25 April

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Tips for your career’s next step!

by Vimari Roman 0 Comments

Career Strategist & Coach

I help high-performing professionals – like you – transition into exciting jobs with higher earning potential and career satisfaction.

Tips to prepare for your next career transition!

Whether you want to switch industries, climb the corporate ladder, or start your own business, we have valuable advice to help you succeed.

1. Define your goals: Before embarking on a career transition, it’s essential to clearly understand what you want to achieve. Ask yourself: What kind of work do I enjoy? What are my strengths and weaknesses? What are my long-term career aspirations? Once you have a solid understanding of your goals, you can build an action plan.

2. Assess your skills: Take inventory of your existing skills and identify any gaps that need to be filled. Acquiring new knowledge and skills can be achieved through various means, such as enrolling in courses, participating in workshops, or seeking mentorship opportunities. The more you can enhance your skill set, the better positioned you will be for your next career move.

3. Network: Building relationships with people in your desired industry can be incredibly valuable. Broadening your professional circle can enhance your career transition prospects. You can consider participating in industry events, enrolling in professional associations, and contacting relevant contacts on LinkedIn to expand your network. This will help you learn about job opportunities and gain insider knowledge about the industry you want to enter.

4. Update your resume: Your resume is your personal marketing tool, so make sure it’s up-to-date and tailored to your new career goals. Highlight the skills and experiences that are most relevant to your new career path.

5. Practice interviewing: Interviews can be nerve-wracking, so practice makes perfect. Prepare for potential job interviews by researching frequently asked questions and rehearsing your answers with a trusted confidant, such as a friend or family member. The more prepared you are, the more confident you will be in the actual interview.

6. Stay positive: Career transitions can be challenging, but staying positive and persistent is essential. Don’t be discouraged by setbacks or rejections. Rather than being disheartened by setbacks, utilize them as opportunities for growth and progress. Maintain your determination and continue making efforts towards accomplishing your objectives.

We hope these tips help you prepare for your next career transition. Remember that anything can be achieved through an appropriate mental attitude and adequate groundwork.

Tips to Avoiding Stress & Burnout.

Stress and burnout are common issues faced by many people in today’s fast-paced and demanding world. Taking care of yourself is crucial to avoid these problems and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Here are some valuable tips to help you prevent stress and burnout:

1. Prioritize self-care: Make sure to take time for yourself every day to relax and recharge. Whether going for a walk, taking a yoga class, or reading a book, prioritize what works for you.

2. Set boundaries: Learn to say no and set boundaries with your work and personal commitments. You can avoid overloading yourself with too many tasks and schedule time for rest and relaxation.

3. Practice mindfulness: Incorporate mindfulness practices such as meditation, deep breathing, or visualization into your daily routine. By incorporating these practices into your routine, you can effectively alleviate stress and enhance your overall state of well-being.

4. Connect with others: Social support is vital for mental and emotional health. You can allocate some time to connect with your loved ones or explore your hobbies and interests by joining a group or club.

5. Manage your workload: Break down tasks into manageable chunks and prioritize them based on importance. Could you consider delegating tasks to others, or discuss workload concerns with your supervisor?

Remember, taking care of yourself is essential for preventing stress and burnout. By implementing these tips, you can improve your overall well-being and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Stay tuned for next month’s newsletter to discuss ways to improve your productivity and focus.

Mental Fitness Bootcamp!

We are excited to announce that on the 13th of May, we will be hosting a Mental Fitness Bootcamp to help individuals improve their mental health and well-being.

The bootcamp will include exercises, sessions, and discussions to enhance your cognitive abilities and promote a healthy mindset.

