Happy New Year!!

Christmas is over and it finally seems like you can breathe again. All the presents have been unwrapped, all the food has been eaten, the credit card is put away, and the awkward family moments have passed. We have now entered the calm after the storm. It seems as if a huge burden has been lifted from your chest, but at the same time you somehow feel a void. Not only is the holiday season coming to an end, but so is the year. A lot can happen in a year. Lives change in a year. So now instead of having the magical distraction of Christmas looming ahead, we are now stuck with our own thoughts of reflection and self examination.

When running a race, usually the runner doesn’t look over their shoulder until they have crossed the finish line. They stay focused on the moments and happenings directly in front of them and actually leave behind the rest. The moment of completion is when they take some time to look back on what they have just accomplished. You have to know where you came from to know where you are going and how you are going to get there. Such is life. You have to know where you came from to know where you are going, but you can’t continue to look over your shoulder when the race is happening because you will miss what’s right in front of you. You have to keep going until you can’t go anymore. And when that time comes, you can see maybe a little more clearly why things happened the way that they did.

Self reflection is important. It not only reminds you of what you have done, but who you are. Words describe a person, but actions define them. So by taking survey of your actions you can in turn take survey of who you have become because of those actions. In the classic fairy tale Alice in Wonderland, Alice is quoted in saying “I can’t go back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” Never were words so true. We cannot go back to yesterday, simply because we were different then.

Change is so often times made synonymous with a negative connotation, which while such a small miss step can still cause some very large collateral damage. Change is many ways is a positive experience. It indicates growth and self improvement, which in this market is certainly necessary to thrive. At Lori Lane Personnel Services, Inc. we see change as a tool. We use it to our advantage so that we can provide you with the most up to date advice and services that we possibly can. We encourage you to take this time known for self examination and do just that. If change is in order than by all means CHANGE! No one is stopping you but yourself. Lewis Carroll also wrote of Alice, “She generally gave herself good advice, (though she very seldom followed it.)” Don’t make the same mistake that little Alice did. Follow up all the good advice you have been giving yourself for years by actually applying it and we will do the same. Enjoy the close of your Holiday Season and be sure to remember Lori Lane Personnel Services, Inc. in the New Year. We so look forward to working with you!

Here Comes Santa Clause!

Here comes Santa Clause. Here comes Santa Clause right down Santa Clause Lane. And he isn’t stopping! With his reindeer and trusty elves hard at work, Mr. Kringle as a certain knack for sneaking up on us. Well we may not have reindeer, and we certainly aren’t elves, we are as busy as ever in our very own North Pole. Just as the rest of the year seems to have come and gone so briskly, the Holidays seem to threaten the same fate. What would happen, we wonder, if we took some of the haste out of Christmas, and really got back to what the magic of Christmas is really meant to inspire? Furthermore, is it possible that over time, we have forgotten exactly what the magic of Christmas even is?

The holidays are a very stressful time. Not only can it be a financial burden, but it is also seen as a time of perfection. Any mishaps are suddenly zipped up and put on hold, just for the sake of wearing fake smiles and feigning comfort in a not so comfortable position. Pressure is multiplied to your daily life simply because expectations have skyrocketed, and sometimes we just can’t keep it. Most of the time it seems that the holidays are in fact this huge menacing magnifying glass, that instead of showing your good heart, show your missteps. Suddenly all you can feel is vulnerable and are confused as where to go from here.

At Lori Lane Personnel, we understand  that this is a difficult season to truly believe in the good tidings of great joy that are splayed out on every commercial, store front and credit card bill, especially in this market. However, we would like for you to find encouragement by looking at what you have, instead of what you have not.  Take this time to examine yourself, and really get back to not only the magic and joy of Christmas, but the magic and joy that inspires your daily life. What are you good at? What are your goals? How are you going to reach them? Use this valuable time to assess what was good and what might have been not so good during this past year. Once you have that under your belt, you will be able to precisely execute exactly what you want in the New Year. Where there is a will there is a way, but you have to have a really strong will in order to find the correct way for the life you can cultivate for you and your family.

We here at Lori Lane Personnel are also taking this time to be introspective. We see and are acutely aware of our successes, and our hold ups and are looking forward to using this knowledge to our aid in the New Year. We welcome the opportunity to offer the best that we have to the business community of Southwest Florida just as we have for the last sixteen years. From all of us to all of you we wish you a very Merry Christmas, and shortly after that we look forward to aiding you in your employment ventures.