If you’re feeling flat or just want to take your work to the next level then you will want to know what drives you.

What makes you jump out of bed in the morning excited to go to work?

If you haven’t had one of these days for a long time think back to one time that you did.

What was special about that day? What were you doing? What were you working on? Why were you so excited?

I have worked with many people to help them find what their drive is and here are a few tips I would like to share with you.

• It’s not so much about what you do but why you’re doing it. If you know its meaning then you know there is purpose to what you’re doing.
• Drive can come from the connection with others. How is your work or project helping or inspiring others?
• Inspiration can come from making one of your ideas come into reality
• The goal needs to be big enough, you need a sense of confidence but it’s going to be a really big stretch. Anything that is too small for ‘you’ won’t be very exciting.

Once you find what drives you simply make sure it happens at work for you as much as possible.

Remember if creating new ideas is what excites you most but you dislike the follow through. This is not a negative, it just means you need a great team around you to finish your newly implemented ideas.

If you need help getting back your mojo contact us today for a career consultation!

Love your life!

Jacqueline Pigdon BSc, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert, is an Australian rowing champion, Wealth Dynamics, Talent Dynamics and Health Dynamics Performance Consultant, a spiritual life, career and business coach, speaker, author and award-winning entrepreneur!

M: +61 (0) 447728677

E: jacqueline@jinalife.com 

  
I thought this picture was super cute because one, yes I do LOVE cats but two, I love helping people love their Monday mornings! 

Why? 

Because there was a time in my life where I dreaded going to work on a Monday morning, so much so, that it completely ruined my Sundays… 

I believe we all have a purpose in life and when we love what we do, when we’re utilising our greatest strengths, talents and passions, not only does work not feel like work, it’s our greatest potential to deliver outstanding value in the world and therefore become highly successful doing it. 

So now that 2016 is coming to an end, it’s the perfect time to reflect back upon your year with your friends and family and/or coach. 

An exercise I always take my clients through is to highlight 3 things that have happened in your life in 2016 that you are most happy about, proud of or thankful for.

Reflect upon 2016

For me one of the things I’m most grateful for is working with Jo Formosa from Back to Health and the co-creator of Health Dynamics, who has helped me enormously in my life this year. She has been an amazing support and through her process I have learned even more about neuro strategies and breaking through limiting patterns from your past. 

Secondly, I’m most grateful for the extensive travel I have been blessed to have experienced again this year, where I’m heading into my 7th summer in a row!

In 2016 I spent time visiting clients, friends and family in Australia, Switzerland, UK, Spain, France, Czech Republic, Serbia and Indonesia! 

Thirdly, I’m most thankful for each and everyone of, what I call my ‘kindred spirits’ i.e. all the people whom I have spent time with and crossed paths with this year, where I’ve not only had a great time with but who have taught me many things along the way. 

I would love to hear your greatest achievements and things you’re most thankful for in 2016 too! 

Once you’ve reflected on 2016 then it’s time to make a time to plan 2017.

Plan for your goals and dreams to come true in 2017

For me, I always start with buying an annual wall calendar and I populate it with all the most important things, people and events in my life and then schedule my work around that. 

Make a time to plan out your goals and the positive changes you would like to make in your life in 2017. 

Get the help and support you need to make sure 2017 is your best year yet! 

And if you’re anything like this cute cute cat hiding from your Monday mornings… 

Then get in touch with me, I’d love to help you get onto your amazing and ideal career path, that not only fulfills you in every way, but enables you to make your difference in the world. 

Remember there are other people missing out if we are not out there fulfilling our purpose in the world in the biggest way we can! 

I have the capacity to take on just 7 new clients in January so please get in quick so you don’t miss out. 

I would like to wish you, your family and friends a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year for 2017  

Until next year…

 Live Your Best Life 

Jacqueline Pigdon, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert is an Australian rowing champion, a spiritual life & career coach, author and award winning entrepreneur! Beginning her career in corporate IT and as an elite sports person she knows firsthand how to achieve goals and make a successful and fulfilling career transition. Jacqueline has dedicated her life to helping other women all around the world do the same and create a career and life they love! 

T: +61447728677 

E: jacqueline@jinalife.com 

www.lovemondaysnow.com 

To get a copy of Jacqueline’s BOOK ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career & life you love CLICK HERE!

In this video which I filmed in London recently, I share with you a link so you can find out if the robots are likely to take over your job or business industry in the near future…

And my top tips on not being afraid but instead being prepared!

Here is the link to check your job or business industry:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34066941

If you need help to prepare for your future career and design your ideal lifestyle at the same time, then simply request a coaching session with me today.

BOOK ONLINE CLICK HERE!

I hope you enjoyed this video and until next time, I hope you have a fantastic day!

Live Your Best Life

Jacqueline Pigdon, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert is an Australian rowing champion, a spiritual life & career coach, author and award winning entrepreneur! Beginning her career in corporate IT and as an elite sports person she knows firsthand how to achieve goals and make a successful and fulfilling career transition. Jacqueline has dedicated her life to helping other women all around the world do the same and create a career and life they love!

T: +61447728677
E: jacqueline@jinalife.com
www.lovemondaysnow.com

To get a copy of Jacqueline’s BOOK ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career & life you love CLICK HERE!

“Feedback is the breakfast of Champions!”