Get ready to experience the 7 Weeks of Inspired Practice at our Mental Fitness Bootcamp:

✔Week 1: Boost Your Self-Command Muscle

✔Week 2: Your Judge

✔Week 3: Intercept Your Accomplice Saboteurs

✔Week 4: Shift From Saboteur to Sage

✔Week 5: Sage Muscle

✔Week 6: Boost Your Sage Powers

✔Bonus Week 7: Navigate and Sustain with Life and Work Applications

Our bootcamp is open to anyone looking to improve their mental health and well-being, whether you’re a student, working professional, or stay-at-home parent. By joining us, you’ll gain valuable knowledge and tools to help you lead a happier, healthier life.

The bootcamp will be held virtually, so you can attend from the comfort of your own home or office. To register, visit our website and sign up for the Positive Intelligence Mental Fitness Bootcamp.

How it Works

1. Watch a weekly 1-hour video session.

2. Attend weekly group coaching session

3. Practice for 15 min. every day on an exclusive Mobile App.

4. Track your daily progress and conquer your brain.

Curious about my training? Our next Crushin Mental Fitness Bootcamp starts May 13th. See below for more details.

We hope to see you there!

We’ve got one life to live. I choose to live mine fearless and free, at peace, and filled with hope and love. How about you? Have a memory that anchors you? ⚓ Share it with me…I’d love to hear it.

This work is life-changing!

Click below to learn more:

Crushing Mental Fitness

Is this for you? Listen to Beth’s testimonial.

Next Steps:

First step: Take the saboteur assessment to meet your top saboteurs. (Note that you will be asked for an email address, and we recommend you use the same email address you will use to receive information during the program and download the app). Once you take the assessment, you will receive three (3) emails from Shirzad Chamine, the founder explaining the work, and we recommend you read them. You will not receive any other emails after that from Positive Intelligence. All of the program information will come from Vimari. Here is the link for the assessment: Take the Free Saboteur Assessment

Second step: Confirm your interest and register now on my website. Register Now – May 13, 2023 Cohort

Are you a leader thinking of how to spend your 2023 Training & Development budget?

Elevate your team’s EQ by putting your Training & Development budget to work towards training that will be sustainable with our Positive Intelligence Powered Teams program. You can select any date, and we can start a private Co-Hort just for your team.

Learn more about it by clicking below:

Positive Intelligence Powered Team Program

Tip of the month🌟

Practice self-compassion. When we make mistakes or face challenges, we often beat ourselves up and engage in negative self-talk. However, treating ourselves with kindness and understanding can help to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression.

Let’s meet in person at any of the following:

June 12-15, 2023: MPI WEC

IN-PERSON | Coaching

Location: Riviera Maya

More details to follow

IN-PERSON Session | Elevate and Reinvigorate Your Personal Brand for Today’s Market!

Location: Riviera Maya

June 26-28, 2023: FICP Education Forum

IN-PERSON Session | Increase Your EQ with Positive Intelligence™

Location: Omni Amelia Island Resort

Date: June 27

Time: 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm ET

August 23-25, 2023: Meet Well Summit

IN-PERSON | ONSITE SESSION

Session Title: Burnout No More

Location: Opal Sands Resort, Clearwater Beach, FL

More details to follow

Are you coming to any of these conferences? Let’s connect!

About Be Productive:

Founder Vimari Roman changes lives by helping professionals achieve peak performance and fulfillment through career strategies, coaching, professional branding, and mental fitness.

She began her career in Hospitality. After over 20 years, she realized she had outgrown her career; in 2013, she transitioned her skillset, earned her Certificate in Meeting Management, and started her first company, Be Productive Meetings & Events. After a great start, she felt that something was still missing. She went inward and discovered that she missed the coaching and leadership of her teams. A year later, in 2014, she received her Global Certificate in Leadership Coaching and founded Be Productive Coaching, a boutique firm based in Miami, Florida. With over twenty-five years of experience in leadership, Vimari has mentored and coached hundreds of high-performing professionals in various industries, amplifying their unique talents and strengthening their mental muscles to help them achieve peak performance, fulfillment, and growth.

