Communication – Personal Development – Business

Wishing you the joy of family, friends, and giving thanks… on this Thanksgiving Holiday. Connect your head and heart with your mouth and say Thank You more often. Give back more than you’ve received. Be caring, kind and gracious — and not just on Thanksgiving, but every day.

Take personal responsibility for everything you are thankful for. Know that you, and only you, control your destiny. Make choices that give you the outcomes you want and deserve both professionally and personally! Practice TLC. Take it.   Leave it. Change it.
Happy Thanksgiving, Marsha

Tags: accountability, personal responsibility by Marsha
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When times get tough, the tough spend money. Leaders (defined as anyone that wants to succeed) do! This is a time in business that you should position yourself into an even stronger position.  Example:  We just launched a brand new website at www.MarshaPetrieSue.com with lots of new information for people that need a different focus and tools to take personal responsibility for themselves.  (Please comment below on how you like the website and I will send you a present!!)

Tags: focus, mentor, professional development by Marsha
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The U.S. job losses accelerated the last two months, pushing the unemployment rate to 14-year highs in October, a government report showed, suggesting the economic downturn has taken a turn for the worse toward a deep recession. You need to Fire Proof yourself! Don’t become a Toxic Person or use difficult behavior in the workplace. Just look at the facts.
You are probably asking yourself, “Am I next?” Here are the ten ways on  how to “Fire Proof” yourself.
1.    Never Gossip. Ever. You never know who’s listening and how they will change your message to make themselves look good.  If you think the grapevine is your main source of information and gossiping keeps you in the know, learn to ask questions and be a better communicator.

Tags: job success, laid off, outsourced by Marsha
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And you thought you had heard the last of this mess from New York!  The Wall Street Journal reported today that Federal prosecutors won’t bring criminal charges against former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer in connection with payments he made to a high-end prostitution ring.  In a statement, U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia in Manhattan said Spitzer has acknowledged to prosecutors that he was a client of and made payments to Emperors Club VIP.

So does admitting that you messed up mean you don’t have any responsibility?  I don’t think so!  Everyone is accountable for their actions, except of course if you are a politician it seems.

Tags: accountability, responsibility, role model by Marsha
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It’s all about personal responsibility.  I received this question from a reader and thought you would enjoy it along with my response.

Dear Marsha,

God is awesome in his way of having us hear what we need to hear.  I heard your broadcast this morning (Nov 2nd) only because I needed to run to Walmart before my husband left for work. I took his car and there you were talking about toxic people.  My question is:  I have realized (or should I say God has revealed to me) over the last year that I have been a toxic person.  I’m also a good person, and I think you can be both.  Now that I see myself and my flaws more clearly, how do I now press through the guilt of words and bad decisions I’ve made over the years because of my toxicity?

Tags: accountability, fear, guilt by Marsha
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