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Know Your Value!

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My Business Coach Cheryl Thacker recently posted this story; the author is unknown, and it touched me deeply, and I would like to share it with you.

Here’s the story:

Before he died, a father said to his son, “Here is a watch that your grandfather gave me. It is almost 200 years old. Before I give it to you, go to the jewelry store and tell them that I want to sell it, and see how much they offer you.” The son went to the jewelry store, came back to his father, and said, “They offered $150.00 because it’s so old.” The father said, “Go to the pawnshop.” The son went to the pawnshop, came back to his father, and said, “The pawnshop offered $10.00 because it looks so worn.” The father asked his son to go to the museum and show them the watch. He went to the museum, came back, and said to his father, “The curator offered $500,000.00 for this rare piece to include in their precious antique collections.” The father said, “I wanted to let you know that the right place values you in the right way. Don’t find yourself in the wrong place and get angry if you are not valued. Those that know your value are those who appreciate you, don’t stay in a place where nobody sees your value.”

I’m sure many of you can relate to the end of the story and felt it.

The right place values you in the right way. Don’t find yourself in the wrong place and get angry if you are not valued. Those that know your value are those who appreciate you, don’t stay in a place where nobody sees your value. ~ unknown

Many of us have worked or currently work in industries where being criticized, under-appreciated, under-minded, devalued, flaws and mistakes are pointed out and not forgiven.

The mind games can bring people to their knees, break them down and destroy good honest people.

Like the story, if a job or career is slowly killing you, it’s time to start putting together a strategy exit plan into action and go somewhere you’re valued. Be with people who light you up and appreciate your talents and contributions.

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Episode 22 – Working at Home with Family and Establishing a Flow! – Building Better Relationships at Home and Work with Angela and Patti Podcast

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In this Episode, Angela discusses how to set boundaries of time and space with the family. Click below to listen to Episode 22: Working at Home with Family and Establishing a Flow!

Patti discusses establishing a work schedule to help you get into a flow and get things done; working from home can be challenging, especially when the family doesn’t understand your work demands, obligations, or time constraints with deadlines.  

Patti: Established set work hours and communicated them to family and friends. Here are the hours and days I am working this week. Another way to communicate is to post your calendar/diary on the wall/door or give family access to your digital schedule that reflects availability. Another approach is to post a daily or weekly calendar in view (maybe in the kitchen) or text your unavailability for that day to the whole family. There are many creative ways to communicate that you are working and unavailable. Sit down as a family and ask them how they want you to let them know. This way, everyone is part of the decision-making. Do you want a daily text or a do-not-disturb sign on the door?

Angela said, I found the sign official, making it straightforward for others not to knock. In the building I used to live in, we had a lot of traffic going past my front door. People who delivered parcels would knock on the front door, which would be picked up on my calls or recordings. However, the worst thing about knocking on the front door was when I was doing meditation. Sounds and knocks during meditation can be dangerous to your body if you are in deep meditation, and give you a heart attack. That forced me to make a sign to post on my front door, “Please don’t knock. Meditation is in progress; if possible, leave parcels.” The sign also allowed some people in the building to be quiet when passing the front door too (if they read it!) I will use another sign on the door in my office at home to be clear about meditation time or when I’m recording, as people may have no idea what you are doing in the office, and the sign makes people more aware of the noise.

Angela:  When working at home with family these days, looking at your physical workspace is really valuable. Do you have a space that’s appropriate for doing your work? Do your kids have a space that’s appropriate to focus on learning? And space is not just physical like a desk; it includes sound and light. I’ve seen many people being creative with working at the kitchen bench, buying a fold-away desk for the bedroom, and other bits of furniture like a screen or divider to section off spaces in the house or to create workspaces.

Sometimes, you won’t be able to have a quiet workspace, and people are more forgiving in these times if they hear kids and the kitchen in the background, but how does this affect you?

Are there changes you need to make without necessarily spending much money, but perhaps using your house differently?

What could be something that naturally gives you the flow you need to put in your schedule to help you with the changes we are now facing?

For Angela, it’s definitely movement. In the coming months, I will share some of the results of my movement classes, which I plan to share so that more people can discover their own natural rhythm.

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For more work-life balance strategies from Patti, go to www.CoachingforInspirationwithPatti.com

We will post this question below in our Building Better Relationships at Home and Work Facebook group regarding this episode.

We would love to see your answer to the question.

Here is a short audio clip of Episode 22

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Thank you for listening and sharing. 🙂

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Podcast Episode 19 – Reaching Midlife and Handling Life Changes (Bending Your Knees) – Building Better Relationship at Home and Work with Angela and Patti (Podcast)

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In podcast Episode 19 – Reaching Midlife and Handling Life Changes (Bending Your Knees), Angela and Patti share about reaching midlife and handling what comes your way. To listen to the full podcast episode, click below:

Angela, tell us a little about the podcast title, and Bending Your Knees?  

We thought about this topic a while back, but I thought about it when I had trouble bending my knees after surgery.  It was a shock after being flexible most of my life; I couldn’t bend my knees easily. Everything about surgery was a shock, but also in recovery, I experienced a lot of feelings, not being able to be like I used to be, and there was fear about the future and uncertainty about who I was going to become now.  

Midlife is a critical time to look at your life and see what you cannot do. Not so that you pine about “being old” or look at the past as something that you’ve lost – although you may have a period of grieving.  

After or during grieving, it’s important and valuable to take stock and reflect on the results of your life thus far.  

How do you feel about your life?  

Reflecting on your life constructively will help get you out of the cycle of thinking and feeling that you have lost something or that your life has amounted to nothing. And will help you start to see –

❤️ What is your life about?

What was the purpose of all that running around, learning, working, not working, having kids, being sick, being healthy – etc. –

❤️ What was it all for?  Bending the knee reflects flexibility and humility. In my case, I had setbacks, such as getting a little better, only to get sick or weak again. That taught me to do things differently to meet my needs and energy better.  Mid-life is a great time to realize, there is only so much you can do – so how can you do it better, with less energy, and less ego about how you look, how young you are – it’s also a time to measure what success for you is? Is success about how much money you have? Or is it how happy you are?  

Patti tells us about what you found that stops people from embracing the possibility of change in mid-life.  

I have spoken to many people who feel they are stuck in a dead-end job. When Sunday comes around, they dread thinking about going to work the next morning. On Monday mornings, they hit the snooze button multiple times and force themselves out of bed. On the way to work, they push themselves with positive affirmations or the opposite with “I hate my job” self-talk.  

🦋  Do you feel like you could do your job in your sleep?  

🦋  Are there no advancement opportunities where you work?  

🦋  Do you feel hateful and resentful when you walk through your workplace?  

🦋  Do you get any acknowledgment for a job well done?  

🦋  Am I learning any new aspects of my position?  

🦋  Are my job duties challenging to me?  

🦋  Do I enjoy going to work every day?  

🦋  Am I motivated and striving to increase my productivity level?  

🦋  Do I feel I am making a difference?  

🦋  Are my coworkers positive at work?  

🦋  Am I positive at work?  

You may feel stuck in a dead-end job if you answered no to these questions.  

What are some options to improve the career situation?  

Use daily affirmations to get you through the day. Patti created some work-life balance affirmation cards. These cards are good to use for any day-in and day-out work or home situations.   

Work-Life Balance Affirmations Cards

❤️ What do you want our world to be?  

Answer this question on the Facebook group page for Building Better Relationships at Home and Work with Angela and Patti: What are the things, experiences, and joys that you really, really would like to experience?

Angela and I would like to thank you for following our podcast!