Motivational Speech - Jan 5th 2015

[Zak33]

Good morning fellow Hexites

Although the New Year is in theory, well under way.... today is when industry kicks back into "live mode" all across the UK and Europe.

So, lets begin by being positive please? No matter how crap you feel about going into work... at least you ARE going into work.

For those of you looking for work, today is the first day of the beginning, and you must remain positive, organised and focus on your employement plan. HR dept's all round the UK will have meetings and workloads to match, and you might not hear back this week... doesn't mean you cant carry on. You MUST carry on.

For all of you... employed, self employed, un-employed or retired: stay positive. Don't be dragged down by the negativity of the press, nor by the arguments in politics. It DOES effect you, but only if it's true! and only if you let it. So.. don't let it.

And most important, don't let other people in your life bring you down? OK? When you get to the office, or the shop, of wherever your "coal face" is... smack the negativity down hard and put it in it's place. Don't be dragged down by the "oh my Christmas was rubbish" or "here we go again" ... just don't.


Positive people.. stay positive. You're allowed to smile today, to be positive. You're allowed to ask for more work, or take on a problem and deal with it smiling and get a result or die trying. So long as everyone sees you doing it hard, and well.....

You all have all of January to stay like this: lets make January ..good

OK?

Don't listen to the droning-on of miserable work colleagues : OK well, listen to them, and then put them straight.

Today.. this week.. what I dread most is not the work... not the pressures... not the impossibility of some of it. No.. I dread the amount of gloom in people, and I will NOT let it get to me

Nor should you

OK?

Right... speech over.. crack on and make tea, smile, buy someone a coffee and make the world better

[shaithis]

These first 2 weeks don't apply to me though.....I start a new job on the 19th (leaving permanent to go contracting *gulp*)....so I really cannot be arsed.

[Moby-Dick]

No gloom here - all the counters are reset and I'm ready to take on 2015 and make it my bitch

[Zak33]

bee-hatch is the correct phrase Moby

[wasabi]

Agree with the sentiment, but would add: rather than just having positive mental attitude, DO something. The people who bring us down do nothing but get fat in front of the TV while making snarky comments about anyone who does sport/exercise/plays an instrument/games/reads/goes to concerts/has hobbies/travels. Life is for living, not watching, no matter what the couch potato goggleboxers think. Get out and DO STUFF!

[Saracen]

Also agree with the sentiment. I would add to Wasabi's 'do something' that you should set targets. And I don't mean 'billionaire by March, rule the universe by mid-summer' targets, but reasonable, achievable micro-targets relevant to YOUR circumstances, whatever they may be. It may be a target for today, for this week, for January, or for all three, but set a series of targets that can be achieved. Not necessarily will be, on time, but can be.

Zak pointed out that "today is the first day of the rest .... etc". I'm suggesting a step-by-step approach. If you want to have achieved 'that' by year's end, work out the first step and achieve it by day's or week's end. Then set the next target.

Don't just set the big, grand target, but the steps needed to get there, then get on with the first one. Today. Now. In fact, WTH are you doing still reading this, not getting on with it already?

Each micro target achieved is a goal met, a srep on the road and a source of minor satisfaction.

Oh, and expect set-backs. And mistakes. Life wouldn't be life without them. So, use 'em, learn from 'em, be motivated by them and get back at it.


<Here endeth the first, and probably last, lecture. >

[Ttaskmaster]

I work in the water industry - Our work never stops!

But to keep things positive, my boss is out of office for most of this week and I got issued a new set of uniform today!

[Splash]

No gloom here (well, maybe a little when the alarm went off at 5:45 this morning to mark the first day of my 10k training, but that soon lifted). Into work to handle a pen-test, finish an Exchange 2013 migration and then spent the afternoon booking flights, hotels and a bootcamp for VMware Partner Exchange in San Francisco at the end of the month.


I love my job



EDIT: - ok, maybe a little gloom: I've just spotted how low l am on Carvalhos Chilli Pickle. And the guy who made it has now retired

[Knoxville]

Positive? Me? In other news many raise concerns about the millions that are to be spent this year on Zak's new "blood from stone" iniative

[Dareos]

I always think positive! unless im at the clinic...

[Zak33]

honest post from Zak

I've had a rubbish two days.. I only wrote this post so I could come back and read it again and remind myself what it felt like to feel like I might win

[Zak33]

Positive? Me? In other news many raise concerns about the millions that are to be spent this year on Zak's new "blood from stone" iniative

yes.. you..... you can be positive... I know it.

Blood from stone always viable

[peterb]

Glass usually half full. Rarely unhappy, just some days I'm happier than on others!

[Dareos]

Not been an ideal start to the year so far, but to be optimistic, the only way is up!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I have had flu for the last 4 days - great start to the new year.

[Knoxville]

yes.. you..... you can be positive... I know it.

Blood from stone always viable

Gotta give you a big fat nope there I'm afraid pardner, perhaps never again. However as far as your attempts to extract claret from the local geology go I shall not attempt to hinder your progress