happynurses

Be careful what you focus on....!

  Reading the media this week has been the same as usual! Lots of negativity and 'scare' words on whatever topic they choose - this week it's the snow (gasp - snow in Winter, who ever would expect that??!!)

'Worst weather for....(insert date)"

"Arctic conditions...." (better buy a husky....)

"Millions in lost revenue from businesses...."

A quick glimpse around facebook however showed that most of my contacts on there had turned into big kids - building snowmen, throwing snowballs and having FUN!!!

Adverse events will happen to us as a matter of course, but is' how we deal with them that matters. Do you look for 'the worst' and dread the future, or go out and get involved, making the most of your opportunities?

If you are finding it hard to see any positive stuff in the present climate (financial and weather-wise) then make it a daily habit to look for happy events, hook up with friends for a 'gratitude' party and count your blessings.

Be happy, happynurses!

Creating your ideal life....

 I love vision boards - I am highly visual and like to create collages of what I want in life and where I want to be going. This is one I created after the 'Billionaire Bootcamp' course last summer. Some of the words might be baffling to you, but they have emotional intensity and relevance to me so I put them in.

We studied some billionaires on the course, and the ones I admire most and can relate to are Oprah and Richard Branson so they are on there with me!

Of course, the other additional ingredient needed is to take action in the direction of what you want. Visualise your future and start to take some steps forward - the picture is just a start.....

Create your own vision, happynurses.....

Magic

 This is Cheltenham in the snow! the lake is frozen but the sun was out and it was magical. I also went into the Cotswolds with a new buddy this weekend and it was all frosty and looked like 'Narnia' according to him. We could have spent the day complaining about how cold it was and stayed indoors but had a wonderful time in the magical surroundings.

This is a type of 'reframe' when you decide what an event means to you. We ascribe meaning to all events in our lives and they are often unhelpful and keep us stuck.

For example we like a guy but he doesn't ring us and we spend ages wondering what we have done 'wrong'. There are a million other 'reasons' he didn't ring which would empower us to live our lives anyway.

Or our manager at work 'looks at us' in a certain way and we ascribe meaning to that too - are we in trouble, about to be fired, or is she wondering when would be the best time to give you some great feedback?

Be aware of how you give meaning to what happens in your world and create a new story if the one you have doesn't serve you any more.

Create your new future with insight, happynurses

Accomplishing those goals.....

The snow has melted for now, Christmas and New Year are over and 2009 is underway!

I love New Year as it feels like a 'clean sheet of paper' for my life and a chance to change what I don't like for something better this time around. Doing a 'life audit' is a great idea - get the 'wheel of life' out and spend time today with a nice warm drink reviewing where you are in all areas of your life.

How is your health? What would you like instead? How is your financial life? What would you rather have? Do you love your job? How could you change it, or yourself, to make a more fulfilling role for you?

Take the time to look at where you are and where you want to be next New Year. Invest in a coach to help you to get started and create the life of your dreams this year!

Many of my goals for 2008 have come true and I now have the most amazing happynurses team to bring the other parts of the business dream into reality, with more positive happenings in all areas so watch this space!

Happy New Year, happynurses!

Happy happy nurses!

What an amazing few weeks we have had here in happynurses world! My article came out in the NMC magazine and since then 1100 nurses have come to the site and signed up for some help. I have had some incredibly personal messages of support, encouragement and despair from some of the nurses here in the UK.

It is wonderful to know that I am helping them in a small way via the happy news e-zine and my information. The new happynurses website is being constructed and will be packed with information, inspiration, positivity and advice so wait for that and get ready to move your lives on....

This has all come about through my vision, networking, persistence, learning and belief and these are all techniques that you can use to achieve whatever it is that you would like in your life.

What is your dream, happynurses?

PS This pic is me and Johnnie, one of the tutors at the Chris Howard company, after teaching me about my destiny....I knew already but it was a great weekend!

The Law of Attraction....or persistence at work!

 

I have been attracting some amazing opportunities in the last 2 weeks.

I returned from the Billionaire Boot-camp full of information and ideas to help me build my business and my wealth, but it initially felt like there was so much to think about I didn't know where to start.

It took 2 weeks to all settle and then - ping! - I had a breakthrough! The people who did better in the games were those who went for the bigger deals, and negotiated some huge contracts instead of plying small with 90% of us.....ooohh!!

So, my intention was then to look for ways and take action that would get me involved in bigger projects than getting one nurse at a time to the website. This working well with new nurses signing up each week, and I have over 100 signed up now, but the off-line part is raring to go now.

I have had discussions with 2 Trusts re coaching, and am working through Bernadette Doyle's 'How To Attract Corporate Clients' which has given me some amazing tools to use to get happynurses and me established in my niche, with a great illustration of my expertise.

More details later.......!

I have been interviewed for the NMC magazine, and am writing some stuff for the Reader's Digest regarding health and caring for people at home, using my nursing expertise.

What would you like to attract into your life, happynurses?

Happy NHS

How can the NHS be a happier place to work in?

I have been reading and reviewing a lot of articles and surveys recently and it seems that there are many factors that affect how happy people feel at work.

The worst aspects of working for the NHS are: paperwork, bureaucracy, slow pace of change, feeling insignificant and not being supported by managers.

The best things are: doing something important, feeling part of a team, good pension, ability to learn and develop.

If you are a manager in the NHS then spend some time thinking how you can make your staff feel more included.

Ask them what they want!

There can be the feeling that this will 'open a can of worms' or start them complaining. Believe me, they are complaining now, but not to anyone who can do anything about it. If you know how they feel and where you stand, then you can start to change things.

Ignorance is the worst thing because then you can only make assumptions from your own viewpoint.

Find out what your team wants, happynurses!

Change

How does change affect you or make you feel?

In my last seminar we played a game which involved the use of the word 'change' and encouraged us to think of change as something 'fun'!

Are you thinking 'How can change be FUN? I hate change!!'......?

Change happens (you will have realised this, as you are not a baby anymore, you are trained in something you didn't know when you were a newborn, and probably have met some lovely people who have enhanced your life).

All things change, and to try and resist this can keep us stressed as life is in comstant flux, so you would bet better to 'go with the flow' and enjoy some change. Enforced change can be tough, especially if you don't 'want' whatever the change is, but you can also choose to change and love it!

Start small and simple - take a different route to work, read a different paper or magazine, use a new toothpaste, eat something new.

Do one thing differently each day and look at how you feel. It can be a really refreshing way to live!

Be changed happynurses!

persistence

Phew! What a few weeks!

I have had a break from the blog as I have had some big glitches with my laptop which have been fixed by my IT genius friend, Mark, so it should be 'business as usual' from now on.

I have also completed 2 training courses in leadership and performance, and wealth creation with the Chris Howard company. I am ready to move to the 'next level' now and really make happynurses something big and important, for the benefit of all the unhappy and unhealthy nurses out there - and for my happiness and achievement too!

The courses have helped me to know myself better, and to look at what I am doing and how I am going about it. If things are not working as well as we'd like it is easy to give up and think it won't work, but the secrets of the Billionaires are mainly persistence, persistence, persistence!

How could you be more persistent in achieving something YOU dream about, happynurses?

NHS birthday!

This year is the 60th birthday of the NHS and for those who seem to like to complain about it and seek fault then perhaps it would be useful to re-visit what life was like before the NHS was created.

High death rates due to poor living conditions and poverty, no medical help if you couldn't afford it and a hierarchical system that didn't care if you had no money, you would have to suffer or die from your ailment, or have a 'back' street' treatment that may have killed you anyway.

Thanks, NHS, and here's to 60 more!

Where would you be without the NHS happynurses?