Saturday, April 3, 2021

Workplace Solutions For Women In Charge - self help books breaking the glass ceiling

 


As you know, I have a series of very useful professional development books to develop team leadership and management skills that have been around a few years.

I've expanded the Workplace Solutions series to include four new books focusing on the needs of women learning how to become management material and honing their confidence and communication skills while climbing the corporate ladder.

Every woman whether just starting work, returning to work after a long absence, striving to understand workplace cultures as women, or struggling to deal with difficult people on the job, all can benefit from learning the lessons of others.

Fast track YOUR progress at work, study the self help career development books, the professional development books, any good self help book will give you the edge over the rest who are just muddling along as best they can, often bewildered by what is happening around them.

Check them out here for both Kindle and paperback versions of the new series:



Business Leadership - Becoming Management Material & Building Better Teams: Workplace Solutions For Women in Charge









You can learn more self help tips here: DiscoveryHub.net self help supermart filled with thousands of useful tips and guides.

 And my Author page at Amazon features the whole range of Workplace Solutions career guides.

In the meantime, enjoy these self help articles that may give you some tips for becoming stronger and more efficient on the job.



Work on Self Confidence to Maximize Your Success and Personal Satisfaction

In the workplace, a sense of self confidence is crucial for your success. Having a high level of confidence in yourself will also improve your self esteem and personal life. Sometimes, however, forcing yourself to try to become confident when you don’t feel your best is difficult, but it’s extremely beneficial to your overall life.
 
If you show your sense of self worth in the workplace, you’re more likely to be taken seriously and be seen as strong by your co-workers and even your boss. They won’t use you and walk all over you by delegating their work to you if you have the confidence to stand up for yourself and what you do and don’t want to do. 

Dealing with customers will also be easier because they’ll know that you mean business and take your work seriously. For your personal life, confidence is key to being satisfied with yourself. 

Confidence is attractive - having it will make your relationship better, whether you’re looking for a significant other or even if you already have one. People also like being around confident people because their confidence rubs off on them, and confident people are more fun to be around because they’re more willing to do fun activities like going out or going to the beach.
 
While you shouldn’t be afraid to show off your self confidence, make sure that you don’t come across as cocky. Don’t brag about yourself and your belongings to others. Instead, let them notice things about you and if they compliment you, don’t degrade yourself – simply thank them. 

Being cocky makes you look less confident, because it looks like you have to show off in order to feel some sort of validation. If you feel like you just can’t seem to find any bit of confidence in yourself, try looking for things you love about yourself instead of things you hate. 

This can include things about your work ability and work ethic, your looks, your pride about some sort of passion you have, or just anything else that you feel proud of yourself for.
 
Having a high self esteem will greatly benefit you both in your work and personal well-being. Confidence is something lots of people don’t have, which will make you much more dominant in the workplace and in your personal affairs. Although for some, confidence is a difficult thing to try to build up, it can be done with a little bit of practice and self love.


Tap Into Your Creative Side for Success and Personal Satisfaction

At work, you want to be the best that you can be. To do this, you shouldn’t only follow the leader because you won’t stand out or be seen any differently than any of your co-workers. 

You can do this by using your imagination to come up with innovative ideas that you can present to your boss and co-workers, making you be seen as a top performer in your workplace. 
 
In order to let your creative side come out during work, at home you need to keep in touch with your imagination by expressing yourself through fun activities and artistic expression like listening to or making music, making art, or doing some creative writing like fiction. 

These activities will not only help you express and grow your creative mind, but they will also provide stress relief through releasing endorphins. You can even express your creative mind at work by drawing on paper, doing virtual art, listening to music, or even writing fiction during your free time like your lunch break. 

Before a meeting, try to think of some sort of idea that you could present to the group that could excite them and reflect positively upon you. Even if your idea isn’t innovative and amazing, you could try to think of a more efficient way to get the job done that both the group and your boss would most likely be open to. 
 
When you’re presenting these ideas, make sure you remain serious about them. You don’t want to make yourself look like the laughing stock of the workplace by trying too hard to get attention lavished on you. 

When you’re coming up with different plans, brainstorm and make sure that they would work before presenting them. By tapping into your creativity, you’ll feel more free and confident in your abilities to create and present information and ideas. 

Don’t allow yourself to go through your whole life following someone else’s expectations for a path that they have set out for you. There are many ways to allow your creativity to flow, whether you express it through your work, clothes, or activities you do in your free time. 

Even if you feel like you may not be good at art, music, or any other sort of creative activity you can always learn through classes or even YouTube videos. Showing your creative side through your work as a problem solver will show your boss what you’re capable of and will end up making you stand out, be seen as a top performer, and maybe even net you a higher salary!

You can learn more self help tips here: DiscoveryHub.net self help supermart filled with thousands of useful tips and guides.

 And my Author page at Amazon features the whole range of Workplace Solutions career guides.



Level Up in Life with Continuing Education

If you’re not satisfied with where your career is at and it’s causing you to be unhappy in your life, you should find time to expand your skills and education to become eligible for a different job, position, or even better pay.
 
