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by Holly Hakes, MS

Meet:

Shannon Crotty Founder & Editor in Chief, Queen of the Castle Magazine

About five years ago, I was introduced to Shannon Crotty, founder and Editor in Chief of the �Queen of the Castle Magazine� a monthly publication geared to women, based out of Eau Claire, WI. I was introduced to Shannon in a way that is truly an illustration of the joy and encouragement that she and the Queen staff spread across the community. The Queen sponsored a contest in which they recognized women of the community for their personal and professional achievements. I had been nominated for and received an award. That wonderful experience introduced me to one of the most positive, joy- focused, BEST-tacular women that I have ever met in my life, Shannon Crotty. The “Queen of the Castle Magazine� is wildly popular. Shannon has a large readership in northwestern Wisconsin. Her readers know her as editor and contributor to the publication, but they don’t really “know� her as a person. When I think about a person that would have a positive, unique, and passionate perspective about living their BEST life, Shannon came to mind. As a reader of the Queen of the Castle, and a big fan of Shannon’s “energy,� I was excited to ask Shannon for a contribution and even more excited to read her response. I hope you are too.

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“It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want - oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! “ ~ Mark Twain As Midwesterners we are all too familiar with the ache/ joy of “spring fever.â€? We’ve endured/survived/enjoyed winter’s hibernation and now our thoughts turn to warm weather, longer walks, fresh smells, and colors other than gray. We have been at rest—like the trees and soil—and now something is calling us to awaken. What is it about spring that calls you? Are there rituals that help create a sense of renewal for you? For me it is lilacs, golf (or at least the hope of golf), and getting on the motorcycle. Our rituals have the capacity to energize us, to comfort us, and to prepare us for what’s next. We are metaphorically clearing out the cobwebs (whether we Ă€QG WKHP DORQJ WKH FHLOLQJ RU LQ RXU WKLQNLQJ

Maybe you’ve been planning to attend to your KHDOWK Ă€QLVK WKDW SURMHFW UHFRQQHFW ZLWK D ORVW friend, learn a new skill or tackle a new role at work. These changes can happen at any time of the year but spring can add a new sense of energy and hope about taking them on. 7KH VSULQJ ZDV P\ LQVSLUDWLRQ IRU Ă€QLVKLQJ DQ important paper 33 years ago to complete my Master’s degree—“no golf or motorcycling until you’re doneâ€? was my mantra. And three years ago, VSULQJ MXPS VWDUWHG P\ Ă€QDO VWHSV WR FRPSOHWH D kayak I’d been building for‌(Let’s just say it was a long time in the making!). :DUP ZHDWKHU DQG Ă RZHUV DORQH ZRQ¡W PDNH your important life changes happen. It starts with knowing that these matter to you—that you deserve the good they will bring. As we dust off the cobwebs in our mind we must keep our thoughts positive, focus on the strengths we will bring to our change process, and trust that setbacks will happen—but they won’t defeat us.

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BALANCED The teeter totter of life shifts

between obligations on the work and personal sides of life. To be our BEST, we strive to keep the teeter totter level, so neither is overwhelmed. For busy professionals with multiple obligations, that goal of balance seems impossible. In his book, Leadership from the Inside Out, Kevin Cashman features a chapter on personal mastery in which he talks about the concept of resiliency. Teaching and building resiliency in our youth is common. Young people are resilient by nature they don’t struggle with change in the way adults often do. But we recognize the value of helping them “bounce or spring back,� to be resilient! Consider the concept of resiliency as adults and leaders. We need to “bounce and spring back� too! Looking at the teeter totter of life as a resilient adult, the practice could be applied somewhat differently.

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Perhaps the goal is not to balance the sides to create a stable platform but instead to be resilient in managing the rapid shifts of the teeter totter and thus not fall off. Or, if you do fall off, to “bounce or spring back.� To be REAL, achieving the best BALANCE in life is probably a bit of each – stability on the platform and resiliency in responding to the shifts. Some days, your focus may be to stabilize the platform. Others, your goal may simply be not to fall off. Either way – both ways – you achieve your BEST.

Resiliency - an occurrence of rebounding or springing back (Source: www.freedictionary.com)

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The POWER of PO As a champion of people, your number one resp onsibility is to coach your emp loyees to execute a winning game plan. Really, you are not that diffe rent than an NFL, NHL, NBA, or MLB head coach! Well , perhaps a little less famous, but still, your goals are the same - execute championship-le vel performance. What role does posi tive feedback have in that? In professional spor ts you can see a lot of “feedback” is given; however, even in the worl d of highly paid professio nal sports, timely, positive reinforce ment is powerfu l <RX·YH VH LW

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