The Magic Thought
Can't Happen to Me
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“The Magic Thought – Can’t Happen to Me” is about taking responsibility of your life and your health and wellbeing. We have that Magic Thought “Can’t Happen to Me” attitude that we will walk out of our home and come back without injuries or illnesses. What is the emotional trauma when someone is injured on or off the job? What is the cost to our health care system and society as a whole? The Magic Thought focuses on taking responsibility of your health, safety and wellbeing as well as your success as an individual. It provides a toolkit for success in your personal life as well as being a great leader. My goal is to create a habit and a philosophy where injuries and illnesses are unacceptable and can be prevented. Be the best you can be as you journey through numerous crossroads to success. Leave your access baggage behind as you transform into a positive individual with a “Can Do” approach, where you are a team player doing your part to make the company you work for a success. This book is broken into 3 segments. Part I – Journey to Personal and Health and Safety Commitment. The first part is dedicated to taking responsibility and being committed. We look at 4 crossroads we must journey past before we reach commitment or are willing to take responsibility of our life. The first crossroad “On the Beach” talks about judging, blaming and pointing fingers. It talks about how your attitudes affect both your personal and professional life and most important, how your health, safety and wellbeing can be affected when you are here in body but not in mind. What happens when you don’t take responsibility. The second crossroad “Fear/Bully” talks about how to master your fears and the detrimental affects when you are a bully at work and at home. We look at the importance of making other people happy instead of always making withdrawals which is draining for the people around you. We talk about what you can do, not what you can’t do. The third crossroad talks about how “Complacency” affects our life when we are unwilling to change. The fourth crossroad is the “Firefighter. Although you are extremely motivated you are often reactive instead of proactive leaving yourself open to health problems, errors and bad decisions. Lastly you have worked hard in admitting areas you can improve on and writing an action plan to change. This leaves you “Committed” where you take responsibility of your personal and professional life and in particular your health and wellbeing. The second segment in this book is your “Toolkit for Success” as a person and as an organization. This section looks at vision, mission and values as an organization, in respect to health and safety and reaching your dreams and aspirations personally. Success comes when we can communicate effectively and when you can give people voice, dignity, trust, respect while being honest and having integrity. We realize that during these times of excessive juggling we need to have good time management skills with the ability to delegate effectively. We learn the importance of health and wellness and how to effectively coach. From there we move onto performance feedback. Whether you are giving feedback to your child or feedback to a fellow employee, we soon realize the importance of showing people you appreciate their efforts through positive feedback or letting them know where they can improve. Lastly, we talk about silence = permission. If we allow an undesired behavior, the behavior continues whether we are at home or at work. Learn the art of developing a progressive improvement plan for positive change. Part III – Health and Safety Key Elements - This segment provides a step by step process in building a positive health and safety culture. Judy has taken her vast expertise in developing health and safety systems that are integrated into existing management systems and shared them with her readers. Judy has trained and coached numerous companies in Ontario, Canada where the government believes injuries and illnesses can be prevented. Ontario has seen a reduction in injuries by 20% due to their aggressive approach and enforcement. Due to the strong government influence,Judy has had the opportunity to facilitate and develop systems to meet their strict guidelines, however she goes above and beyond as she shares her own philosphy that our most important commodity is "human capital" and being injury and illness free 24/7. Benefits in reading this book. You will leave your excessive baggage behind as you become part of a winning team working towards the vision and mission of the organization and your own personal fulfillment as you take responsibility. You will start paying attention to your health and safety taking precautions to stay healthy and safe 24/7. You will see bottom line results as you build a Positive Health and Safety and Organizational Culture. See www.themagicthought.com for details.
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The Leader’s Guide to Leadership and Personal Excellence with an Emphasis in being committed, taking responsibility and making health, safety and wellness your priority. Build a Positive Organizational and Health and Safety Culture as everyone is committed and takes responsibility in every facet of their life while being injury and illness free 24/7.
TESTIMONIAL - Dear Judy,
Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your book! I am a retired Detective Supervisor who managed squads of Detectives. I wish your book had been available during my 25 years in law enforcement! Many of your how to ( and how not to) lead lessons I learned the hard way through OJT, observing others and trial & error. You explain in a personal, straightforward way in easy to understand language how to successfully and safely work, manage and lead. Other Leadership/Management books I have read in the past I found to be dry and impersonal, difficult to understand let alone apply.
About the Author
Judy Dulovic, CHRP, President of Outsource Solutions has worked as a Human Resources Manager/Health and Safety Officer for a number of years before starting her own business in 1999. Her work spans the Golden Horseshoe with much of her work in the Toronto area. The Ontario government has taken an aggressive stand in eliminating injuries and illnesses in the workplace. Judy’s philosophy goes past the workplace as she believes to form a habit we need to look at our health and wellbeing 24/7. As a private consultant, she has trained and assisted clients in developing systems to meet their legislated responsibilities. Her strength is her ability to motivate people to be the best they can be. The Magic Thought book and facilitated program came about after listening to hundreds of managers and employees talk about their frustrations. The book is written in an easy read format with numerous life examples. If we want to change our present behavior, we need to take the journey with an open mind while being committed to embrace new ideas. Testimonials from participants - "If there were people around that really cared, work would be a much happier place and we would have a more productive staff." "Judy is an outstanding instructor and spokesperson.” “Judy is energetic, upbeat, to the point, very inspirational, fast paced, focused, one of the best I've been to." "Informative, professional, good sense of humour, has the expertise and insight, explanations are easy to understand, coaches with realistic goals and makes learning fun. She is blessed with her best friend and husband “Bob” for the past 39 years. They enjoy ballroom dancing, snorkelling and cruising. They have a daughter, a son and baby granddaughter.