Vimari is a Certified Leadership and Positive Intelligence Coach who speaks on Mental Fitness, Professional Branding, and Career Strategies and Transitions. She is a proud and engaged member of the South Florida ICF Chapter, and in 2019 she was recognized by LinkedIn as a LinkedIn Career Expert.

Know someone who could benefit from working with a coach specializing in career strategies, professional branding, positive intelligence, and mental fitness? Personal Introductions are the lifeblood of solopreneurship! www.beproductivecoaching.com

17 October

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Stop Stressing Over Work/Life Balance

by Vimari Roman 0 Comments

We have all heard the term “work/life balance.” It’s a catchphrase that has been used to describe an individual’s ability to balance the demands of work and life. Chances are that at some point in your life, you have tried achieving work/life balance as a goal, and I could almost bet that trying to achieve this balance has caused you quite a bit of stress. It’s caused you stress because, in reality, work/life balance does not exist. I am here to invite you to stop stressing over work/life balance and instead strive to achieve life balance. You may think this is the same, but it’s not. Most people seeking work/life balance are overworked, unhappy with their work, or are struggling with difficulties in their relationships inside or outside work, sometimes both.

If your work feels completely unrelated to the activities that stir your interest, enthusiasm, energy, and sense of meaning, then it may be time for you to transition to the next step of your career. While your work doesn’t need to satisfy all of your needs for purpose, meaning, social connection, and challenge, you should expect work to provide you with moments of satisfaction, accomplishment, and connection. If it doesn’t, then you do not need work/life balance…you need a new job, or you may need to change careers.

However, if you are getting fulfillment and satisfaction from your work but feel that you just don’t have time for anything else, then that may mean you have to learn how to delegate or create boundaries. You may also need to establish priorities to learn how to integrate your personal and work life and ultimately find life balance.

Technology and work-from-home flexibility have contributed to much of this “off-balance” feeling. We work from home, and our devices are connected 24/7, which can adversely affect our mental health, emotional well-being, and relationships. So how do we disconnect, and how do we find this “life balance?”

Rewire Your Mindset:

Yes, mindset is key when seeking life balance. When life is busy, or all your energy is focused on a special project, it’s all too easy to find yourself off balance, not paying enough attention to important areas of your life. While you need to have the drive and focus if you’re going to get things done, taking this too far can lead to frustration and intense stress. We must understand that we are one person with many responsibilities and interests that can be balanced. The key here is that we are “one person” and to look at our life as one life vs. dividing our life into two different areas. You are one person that enjoys hobbies, family, a significant other, kids, pets, and work. Work is an integral part of your life, so why try to keep it separate? Keeping this division adds to our stress. Instead, I recommend integrating all of the areas of our life, including work and finding balance.

Integrate Life:

Life integration will look very different for all of us. Work-life integration involves blending both personal and professional responsibilities. Rather than viewing work and personal time as separate entities, is finding areas of compromise. If you arrange your work and home lives, so they fit together to fulfill all your needs, you can create a life with time for your work and relationships, family, and outside interests. The advantage of life integration is freedom. When we integrate our life, we feel free, and our stress levels decrease. Integrating means that you are scheduling hours around your priorities and when things need to get done. It also means understanding productivity times and setting boundaries.

Set Boundaries:

When integrating life to find life balance, it is crucial to set boundaries. This means that to have work and personal life coexist, you must maintain firm boundaries between home and office, allowing you to devote your full attention to each at a given time. This means scheduling office hours, time for emails, and conference calls and the same goes for your personal items.

Understand Priorities:

Prioritizing is key to a life balance. We must understand that sometimes our work will require a little more attention, and sometimes our home or personal life will require that extra attention. As one person, we could only do so much, so it’s important not to feel guilty when prioritizing what needs the most time and attention and enjoy the times when we are smooth sailing.

