Communication – Personal Development – Business

The information that is available to each of us continues to amaze me. My cousin in Florida sent me this link on Jill Taylor’s TED Talk. I thought, “Oh boy, another email that has fwd: in the subject line” – but for some reason I clicked on the link … and am glad I did. My personal development and professional communications has improved from the information. Do you pay attention to the good information available or are you too self absorbed to expand your knowledge?

Tags: communicate, communications, personal responsibility, think by Marsha
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Hi and Happy Spring.

You may be Spring Cleaning this time of year, but how about Spring Cleaning your communications skills and personal development. Sometimes you spend more time on spiffing up the external environment vs. helping yourself be more successful internally. Your business will suffer if you don’t take action now. I am proud to announce that I will be presenting The CEO of YOU: Leading yourself to success on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 9 PM Eastern Standard Time in a Teleseminar for MLMTeleclass.

During the month of April, MLMTeleclass is offering some of the very best teleconference training at no cost to you. www.mlmteleclass.com

Tags: ability by Marsha
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What do you do with difficult people and generally bad employees? Now is the perfect time to do a little Spring Cleaning. Here’s the dirty little secret. Think about cleaning up your own communication skills in dealing with toxic people. I found an interesting Forbes Article and it reminded me that there are considerations for cleaning up the bad employees and difficult people:

1. Don’t gossip. Stay as far away from the grapevine’s trash can as you can and the official Director of Chaos. People that involve themselves in the “whine and geez” parties rarely move up the ladder. Don’t let the “bad apple” of the bunch suck you in. Take personal responsibility for your own positive attitude. Get out the mental vacuum and clean up your thinking.

Tags: bad behavior, Gossip, job success by Marsha
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I continue to be amazed at the people that do not take personal responsibility for their lives. In reading the news this morning, the article titled Police: Texas Toddler may have been crushed by obese relative.

Weight control has always been an issue with me and I know every bite that goes in my mouth is going to show up somewhere on my bod. Toxic Behavior? Perhaps. I also know I am not “obese” and if I was – I would do the best exercise of all, pushing away from the table. Or maybe this one … eat less and exercise more! Here is the question… is it such poor self worth that people cannot control what they put in their pie hole? When you put on an extra 20 – 30 pounds, don’t you notice that your clothes no longer fit properly? Maybe you need to get stuff from Larry Winget!!

Tags: communicate, personal responsibility, self awareness by Marsha
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We just spent four wonderful days in Napa, California. I had one day of speaking for a client there, but then the rest of the time was spent having fun. We all know fun eliminates difficult people!

If you want to cut down on having difficult people in your environment, take a look at this blog – about happiness. Good stuff and very well stated.

We had the opportunity to dine with friends from Chico, California. Gary and his wife Judy are very successful, having sold their business for Million$ a few years back and they certainly understand how to be successful!

Tags: toxic workplace by Marsha
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St. Patrick’s Day reminded me of a subject that makes me crazy!! Seriously, I am just sick to death of people taking themselves too seriously (pun intended.)   Learning to laugh (again) is exactly that – learning.  Difficult people particularly walk around with a sour look and sometimes a stare that is pretty scary.  Do yourself a favor — order The Levity Effect by Adrian Gostick on Amazon to eliminate mental toxic behavior.

Tags: bad habits, Behavior, laugh, positive attitude, toxic workplace by Marsha
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day and this is a great time to get all the “snakes” out of your life – just like St. Patrick did!

PLEDGE
I _____________ (your name) promise that I will identify toxic behavior, use new skills in my approach, and NEVER use excuses ever again. I have the strength and fortitude to continue to practice, even after I have failed. I am never the Toxic Person. I pledge to stay calm, and to keep my temper. I promise never to take a Toxic Person’s behavior personally or to seek retribution. I know how to keep my power by maintaining control. I create my own environment that nurtures my success. I am the master of my future, my stress level, and my own behavior.

Tags: ability, difficult people, toxic workplace by Marsha
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I love this! Deirdre McMurdy (Canada), Financial Post Published this Collenemy article today, and thanks to her, I learned a new “official term” for difficult people — “collenemy” — which is like a frenemy you know you have to deal with every day. Here is what she said…

“Marsha Petrie Sue, self-declared former collenemy, has written a book called Toxic People: Decontaminate Difficult People at Work Without Using Weapons or Duct Tape. She’s identified such characters as Steamrollers, Backstabbers, Know-It-Alls, Zipper Lips and Needy Weenies. You get the drift.”

Tags: Backstabbers by Marsha
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I was in Starbucks today (see previous post) and was thrilled to see that the report from the media has been turned around. Apparently the haughty, loudmouthed people that said the cooking of the sandwiches was not appropriate and upset the balance of the “aroma of the coffee.”

When the Barrista asked me for my order and asked if I wanted a grilled sandwich, I just about yelped. I am sick and tired of the minority ruling the majority. And this time the squeaky wheel went flat and didn’t get greased. The toxic people didn’t win! Yeah.

Tags: bad behavior, difficult people by Marsha
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I was watching Ohio University students and a moderator recap the election results from yesterday. One student said that watching only the news is very dangerous ground because it can be slanted one way or the other. Then another student chimed in and said it was also deceiving to only rely on your own perception because of the role modeling and events that have happened to us as individuals. I believe personal responsibility is the key to growing mentally and eliminating the deception of one sided learning and thinking! So watch CNN, Fox, MSNBC, BBC and others, because it is your personal responsibility to broaden your focus AND keep an open mind!

Tags: Backstabbers, Deception, perception, personal responsibility, Politics by Marsha
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