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I have been pondering on what I wanted my first blog of the year to be about. Should it be about public relations, my other personal interests or should it be about the resolutions that I have made for 2013. It is January 15 and I have finally gotten over my writer’s block thanks to Linked In and Richard Branson. Having just read Branson’s blog on making lists I had an “aha” moment.

For the last 15 months or so I have been trying to implement into my life 10 principles as cited by Og Mandino in The Greatest Salesman in the World. I keep falling off the wagon, but whenever I am able to review my day the night before and plan the day ahead I am more productive and get more out of my day. Branson revealed his secret to success right there in that blog. He is a planner. He writes his ideas and work through his things to do everyday systematically. It is simple yes, but as I have found it takes discipline. Actually DISCIPLINE is my word for 2013. Somehow this word has stuck in my mind and there is the realization that nothing is achieved without a measure of discipline.

Right now I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. Do I go after my dreams or do I further my studies based on my promising future in office administration. It may be strange to hear but I do like working as an office professional. 

Have you ever felt like no matter what you try to do your life was a routine? Work, home, sleep, work, home, sleep and the cycle just continues to be the same. Sometimes I just think it’s my laziness that stops me from getting up and going out there and making life more than routine but enjoyable. Most times I stay at home going crazy with boredom just because I cannot be bothered to move.

What about work? Does your work seem routine? Well depending on the field of work, some jobs require the same action daily. For instance, a packer in a factory, the only thing they do all day is packing. But we may ask what can we do about it since it is the job we are paid to do.

In 2006 I was the proud recipient of a driver’s permit. However, at 2012 I am not the proud recipient of a license. How pathetic, some may say, but I guess in my mind it was something I could always get and I kept on putting it off.

From teenage years I have always set goals and never seen most of them through, especially the most important ones. Yes, I am still young but it has always been my hope that by setting goals from an early age I would be able to accomplish many things in life be they personal, physical, spiritual or career goals.

Have the young people in our society forgotten their manners? The first thing we are taught is how to address someone in authority.

How much money, advocacy, brokering and creativity went into making Wendy’s pigtails news? That was the question that popped into my mind when my daily Genieo pop-ups flagged the tittle “Wendy’s Pigtails Are Getting A New Tweak”. Of course that is an excellent headline for sparking anyone’s curiosity so I clicked on the link and read the news which lead to a video feed, and guess what? The video clip was of ABC reporting on Wendy’s pigtails. ABC! Can you imagine that? Excellent work Wendy’s PR team!

http://finance.yahoo.com/video/clevelandwews-20910953/new-wendy-s-logo-30839469.html

Even within a small communications company, communications can be ineffective. My boss always says “come on, we are selling communications we must be able to do it ourselves effectively every time.” Of course this is not always the case because effective communications is not simplistic. As human beings we communicate with every inch of our being and sometimes our intentions and what we communicate do no not match, there is a disconnect. Emails can be worst, as what we write may not be interpreted in the way we intend.

We are taught that communication must include both the transference of a message and the understanding of that message but sometimes that message is not always understood as a result of barriers.

“No man is an island!” This is one of my favorite sayings and with this as my mantra my goal after successfully completing my IABC accreditation was to get other professionals through this daunting but highly satisfying process. When five or more persons get together to do accreditation from a single chapter it is called an Accreditation Completion Program (ACP). 

One of the most demotivating and demoralising experiences in any working environment is dealing with a moody employee, be it your boss or a co-worker. Sometimes it seems as if they are directing anger from their personal lives toward you.