Here are some additional tips that may help:

🌟 Create time to reflect: go for walks after lunch, take advantage of slow periods, go on mini-vacations, turn off email notifications on weekends

🌟 Align your work with your purpose and passions: do work that moves you and understand you’re why

🌟 Utilize your talents: challenge yourself at work or raise your hand for a project that excites you

🌟 Find time for high-value activities: volunteer, run or walk a 5k, collect for your favorite charity, or take an art class

🌟 Invest in your relationships: create time for your family and friends; go to lunch or dinner; plan activities; make a phone call

🌟 Be flexible: know that life is not perfect and that even challenging times can provide a gift or opportunity to learn

The key to life balance is enjoying your life without having to separate or compartmentalize life.

Want to learn more about following an integrated life balance approach to work and life without stress? Schedule a free consultation: www.beproductivecoaching.com/contact

About Be Productive:

Speaking at WEC Annual Conference

Founder Vimari Roman changes lives by helping professionals achieve peak performance and fulfillment through career strategies, coaching, professional branding, and mental fitness.

She began her career in Hospitality, and after over 20 years, she realized she had outgrown her career; in 2013, she transitioned her skillset, earned her Certificate in Meeting Management, and started her first company, Be Productive Meetings & Events. After a great start, she felt that something was still missing. She went inward and discovered that she missed the coaching and leadership of her teams. A year later, in 2014, she received her Global Certificate in Leadership Coaching and founded Be Productive Coaching, a boutique firm based in Miami, Florida. With over twenty-five years of experience in leadership, Vimari has mentored and coached hundreds of high-performing professionals in various industries, amplifying their unique talents and strengthening their mental muscles to help them achieve peak performance, fulfillment, and growth.

07 September

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It’s Halftime: Steps to Navigating Your Transition

by Vimari Roman 0 Comments

“I had a successful career yet I knew there was something even more significant I wanted to do with my life.”

This was me when I hit the “halftime” in my career and personally. I had achieved success, titles, corner offices, bonuses, and the six-figure salary in a 22-year career but I knew there was much more to life. I also knew that I didn’t have the right partner to spend the next half with. 🤯

I knew that I needed to serve at a higher level. NO that didn’t mean a higher title or salary. It meant that I needed to utilize my God-given talents to serve others and truly leave a legacy.

I knew I wanted to feel honored and loved. I wanted a life partner that I trusted and enjoyed being with, and that supported my need for service.

My halftime took place in 2013. Within a few months, I separated from my last corporate job, got divorced, and started my own business.

That transition took guts and it took strong mental muscles. It took me believing in myself and what God had planned for me. 💪🏼🙏🏼🧠
Today, I feel blessed to have had that halftime awakening because I now get to use my talents to do work that fulfills me while serving others. I get to share my life with a partner that I enjoy spending time with. A partner that loves and honors me. I’ve done more in the last eight (8) years than I did in 22 and the good news is that YOU CAN TOO!

Whether it be in your career or personal life, you’re in “halftime” when you face a transition that leaves you asking “what’s next?” Halftime is not determined by age but rather by stage.

You are in the halftime stage if you…

💥 You leave work each night feeling stressed, deflated, sad, and uninspired.
💥 You are no longer excited or challenged in your position or workplace.
💥 Your relationships and physical health are suffering from the anxiety you feel.
💥 You want to feel confident again.
💥 You want to feel excited and fulfilled doing work that will make a difference.
💥 You want to feel closer than ever before to God, your spouse, and your family.
💥 You want greater clarity to redefine your goals, passions, and purpose.

If this sounds like you then this means that you are ready to venture and journey towards your life’s purpose. You are ready for greater significance!

Now you are probably wondering, okay, so what’s next? How do I move forward with this transition?

I am not going to lie, transitions take time but the good news is that you are not alone and there are many steps you can take to help you navigate this halftime. The first thing is to take action – Action Always Beats Intention!

💥 Align yourself with other leaders making a difference in your areas of interest.

