14 New Year's Quotes to Inspire—and More!

Take a few minutes to read these exquisite quotes - all beautifully said.  Notice nature in all of the photos - where we find peace.

14 New Year's Quotes to Inspire—and More!

Happy, happy New Year.

The Power Behind Meditation

Buddha was asked, "What have you gained from meditation?" He replied, "Nothing!" However, Buddha said, let me tell you what I lost: Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Insecurity, Fear of Old, Age And Death."  I will add that meditation has brought me peace, serenity, present moment awareness and less and less judgmental thoughts.  Meditation is part of how I live my life. The more people embrace the practice, the less conflict will show up in the world.

When Messages Aren't Conveyed

I take a Zumba class at a local gym on Saturday mornings.  Love the class because the instructor is latin and the music is latin as well and we leave the class sweaty and smiling. The instructor at this class has been out an average of once a month but there has always been a substitute teacher to take her place. This Saturday was a PR issue for this gym - you know how the saying goes - see or experience a negative situation and the message gets spread to eight people who pass it on to eight people, etc.  Well that is what happened on Saturday. The instructor was there early, music playing, all set up, etc. Another instructor shows up and announces that the class is now hers (told by management  who also had her name on the class roster).  Management had failed to share this with the original instructor......not only an embarrasing moment for both instructors, but a big disruption for the members as we got to witness this go down.  Several ladies went out into the gym to commiserate with the original instructors for about 10 minutes, the new instructor is feeling and hearing the comments, disappointmented expressed by members, some members walked out and complained to the front desk.

This whole situation could have been avoided if the manager did her job and contacted the instructor to share that she was no longer needed, before Saturday.  I understand that this is not the first time this sort of thing has happened there. I don't know management of programs or how she is treated by the corporation but this could have been managed better.

Whatever message was being sent did not align with the intent of the gym, quite the contrary, what showed up was a lack of respect, professionalism, poor communication and whatever else. I sent an email to corporate explaining my perspective as a trained coach who works inside of companies and with leaders on communication.  I am very disappointed in how this was handled and I am hoping someone in higher level managment will see the need to maybe change some procedures around what is expected in communicating to others what needs to be said.  Certainly a coaching opportunity.

Why do so many business people and companies not value communication as key to success?  The "I assume they will understand" or "I really don't care what they think" way of thinking will not serve anyone moving forward.  Eventually it will bite you on the behind especially if the negativity is spread by others to others most likely in the companies "bottom line".