Category: #leadership

The Importance Of Knowing Who You Are

I finished reading this book for the second time, however I don’t remember talking about it, may be I did, maybe I didn’t.

I want you to understand how important it is for you to know yourself. We tend to always learn about others, specially a person we admire, a singer, someone successful or someone we like to have in our lives like a boyfriend/girlfriend, etc… but very seldom we try to learn about ourself.

I won this book in a raffle few years ago in a women leadership event at my alma mater Mary Baldwin University and I was so excited when my named was called.

If you are interested in knowing more about yourself, your strengths and how you can make an impact in your life and others I would recommend this book for you. It is never too late to start.

Sometimes we have a hard time trying to understand ourselves, that has happened to me and I always like to find all different tools possible that will give me more wisdom about how I am wired and where I can do better by strengthening my strengths. I do not want to waste my time working too hard on my weaknesses. I like for other people to help me where I need help, instead to spend to much time in things that I am not good at and things that do not interest me.

The strengths based leadership book is for great leaders, teams and to make you gain knowledge as to why people follow. This is developed by members of the Gallup organization. It is a survey that nearly 10 million people have used to discover their top five natural strengths.

Staying in your strength gives you an advantage. In a world where people spend much of their time shoring up their weaknesses your focus on maximizing your strengths will set you apart from others.

I am going to share with you my top five.

1. Learner: Because I have high Learner, I have a great desire to learn and want to continuously improve. The process of learning, rather than the outcome, excites me.

2. Responsibility: Because I have high Responsibility, I take psychological ownership of what I say I will do. I am committed to stable values such as honesty and loyalty.

3. Deliberative: Because I have high Deliberative, I am best described by the serious care I take in making decisions or choices. I anticipate obstacles.

4. Relator: Because I have high Relator, I enjoy close relationships with others. I find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a goal.

5. Significance: Because I have high Significance, I want to make a big impact. I am independent and I prioritize projects based on how much influence they will have on my organization or people around me.

The more you focus on your strengths, the better you will be positioned to see and seize opportunities as they arise.

God Bless,

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach, Speaker and Trainer

Kkoachingbusiness@gmail.com

How to take ownership of your dream

  1. Be willing to bet on yourself. You may succeed if nobody else
    believes in you, but you will never succeed if you don’t believe in yourself.
  2. Lead your life instead of accepting your life – making the right decisions and managing those decisions daily. The power of choice is the greatest power that a person possesses.
  3. Love what you do and do what you love. Successful people – those who see and seize their dreams – love what they do and do what they love. They allow their passion and talent to guide them. Why? Because talent, purpose, and potential always come hand in hand.
  4. Don’t compare yourself or your dream to others – when you
    compare yourself with those superior, you feel inferior. When you compare yourself with those inferior, you feel superior. When you stop comparing yourself with others, you feel empowered. Success is doing that best you can with what you have wherever you start in life.
  5. Believe in your vision for the future even when others don’t
    understand you. You are not an accident. You are here for a reason.

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach, Speaker and Trainer

Kkoaching Business And Leadership

¿Para qué quieres ser conocido como líder?

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach, Speaker and Trainer @KKoaching Business and Leadership

Growth

“To grow , you must be willing to let your present and future be totally like your past. Your history is not your destiny “

– Alan Cohen

” Para crecer, debes estar dispuesto a dejar que tu presente y tu futuro sean totalmente como tu pasado.  Tu historia no es tu destino “

Kkoaching Business And Leadership

Give thanks, extremely important.  One of the things I do as soon as I wake up.  But today I give more thanks because 4 days ago I realized how blessed I am.  This week appreciation for me was said out loud, in front of many people.  My duty always in life has been to be able to return that gratitude to others.  Many people think that there are no good people and the truth is that there are.  There are many beautiful, friendly and ready people to help you.  The other days I thought, wow He waited almost 3 months for me.  3 months later he sees the fruits of that decision.  In life there are times when you have to wait for the good, for the fruits that you sow.  If someone waits for me professionally, I can wait for you.  Be patient.  Wait for the good, sometimes it takes time, but when it comes, it comes at the right time.  So thank you.  That is why I am always grateful.  That is why I am always willing to be that person that you are waiting to come into your life.  Take the opportunities.
  HUGs,
  JANITZA
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS COACH, SPEAKER AND TRAINER at KKoaching Business and Leadership

Lo que todo el mundo debe de saber sobre Coaching.

