Enjoy Success from the Inside/Out

  It Starts with ME! Career Coach Kathy Shabotynskyj “If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change. “ Michael Jackson’s song: Man in the Mirror Remember the safety announcements on all flights, back when we travelled on commercial aircraft? The briefer indicated that in case oxygen is required, you must put the oxygen mask on yourself first and then help your children. The reasoning is that if you cannot breathe you cannot survive and won’t be capable of saving anyone else. It is true for emergencies and true for everyday life – survival, progress and promise start with YOU. It starts with ME! I cannot be a good Career Coach, business leader or friend if I don’t have enough oxygen to breathe. You cannot achieve success if you don’t have the oxygen you need to breathe. The first question to answer is: What is your oxygen, followed by, how do you make more of it? Your oxygen is what motivates you to get out of bed – your WHY? If ...

  Get Out of Your Comfort Zone and Your Life Will Change-Part 1 Career Coach Kathy Shabotynskyj     Push yourself out of your comfort zone and you will grow. Guaranteed. You will feel great and you’ll be making all kinds of discoveries along the way. Scientific studies conclude over and over that new challenges and experiences rewire your brain. Think about all the things that you never tried to do, and along the way you may stumble upon something you love. Getting out of your comfort zone builds a stronger, healthier, adaptable brain. Research shows that new exercises benefit your brain, and it is a great way to keep your brain healthy.  There are so many benefits to getting out of your comfort zone including a boost to your self-confidence. When you make accomplishments, you hold your head a bit higher and take pride in your actions. You also are much more interesting to others as they watch you move closer to your goals and dreams. Getting out of your com...

  Get prepared to follow your dreams in 2021! Written By, Career Coach Kathy Shabotynskyj Photo credit Joshua Earle 2020! This year will carry an asterisk until the end of time for most of us – due to the pandemic, accompanying economic turmoil, our collective loss for Kobe, RBG and others plus the fear and worry for our families and those working on the healthcare frontlines.  The vaccines created this year are the marvels of 2020. The speed in researching, developing, executing trials, and distributing the vaccine is extraordinary – to match this Covid-19 extraordinary virus. What it reveals is that if enough focus is placed and resources mobilized, anything can happen and can happen quickly. Let’s look at this on a more personal level. One approach to following your dreams is the 10% Target Mindset philosophy created Jennifer Cohen, notable healthy lifestyle writer, entrepreneur, and podcaster. She shares that this mindset encourages people to be BOLD by asking for what the...

  Everyone deserves a GOOD job and there is a GOOD job out there for everyone!                                                                                                     By, Career Coach Kathy Shabotynskyj September 2020. Noteworthy (and blog-worthy) due to two significant events. One major milestone has been on my horizon for 40+ years and the other, about 3 years in the making. These observations reinforce my passion for my Career Coaching practice and my gratitude for those who enhance my life through their hard work.  For a bit more than three years, a new roof has been needed. We patched and patched until my roofer spoke up, “Kathy, you need a new roof.”  I am thr...

By, Kathy Shabotynskyj & Nafije Prishtina As we find ourselves at the epicenter of Covid-19 in the USA, we are sharing this experience with everyone else in the world. That is amazing all by itself. While we are all in this together , have you noticed how time is flying and standing still simultaneously? Inherently, we know time is marching on, but our individual and collective perception of time is certainly skewed. For me, and most everyone I know, life as we knew it has hit the pause button. We are experiencing something special and a new understanding of 24 hours in a day.   Yes, we are facing uncertainty and challenges. I am finding an abundance of time, few professional demands and no deadlines. Being an extrovert by nature, social distancing is an added challenge. I’m squandering most of my time. Is it because there is so much time available? My intention is to be productive. That is not happening. The uncertainty may be a factor. But I am not giving u...

By,  Kathy Shabotynskyj & Nafije Prishtina We wake up each day fresh and ready to go. We call our prayers and intentions out to the universe and plan our days based on our goals. Then, we go through the day accomplishing our goals, crossing off the tasks completed and celebrate our progress. In the process, we make sure to nurture our body with exercise, food and hydration. And then, of course, we step back and take the time to reflect and count our blessings. This way of living is wonderful and when we live life gracefully like this, we are living life to the fullest. However, it seems that the busier we become, the more we turn our thoughts to what more we need and what more we need to do.  Sometimes we just don’t take the time to be grateful for what we have.   Creating the habits of gratitude is very important. I believe incorporating time for self- reflection is the most important aspect of self-management and life success. When we take time to ...

By,  Kathy Shabotynskyj & Nafije Prishtina Is your memory helping you achieve more? Are you using external tools to assist your memory? Part 1 of this Life Hack blog – Use Your Memory to Accomplish More Success showed how you can match emotion with your intentions to enhance your productivity. Now we want to further explore and share with you how you can accomplish more of what is important—often by doing less. There are many potentially fruitful prospective memory-based interventions that can help you avoid Memory Failures. Many industries use checklists and follow best-practices to ensure conformity to standard protocol. Utilizing these measures can help improve success by carrying out intended actions: ·         Use calendar alerts from your cell phone or favorite app ·         Minimize any Multitasking endeavors; especially when the task is critical ·         Add a sense of urgency to critical tasks ...

By,  Kathy Shabotynskyj & Nafije Prishtina What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. Abraham Maslow The greatest benefit to being self aware is helping us stay in control of ourselves, our emotions and thoughts. Just like the moon goes through different phases, we go through different life phases as well.  We experience ups and downs and we must stay self-aware and be responsible for self management of our energy and our actions while keeping ourselves centered. One very important attribute to be aware of is learning to identify personally stressful situations and how to respond to them. Self-monitoring is one strategy for increasing awareness such as keeping daily records of personal stressors (internal and external stressors.) Once a person is aware of stress-producing stimulation and responses, the next step is to learn new coping skills such as; 1. Improving diet and increasing exercise. Exercise training appears to incre...