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 January 1925 - September 2008 Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Newman was the son of a successful sporting goods store owner. However, by age 25, Newman had a reputation for unruly behavior and was married to his first wife, Jackie, and had a son, Scott.
Newman's father died in 1950 and he ran the sporting goods store before taking a different career path. He moved his family to New Haven, Connecticut and then attended the Yale University's School of Drama. It was there that he was spotted and invited to perform in New York. In 1953, he was an understudy in a popular Broadway show, his big break. This is where he met Joanne Woodward, with whom he later married in 1958 after co-starring in "The Long Hot Summer" and had three daughters. They were married over 50 years and lived in Connecticut since 1960 instead of Hollywood.
In 1954 Newman experienced his first film flop, "The Silver Chalace", but redeemed himself in 1956 with "Somebody Up There Likes Me". In 1959, he received an academy award nomination for Best Actor for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".
In the 1960s, he was a superstar and one of the most popular actors of that decade. He also had his directorial debut for "Rachel, Rachel" in 1968 and in 1969, paired with Robert Redford in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
In 1978, Newman's life changed course again when his son, Scott, died. His movies and personal life reflected the changes. 1986, he received his 6th Best Actor Oscar nomination, and won, but didn't attend the ceremony.
Newman's passion for race car driving led to the co-ownership of Newman-Haas Racing in 1982, and he also founded Newman's Own, a food company he built from the ground up, in which all proceeds go to charity. He also started an organization for terminally ill children. Even in 2006, he opened a restaurant, which helped the Westport Country Playhouse. And in 2007, declared that acting was a closed book for him.
He is known as a legendary actor, a philanthropist, and for his successful business ventures. Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000056/bio  |
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Autumn's arrival often summons us into a myriad of activities at work, home and in our communities. With summer holidays behind us we tend to have our calendars filled with obligations and tasks. It's easy at this point to fall into autopilot and to carry out only what needs to be done day to day. When in this mode, we often fall short of being able to work ahead or achieve our goals and identifying and maintaining a work/life balance may seem unreachable. The word hectic might best describe this time of year.
This month's eZine addresses this "hectic" time by including items we hope will help restore the beauty of balance in your work and life. This issue focuses on the challenges you might be facing and some ideas to make those challenges opportunities for growth.
Our sidebar pays tribute to a person we all know and admire. He's relevant to this theme because his life is an example of a beautiful balance of work, family and community in times of high pressure and demand. You can meander to the Professional Development section for a tool to help discover how you are spending your time, read the article for some reflection on what we can learn from Olympians about creating balance, and relish in the Q&A for some timely pointers about politically correct small talk and ways to demonstrate inclusivity when planning events.
Balance is achievable. We hope you will use the tools in this month's eZine to find peace of mind and success in your activities despite the hectic schedule!
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This section contains questions asked of the training professionals at Tero. Do you have a question for Tero? Let us know! If there is a topic or question you would like to see addressed in a future eZine, please make suggestions so we can give you the resources you need. Thank you for the continued responses we receive each month.
Question: With the election so near, my colleagues are talking a lot about the candidates and their personal political views. How can I still be involved in the conversation without talking politics and potentially offending someone?
Tero says: This is tricky, especially in the 2008 political season. It seems to be the topic of conversation even for the too young to vote crowd. In business settings proceed with caution. If a political conversation arises, you can participate by being a great listener. Listening does not signal agreement, but that you value the person behind the words enough to consider their points. If you are asked your opinion, you can safely say you are thinking the situation over and reading and taking in as much information as you can before making your decision.
Question: The fall is a time of year packed with Jewish holidays, but it seems that business doesn't always observe them the same in the U.S. as the Christian holidays. In addition to Jewish holidays, what are some of the main cultural holidays businesses should also be aware of?
