Administrative professionals in 2024.pptx

Presentation

1. Champagne moments: Celebrating milestones and finding happiness in every day life

2. Sonja Eyler , Librarian City of Presque Isle Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library As Librarian for the City of Presque Isle, I’ve been part of a team that has grown a responsive library services, through two construction projects, the purchase of a Library House that encourages Maine authors to visit, and crafted non-traditional library services to meet the needs of our community. In my personal life, East of Eden Stables, LLC is where my love for horses is shared with people that love horse experiences.

3. Focus of presentation Our focus is three things: 1. Our “champagne” moments 2. Exploring what makes us happy 3. Finding happiness in our daily lives

4. As administrative professionals You are the lifeblood of the organization. You are key to operations running smoothly. You are the manager of communication. You are often the liaison between your organization and the public. You are holder of hyper-specific knowledge pivotal to operations. If you have any doubts about these facts…

5. The most terrifying sentence to your team: “I’m going on vacation.”

6. What happens when you return?

7. Your coworkers were counting the seconds to your return.

8. It takes a specific type of person to do what you do: One who is detail-oriented. A person able to effortlessly move from task to task, project to project. Individuals who can meet goals and deadlines and encourage others to do so. A record keeper, document preparer, office manager, event planner, and one who can be support for human resources. According to the U.S. Bureau of Statistics, in 2022 there were 3,399,200 Administrative Assistants in the United States.

9. You may also… Be the type of person focused on your own champagne moments. Believe that these moments equal happiness.

10. A champagne moment is the idea that everyone has a champagne moment waiting to be celebrated and shared when a worthy milestone is reached. What are your “champagne” or “milestone” moments?

11. My Champagne milestone moments Fly a falcon on horseback on castle grounds Longest tenure as librarian for city of Presque isle

12. Our champagne moments are believed to make us happy and motivate us to… Improve our productivity Work harder and more efficiently Be more successful, get promoted Move us forward in our education, careers, and goals But…

13. I want to encourage you to broaden what champagne moments mean to you. Because…

14. When you think of champagne moments as only those large milestones, the goal post can keep moving. If you focus on the positive and consider the good your day-to-day champagne moments, you’ll find yourself celebrating your life and requiring your brain to use all those moments as momentum.

15. Progress is a process Growth is not linear. Progress works better if you are gentle with yourself Notice the small successes along the way Build resilience by being happy Happiness is not dependent on external factors

16. Did all of your plans or goals become champagne moments? What if your champagne moment never comes?

17. If happiness is on the opposite side of success, your brain never gets there.

18. Missing the small successes along the way means that you are always one champagne moment away from happiness. By focusing only the big champagne moments, we push happiness away into the future .

19. “It is not necessarily the reality that shapes us but the lens which your brain views the world that shapes your reality. Change the lens, change your reality.” ~Shawn Achor

20. Raise positivity to the present Change your perspective to scan the world for positive moments along the way. Our brains work differently and perform better on Dopamine. Dopamine turns on our learning centers in the brain.

21. What determines success at work?

22. Anticipating the future Celebrate the small successes every day. Reach for the champagne moments, identify your small successes Retrain your brain to see positive in your world Know that to the rest of the people in your organization, you are the heartbeat and they need you to succeed.

23. Credits and Sources: Anchor, Shawn. The Happiness Advantage: Research Linking Happiness and Success. TEDx, May 2011 Estrada, Isen , and Young, 1997