Schedule time after your work hours are over to level up your knowledge by doing things like research or even online school or college. There are many different online options to broaden your abilities and understanding since most of the work of the modern world is done virtually. 

You can also do online schooling on the weekends if you find that you don’t have time to learn after work or you feel too stressed out by trying to handle multiple things at once.
 
If you want to go back to college to get a different degree and possibly get a completely new job, then you need to make sure that you can handle balancing your work with school in order to be able to support yourself and your family. 

Make sure that you keep your original job as a backup plan in case going back to school - online or in person - doesn’t work out in the long run and you end up having to go back to your original position.
 
You also might want to just level up at your workplace and get upgraded to work at a higher position. For this, you may not need to go back to school, but you will need to expand your skill set by doing lots of research on and learning the tasks of the position you want to be promoted to.
 
If you just want better pay from your workplace, you can just work harder and broaden your skills as you display them to your boss. Show your boss you are capable of handling a heavier workload with your newly learned abilities, and if you get more duties assigned to you, you will hopefully be eligible to secure a raise in income. 
 
Sometimes you may feel like you’re capable of much more when it comes to the job you chose. It’s never too late to redirect your career path to a place that will make you become much happier and will grant you a higher salary. 

Doing this will take practice, dedication, and time because you have to ensure that you still have a source of income to support yourself and your family while balancing school or extra research with your job.


Create a Vision Board That Encompasses Both Your Career and Personal Life

Making a vision board can help you visualize your goals and what you really want to achieve in life. Visually seeing what will result from you meeting your goals right in front of you will inspire you to achieve both your work and life goals by being a constant reminder of the desires you want to fulfill.
 
A vision board, also known as a dream board, can be made out of a posterboard, a corkboard, and even a piece of paper if you wanted it on a smaller scale. On the surface that you desire, cut out pictures that represent the things that will come from the goals that you want to achieve, or the dreams that you want to make come true. 
 
The pictures that you add to your board could be anything from words that describe how you want yourself to be, like confident, happy, healthy, etc. to pictures of things you want to do, like travelling, gardening, painting, or any other hobbies you’d love to pick up. 
 
If you want, you can make two separate vision boards to separate your work goals from your life goals. To your work board, maybe you could add things that represent your goals like being focused, being the top contender in the workplace, or even getting higher pay. 
 
You can find images in anything like a magazine or newspaper, or you can even print out pictures from online and then put them on the board. You should keep this board somewhere where you can always see it. 

This will constantly remind you of your goals and keep you motivated to work hard to have results. If you need to, you can even make a digital vision board by using some sort of photo editing app, and you can keep this “board” as a picture on your phone background or your computer backdrop, if you can’t find a place to keep a real vision board at your workplace.
 
Having a vision board is a great way to keep yourself motivated to achieve your goals that you have set for your work life and personal life. Constantly seeing these images of what you want will keep reminding you of why you’re working so hard, and what you’re eventually going to get to enjoy once you’ve worked hard enough to succeed. 

On this board, make sure to not only add things that you want to eventually do someday, but also add goals for your long-term success and happiness. It should reflect a well-rounded ideal life that delivers high on personal satisfaction. 

You can learn more self help tips here: DiscoveryHub.net self help supermart filled with thousands of useful tips and guides.

 And my Author page at Amazon features the whole range of Workplace Solutions career guides.



Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Decoupage Scrapbooking Collectible Papercraft Ephemera Mix To Cut And Collage


I've been having so much fun creating the done-for-you Junk Journal signatures that save people having to sew it together, just tie into their cover with journal papers, that I progressed to making sheets in vintage scrap, that you cut out and use in your papercrafts.

These are ideal to use for making ephemera for your junk journal of use in cardmaking etc.

I've published 15 versions so far, including some adorable vintage photo packs, as well as focusing on specific colours in a pack.

There are also two larger pads with 45 sheets that feature a huge collection of scraps to use in all papercraft.

This has been so much fun, I hope you love them as much as I did creating them!

Decoupage Scrapbooking Collectible Papercraft Ephemera Mix To Cut And Collage

 Just click on the cover to learn more about the book, and you can preview 80% of the images by clicking the Loo Inside on the covers.

These two below are 45 sheet paperbacks of vintage scrap mix of all sorts.





This is the smaller 14 page Sampler from the two big packs above.



These three are 15 sheet pads of vintage photos and collages with photographs into tags and cards







This is a Folk Art style scrap book collection:



Now we begin the selection of 14 sheet blocks that are based on colour themes:















And this last one is my Nature collages, with insects and blossoms and adorable white bunny rabbits.




* 14 sheets / 28 Pages Paperback Book with 125+ Images
* Image Page Size 8x11 inch + cutting margin
* Images are spread at 4 to 18 per page

This is not thick board or cardstock, its normal thickness paper that does not bulk up your papercraft.

Fun collection of gorgeous vintage images in many tones of orange colourways to use in your scrapbook, papercraft, junk journal, cardmaking, glue book and many more art and hobby crafts.

Pages are single sided view for all the main images, but with interesting backgrounds on the other side which means you get great use of EVERY scrap of paper from this papercraft set. Even the paperback cover is designed to be cut up and used!

