Words to Grow Your Career

Some words are more than they appear...

A few years ago I was listening to a friend of mine give a presentation. Joe Takash is a motivational speaker and founder of Victory Consulting. Joe describes himself as a Behavior Strategist. He threw out an acronym that night that stuck with me. “SHE is the Key” he said! “Yes, SHE is the Key to making a great first impression.” SHE is an acronym for Smile, Handshake, Eye contact. When you are nervous meeting people for the first time remember SHE is the Key! I’ll never forget it and when I share this little device with friends and clients (always giving Joe the credit, of course) they always comment on just how cool SHE is, and that it works.

I have SHE is the Key on my whiteboard in my office and some of my colleagues thought that they would have some fun and put some other words on the whiteboard and we started creating acronyms from them. The words were:

• GOLF
• POTS
• EARS
• NOSE
• TOES
• FROG
• LAMP

Out of those we came up with:

Golden Opportunity Looking Forward  or 
Golden Opportunity Leading Forward
Put On The Suit
Enthusiasm + Action + Rapport = Success  or  
Excellent Appearance Reaps Success
Networking Organization Salesmanship Excellence!!!
Totally Open Enthusiasm Sells
Feelings Rock Our Group or 
Foster Relationships & Opportunities Grow!!! 
(You could leap into a Job)
Learn Achieve Master Passion

Looking at the acronyms you quickly realize that they all have a career focus or theme. And a number of our clients told us that they took the messages from the words to heart. For example, one client who doesn’t feel comfortable “dressing up” said that when he saw POTS, he thought it was meant just for him. He put on the suit. He had a great interview because he had his EARS on.

Thanks to my friends and colleagues, without them my job would be much harder and no where as much fun. Blessings to you, Sharon, Ann and Nancy... you're all Gr8!