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**Make the Choice**

***©Joel Zeff and Joel Zeff Creative*
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1\. TA-DA

● Create a positive environment.

● Be comfortable giving yourself positive support.

● Give positive support to others every day.

2\. Bunny-Bunny

● We all make mistakes. We all look like fools at some time or another.

● Don't let the fear of looking like a fool stop you from being creative
and taking risks.

● Have fun. We are all in this together. Support each other. It is
easier to take risks when we are supported in a positive manner.

3\. Dealing with Change

● Be open and flexible.

● Everything will change direction. You will never know what is coming.
Understand that change will happen and it is easier to be open and
flexible.

● Sometimes you will have to sacrifice for the good of the team.

● If the team wins, you will also win as an individual.

● All you have to do is try.

4\. Opportunity and Positive Support

● Every day give someone the opportunity.

● Every day give someone positive support and appreciation.

● When you put opportunity and positive support together it is amazing
how creative we are; how productive we are; and how easy it is to take
risks.

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5\. Teamwork

● We are all dependent on each other for success.

● You can do lots of things, but you can't quit.

● Allow others to be a leader and take initiative.

● We all have our roles and responsibilities. Trust others to do their
role.

● Help others look good. In turn, they will make you look good.

6\. Creativity and how we use our mind.

● Relax. Take five minutes each day and think. Don't think about
anything in particular. Just think.

● Don't make up rules where rules do not exist.

● The more fears and rules you eliminate, the more creative you will be.

● Expand your possibility box. The bigger the box: The more
possibilities.

● The possibilities are endless.

● There is always a new way of doing something. Don't judge.

7\. Communication

● Be detailed in your communication. We do not always understand what
you are talking about.

● Be positive. Why be impatient and frustrated?

● Be 50/50. Fifty percent of your job is to give information to make a
decision. Fifty percent of their job is to listen and focus and be
involved.

● Support each other in communication.

● Make the person feel comfortable, calm and in control.

● Be a better listener. Understand the difference between high focus and
low focus.

● Do not communicate the same to every person. Remember the example:
Some people want to chitchat and some people want to get down to
business. Some people want to speak once a day and some once a week.
Compromise and Communicate.

● When you communicate, you are making people feel comfortable,
confident and in control.

● Give detailed information, constant information, and be positive.

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8\. Messages that don't fit into other categories or are worth repeating

● Take a risk and try something new.

● You will be amazed at what you can accomplish when you are positive
and you "try."

● We must give each other opportunity and positive support. You will be
amazed at what happens when you put the two together.

● Have fun. The next time you go home and tell someone, "I had a great
day at work." Analyze what was happening when you had fun. Apply the
"reasons" every day. Don't let others determine your fun. You are the
only one that can make the choice between fun and stress.

● Do everything you can to reduce stress. Do everything you can to
increase fun and passion.

● You make the choice for everything.

● You are responsible for your passion and happiness. We let other
people determine our happiness, passion and energy. You need to be the
one that makes that choice.

● We all have one line in the story. What are you doing with your line?

***Joel Zeff is a highly sought after speaker for corporations,
organizations and special events. His topics include creativity,
teamwork, communication, change and having fun. He began his career as a
newspaper reporter and started his own consulting business in 1994.
Please visit his web site at
[www.joelzeff.com](http://www.joelzeffcreative.com/)***

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