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Stop Sabotaging Your Own Projects. Alison Mills-Long, PMP, CMQ/OE PMI Columbus, GA Chapter March 4 th , 2010. Current Environment. Pessimistic View. As a Project Manager: “I don’t have the proper level of authority to get the job done.” My Project Team:
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Stop Sabotaging Your Own Projects Alison Mills-Long, PMP, CMQ/OE PMI Columbus, GA Chapter March 4th, 2010
Pessimistic View • As a Project Manager: • “I don’t have the proper level of authority to get the job done.” • My Project Team: • “Not the people I would have picked to be on my team.” • My Project: • “Why do I always get the complicated ones?” • My Superiors: • “They don’t understand what it takes to get a project like this done.”
In Addition….. • “I get interrupted all day long and can’t get my work done.” • “I have to sit through long meetings with the most annoying people.” • “My client doesn’t know what they really want out of their project.” • “Nobody seems to know what they are doing.”
Be Careful What You Think & Say • Thoughts and words are vibrations which have tangible results. • The “vibes” you emit are felt by others – especially those directed toward them. • Whatever you focus on grows. • Attitudes are contagious. • Like attracts like.
Prove It • Hans Jenny • Swiss Engineer & Medical Doctor • Experimented with sound frequencies on water, sand, liquid plastic & milk using a metal plate attached to a crystal oscillator • Coined the term “cymatics” as the study of wave-form phenomena www.unitedearth.com.au
Who Says? • Norman Vincent Peale • Author of 24 books • Founder of Guideposts • International bestseller • Over 7 million copies sold • Translated into 15 languages • How to master challenges of everyday life • Eliminate self-defeating thoughts www.amazon.com
Who Else? • Lynne McTaggart • An investigative journalist • Helped unify a concept of the universe that reconciles mind & matter, Newtonian science with quantum physics as well as science & religion • The Field – like a “cobweb” of energy exchange” that links everything in the universe www.amazon.com
Anybody Else? • Bruce Lipton, Ph.D. • Interaction between the mind and the body • How cells receive information energetically from our thoughts • How Epigenetics is revolutionizing the understanding of this link and the effects on our personal and collective lives www.amazon.com
How? Magnetoencephalography (MEG) An imaging technique used to measure the magnetic fields produced by electrical activity in the brain www.scholarpedia.org
Is That All? • Dr. Masaru Emoto • Demonstrates how water is connected to us as individuals and a collective consciousness • Water has the ability to hold as well as re-transmit human feelings and emotions • Words, photographs, music and other visual images also have effect on water • Holds belief based on research that we have the ability to heal ourselves and our planet since we are mostly made of water www.amazon.com
Is This For Real? www.rockyourvibe.com www.amazon.com
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How Do I Put This Into Practice? • Stop complaining and criticizing • Stop gossiping and being sarcastic • Don’t let little things push you over the edge • Don’t engage in road rage • Look for the positive in any situation • Focus on other’s positive qualities • Give others the benefit of the doubt
What Else? • Deepak Chopra, M.D. • Explains the laws of pure potentiality, giving, karma, least effort, intention & desire, detachment and dharma • How to apply these laws • The law of least effort: • Acceptance • Responsibility • Defenselessness www.amazon.com
Look At The Positive • As a Project Manager: • “I don’t have the proper level of authority to get the job done.” • “But I do have the support of people who do!” • My Project Team: • “Not the people I would have picked to be on my team.” • “But at least I do have resources actually assigned to the project!”
Look At The Positive • My Project: • “Why do I always get the complicated ones?” • “Somebody has a lot of confidence in my abilities.” • My Superiors: • “They don’t understand what it takes to get a project like this done.” • “But since they’re so vested in this effort, they’ll be able to remove obstacles/bottlenecks for me!”
Try It Again • “I get interrupted all day long and can’t get my work done.” • “I have a lot of IOU’s in my back pocket!” • “I must be a genius!” • “I have to sit through long meetings with the most annoying people.” • “This is my opportunity to be away from the phone and find amusement by watching others.”
Try Some More • “My client doesn’t know what they really want out of their project.” • “My client really depends on me to help them articulate their requirements.” • “Nobody seems to know what they are doing.” • “It won’t take long for me to get promoted!”
Take The Challenge • Stop complaining • Find something to be grateful for every day • Practice random acts of kindness every chance you get • Use affirmations & visualizations for positive influence • Choose to have a good day
Remember… “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”
