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Term 4, 2008
Kia-ora koutou
Well all the signs of an awesome spring are all around us. Are you feeling energised to get into your OSCAR work hours and the last term school term? Do you love your work? If not, it might be time to ignite a fire and reignite your passion for your work and fun with children and families.
Every day, every moment we have a choice; a choice to be passionate or ambivalent in our lives; a choice to reach for the stars and opportunities in your work pathway or keep holding on to the safety railing, by passing your time in the comfy seat. You are responsible for making sure you are able to have a myriad of opportunities and enriching experiences in your work place. No one else can go and get if for you. You can’t get what you want if you let anyone or anything else select the main course of your life. Only you can figure out what you are passionate about and only you can decide what will reignite it. The recipe for achieving dreams and ambitions is passionate living and working. You can measure this and know you are living and working with passion when you are fully engaged, alert, alive, and enthusiastic at work. Think about your work life, where are you passionate and where do you need a jolt of passion? These are the areas you could put forward in your next performance review or appraisal conversations.
Some quick ideas for energetic and enthusiastic working you might like to try:
- Know your strengths and make a list of all the things you are good at. When you run out of ideas, leave the list and come back to it every day for a week.
- Ask three people at work to write a list of what they see or think you are great at. I think this would be a great opener to every staff meeting.
- Identify other passionate people, make a list of about fi ve people you know that you believe have a life fi lled with passion. They may not necessarily be adults or in your workplace. Two of the most passionate people I love to chat with are a 101 year old woman who lives down the road at a resthome I visit, and another is a 12 year old boy with Downs Syndrome who spends weekend care with my family. Visit them or call them up, or get together with them and ask them what brings magic to their lives and how they went about identifying their passions.
When you feel clear about what you want, what you are passionate about, the only thing left to do is get moving, get working on it, get going. During these steps and actions if there comes a fl eeting moment, when, only for an instant you doubt yourself, when you doubt whether or not it is really worth all the eff ort and all the change, remember the words of the great 20th Century philosopher, Mae West “too much of a good thing can be wonderful.” Enjoy your term and I look forward to catching up with you all.
Just a reminder that I am always available to have a chat if there is anything you would like to discuss regarding your programme, so feel free to give me a call or an email.
Ka kite ano
Julie
(Julie was relieving the OSCAR Advisor role for Ruth while she was on Maternity Leave)
 Term Four Training & Network Meeting
Dunedin
Invercargill
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