The Sets Includes Images Of:

Luscious Flowers
Lovely Ladies
Gorgeous Backgrounds
Vintage Birds
Boho Butterflies
Atlas Maps
Sheet Music
Script Ephemera
Postcards & Stamps
Cute Classic Vintage Scraps
Tags & Journal Cards

See more of my journal designs here:

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Junk Journal No-Sew Vintage Themed Book Signatures With So Many Vintage Themes!




#JunkJournal makers love making the activity books, especially with collectible paper ephemera and decorative craft paper, but if you don't like needle and thread you might not want to have to sew your signatures together into your journal cover when you do your book making and bookbinding.

I've come up with the solution... use them as is to journal in, or collect a few with some tea stained papers and simply bind them together into a hardback book cover; using ribbon, or elastic, and tied in.  

Or you can make a book cover with pockets that you just slide your signature paperbacks into.

If you have been considering starting to make your own book based on the Junk Journal craze, but hate staring at blank pages, then this is the answer for you!


I've created a series of book signatures already bound as very slim paperbacks in a number of gorgeous vintage scrap themes.

Just get your paperback book, cut out the back pages of ephemera and glue them into the spots on the pages in the rest of the signature that you want to embellish.

Then you also get to add all your own laces, ribbons, scraps, bits and bobs that you want to.

Just keep building up the layers with as many pages as you want, and add lots of scrap papers for you to Journal on as well!

Then you can put all your signatures together with elastic cord or twine, tied to a firm book cover, and just slip the pages of half the book into the spine twine for the book to sit comfortably and securely as you journal.

No sewing of book signatures or cover is needed!

Check them out here:

Junk Journal Home Farm Themed Signature



Junk Journal French Farm Themed Signature



Junk Journal By The Sea Themed Signature



Junk Journal Nautical Notions Themed Signature





Junk Journal Vintage Gypsy Themed Signature






Junk Journal Vintage Circus Themed Signature




Junk Journal Victorian Scrap Themed Signature





Junk Journal Vintage Birds Themed Signature


 



Junk Journal Masculine Themed Signature



Junk Journal Vintage Fairy Themed Signature


 




Next in the series themes I'm creating a vintage Circus and Boho Gypsy as well as a Nautical theme, so keep your eyes open for them.

I have also created four beautiful inspirational
famous Quotes and Alphabets in same themed backgrounds.

Get as many of these paperback books as you need to have a supply to use in your scrapbooking or your Junk Journaling.

There are four big images with quotes on each page, with Alphabet A - Z on the back side of them - 52-56 quotes to each paperback.

Check them out here:






Quotes & Alphabets For Scrapbooking & Junk Journals: Full color four quotes to an 8" x 10" page gloss paperback



These kinds of illustrated glue books and Junk Journal scrapbooks are a great way to get your creativity flowing no matter how little artistic skills you think you have.

And when it comes to the writing part of your journal, its up to you how much writing paper you glue into your books for your personal memories and goals etc.

Here are some prompts to help guide you in your journaling... follow these suggestions and you will love the process and get all the benefit of relaxation, mindfulness and even increasing your focus on life.

Keeping a journal can be one of the most powerful tools for working through issues, unburdening your problems and connecting with your inner self. It can give you a quiet space to find your voice in a noisy world.  

It’s easy to feel undermined by social media or your Inner Critic telling you what you ‘should’ be doing, how you’ll never get there and generally that you’re not good enough. 

Journaling can help quell those loud outsiders and focus on what’s important. You!

Here are some prompts to help you get started.

1.     What do I write about?

The famous ‘tyranny of the blank page’ can be off-putting. But accept that feeling and commit to writing whatever comes into your head for ten or fifteen minutes. Set a time and write whatever comes into your head.  

It doesn’t matter if it’s not Pulitzer Prize-winning prose, it’s about getting into the writing flow. It’s okay to start by writing “I don’t know what to write about,” or even “I don’t want to write about my job.” 

By getting that reluctance out of your head and on the page, you’ve already cleared the way to start to resolve the issue.

2.     What feels good right now?

Journaling about the good things in your life can help reset your focus on the positives around you. 

It’s easy to get stuck on the things you don’t like, but how often do you take time to write down what is good? 

Think of the last thing that made you smile, or the highlight of your last vacation, write down the big stuff and the small. Start a list you can come back to when you’re not feeling so good. 

3.     List your good qualities

Most people tend to focus on the things they don’t like about themselves. Forgetting that everyone is a mix of talents and flaws. 

Write down ten things that are great about you. What makes you special? Do you have you a green thumb? Do you make great slide presentations? 

Do dogs and little kids gravitate towards you? Are you funny, helpful, insightful, compassionate? 

Make a list that will make you smile when you go back to it.

4.     Talk with your older self

Imagine yourself as a wise, experienced older person. Someone who has seen good times and bad, who has weathered the ebbs and flows of life. 

Project into the future and ask future-you for advice on how to live your best life. What should you concentrate on? What should you avoid?

See more of my journal designs here: