Maybe your life is harder because your calling is higher.
Janitza Rivera
Executive Business Coach
Author: Kkoaching Business And Leadership
As a John Maxwell Certified Coach, Teacher, Trainer and Speaker, I can offer you workshops, seminars, keynote speaking, and coaching, aiding your personal and professional growth through study and practical application of John’s proven leadership methods. Working together, I will move you and/or your team or organization in the desired direction to reach your goals.
I am originally from Puerto Rico. I attended and graduated from Mary Baldwin College in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology/Social Work and minor in Spanish. In 2015 I completed a Business Executive Power Program at MGE – Management Experts Inc. in Clearwater, Florida. At the same time, I also attended and completed the Leadership School at MGE. I am a Certified Medical and Community Interpreter. I am very delighted to be able to help the Hispanic community in my area with their needs. In 2016 I was part of the Leadership Team at the American Cancer Society, and in 2017 I volunteered in a dental clinic in Haiti. I have been in the dental field for over twenty years. Educating our patients is very important to me as well as training our team. I love educating myself about leadership. In 2016 and 2017, I was chosen as Miss Virginia Woman of Achievement.
Contact Me. I am looking forward to assisting you on your journey to becoming a successful leader.
Janitza Rivera
No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent
Leaders cannot devalue you without your permission. You have value. Every person does. You have talents and skills that can add value to others. You have resources and opportunities that no-one else has.
First Lady Michelle Obama explained: “One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. When I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.”
If you know who you are and you take a proactive approach to life, you are less likely to feel like a victim. You can’t do everything but you can do some things. You can’t prevent others from treating you poorly, but you can decide how to respond.
Janitza Rivera
Executive Business Coach
Is it time to stay or move on?
This was the best advise I have received in my life when you have to determine if it is time to stay or move on.
This is a decision you have to make after you meet with your leader. Will you stay or will you go? May be your leader says he will change. If that turns out to be true, great. May be he says he will not change. Are you willing to live with that? May be the conversation you had with your leader did greater damage to the relationship. As someone once said: “Relationships are like glass. Sometimes is better to leave them broken than to hurt yourself trying to put them back together.” In the end you may not be able to change the people around you, but you can change the people you choose to be around.
If you are still having a hard time trying to decide whether to stay or go, ask yourself this question: If I weren’t already working here, knowing what I know now, would I want to become part of this organization? If the answer is no, it’s time to go. If the answers is “I don’t know” ask yourself again in six months. If the answer is yes, stay and learn how to work with your leader.
Janitza Rivera
Executive Business Coach
Kkoachingbusiness@gmail.com
I Speak Three Languages, Body, Spanish and English
Your body language just doesn’t just affect how other see you. It affects how you see yourself.
Small tweaks in your posture and appearance can mean big changes in your love life, your career, and your bank account.
Becoming more attractive is easier and less superficial than you think.
According to multiple studies, positive emotion expands your ability to deal with adversity and stress. It broadens your scope of thinking, meaning that you make better decisions after experiencing a boost of positive emotion.
You are also more likely to engage in healthy behaviors such as exercise. Those who experience more positive emotion over time are more likely to get promoted, obtain a raise, and find themselves in a strong , lasting marriage.
Understanding the power of your body language is about much more than controlling your image and how other people feel about you. It is also controlling how you feel about you and what you think. What you think is what you become.
Appearance is a language of its own. And like any other language, you must learn to speak it well in order to communicate successfully.
Our brains are always on the lookout for cues. Is this person trustworthy? Are they credible? Are they out to get me? Should I spend the finite amount of time I have on my calendar with them? Should I invest my resources here? To answer those questions, we must begin somewhere. And the easiest place to start is with what we see.
As much as we’d like to believe that looks don’t matter , they do. Putting effort into your appearance yields results that influence people’s decisions about you.
APPEARANCE CAN BUILD YOUR CREDIBILITY OR DISMANTLE IT.
When trying to influence others, consider whether your appearance builds a bridge to your goal or a detour from it.
What story your appearance tell about you? Since we are talking about how successful women speak differently, it is a reasonable question to ask: “What exactly does your appearance speak of you?”
