Issue 103
Inside this issue:
Audie McCarthy founder and president of Marrek Solutions Inc. Click here for Audie's bioLisa Dennie Training Associate Click here for Lisa's Bio
Sherry Pelkey Marketing Coordinator & Trainer Atlantic Canada Click here for Sherry's Bio Contact:
63 Southmeadow Cres. Stoney Creek, ON L8G 3E6
Phone:
905.662.3407
Email:
Web:
Blog:
I am a huge fan of Dr. Christian Northrup, M.D., a specialist in alternative medicine and women’s wellness. I have been reading her books and listening to her seminars on tape for over eight years now. I remember the first statement on her tapes that really stood out for me: “You don’t have any idea of how powerful you are; create the circumstances of your life.”
She was talking about not allowing yourself to get stuck doing what you have always done because you believe there are no other options. It was that piece of advice that eventually led me to pursue a degree in Adult Education and leave the corporate world to become a Corporate Trainer.
The idea that new information and new ways of thinking can change your life is the reason that I love training and coaching. There is nothing more gratifying than witnessing the “aha” moments that people encounter when they realize there are new, more effective ways of thinking and doing. Introducing new information and ideas can be life-changing!
If we are willing to give up old ways of thinking that are not working for us anymore, we can create the business and the life we have always dreamed of.
Please see the Tips section below to help overcome limiting beliefs.
Have a great week.
Lisa
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Audie has had the pleasure of attending a great fundraiser for a terrific charity known as The Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s Charity for the past two years.
The Charity has helped hundreds of chronically and seriously ill children and their families with special needs, medical expenses and financial assistance in times of need.
The Charity is organizing its fifth annual Dinner and Auction to help raise money and awareness for The Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s Charity. Over the last 6 years, they have raised over $200,000 for this foundation! Great work!
Please see their ad in this newsletter and link to their website for more information.
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Oakville Chamber of Commerce
Business After Hours Proudly Sponsored by Trafalgar Ales and Meads
(Date : 2008 September 10)
Please join us for our premier monthly networking event!
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Trafalgar Ales and Meads 1156 Speers RoadFree for Chamber members and first time guests
$10.00 for second time guestsNo Registration required
Contact : Brendan
More info : | Email : brendan@oakvillechamber.com
Brantford Chamber of Commerce
Women In Business – Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Location: Best Western Brant Park Inn @ 5:30 p.m.
Cost to attend this program: Chamber members - $35 plus GST, Non Chamber members - $45 plus GST
Register online at http://www.brcc.ca/index.php?page=eventdetails&eventid=173
Includes the cost of dinner and the guest speaker!
Stoney Creek Chamber of Commerce
Annual General Meeting
September 16th
Liuna Gardens
5:30 pm - 8 pm
Sponsored by Brownlow & Associates Chartered Accountants & Dan Lawrie Insurance Brokers Ltd. & NeoGraphics
Mayor's Annual Luncheon
October 2nd, 2008
11:45 am - 1:15 pm
$35 per Member
The Grand Olympia
(formerly Chandelier Place)
Sponsored by Assante Wealth Management Stoney CreekContact Connie at 905 664 4000 for more information.
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Workshops
Mohawk College- (Tools for Business Series)
The Fall Calendar is now available online
Creative Problem Solving – September 16 – Hamilton
This one-day workshop considers two key factors in problem solving: flexibility and creativity. Participants will use these factors to examine key problem-solving techniques, such as examining assumptions, modeling, shifting paradigms and drilling down.
Work Smarter – Time Management Mastery – September 17 – Hamilton
This one-day workshop is designed to help you improve your performance at work by introducing time-management techniques and giving you an opportunity to try them out in a safe environment. You will assess your personal challenges and learn how to stop procrastinating and wasting time.
Communicating with Confidence – September 18 – Hamilton
This one-day workshop helps you discover your assertiveness style and its impact on your relationships and effectiveness. You will also address your communication style and the part it plays in learning to speak with confidence.
Fundamentals of Performance Management – September 23 – Hamilton
This one-day workshop guides you through employee motivation and goal-setting, coaching and performance feedback. You will have the opportunity to practice coaching and employee feedback in a non-threatening environment.
NEW!!! Professional Facilitation Skills – September 24 – Hamilton
This one-day workshop is designed to improve your ability to deliver your message through a powerful presentation method and developing your own personal style. You will learn to engage your audience, leave a lasting impression and influence their actions.
The Multi- Generational Workplace – Making it Work – September 25 – Hamilton
If you are managing more than one generation of workers, this one-day workshop is for you! You will learn to effectively motivate and inspire all of the generations and distinguish between managing and leading to help all your team members work together effectively.
Creating Amazing Customer Service – September 29 – Hamilton
This one-day workshop is designed to improve customer service skills by focusing on areas such as projecting a professional image and understanding the negative impact of providing poor customer service. You will learn techniques to optimize the customer’s experience.
Cope with Change – September 30 – Hamilton
This half-day workshop helps employees look at change and its impact both personally and professionally. Topics include approaches to change, resisting change, benefits of accepting change and the skills required for change.
Stress in the Workplace – September 30 – Hamilton
This half-day workshop increases your ability to cope with stress as a key component in leading a more successful business and personal life. Through individual and group activities, you will learn to use practical tools to understand what stress is, how it affects us, and how to create resiliency in today’s world.
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Don’t Hold Yourself Back
Cultivate self-awareness to learn how your thoughts affect the choices you make.
Listen to feedback from others, even if it’s not what you want to hear.
Seek out and embrace new information.
Do not fear ideas that challenge your current belief system.
Consciously choose to incorporate new information into your thinking.
Constantly challenge yourself to look at things in novel ways.
Do things you have never done before.
Look at the world from others’ points of view to learn more.
Integrate others’ models of reality into yours.
Be willing to give up the thoughts that are holding you back for a richer, fuller life.
“Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life”
Dr. Wayne Dyer
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Sept. 8th, 2008
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. |
