What is the one thing that will always make you feel empowered?

It is the ability to make a choice. The problem is that we often forget that there is a choice in absolutely everything. Even if external circumstances prevent us from doing what we prefer, we have a choice in how we are going to approach the situation. We have control over our attitude, thoughts and feelings.

Being “Stuck”

I often hear people talk about being “stuck” at their jobs. When asked why they don’t move to another job that would be more fulfilling, their reply: “I can’t because I need the health insurance” OR “I can’t because I’ve built up my retirement” and it goes on.

Do you notice anything interesting about those responses? They all revolve around the word “can’t”. The word can’t is disempowering… it’s pretty reasonable to assume if your thought processes around your job involve the word can’t, that you would feel “stuck”, because according to you, you can’t do anything about it.

What else did you notice about those responses? The one thing that I find interesting about them is that if you really dig deeper, you often find that these individuals place high value on their health insurance benefits or retirement packages and although they are unhappy and dissatisfied, the value of these benefits outweigh their dissatisfaction. So, essentially they have made a choice… the benefit to cost ratio tips in favor of the reason they stay.

Empowerment Via Choice

Here is how we are empowered through choice: We are empowered when we are aware that we are choosing something.

Instead of being “stuck” – ask yourself:
-What reasons do I give for staying in the current situation?
-What do I lose?
-What is more important to me right now?”

Once you answer those questions you will have made your choice AND as you are going through the questions and answers you will become aware of the fact that you are making a choice.

The next step would be to ask yourself: “How do I choose to feel about this decision?” This is where attitude comes in….

You Have The Power To Choose!

Picture this: You’re the owner of a seat manufacturing company that produces seating for wheelchairs, auditoriums, and cars. You have approximately 100 employees, 90 percent of which are upholsters, sewers, gluers, and material cutters. The other 10 percent are office staff. Basically, you have a diverse group of employees, each with different jobs, concerns, and needs. The big question is: How do you motivate all of these people?

Treat your employees well and your company will succeed:
If you are a smart business owner, you will realize that employee motivation at the workplace is essential to a company’s success. If your employees don’t respect their bosses, their jobs, and their company, then your business will not thrive.

Your employees must WANT to work at your company. They must have pride in their jobs, as well as the product that they are making. This about it this way: If your employees truly believe in what they are doing, they are most likely going to output a high-quality product in as quickly a manner as possible. In the end, your customers will benefit from this. Your company will benefit from this. And your employees will the benefit from this. Success is truly a chain reaction that begins and ends with employee motivation.

Put yourself in the shoes of your employees:
So how do you get your diverse mix of employees motivated? Why would anyone want to wake up at 7 AM five days a week to sew material to make seats for wheelchairs?

Would you get up to do this if, hanging above your department, you saw photos of the disabled people using the seats you stitched? Would you get up to do this if you were able to voice your ideas for new seats to your boss and to the whole company in weekly meetings? Would you get up to do this if you were given pay incentives or other types of rewards for the number or quality grade of seats you got done in a month?

If you answered yes to even one of these questions, then you would be considered a motivated employee. At least one of these things would have challenged you and would have given you reason to come in to work.

Think about some key points that enhance employee motivation:

-Every employee wants to feel appreciated in some way.

-Every employee wants to be given some sort of proof that what he or she did bettered the world, the community, or just the company in some sort of way.

-Every employee wants to feel that his or her opinion is at least heard – whether or not it is actually used. Having the opportunity to voice an opinion and bring new ideas to the table is a positive thing for both an employee and a company.

-Every employee wants to be rewarded for a job well done. It is understandable that large raises and elaborate prizes cannot always be available. But sometimes a simple acknowledgement from an owner or a boss can mean a great deal.

As a business owner, or as a boss, understand that one wants to work hard only to end up feeling unappreciated in the end. In a corporate world where money and power appear to mean success, it is key to remember that without good employee motivation at the basic level nothing else would be possible.

If snoring inflicts physical problems to the snorer, the opposite happens to the person affected by what the snorer does. Aside from stress, emotional problems start reeling in on the person who stays up all night enduring the noise coming from his or her neighbor.

We all know that emotional problems can cause as much damage as the physical problem can and it isn’t easy to deal with it as well. First on the list of emotional breakdown is the lack of sleep at night. If this problem persists every night, it would be a complete turmoil to the person who endures snoring. Depression and anxiety in the morning may attack and these two things could lead to short temper, misunderstanding and lack of empathy. A person lacking sleep gets grumpy the next day, so just imagine what would become of a person who gets sleepless nights just because of snoring.

The next thing to happen could affect marital relationship for couples. For roommates, it could also become a heated topic each time it is discussed. The snorer could become heavily upset by the revelation of his roommate which could also eventually lead to disagreement.

The factors already mentioned above seem too much for a person who has to endure nightly snore and sleeplessness. But once these factors accumulate, the problem isn’t as easy as how snoring is usually perceived by many.

Emotional problems also lead to unproductiveness at work. Sleeping is important for good memory condition and without it; tasks at work couldn’t be easily handled. This, again, could lead to added unstable emotional state, and a depressing one at that. Feelings of frustration, disappointment, exhaustion, helplessness and low self esteem can all happen and these emotional statuses aren’t beneficial at all.

What snoring can do doesn’t only rely on what is heard by the person lying next to the snorer. It could inflict a lot of other things and emotional issues to both parties. In order to avoid severe problems as mentioned, it would be best to discuss snoring properly so necessary actions can be done as early as possible. Don’t wait to suffer stress and emotional problems, get to know more about snoring and the harm it could do.