Tero says: We are glad you asked this. It is very easy in certain regions of the U.S. to be monocultural in thought, and to be unaware of religious holidays that are as important to employees or coworkers as traditional Christian holidays. It is important in setting dates for appointments, meetings etc. to be aware of potential considerations due to a religious holiday. A web site we have found helpful to be aware of all the potential holidays is www.interfaithcalendar.org
Adding the religious holidays you feel may be of importance to your clients to your scheduling calendar will ensure you will not make the mistake of overlooking a time that has special meaning for those you work with.
Feature Article - A Balancing Act: Achieving A Medal Worthy Life
Do you ever remember going to a playground to ride a teeter totter as a child? If you do, you may have learned about balance at an early age.
My favorite teeter totter was at McManus Park. As I remember it was simply made of a large rectangle (wood in those days) that balanced in the middle by a central sphere. You would hop on one end and your friend on the other. The game was to take turns being elevated in the air while your friend touched the ground or pushed off and vice versa. Every now and then your friend might not balance well, or push off correctly, or prematurely exit their end to leave you crashing down hitting the earth abruptly. From this you kinesthetically learned that balance takes paying attention, and on that playground toy a bit of trust.
On carefree childhood days like those at McManus Park, there was not much to balance in life short of the teeter totter. But as we grow into working adults, raising families, contributing to our communities and churches and trying to continue to evolve as people, finding balance can seem as jolting as the crashing to the ground of the teeter totter. In fact, research tells us 61% of us worry about our work life balance, 70% of us have had our health affected by it, 59% of us feel it affects our interpersonal relationships in the form of stress and it is a leading cause of workplace violence and absenteeism! It often feels as if we have more to do than the time to do it in, and attempting to be responsible to diverse responsibilities can leave us feeling effective in none of them. How do we balance work and life in a way that everything receives it's due, and we feel successful in all of our roles?
Professional Development Activity - Life Balance Planning Wheel
Balance seems more elusive during times of change and stress. If we are feeling the effects of change, and do not examine what you may need to do to adapt to it, you can misdiagnose yourself as not being able to cope. When indeed you can, it just takes some planning and reflection. This month we provide you with a planning tool. By completing this worksheet, you can pinpoint changes that may be influencing how balanced you feel. By evaluating the possible points of imbalance, you can determine what needs to change within to regain a feeling of competence in your life.
Resources
If planning ahead for life balance is on your list of resolutions for 2009, consider registering for Tero's popular two-day workshop on setting goals, balancing priorities, managing time and building stress strength. Time Management Through Goal Setting is offered on a public enrollment basis on July 22-23, 2009.
Click on the link to register now. What's New at Tero
Jennifer Chittenden Joins Central Iowa ASTD Board
Tero Exhibits at State of Iowa Society of Human Resources Managers Conference
Tero Teaches Dining Etiquette for the West Des Moines Leadership Academy
MOSAIC Conference
Global Migration Conference
Brought to you by ICIU, Kemin Industries, Pioneer, Drake University and The Greater Des Moines Partnership, you will learn more at this two day event about why people move and how migration affects our lives, economy and business.
A 5-hour Business Etiquette and Dining Tutorial workshop. December 4, 2008 (Des Moines), January 20, 2009 (Omaha) February 20, 2009 (Des Moines), April 23, 2009 (Des Moines) Image and Influence: Polishing Your Professional Look
IMPACT - How To Speak Your Way To Success
Time Management Through Goal Setting
Selecting Top Performers: Recruiting and Interviewing
Beyond Compromise: A Better Way To Negotiate
World Class: Managing Diverse Business Communications
Online Resources
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Inspiration - Things to Think About
When you live in reaction, you give your power away. Then you get to experience what you gave your power to.
Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience.
Ultimately, you hold the power to have balance in your life. If we allow the idea that external circumstances control our ability to have balance, we essentially give up the power we have to meet any circumstance and be true to who we are, what we are and all that we are. True balance is balancing and maintaining our "within" with what we meet outside of ourselves.
Life changes. What you are asked to be fully present with today will not be the same five, ten or twenty years down the road. Whatever is in front of you, if you can be open to it, present with it, and learn from it, you become a creator of balance.
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