Pegine’s Motivational Times Newsletter:

Title: It’s the Small Decisions
Copyright Pegine Echevarria, MSW 2005
Date: Volume 6 Issue 2

It’s the small decisions that make all the difference in your life and in my life. Each day I am grasping this concept at a deeper level. The more I focus on the day and the present moment, the more I realize how powerful small decisions and small choices become in both business and my life.

Sometimes the small choices aren’t the wisest. I know that when I take negative actions I become rebellious, telling myself I don’t care. Have you ever found yourself indulging in a grudge, choosing a high sugar/high fat item or picking a fight with a loved one for no real reason? Every one of us takes these negative small choices at different intervals in our lives. Those small choices, if only done once, do not harm us. However we can indulge and take these negative small choices too often, resulting in large issues that are difficult to overcome.

In business, these negative small choices may be choosing to not say hello to coworkers, not sharing your opinions in a meeting or saying yes to a project that you know you are not suited for. Over time these actions result in low morale, passive aggressive behavior and mediocre results.

Positive small decisions like choosing to take a brisk walk with your dog, smiling at your mate, choosing a leaf of lettuce rather than a potato chip can result, over the long run, in wonderfully successful results – financial freedom, love, and physical health.

In business, positive small decisions can result in higher productivity, increases in sales and enthusiastic employees. These small decisions and actions include greeting every person by name when you arrive, acknowledging individual accomplishments and having fun in the office.

This month’s try its and kick butt actions talk about small choices and small decisions that result in big rewards.

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I highly recommend that you forward this issue to your staff, co-workers, and business associates. You can be of service to those individuals interested in increasing productivity, increasing their ability to achieve, and increasing their ability to manage and be part of an effective team!

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With you in mind,
Pegine

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In this months e-zine you’ll find
• Pegine’s Thought of the Month
• Quote of the Month
• Try-its – Simple Steps for Magnificent Rewards
• Kick Butt Actions – Strategies to make an impact
• News from Pegine
• E-zine Recommendations
• Spam Alert – make sure your receive your newsletter

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Pegine’s Thought of the Month:

“God creates miracles when he sees us taking action”
Pegine Echevarria, MSW

Quotes of the Month:

"We cannot do great things, only small things with great love." -Mother Teresa

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." -Anne Frank
“Nothing so conclusively proves a man’s ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.”
- Thomas J. Watson
“Leadership is action, not position.”
- Donald H. McGannon

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Try-its:

Small Choices and small decisions lead to small actions that make a difference.

You have a choice:

*Smile or be stern faced. Smiles make people receptive to you. Stern faces keeps people away. Which will you choose?

*Ask or keep quiet. Asking brings you business, information and opportunities. Keeping quiet brings nothing. Which will you choose?

*Seek support or do it alone. Seeking support, whether from a higher being or coworkers or family brings you assistance, reduced stress and enjoyable moments. Doing it alone brings loneliness, stress, and frustration. Which will you choose?

*Laugh or be somber. Laughter brings joy and fun. Laughter brings energy and enthusiasm. Laughter brings confidence. Being somber drains energy, defuses creativity and creates tension. Which will you choose?

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Thanks so much! Here is to a successful 2005!

Best,
David Herbin
VP of Operations and Customer Service
Team Pegine
(904) 280-8806
info@pegine.com
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Kick-butt actions:

Leadership and small choices. Here is a list of small decisions and actions leaders can use to make a difference in the lives of their followers.

Walk the floor smiling and greeting staff * Ask opinions of all levels of staff, learn their insights * Acknowledge a job well done * Don’t let an elevator ride go by without asking the employees about their families and lives * Pay attention to the environment of your office, make sure you feel welcome * Share you story of how you got to where you are * Send a letter when a new baby is born to someone in the company. Send a company t-shirt * Laugh with your staff * Thank you assistants one a week * Take a moment of silence to appreciate the people around you and how they help you achieve your goals * Have gratitude moments in your day. * Share your vision for the company * Be passionate about the business, if you’re not why should they?

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News from Pegine:

The past two months have been a whirlwind for Pegine.

Super Bowl XXXIX - A front page article in the Florida Times Union applauded the Jacksonville Airport Authority for a job well done. Pegine trained all the Jacksonville Airport Authority employees, tenants and temporary workers on high end customer service in preparation for the Super Bowl.

Verizon brought Pegine in for their annual advertisement and marketing meeting. She was a hit, receiving an exuberant standing ovation. “I reviewed the event evaluations yesterday and you got rave reviews - great job.” Leon Nesbitt, Verizon

The following Army National Guard states brought Pegine in to work with their recruiters. (Montana, Arizona, Florida, and Georgia She received an excellent rating on her evaluations) Several Sergeants, Captains and Sergeant Majors have called her to thank her for a great program.

INTEL brought Pegine in to motivate and edu-tain their teams and engineers on how to communicate their value to others. It was a full day of tips, strategies and laughter. Pegine received the highest rating of excellence that any presenter has ever received!

The BUZZ Pegine’s weekly talk segment with three other professional women was picked up for a second year! Tune in to Jacksonville’s WJXT TV, channel 4, cable channel 3.

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E-zine Recommendations

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Contact her office at info@pegine.com

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Product Recommendations

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*Why it is important to accept responsibility for your power of choice

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*The CD also covers how to start taking action and get what you want

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