The document discusses strategies for achieving work-life balance and embracing change, emphasizing the importance of flexibility, creativity, and collaboration. It highlights the significance of prioritizing tasks, setting clear goals, and building relationships to navigate challenges effectively. The focus is on developing a positive outlook and using creative problem-solving techniques to foster innovation and manage resistance to change.

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3. Women’s Power Networking Breakfast
How to Juggle it All:
Work-Life Balance, Creativity, Change
November 5, 2014
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4. Do you ever feel like this?
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5. Why Am I Here?
• Engaged, Energized, Excited, & Enthusiastic!
• Strategies for Work-Life Balance
• Encouraged to be Open to New Possibilities & Creative
Thinking
• Inspired to Accept New Challenges
& Embrace Change
• TO HAVE FUN!
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6. My Story…
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7. Balance in Life
• No magic answer and not static! Flexibility, Patience, Practice.
• Unique formula for each individual
• Acknowledging and Accepting the Challenge
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Being challenged in life is
inevitable, being defeated is
optional. - Roger Crawford

8. The 3 C’s to Conquering your
Challenge
1. Change your Outlook
• A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist
sees the opportunity in every difficulty - Winston Churchill
2. Creative Problem Solving
• Define Problem - Brainstorm -
Take Action - Assess
3. Collaboration
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9. Balance and Change
• Peacock feather demo - where to focus
• Movement, flexibility, constant adjustments
• Compensating for “windy conditions”- can’t
ignore them, how to adapt
• Difficulty Level - practice, patience, skill
development, establishing ideal conditions
• Letting go and letting someone else take over
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10. The Juggling Act
• Create a Dynamic Balance by Identifying and Strengthening
Connections. How do the pieces fit together? The Possibilities
are Endless.
• Learn to focus on one thing at a time
amidst many moving parts.
• Goal Setting. Break it Down.
One Step at a Time.
• Learn from the Drops.
• Practice, Patience, Perseverance.
Embrace the process.
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11. Prioritization
• Big Rocks, Little Rocks Metaphor. Equal Time and Space.
• Define Goals. Organize into Specific Steps/Tasks.
• Focus on Big, Important
things first.
• Time Management, Task Schedule
• Time to Refresh, Re-energize
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12. Juggling Life
Family
Work
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Health
How are the pieces
CONNECTED?
• Building Relationships
• Communication, Social
Media
• Interests and Passions
• Flexibility and Agility

13. The Possibilities are Endless!
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14. How do you feel about Learning to Juggle?
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15. Let’s Move!
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16. Creative Thinking & Problem Solving
• “Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly
unconnected” - William Plomer
•Why do we do something a certain way? Reprogram.
• “It’s always been done that way.”
Is it the best, most interesting, most
economical, most efficient...?
• Creativity takes Practice. Habit.
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17. Creative Thinking & Problem Solving
• Clear Definition of Goal. Are you solving the right problem?
Cause and Effect.
• SMART Goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant,
Time-Bound
• Break it down into tasks. Small steps. Learning is a
process.
• Mental Block Quick Fix:
1. Question assumptions. “What if?”
2. Go somewhere new. Observe.
3. Interact with someone new.
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18. Why is Innovation Important?
• Critical to stay Competitive. What makes you stand out?
• Informed, Impatient Customers with High Expectations
• What are Benefits to Customer - Point of Reference:
What’s In It For Me?
• Build & Nurture Relationships; Trust.
Creative ways to Connect. Offer Value.
• Customized Proposals. How do you
Serve your Client?
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19. Perfectionism
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• “At its root, perfectionism isn’t
really about a deep love of being
meticulous. It’s about fear. Fear
of making a mistake. Fear of
disappointing others. Fear of
failure. Fear of success.” -
Michael Law, author
• Try it. Drop it. Pick it Up. Do it
Again. LEARN from the Drops.
• Get help when you need it.

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Change

21. Catch the Change!
• Embrace Challenges. CREATE Change. Innovation is
Change!
• Manage Resistance to Change (Internal & External) with
Continued Action
• Build a Unified Support Team with
Confidence & a Common Goal
• Adopt clear & effective communication
strategies: Ask Questions; Be Specific.
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22. Friends are Good
We can accomplish more when we work together effectively
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23. Collaboration
• Team & Mentor as Strategy for Achieving a Goal
• Utilizing unique strengths and learning styles
• Communication, Listening. Empowered
through Mutual Respect and Trust
• Challenging and Supporting
• Plan of action for goal achievement
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24. Productive Teams
• Understanding of and Commitment to
Achieving Goal
• Sharing Responsibilities; Rotation of
Leadership
• Open Communication; Different Viewpoints Welcome
• Problems become Opportunities
• Evaluate Effectiveness of Process and make Necessary
Adjustments. Flexibility and Agility.
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25. To Conclude…
• Create a Dynamic Balance by
Strengthening Connections,
Exercising Flexibility, Patience &
Consistent Practice, Adopting a
Positive Outlook, & Prioritizing Tasks.
• Explore Creative Solutions to
Build Relationships with and Offer
Value to Clients.
• Create Change through Creative
Problem Solving, Innovative
Thinking, & Effective Collaboration.
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26. Ignite the Creative Spark!
There’s a Spark in YOU…
Baby You’re a Firework…
Come on, Show ‘em what you’re Worth!
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27. Women’s Power Networking Breakfast
How to Juggle it All:
Work-Life Balance, Creativity, Change
November 5, 2014
JEN SLAW - Redefining What’s Possible