

 

 

Author Bio

Jone Bosworth, J.D. writes about leadership, women, and wise organizational strategies. A speaker, certified executive coach and organizational strategist, Jone is the CEO of inCourage Leading, LLC.

 

 

 

 

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Anything else?  YES.  Our new website and blog  with expanded collaborators, programs and services for individuals, organizations and emerging leaders debuts this soon.   Stay Tuned!

 Are you ready to find a new way, a better and faster way to build strong leadership, communication influence and career success at the speed of change/challenges? We are here to help!

Irene Becker | Just Coach It-The 3Q Edge™ | (IQ-EQ-SQ)
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