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Note From Natalie: A Great Place to Visit

Coaching with NMA: Are You Practicing Proper Business Communication Etiquette?

Feature Article: Concerned and Worried About You

NMA Recommends: NEW! Business Mastery Mentor Program

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A Great Place to Visit

Kentucky is a beautiful place. Last week I drove from Johnson City, TN to Prestonburg, KY to present a keynote for the SHRM Gateway Annual Conference. If you like mountains, cool nights, a huge old lodge built with stone, fireplaces, leaves changing colors before your eyes, and a conference center full of very bright Human Resource leaders, then you would have had as rewarding a time as I did.

During our time together these HR leaders learned how to breathe, deliver difficult information successfully and carved out the top 10 characteristics of an effective communicator, all the while networking and getting to know themselves a bit better. HR leadership is a tough place to be these days. These leaders are the cream of the crop. They came to this conference ready to learn new information on how to effectively and successfully communicate with their colleagues, executive management, staff, and employees of the organizations

Kudos to the learning. Kudos to the Gateway SHRM event management team. Kudos to all of you who contribute your very best on a daily basis to making your organizations run well.

Happy Fall everyone!

Concerned and Worried About You

By: Natalie R. Manor, CEO

I am concerned about you. And a bit worried.

There are very few of you that are...

• Getting enough sleep
• Fueling your bodies well during the day
• Finding some time alone to just breath
• Letting the “stuff” go for a few hours a day
• Handling your email communication easily
• Filled with joy and energy

You know who you are. When we are on a coaching call talking about a $40 million deal and I ask you how you are doing, you evade. You know I am going to ask you about your nutrition, sleep, joy, success and maybe even your personal life.

There is lots of talk in the news about a financial and world recovery, but are you ready to move out of your rut? When the recovery arrives – whatever that really means – are you ready for success, increased opportunities or new products and services that will "wow" the prospects?

Let me be very direct. Some of you are smiling because you know that I will be anyway.

The human body is a very sensitive organism. Many times we kick it around, weigh it down and wear it out and, yet, it bounces back for us. How many times have you worked late, used all the energy you had and then some? Your body just kept on cranking. Your body did not fail you. Whether you were feeding it or not. Too much coffee? It worked. Too many Dr. Peppers? It helped to eliminate all the sugar. Too many cigars? The lungs cleared it up for you.

However, do listen here. The healthiest of you is beginning to show wear and tear with the habits you have formed. Everything is cumulative and will circle back to you eventually. It could even be worse. Your body could just stop working the way it has done all your life.

I am not talking about being stiff in the morning because you are aging a bit.

I am not talking about needing glasses because you are a little far sighted.

I am talking about your body failing to respond and being healthy. You have one body and you need to be able to trust it to carry you to the goal. But it also needs to be able to trust you to care for it and feed it in such a way that it will make it to the successes you have worked for and dreamed about – with energy to spare.

So here is the good news and the bad news. The bad news is that You are NOT exempt from the rules of good health. Sleep, nutrition, relaxation, joy, exercise, proud actions, contribution, and deep satisfaction.

The good news is that your body, mind and spirit are the most forgiving. They will respond to you with the changes you make...even the little changes will make a difference.

So here are three changes you can make right now with little or no effort except to do it:

• Increase your water consumption – decrease your artificial liquids
• Increase your sleep – decrease your worrying
• Increase your breathing capacity and reduce your stress instantly by
  breathing deeply many times a day

That’s it.

I think if you take a minute to think about this, you will notice that you have areas that would benefit from these three suggestions. And these three simple changes are something that you and your body will appreciate and RESPOND TO.

I have suggested these changes to CEOs, Medical Directors, Executive VPs, Sales Directors, COOs, HR professionals, and many others. Don’t think for one minute that these people are exempt from bad habits. We are all susceptible to slipping into habits that do not serve us.  We are all so busy that bad habits may seem easier.

Do take a look and see what you see. Then begin to shift into the habits that will fuel you and support you. I promise that even the little changes will significantly improve the quality of how you are spending your days and nights.

I care.  If these steps are too hard to do alone, call me.  We can do it together.

© 2001-2009 Natalie Manor & Associates.

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