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Well-Being
Facilitation
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Welcome to WELLth NEWSights: A Newsletter for Entrepreneurs and for Family and Friends Who Support Them to Thrive and Flourish.
With a surge of entrepreneurial activity around the world, many entrepreneurs are missing an important
element in their business and sustainability. They are out-of-balance – often frustrated, over-worked and weighed-down by self-doubt and complacency. Yet, there are those who are moving forward! They are feeling great about what they're doing because .,.,. they became good at adopting and adapting a wellth creation platform for themselves and their business.
Wellth creation is the thinking-feeling, decision making platform from which entrepreneurs establish, sustain and celebrate their entrepreneurial excellence with their paying clients without regard to resources currently controlled. When entrepreneurs actively apply the wellth creation platform, they balance living their great lives, creating well-living workplaces and co-creating the well-living world and thus experience wealth creation.
Therefore, your investment in reading this newsletter AND acting on the suggestions will
serve you well for the rest of your entrepreneurial life. Every two weeks, you will have access to insights, tools and techniques to build and grow your very own wellth creation platform.
Well-Being
I've been asked to add some additional insights about living your great life or establishing/sustaining
well-being.
Here are 12 of my insights:
1. Get things done .,.,. according to your hierarchy of values, do it! And be aware when something must be done, especially when it is lower on your list like paying bills. In doing what is important for everyday life demonstrates civility. Like voting, showing respect, acting fairly, trusting others, fulfilling accountabilities and being caring. A measure of who you are – as you see yourself – is in how you get things done.
2. Identity your life purpose .,.,. easier said, then done. As a guide – your life purpose has something to do with
educating others because when you share, you educate. As a writer, you bring stories to guide readers.
As a nurse, you care for others when they need it. Therefore, to realize your life purpose, look for how you educate others about something.
3. What will you commit to … in other words, what will you start, stop, and/or continue doing … because when you are minding what you are doing, you are present.
4. Ask yourself, "Is multi tasking for me?" … or is it better to do one thing at a time? What price do I pay for doing more than one thing at a time? At work, at home?
Multi-tasking:
· Strains the brain … overworking it … and affects memory, unless you are skilled at moving things from
short-term to long-term memory with a recall approach that works to your benefit
· Affects your safety and/or increases distress … as you can only hold one conscious thought at a time.
Consider the effect of driving and talking on a hand-held phone at the same time
· Weakens the immune system; switching from one task to another affects body chemistry … improper rest leads to fatigue, which can then lead to adverse effects to the body. And, too much adrenaline can lead to illness
5. Be realistic about time … be aware of your scheduling decisions.
6. Take breaks from what you are doing … every 45-60 minutes get up, move around – drink some water.
Re-energize and give your brain a rest – your brain is a muscle, while it needs to be used – it can also be overused
7. Start small … then add, delete and alter as you go!
8. Figure how the 5 d's apply to every decision … design, do, delegate, dump and defer.
Once you decide, date your decision. When will the decision take an effect and when will it be completed?
9. Ask yourself, "Where is 'no' in your conversation?" It is in your vocabulary, where is it in your conversation?
Do you mean it when you say it?
10. Look at your workspace and ask yourself, "In its current appearance and organization,
does it hinder or help me?"
11. What is okay, great, wonderful, ginormous in your life? What criteria do you use to determine
when more is required? What criteria do you use to determine when enough is enough? At what point can you let go of too much or too little?
12. What helps …
· keep a notebook with things to do: delegate, dump, design, defer, date
· repeat things you hear
· stay present and reduce noise around you
· get organized … know where things are
· use sticky notes or recipe cards … your external memory
· learn to breathe
· take a nap
· move about
· schedule a time to write things down..limit your brain noise
· review what you eat
· play games that stimulate your brain
· stay connected with people
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* Stephen Hobbs, EdD, Master Navigator and founder of the WELLth Learning Network Inc.,
has spent the last 35+ years educating, writing, leading, informing and traveling the world and
now wants to share his knowledge with YOU.
Do you need help improving your daily life and well-being? Check out WELLthLearning.com
for tips, tools and techniques to help You Live Your Great Life.
Additional Resources on Well-Being
Aside from purchasing the eBook Living Your Great Life, valued at C$5.95, we also suggest additional book titles
below, which can be found on Amazon.com.
Feeling Good: The Science of Well-Being, C. Robert Cloninger
Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice Of Mindfulness, Susan Smalley and Diana Winston
Facilitation
Your key contribution when facilitating is to manage the structure and process focus that will
keep the discussion moving efficiently and effectively.
You'll need to:
- ensure that all attendees participate
- manage conflicts
- keep the group on topic
- "park" off-topic items
- help members adhere to their ground rules
- make interventions if there are problems
- maintain a high energy level
- set a positive tone
- keep track of the discussion by making concise notes
As the gathering proceeds, periodically employ the following process checks:
Check the pace — ask attendees how the pace feels to them.
"Is this session dragging or do you feel rushed? What can we do to improve the pace?"
Respond to their assessments by implementing needed adjustments.
Check the process — periodically ask attendees if the approach being taken is working.
"We said we would work this issue through as a large group, rather than sub-grouping.
Is this approach working or should we be doing something else?"
Adjust the process throughout the session to ensure that things are working.
Take the pulse of attendees — continuously read faces and body language to determine
how attendees are feeling. Don't hesitate to ask:
"How are members feeling? Do we need a stretch? Is anyone feeling like they've dropped out?
How can we get our energy levels up?"
"Reading" people lets you know when to stop for a break or bring lost members back into the fold.
Summarize — when there are lots of the ideas floating around, summarize what's being said.
Stop and review:
"Let's see what we've got so far."
If the discussion seems to be winding up:
"Let me read what we've said to see if we've reached a conclusion."
Summarizing helps attendees who might have lost track of the conversation to get back
into it. This can revive a group in a slump or help move the attendees toward closure.
If you have a question, please email info@wellthlearning.com or post your questions at
www.wellthlearning.com.
Ideas discussed above were drawn from a book, which I used as a textbook when I taught
a university course. More information about this book can be found at Amazon.com. Simply type in
the title of the book in Amazon's search box.
Facilitating with Ease! with CD: Core Skills for Facilitators,
Team Leaders and Members, Managers, Consultants, and Trainers.
IAmMyOffice.com
Iammyoffice.com is Stephen Hobbs' 20-year odyssey to live and work around the world.
Stephen shares his business and lifestyle stories with you on a business and personal note.
Stephen's latest journey took him to India in December.
Read about his adventures at www.iammyoffice.com
Next Month….
In February, we're launching the eBook Help Them Help YOU Manage/Lead.
The eBook describes and explains the 9 educating approaches helpful to manage and
lead others. It's helpful to learn which educating approach is most helpful when dealing
with a person and/or group to engage motion. Then, beyond work, whether you consider
yourself a manager-leader or not, where you desire to involve people in the decision making
process, for example- with family, recreating or volunteering – then facilitate their involvement!
In March 2012, we're conducting a 4-week webinar program on the subject of Facilitating .,.,.
more details in the next issue. coming in February 2012.
Thank you for reading and have a WELLthy Day!