💥 Keep moving forward – have faith that you will soon discover your next steps and take one action each day that will help you get closer.

💥 Go back to your younger self and ask “what did you want to be when you grew up?” Listen to your younger self and write down what he/she tells you.

💥 Go inward: think about what moves you, what brings you joy, and what you would want more of in your life. Then do start doing more of that.

💥 Strengthen your mental muscles. Transitions take strong mental muscles, motivation, and peak performance. You’ll need to be dramatically calm and clear to create lasting change. The best leaders, athletes, and entrepreneurs have strong mental muscles. Yet 80% of people score below the minimum level of mental fitness required for peak performance and happiness. You’ll need to implement mental fitness to build strong mental muscles to help you navigate your saboteurs when they attack you. Take your free saboteur assessment so that you can recognize your saboteurs and be ready when they get ready to hijack you: https://assessment.positiveintelligence.com/saboteur/overview

💥 Get someone in your corner that can help you. This could be a friend, an ex-colleague, a mentor, or a coach. If you hire a coach make sure it’s someone who works in this area of expertise and has some references.
If you find yourself in “Halftime” then I want to congratulate you. Take these steps and you’ll find that your second half can be even better than your first.

If you want someone who’s in your corner to help you navigate this transition, I can help. 👋 Schedule a free coaching session: www.beproductivecoaching.com/contact

01 May

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10 Job Search Tips to Keep Your Search Productive

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These Job Search Tips Will Keep Your Search Productive Even During Covid-19

Many often say that the best time to look for a job is while you have one. But we all know that things aren’t always perfect. Many times we find ourselves having to do something unexpectedly. COVID-19 for many has proved to do that with the lay off’s and furloughs. Yet, life must go on, and the job search must continue. That job search can be a daunting task, and especially when we do not have one. Here is a shortlist of 10 tips that have helped many of my clients get back into the marketplace within just a few weeks. Note that during this pandemic, it may take a little longer, but don’t get discouraged; the show must go on, and businesses are still hiring!

Get clear on your job search. Know what your ideal next step is and what positions interest you. Think about what is essential for you, i.e. money, growth, being challenged, culture, etc. (wants, needs, bonus).
Polish your professional tools. Once you get clear on your strategy, it’s time to update your resume, LinkedIn profile, and also have a cover letter template ready to customize and send. No, this is not so 1989, cover letters are still required in 2020 even if they don’t ask for them.
Make a list of target companies or industries. Having a strategy includes knowing what companies you want to target and industries that interest you. These will be your focus at the beginning and where you will begin your search. Remember where attention goes energy flows.
Write out an action plan. How many positions will you apply for daily or per week? When and where will you start your search? What platforms will you use? Who will you contact and when?
Schedule time daily. For example: Search on Indeed from 10-11 am, type cover letters from 11:30 am-12:30 pm, and apply for ten jobs from 2 pm-4 pm.
Network. Use LinkedIn to get in touch with old colleagues and friends that could help you. Identify people you could connect with within your industry that may be hiring. Reach out to recruiters, email, and make phone calls, etc.
Don’t forget self-care. The job search can be stressful. Take breaks, skip a day, go for a walk, exercise, journal, meditate, do anything that makes you feel good, and keeps you motivated.
Keep the momentum. Consistency is key! Even when you are not in the mood. Keep going, and you will get the job eventually. It may take longer than you expected it. It may be daunting, but if you stop, you will lose momentum. Do not quit!
Prepare for what’s next. Get your interview skills in order by practicing with a loved one. Be ready for an on-line zoom interview. Create a follow-up schedule (yes, you may follow up on applications). Have your thank you notes or emails available.
Ask for help. If you need help with your tools or interview skills or a professional reference, do not hesitate to ask. People love helping people. Use your resources. If you do not feel comfortable asking for help, then hire a professional. Do not be afraid to invest in yourself and your career. You are not alone!

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