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Blooming Despite the Weeds

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Blooming Despite the Weeds
Photo-A-Day #1622

This morning I started with a rocking workout of an hour. I cranked out 45 minutes on the elliptical machine and 15 minutes on the recumbent bike. I was feeling good. I even pumped up the song “If You’re Going Through Hell” by Rodney Atkins. That song is to be my anthem for a while. I was ready to go, ready to make a big time splash today. It didn’t happen.

I was so excited about things I could do today and then felt blocked at every turn. So I was wondering how everyone deals with people who become roadblocks and how to make them thoroughfares. So here are some tips that I have for you.

Find an Advocate

If you are going to make strides in a company you are going to need an advocate. Find a person who knows your skills and what you can do. This person should be able to put you in front of the people who matter in your company. This person should also be a sounding board for ideas and should help encourage and challenge you. While they challenge you they will also stand behind your wins and losses.

Find a Devil’s Advocate

In every meeting there are people who have their own agendas they will try and push them on you. They are frustrating and will sap your energy. So if you know you are going to come up against a Devil’s Advocate who is not in your corner find one that you can consult with on your ideas prior to meetings. When you can work with a Devil’s Advocate who is in your corner then you can work constructively with the objections to your ideas. When you know the objections and can plan for them you are much better equipped to deal with the devil’s advocates in meetings.

Find a Cheerleader

Occasionally you’re going to have a bad day. You’ll need a person who can help energize you and help you bounce back. Positive people will help continue to be a positive person. Sometimes a really upbeat friend can help you see through the gloom and doom you might be feeling.

Find a Mentor

If you can find someone who has done it all before you that is great. Find someone who is where you want to be, learn from them and help them however you can. This will show people that you can do what needs to be done and you can handle projects that require a higher level of responsibility.

When you have these people in your corner they can help you move or even avoid roadblocks that may jump in your way. Do you have any ways to help you achieve more at work by avoiding or removing roadblocks?

Photo-A-Day

… A Day

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... A Day
Photo-A-Day #1620

Back on April 9, 2005 I decided that I wanted to take a Photo every day and blog about it. I’m very happy that I’ve been doing this straight for nearly 5 years. I find that my photos give me greater freedom to write about whatever I want. While I mostly write about my life and family I also get to write about my blogging tips, IZEA and sponsored posts. I never lack for content and each day banging away at the blog has been fun. In the next few weeks and months things are going to change, major changes that I can’t talk about yet. I do assure you that the main core of this blog will remain, the content, the heart of the blog will be intact.

The Brand

In the coming weeks a brand new brand will be coming. This is going to be so strong and amazing. I’ve seen previews and I even put up the new logo in a post a few weeks ago. If you want to see the preview check back through the archives. 🙂

The Crew

The IZEA Insiders crew has been building like crazy. I am amazed and excited about the number of bloggers who have decided to become part of the crew. I decided to create a NING Social Network today. I was able to invite all 1705 members at one time and that is what I love about NING and dislike about SocialSpark. I wish I could contact all crew members at once on SocialSpark but I cannot. I do dedicate time to contact every single blogger who is part of my crew and I enjoy that however occasionally I want to announce something to everyone. NING lets me do that easily. NING also lets me do some amazing interactions with everyone.

Swagtastic!

Are you going to IZEAFest? If so then you have a great chance of getting some brand new BenSpark swag. However, if you cannot make it to the show then you will have your chance to win some BenSpark swag prior to the show. The catch is that this swag is only available to members of the “I’m Not A Famous Blogger “Crew. You guys made it possible for me to be able to purchase the swag for IZEAFest 2009 and therefore I want to give some away to thank you. I’ll announce more about that soon on the new “I’m Not A Famous Blogger” Crew Social Network and also the “I’m Not A Famous Blogger” Crew Blog.