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

Your Potential Can Only Be Realized WITH Patience. 

• Let your patience show itself perfectly in what you do. 

• Then you will be perfect and complete and will have everything you need. James 1:4

• To Reach Our Potential … There are things we WORK for and there are things we WAIT for. 

• Those who Wait … usually WIN. Those who refuse to wait … usually lose. 

Read the last one again. Those who wait… USUALLY WIN.  Those who refuse to wait…USUALLY LOSE.

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

Learning

Use all the possible ways to pass on to others the legacy you want to leave.

People learn:

89% visual

10% audio

1% other

Utilice todas las formas posibles para transmitir a otros el legado que desea dejar. La gente aprende: 89% visual, 10% audio y 1% otro.

Janitza Rivera Executive Business Coach, Speaker and Trainer at 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 “

Living a Life by Design not by Default

What things do you have to do to live a life by design?

What are your values? Your values drive your life. You set your goals based on your values and you connect them together.

How would you describe your best possible future self? This is a very important question because you need to search deep. Some people have an idea whereas it may be hard for others to really answer this question. Take some time to think how would you like to be your best version in the future and start planning accordingly.

I want to be a person of impact in other people’s lives. Based on that I have created a way of living that I do that every day. I think this is absolutely in me. But I strive everyday to try to make an impact in someone’s life. I don’t have the energy everyday, I am not at my best everyday because life happens but I always have in the back of my mind, hey Janitza make sure you make an impact today because I haven’t seen you trying today.

Lastly, what if fear didn’t get to make your decisions? If fear didn’t get to make my decisions I will never stop writing. Make sure you write those down. What things would you do? Start with the smallest things and then dream big. You will be amazed at all the things you would write ✍ down. Don’t let fear stop you from getting what you want.

If you need help because you feel stuck in your life and or in your next business plan let me know. I’m here to help you create that life that you want so bad.

Until next time,

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach, Speaker and Trainer with The John Maxwell Team at KKoaching Business and Leadership