Imagina una relación que se centra completamente en ti.

Imagina que alguien te escucha en lugar de solo escucharte.

Imagina a alguien que te haga responsable de tus sueños y aspiraciones.

Siempre que alguien hace preguntas abiertas y exploratorias y escucha con atención, está entrenando.

El coaching es simplemente hacer preguntas.

Un autocar es como tener un GPS. Te lleva a lugares en los que te hacen las preguntas correctas.

Un buen entrenador escucha con intenciones.

Los entrenadores realmente quieren sentir curiosidad por tu vida y tratan de ayudarte a tener éxito en la vida. Tienen tus mejores intereses.

El coaching genera conciencia, aumenta la responsabilidad y desarrolla la rendición de cuentas.

Es imposible mejorar o cambiar algo de lo que no eres consciente.

En el coaching, la respuesta siempre está dentro del individuo.

La mayoría de la gente no piensa. La gente carece de conciencia. El 95% de las personas prefiere morir antes que pensar.

La gente no está equipada para pensar, sino para pensar. La escuela no nos enseña cómo pensar sino qué pensar. Pensar es un trabajo duro. La gente no quiere hacerlo. No estamos criados ni programados para hacerlo.

En el coaching profesional, la relación está completamente enfocada a obtener los resultados que desean nuestros participantes. Ellos establecen la agenda. El papel del entrenador es garantizar que la agenda de las personas no se pierda en el flujo y reflujo de la interacción del entrenador.

Creo que estas son algunas de las cosas que debes saber sobre el coaching.

Si desea obtener más información, visite mi sitio web en www.johnmaxwellgroup.com/janitzarivera 

God Bless,

Janitza Rivera 
Executive Business Coach, Speaker and Trainer

Kkoaching Business And Leadership

I believe it was sometime in November or early December of last year when I had my yearly mammogram. I really can’t remember the exact date but what I can’t forget is the phone call that followed that appointment. Since I have been getting my mammograms in my early thirties I have never had a phone call. I always get my results in the mail.
That day was different. They asked me to comeback for another appointment to have another mammogram done. You probably now by now my anxiety started to kick in, but being a person of faith wasn’t as bad as I thought I would react. You should never let your nerves take over. I just kept praying and kept focusing on what they said, they needed to do another mammogram to get a better view of my breasts, right? No need to get too excited.


I make it to my appointment and my mammogram gets completed. The nurse, was so sweet, she asked me to step outside and wait for the doctor to take a look before she lets me go. She comes back to let me know after few minutes that the doctor is running behind and that it may take a little longer than expected that she is going to transfer me to another room so she can continue on with her patients. Haha! I laughed because I’m thinking, I have been in this field for a long time and I know something here is not good, however this nurse is doing such a great job trying to ease my mind but unfortunately it wasn’t working. I asked how long it may be and she said 15 to 20 minutes. Those 15 to 20 mins became hours to me. I slowly started to cry. The only thing I could think of was my precious daughter. I really started questioning God. Why would he be so gracious and send me my baby if I wasn’t going to be able to enjoy her? At that point I wish you would’ve been in my mind. I completely mapped out how I wanted to spend my days with her if I had cancer. Then I said to myself, wait a minute Janitza what are you going to do if thats not the case? Since that day I decided to plan how I wanted to spend my time purposely with her and my loved ones because life is so precious and we can’t start letting life happen to us, we have to intentionally live our lives in a meaningful way.

Nothing was found in my breasts. Everything came negative, it was just small cyst and we have nothing to worry about. We tend to wait to make plans when obstacles and adversity knock on our doors instead of being proactive. I hope you can join me in living a meaningful life with your loved ones and be intentional about how you want to spend the rest of your days and make it happen.
My intentions were to have some pictures taken of the two of us and she ended up taking pictures of me. She had a great time and I had a great time watching her enjoy her photo session.

God Bless,

Janitza Rivera Executive Business Coach, Speaker and Trainer

Kkoachingbusiness@gmail.com