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It’s a fact of life – if you want to succeed, you need to know how to interact and communicate effectively in business – with your employees, business partners, vendors, prospects, and customers.

As a small business owner, this is evident in how you would explain your expectations to your employees versus how you would convey these expectations to your business partner or even to a potential client.  As we all know, sometimes language breaks down, and this can leave the feeling of irritability, anger, and frustration… and most certainly, an undesirable result.

Communication is very important in this instance - there are many times where the wrong type of communcation would result in a significant loss of credibility and respect and possibly, some business.

So, what are some effective and simple ways to manage these emotions?

1. Know the different between anger and frustration and what it feels like. Sometimes, we can get really “cut off” from our feelings and act rashly without knowing why. Spend some time knowing what anger feels like to you.  This simple step is very important. 

2. Take a hike! Yes, walk it off! Before you desire to “vent”, excuse yourself and take a brisk walk around the neighborhood. Movement in the body, will clear your mind and may save you from losing your temper and a potential embarassment.

3. Still need to vent? Complain. Sometimes the simple act of sharing your frustration will calm you down. The right type of support can help you move either move forward or gain some perspective so have a trusted source.

4. Make a list and check it twice. In this list, you write down everything you do NOT want to happen in this type of situation like “to play a fool”, “to be unprepared”, etc. Writing provides that outlet you need to clear your thoughts. Go ahead, clear your mind and  generate productive solutions by writing this list.

5. Distraction helps. Sometimes, a healthy distraction is enough to calm you down. Consider shifting your focus to something menial and it will eventually shift your attitude.

6. Stay positive in this situation. Easiest way to manage stress is by focusing on “what’s working” rather than “what’s wrong”. It’s not an easy task, but well worth the effort – glass is half-full people!

7. Take action now! When something isn’t working, it may mean that another part is ready to be fixed. If you would like something to be different, start the process of making it so. Rather than feeling annoyed and frustrated, transform that energy into positive movement forward and work towards a solution.

8. Shout it out! Always make your needs and those of your business known. Sometimes, just communicating your desires in the form of an appropriate request can move situations along.

Regular use of these tips will help you stay well balanced and happy as your business grows and flourishes. It’s helped me – now it’s time for you to try them and see!

Have a Fabulous Day!

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The elections are less than a week away and quite frankly I can’t wait for them to be over!  I am so tired of all the ads and campaigns and news coverage.  There is one thing on my mind though that concerns me more and more as election day draws near – and that is party voting.  Let me explain what I mean, the last elections I participated in were for my local representatives and as I was there I noticed that the voting booths had buttons to vote either the entire republican or the entire democratic ticket.  That’s right – just one click of a button and you could cast your vote for whoever was running for your party without even knowing their name.  I am a registered Democrat.  However, I don’t always vote democrat  sometimes I prefer the republican candidate.    Now I am sure that this does not apply to everyone but I know that for a lot of people this is an out to not have to think about who is running.  It’s like an easy way to get in and get out and say you did your civic duty.

This election is so important to our country this time around.  I am not sure if this is a button that will be included in this election but if it is then I just want to say that I really hope that people take the time to THINK about who you are voting for and why.  Don’t just go along party lines.   I am not trying to sway anyone – to be honest I am not crazy about either candidate – all I am saying is that if you have not looked into the issues and what platform each candidate is selling then it is just like giving up your right to vote!  Take the time, learn the issues, choose who you think is best based on who they are not what side they’re on – in these hard times our lives are truly depending on it!

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Hello all,

Sorry it has been a while since my last post but I have had some serious writer’s block lately!  I don’t know what it is but I just can’t seem to think of anything to write about.  So I figured what better to do than to write about writer’s block!

I hate having writer’s block (or maybe we should call it blogger’s block!).  It makes me feel very unproductive.  Trying to get out of it is not always easy either but this is what I usually try to do:  read or watch the news (always gives me ideas), check out other people’s blogs to see what they are writing about, ask for ideas from others or write about a particular experience from the day.  People sometimes give me some great topics but I am sure you know when you are writing for a company blog you can’t just write about anything.  Topics are more focused and business oriented.

So, what do you do to combat writers block? What would you like to read about?  Would you throw some personal topics into your company blog?  As usual we would love to hear from you and we could use some fresh ideas too (LOL).

Make it a Fabulous Day!