My Top 10 Feedback Tips

#1 GIVING & RECEIVING FEEDBACK

We all need feedback and as you know, it can be challenging for some people to receive it (when they are very sensitive, passionate about what they do and are trying really hard etc) and also challenging to give it (e.g. to your boss!).

#2 WE ALL NEED FEEDBACK

Without feedback we can only rely on our own self awareness and observations when others around us might be able to assist in speeding our personal and professional growth by providing us with their view on how we can improve.

#3 WHERE GOOD FEEDBACK COMES FROM

Good feedback must always come from a place of helping the person never blaming, criticising or complaining about them. This builds positive workplace culture and family relationships too!

#4 LISTENING TO FEEDBACK

We must always listen to feedback, even if we disagree with it, or feel it is hard to take or if it’s delivered in a harsh way. Also regardless of whom it comes from, not only our boss but from our peers and direct reports too. Everyone has a different perception and could all be a teacher for us. Being closed or thinking you’re always right is a sure way to miss out on valuable feedback.

We need to rise above feedback being perceived as a negative thing and look hard at ways to take aspects of it to improve our personal and professional development.

Other people always have different perspectives and views compared to our own, right or wrong, so it’s important to be open and listen to others and also share your own views so they can hear your perspective on the same issue.

Sometimes you will be able to see and agree with the person giving you feedback, other times you may not. If someone is giving you feedback and you really want to follow their guidance but don’t know how, ask them to give you a specific example on what you can change which would show them you have successfully implemented their feedback.

#5 ACCURATE FEEDBACK

It’s important to give as accurate feedback as possible. Before jumping to conclusions, it’s great if you can get some specific measures that support your feedback. E.g. 

“Well done, you are improving the growth of the business because you successfully signed up 5 new clients this month in comparison to 2 per month for the previous 3 months.”

Remember, not everyone will always provide accurate or the right feedback all the time either – even your manager or if you’re the manager giving feedback to your team! There can be many reasons for this, stress, not being close enough to the work to see accurately or not having looked at figures to back up statements.

Sometimes others may think you’re doing well when you don’t think you are! This is a mis-match to simply be discussed.

#6 HOW TO COMMUNICATE FEEDBACK

Use the CRC Technique (commend / recommend / commend). Ref: Toastmasters International

Keep things simple with your communication by listening and discussing feedback, with a common goal of getting the best out of everyone in the team.

Be careful of never giving feedback when you’re in a place of frustration or upset yourself. First get yourself under control, think clearly and professionally and deliver your feedback in a helpful and uplifting way for the other person to receive.

Try to aim for your feedback to be inspiring for the person to achieve more rather than putting them down and leaving them feeling flat and unmotivated.

#7 REPEATING FEEDBACK

Sometimes people need to hear the feedback a few times or from a few different people to really understand it’s a problem for them and something to be fixed for their best interests. Other times people are trying but haven’t yet worked out a way to overcome the challenge of making the desired change.

A person may not implement a piece of feedback because they don’t actually believe it will help them or provide them with better results. When this happens it’s important to address the belief, not just tell them they must do it.

Be patient with people, ask how they think they are going with previously delivered feedback first, perhaps they have made some changes you’re not aware of and then support and encourage them through what else they can do.

Of course if you’re trying to provide someone with valuable feedback that you know will help them and they continue to ignore it, first check in with the accuracy or if the person actually sees that as something important for them to change. They might not be trying to change because they don’t see the value in making it a priority.

Sometimes direct and assertive feedback is required. Show the person how you think implementing the feedback will directly help them and what you see will or could happen if they don’t. It’s important for you when giving feedback to select the most appropriate way of delivering it to get the desired outcome.

#8 YOUR RESULTS

You can quickly identify if your feedback is working by asking the person if they found it helpful and observing if people are following your advice or not.

#9 BE OPEN

Being open to another person’s feedback when perhaps you don’t agree with it is very important too. This can build confidence, you might not think you’re improving when they say you really are can be very helpful! You might not see it yourself.

Each person must stop and really think about what the person is saying before they dismiss it as incorrect or remaining stuck in their own ways.

#10 FREQUENCY

Frequency of feedback helps when it’s common practice in an organisation. For if and when it comes ‘out of the blue’, especially from the top, people can be shocked or perceive it as though it is a bigger deal than it actually is.

It’s best to work through things when they are small and manageable rather than not communicating feedback and allowing small issues to build into a big problem.

#BONUS TIP – FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT! 

It’s not fair if a person doesn’t get the feedback they need as it doesn’t give them the chance to improve before something may be taken away from them etc.

Check in with how you are giving and receiving feedback and take note of any actions you think you could improve upon in your organisation.

I hope you enjoyed today’s article and if you need any help with feedback, either your own or in your organsiation please contact me today! 

Live Your Best Life

Jacqueline Pigdon, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert is an Australian rowing champion, a spiritual life & career coach, author and award winning entrepreneur! Beginning her career in corporate IT and as an elite sports person she knows firsthand how to achieve goals and make a successful and fulfilling career transition. Jacqueline has dedicated her life to helping other women all around the world do the same and create a career and life they love!

T: +61447728677
E: jacqueline@jinalife.com
www.lovemondaysnow.com

To get a copy of Jacqueline’s BOOK ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career & life you love CLICK HERE!