Your appearance is a form of communication. So ask yourself. What does my appearance communicate to those around me, at work, in social settings, at church, and in my community? Is that the message I want to communicate, or is it time for some tweaks and changes?
Janitza Rivera
Executive Business Coach
Kkoaching Business And Leadership
Sometimes you have to fail miserably to be forced onto the right path. Sometimes an intense struggle isn’t God’s way of teaching you something, but rather God’s way of telling you that you are moving in the wrong direction. Rather than forcing something that doesn’t fit or beating yourself up because you are not good enough, why not ask this question? Is it possible that there is a better path for me? One that aligns with my unique gifts and strengths? And if so, what is it? You must find the right place for you. Whether in your career or relationships, the place that looks impressive to everyone else may not be the right place for you. A good place is not the same as the right place. If you are moving in the wrong direction, be humble and willing to change the course. In what ways are you forcing something to happen that simply is not a good fit? In what ways does pride or caring too much about what other think keep you moving in a direction that is not meant for you? What new direction might it be time to embrace?
Janitza Rivera
Executive Business Coach
What if it works out?
What if it does work out? Fear, often comes to us without a sound or a warning. It asks, “What if everything goes wrong?” “What if I fail?” “What if I never get what I want?” Next time this happens stop fear in its path with the opposite question: What if does work out? What if you succeed? What about if you get what you want? What if things go right? Asking these questions can give you sudden burst of energy. That energy is HOPE. What if your idea does manifest into all you have hoped? What if that relationship does work out? What if your persistence pays off in spite of your discouragement? What then? Then perhaps it will all have been worth it. Take a moment right now and imagine what it would look like for things to work out. Allow your motivation to be a spirit of faith rather than spirit of fear.
Rest in peace Luz
This morning I had to do something very hard. As I was expecting my cat Luz to greet me as she does every morning, she didn’t. I went to the bathroom to look for her and there she was lying on the floor dead. My heart stopped. I couldn’t believe my baby of 19 years was dead. It took me a long while to gather my thoughts and deal with this painful situation. Now I am thinking how am I explaining this to Keyani? I called the vet’s office and asked for my options. I decided to get her cremated and get her ashes. Keyani has been by my side the whole time with tissues cleaning my tears. Our baby fur is gone. I took the moment to thank her for a wonderful 19 years. I also thanked her for the wonderful 4 years she had with Keyani. I rescued Luz at a parking lot about 19 years ago. Eventhough I didn’t like cats I decided to take care of her and give her the best life a cat could have. She was so spoiled, my family thought it was absolutely insane how she was treated.
Luz may you rest in peace. You will always be in our hearts.
All I want is Time
Yesterday I got hit whit someone in pain that left me a list of complains she had about another person. It literally took 15 mins or so for me to listen to this person without interruption. After actively listening to this person for straight 15 minutes all it took me to ask was this question, what is it that you want out of this person? The answer which I already knew was, TIME. I want this person to give me TIME. There was silence. When problems arise, resilient people determine what is within their control to fix and go about their business. In a world sometimes filled with negativity and complaining, it can be tempting at times to complain for the sake of complaining. Instead use your complaints about your life as an opportunity to improve your life. “What could be done about it?” What request or change could I make to eliminate this complaint from my life? I have found that complaining without taking action to do something about it is very disempowering- not to mention unproductive. When you stop having problems and start solving them , your life becomes more productive, joyful and powerful. We spent sometimes focusing on how to make that request of time more effective without complaining.
**Complaints often indicate that an expectation or need is not being met.**
Have you been cleared about your expectations? Have you voiced your dissatisfaction and requested a specific change or solution? Until you do, you may find yourself stuck with the same complaints indefinitely.
God Bless,
Jani
Kkoaching Business And Leadership
Put Your Dreams To The Test
When I ask people to describe their dream many of them stammer and stumble, trying to put in to words a vague notion they’ve nurtured but never defined. A dream that isn’t clear won’t help you get anywhere. what do you want to accomplish? what do you want to experience, what do you want to contribute? what do you want to become ? In other words, what does success looks like for you? If you don’t define it, you won’t be able to achieve it. The primary reason people don’t get what they want is that they do not know what they want . They haven’t defined their dream in clear and compelling detail.
“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT.”
-BEN STEIN
God Bless,
Janitza Rivera
Executive Business Coach
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