I have been struggling with converting 40 Microsoft tables and graphs into .tiff or .jpeg images to be embedded into my manuscript since 11:30 p.m. yesternight. I reach out for 24/7 assistance, and the representative admits rather timidly, "I'm not technical." She advises me to call my check-in coordinator on Monday.
I have submitted my manuscript, Learn Your Inner Truths, to the publisher, who will not move forward until the images are properly formatted. I can't move forward until Monday. I am not a happy camper, nor am I a pretty sight this early in the morning. Ain't life sweet, and I am so sleepy - yawn!
Learn Your Inner Truths: move in the right direction to reach your greatest potential
is a motivational guide designed to help employees achieve a more productive and successful career.
Learn Your Inner Truths
motivates you to reach into the depth of your inner strength and overcome negative experiences that keep you from becoming more successful in your career.
Learn Your Inner Truths
guides the career-minded woman and man in the right direction toward realizing their greatest potential in their workspace and the workplace. It champions building self-respect, self-confidence, self-determination, self-actualization and a strong sense of humanity.
Learn Your Inner Truths
coming June 2011
21st CENTURY WOMAN SPOTLIGHT
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| Dr. Patricia "Penny" Waters rests on a Cracker Barrel bench. |
"Think and ask yourself, 'Am I being honest with myself?' It may take some time to think about it. Also, think about being honest with other people. Don't put on a stage play that you can't live up to, or else you'll fail. Then have an 'I can' attitude because everything is possible if you have an honest relationship with others. Take time to think about what's going on with you."
- Dr. Patricia Waters' advice on how to keep moving in the right direction towards reaching your fullest potential. She lives in Kissimmee, Florida, with her husband, Bill. They have three adult children, Sheila, Ronald and Elizabeth.
She believed other people could be saved - not her.
Today this professional and accomplished woman seeks advice from WJS Worldwide Consulting empowerment coach W. Jeannette Strickland, who helps her understand "the real me" and "the pretend me." She no longer fears being revealed as a superficial person who tries to please everybody - she now seeks comfort in being herself. She knows her truth and strives for a greater sense of self-assurance.
"I'm on a journey. I know now I'm good enough to be saved," says Dr. Penny Waters - wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, friend, educator and God-fearing woman. Building better and stronger relationships is one of her many goals, including becoming a minister and professional speaker.
Dr. Waters' admits that her personal struggles with insecurity and low self-esteem sometimes overpower her 'can do' attitude. Instead of building a mighty fortress of self-confidence, she builds stoneless walls of self-doubt which cause her to feel like a failure. Then she remembers her unyielding commitment to be a role model for her young students. Many years ago, a school principal told her she was built to be a special education teacher.
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| Dr. Penny plays with her grandson, Zachary, while Sheila watches. |
"If I'm telling my students that they can do it, then I have to show them that I believe in my abilities, also," says this special teacher, who earned bachelor, two masters and doctorate degrees in education. She received the Ph.D. degree while in her mid-60s.
"I've always had the "I can" attitude. When somebody says, I can't, it fires me up," says the strong-willed woman who likens herself to Forest Gump. "If I'm determined, I'm going to do it. I keep going and going. I can't stop."
What drives Dr. Penny in the right direction toward success despite her constant battle with feelings of insecurity?
Maybe it was the recognition she never received from her mother who displayed frames of her older siblings' accomplishments throughout the house. Maybe it was the lack of confidence others had in her academic abilities. Maybe it's people like her son, who urged her to pursue her Ph.D, and the school principal who complimented her intelligence and strength. Maybe it was the prophetic vision of a loving and supportive grandmother who knew her granddaughter would one day be a successful teacher.
Maybe it has always been and will always be something deep down inside Patricia that gives her the strength to forge straight ahead despite what anybody says.
"My faith comes from within, and I grow stronger daily."
- Patricia Waters
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