| Let's take a few minutes to talk about your favorite | | | | recognizes your weaknesses. Your are always |
| subject, the most important person there is, you. Yes, | | | | evaluating and being evaluated. You never stop |
| you are the most important person in the world, or at | | | | learning and improving. Others depend on how well |
| least your world. I know you have heard it the saying, | | | | you do. Results demonstrated how well you perform. |
| "It is not all about you". It has also been said, "This world | | | | Yes once again it is all about you. |
| does not revolve around you". I say it is ALL about you | | | | Then there is the emotional you. Some of the males |
| and your world does revolve around YOU. Sure there | | | | may cringe at this part of you but it is there. This is the |
| are the more humble or diplomatic of you that would | | | | you that is happy, sad, caring, hard, soft, cynical, calm, |
| defer to your spouse or your children as the most | | | | loving, romantic. All of these emotions are within you |
| important. However, they are the most important to | | | | and they pop out and appear at the appropriate time. |
| you. So there we are back to you again. And who are | | | | That time is when you are happy, when you are sad, |
| you? Who is the whole you? Let's break it down to | | | | when you feel romantic. How about that we are back |
| the different aspects of you. | | | | to you and how you feel not how someone else feels. |
| There is the familial "you". This is the "you" that interact | | | | These are your emotions not anyone else. |
| with your family. This you can be one or more of a | | | | Let's look at the spiritual you. The Devout, or semi |
| variety of titles. You at one time or another can be a | | | | devout, agnostic, Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, atheist, you |
| spouse, a parent, a son or daughter, an aunt or uncle, a | | | | are one or more of these. It is your beliefs and others |
| niece or nephew, a grandparent, a grandchild, a first or | | | | see and hear how you feel about your beliefs. Your |
| second or even third cousin. As a family person you | | | | family usually follows the same Spiritual beliefs that |
| have a different love for each situation, you treat your | | | | you do. You and your spouse chose how and where |
| spouse different than your children. You are treated | | | | to marry. Or you and your significant other decided |
| differently by them in turn. You do not feel or treat | | | | between you not to marry and instead life together |
| your aunt or uncle the same as your grandparents or | | | | leaving the door open, so to speak to any quick further |
| they you. However what all of these family | | | | decisions. You have decided how devout you will |
| relationships have in common is you. Your spouse | | | | follow it. Others that believe like you depend on your |
| counts on you for love and support. He or she needs | | | | spirituality to help them enjoy or even maintain theirs. |
| your companionship. You have created a bond to go | | | | Again you are making these decisions either alone or |
| through life together and take on together whatever | | | | with someone, but you are in the middle of it. |
| comes your way. IT is not always smooth sailing | | | | Let's not overlook the important Financial you. The |
| between the two of you but in the end you are | | | | Budgeted, unemployed, long range planning, retired, |
| involved in the result. You may not have gotten your | | | | pensioned, vacation, college savings, college loans, |
| way but you have agreed. | | | | mortgage, rent paying you. Now we are taking about |
| Your children count on you for their care, their food, | | | | something that others depend on you for constantly. |
| their education and all of the aspects of growing up. | | | | Your family depends on the money that you make for |
| You are the person they look to for advice or they | | | | food and shelter. Your daughter could not get that cool |
| get advice from you whether they want it or not. They | | | | looking outfit at the mall without your money; your son |
| look to you as a role model. | | | | could not buy that new video game without your |
| Your parents look for you to be a good person. One | | | | money. Oh, how about their education and your |
| who grows up to care about others, who are liked by | | | | education? Those institutes of learning need money to |
| others, someone who does well in school and makes | | | | provide education. How about your banker who counts |
| a living to take care of your family. They look to you to | | | | on the money you deposit in his bank so that he is |
| be there for them as they grow older. They are proud | | | | employed. Or the store owners that would have to |
| of you and give unconditional love no matter what you | | | | close if you were not buying your share to keep than |
| do. When you were born they looked at you with love | | | | open. The financial advisor that is helping you make |
| and made sure you were clean and fed. They clothed | | | | that nest egg grow and his grows along side of yours. |
| you and provided shelter for you. Yes, without a doubt | | | | The people who are not as fortunate as you who |
| from the minute you were born as far as you family is | | | | depend on your generosity. There are so, so many |
| concerned it was all about you. | | | | people that count on the Financial you. |
| How about the professional you? You work to make | | | | So you see there are a number of "you" inside of you |
| money for all of the things you and your family need | | | | and in each instance they all are important and have |
| and want. You can be an employer, an employee, a | | | | others dependent on you. If you are taken out of the |
| peer, supervisor, manager, Subject matter expert or | | | | picture would all of these people survive? Probably, |
| any position. In any case you are responsible to deliver. | | | | some better than others. But while you are here, you |
| You are being counted on for something. Your | | | | are in the middle of it all and the world you are in |
| employer is dependent on you as is you're Manager | | | | revolves around you. So make sure that you take |
| and even your peers. The professional you takes all of | | | | care of every one that is you and make sure that |
| the education, training and experience in your life and | | | | each you is functioning optimally and that you keep |
| uses it to your advantage. You are known for and | | | | that world of yours spinning, not only for you but for |
| respected for your strengths. Your management also | | | | everyone else in your world. |