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Dr. Maya Angelou On Being a Consummate Professional

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 by Maryam Webster

I was recently asked by a client how to remain professional in a contentious situation. Here is something I wrote a long time ago that still applies:

A good model for women leaders to study is the aristocratic Dr. Maya Angelou. Her calm, poised, well-spoken personality is known and beloved by many as a national treasure.

Dr. Angelou is honorable but not prudish.

She is classy, but knows how (and when) to sling her slang.

She would never indulge in a public catfight, bitter put-down, political manipulation or game of one-upmanship. She once said her self-worth would not permit such actions – neither should yours.

Dr. Angelou leads very simply by her words and the sterling example of her inherent and unshakable self-dignity.

Cultivate that within you that is respectful, self-aware, classy, dignified and grounded in bedrock, and you will have all the professional demeanor you will ever need.

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Do U AQ?

Monday, June 18th, 2007 by Maryam Webster

Do you AQ? If not, you might want to. AQ stands for Abundance Quotient and is a system developed by my friend Kim George to e-x-p-a-n-d the potential and possibilites of your life. I loved her newsletter intro of today so much I am reproducing it below as a sterling example of a wonderful Everyday Bliss mindset. Savor this delicious slice of summer savvy and get yourself on over to Kim’s site and sign up for her newsletter and classes today.

The cornerstone of our work with the AQ System is the belief that each of us is born great – born with everything we need, want, and choose to be who we are.

Yet our society is constantly bombarding us with message after message about improving ourselves, fixing our flaws, changing our lives and re-inventing who we are.

As if who we are isn’t good enough.

I think this is a load of crap. This kind of belief – focusing on what is "wrong" and what isn’t working, instead of focusing on what’s naturally great and already working – perpetuates and fuels the billion dollar self-improvement industry.

One of my favorite lines from Coaching Into Greatness is "Dogs get fixed, People don’t get fixed." Is there something about yourself that you see as flawed? A weakness? Something you’ve been struggling to improve for years? Usually, when we negate a part of who we are, we’re also resisting the truth of who we are.

As a society, we’ve got to let go of our fixation with fixing ourselves. Let’s learn to be the Observer. Instead of making things wrong, we learn how to observe what we don’t want and choose what we do. This is engagement. After all, this is doing what we can do.

This is the work of AQ. This month, and every month, we’ve got lots of great resources to help you shift your focus from fixing to choosing. Read on for all the details.

Thank you for being you!

Kim

Connect to the wonderful Kim and the AQ institute here: http://coachingintogreatness.com