November 16, 2010 • Volume 1, Issue 23 • ISSN: 2154-3240

In This Issue

♦	Feature Article: Up Your Performance
♦	Ask Amanda: I get a sick feeling in my stomach every Sunday night because my job is so stressful. What should I do?
♦	Practical Tips: Invest in Yourself

Up Your Performance

Successful people motivate themselves in order to continuously improve their performance. One way they do so is identifying role models for specific skills they want to master to bring their game to a new level.

Create “performance” goals for yourself—which may be separate from those you’ve discussed in your official performance review. Perhaps you want to be a more compelling presenter. Or maybe you want to close more sales. Or are interested in using influence to get an important project you’re invested in through your internal system.
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	It’s not the big failures you mind so much. It’s the pitter-patter of little defeats.

Practical Tips: Invest in Yourself

The last thing most people want to do after working long hours is to think about learning new skills. But your career is your responsibility and you run the risk of becoming less relevant to your employer and missing out on new opportunities if you don’t consciously seek to improve your skills.

Look for ways to leverage what is available to you in your current job.
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I get a sick feeling in my stomach every Sunday night. I like my job but the stress level is so high it's making me sick. I don't want to change jobs but I can't go on like this much longer. Thoughts? T.C., Austin, TX

Be careful how you characterize your situation to yourself. Saying, “I can’t go on like this much longer” may reflect the intensity of your feelings but it probably isn’t factually true. What it does is ramp up the drama you’re feeling and it focuses your attention on the negatives—what isn’t working in your current situation.
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About Us: Our Corporate Life LLC (OCL) is a company that offers a new system for reducing unnecessary workplace suffering caused by the organizational, interpersonal, and ethical issues of our time. It is founded on the belief that adhering to core human values and achieving business success are always compatible. Working with both companies and individuals, OCL helps create solutions that enable corporate employees at every level to optimize profits while enabling them to thrive in the corporate environment. OCL was founded by Amanda Mitchell to help meet the needs of people working in corporate America during this transformative moment in our nation’s history. The OCL system reflects her experience and insight gained from a 20-year corporate career working with Fortune 500 companies, and as an executive coach to senior-level corporate executives.