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Personal Development

A friend of ours - Tonya V, attends regular Personal Development seminars as part of her job.

She writes: "It was only after I read some of the letters in your regular newsletters and blogs that I started to look at people and how they act they they're in the presence of other people, not necessarily those who they already know. Especially as it relates to discriminatory behaviour.

Yesterday we had a seminar at one of the leading hotels in the city. People from all states were there, as well as some very well-known people from the entertainment and film industry. Morning tea arrived and I joined the queue for some coffee and a biscuit. I poured my coffee and took one biscuit and stood back from the crowd. A couple of women came up and we started chatting.

My supervisor joined the group, and stared at my biscuit which I was nibbling. her comment, "surely you don't need to stuff yourself with biscuits all day". I was shattered. I know she has a caustic tongue but in front of strangers, I was embarrassed. I stopped talking and looked away as I felt very close to tears - not that I'm thin skinned but when this sort of thing happens out of the blue, you tend to be unprepared for it.

One of the ladies in the group (a comedienne who lives here in Melbourne) took in the situation and merrily munching one of her biscuits (she had taken a couple), she laughed and said to my supervisor, "I'm so glad I don't work for you -- you'd really tear me to pieces. Look, I've got two biscuits. Oh, dear ....... and what's that, dear?", she asked my supervisor, before adding: "Oh, you've got three biscuits on your plate. Oh well, that explains everything". She walked away still chuckling.

My supervisor had the grace to blush. She took me to one side and said, "sorry". I'd never known her to be lost for words, but for once she had overstepped the mark. What did it matter whether i had a biscuit or not, or whether I had one biscuit or two? It was none of her business - she doesn't own me! But I was sure glad it was someone else who had taken her to task. I'll treat her a little differently from now on. I'm not telling her yet, but I'll be looking around for another position over the next three to size months and I'm taking a whole lot of notes of what it really means to have "personal development". I might even become a convener myself!"

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Life is a journey, not a single destination

We are all searching for happiness.

It's OK to feel "lost" sometimes,
as it is in these lost times
that we go inside ourselves and find more of our hidden potential.

The next time you feel life is going nowhere,
take some quiet time to listen to the awesome power inside you.

It's there, just wanting to come out.

© Paul Hanna, The mini Motivator

Don't Underestimate Yourself

Instead of looking for that "wonder job"
or "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity",
start to go inside and learn to like yourself.

The world is your mirror and it's reflecting how you feel.
Lift your opinion of yourself and bingo - the world mirrors this.

....... © Paul Hanna, The Mini Motivator