Preparation Quotes - Page 2

All the elements of greater emotional awareness can weave together to ensure you make a more positive impact.

Emotional intelligence marks one’s ability to perceive, understand, control, and evaluate his or her emotions.

Haven’t you known people who seem to have a “sixth sense” super-power when it comes to connecting, communicating, and understanding others? These emotionally intelligent people always know the right things to say to make us feel that we matter.

Your EQ (emotional quotient) is your capacity to recognize, discriminate, and label emotions accurately and interpret them to help guide your thinking and behavior.

Create and nurture a mindset that works for you rather than against you.

Strive to be optimistic rather than pessimistic— forgiving rather than a grudge holder.

Strive to be a possibility thinker rather than an impossibility thinker.

Strive to be happy rather than downhearted or miserable—hopeful rather than resigned and doubtful.

Strive to be pleased and accepting rather than angry and resistant.

Strive to be daring and brave rather than reluctant or afraid.

Strive to be a proactive participant rather than a passive procrastinator.

Strive to be active rather than lethargic—determined rather than wavering or lazy.

When you make a deliberate effort to keep your thoughts positive, and authentically feel that way, more positive outcomes are inevitable.

Your mindset buffet is filled with possibilities that can feed your heart, mind, and soul if you will simply serve yourself and go for it! Choose wisely, my friends, choose wisely.

Your thoughts, beliefs, and interpretations filter how you see everything in your world—and here is the clincher—you get to choose!

Your thoughts, beliefs, and interpretations initiate and largely determine how you experience your reality.

You wear your attitude. It is highly visible to every person you meet and shows up in the way act, live, and love.

Your attitude is the outward expression of your internal perceptions, self-esteem, and current thoughts.

Share your happiness with others—its contagious!

A positive attitude will empower you to be more resilient to proactively adapt to change.

A positive attitude will help you edge out cynicism and pessimism to restore hope and optimism.

When adversity hits, reframe the challenge and find lessons learned; acknowledge gifts that have come from the pain.

Stretch your imagination to a new dimension with hope and flexibility—opening your world to new possibilities.

Smile generously at others and you may find that their smiles are returned right back to you.

Don’t participate or allow yourself to be dragged into other people’s dramas, complaints, or gossip.

Become a lifelong learner. Read books, watch videos, listen to audio, and seek lessons for learning how to live your best life now.

Take a moral inventory of ways you may be self-sabotaging and then take proactive steps to change them.

Be a source of positive energy and inspiration for others.

Strive to see the best in others, situations, and experiences.

A positive attitude will help you be more inspiring and motivating to others.

Celebrate the success of others and they will be happy to see you succeed.

Be mindful of the words in your mind and in your mouth. Choose to use an affirming and positive vocabulary because your actions and outcomes will follow suit.

Remember that your attitude towards life determines life’s attitude toward you. At any moment, you can choose to change everything for the better.

Exercise and get moving to pump up your endorphins and elevate your mood. Take an adult recess.

Wake up early, do your best, practice self-care, and finish strong.

You are the only one who can choose your attitude for you.

The Art of First Impressions for Positive Impact is based on the premise that when you become self-aware and learn how to shine bright as your best self, you can transform your relationships in life and in business.

Absolutely everything associated with your success is relationship based and emotionally connected. Developing your emotional intelligence is one of the wisest action you can take for personal and professional transformation.

Even if what you’re preparing for does not happen, your efforts aren’t for naught. With preparation comes knowledge of each situation, as well as the confidence to handle every new encounter with more grace and ease than the time before.

Without proper readiness, we’re subject to a 'flub,' or a costly mistake which might have been easily prevented with some simple homework beforehand. Failing to do so deteriorates credibility and reputation, leaving us vulnerable to an unfavorable impression.

Discover an interest, a passion, a preference or need your client has, and take the time to give them some small item related to it. By making the extra effort to learn about the person and their business, you become very appealing and much more memorable.

Living in the age of the Internet and being a part of the information generation, we have unlimited access to an unprecedented wealth of knowledge and learning. We have no excuse to show up to an appointment, a sales call, a date, or an important meeting without learning everything we can to tip the odds in our favor.

Knowledge imparts a sense of authority. It will help you stand out and give you an edge over your competition.

Being prepared and sharing your knowledge earns the confidence of those who are interviewing you, depend on your expertise, or seek you out for solutions, answers, or presentations.

Give yourself and others the gift of your brilliance to deliver a more compelling and memorable presentation.

Homework doesn’t end when you receive a diploma. Often, it's just the beginning of your learning.

Doing your homework and being well prepared for appointments is one of the most powerful ways to set yourself apart from your competition to gain and retain new clients.

If there is someone whom you would really like to impress, learn as much as you can to be informed, enlightened, and aware of them before you meet.

By performing a simple Google search, a website review, a visit to their LinkedIn profile, or a media release search on the person you are about to meet, you can find out where they’ve been, what they care about, and where they’re going. Whether you learn an interesting fact about a hobby they enjoy, the breed of their dog, or something you both have in common, it will show that you took the time to research and that you care about them as a person.

Whether you are staying in someone’s home as a house guest, attending a dinner party, or visiting a sick friend, when you bring a “hostess gift” or a thoughtful token, you are providing a gesture of kindness which will extend far beyond your visit.

Doing your research ahead of time shows that you care about your client and your reputation. Referencing this information will better enable you to ask relevant questions and link their answers to your product or service to create a win-win situation.

Emotionally intelligent people have the capacity to understand and express their own emotions—you are in touch with your strengths and weaknesses and realize where you might like to make improvements”.

Emotionally intelligent people can focus their emotions to improve performance and productivity.

A positive attitude will stimulate creative thinking and constructive problem-solving.

A positive attitude will elevate your energy and invigorate your tasks.

A positive attitude will help fortify your courage to build unshakable confidence and self-esteem.

A positive attitude will help fortify your courage to build unshakable confidence and healthy self-esteem.

Dumb luck and flying by the seat of your pants can only get you so far in life.

Being prepared prevents us from getting tripped up by unexpected glitches and surprises.

Emotionally intelligent people trust their instincts and can identify how certain thoughts, feelings, people, and situations make them feel.

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