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Friday, September 4, 2015

Inspire ME Friday: Everyone Is Happy Today

"If you live by values, and respect yourself for doing so, you’ll begin projecting something people around you will notice."








Good Morning Folks,

One thing I can always count on: Everyone is happy and nice today. Why? It's a holiday weekend, and many are already glancing at there clock in anticipation.


But why does it take an external event to make one happy?

And why do people have to wonder why I am happy all the time? They argue, Mitch you can't always be happy!" Here's my secret:

Remember, every human being on the planet wants to be happy. Anything that anyone desires is because they think their desire will make them happy. Whether it is health, money, a loving relationship, material things, accomplishments, a job, or anything at all, the desire for happiness is the bottom line of all of them. But remember that happiness is a state inside of us, and something on the outside can only bring fleeting happiness, because material things are impermanent.

Permanent happiness comes from you choosing to be permanently happy. When you choose happiness, then you attract all the happy things as well. The happy things are the icing on the cake, but the cake is happiness. 


@NKGUY. From BurningCam.com At Burning Man in search of happiness,
Cupcake cars by Lisa Pongrace, Greg Solberg and Cupcake Corners camp. 
Today I shared a great article about happiness which makes a solid analogy to the Burning Man Festival underway in the desert, that now attracts 80,000 people who wait hours in slow moving one-lane road traffic to hunker down in a dust bowl in search of happiness.

In "Hacking Happiness: The New Radical Self-Reliance," author Dina Kaplan opines, "If you live by values, and respect yourself for doing so, you’ll begin projecting something people around you will notice. It’s the energy of not seeking external praise or validation, not glowing from a hundred likes on your latest Facebook post. It is, instead, looking only for validation from within. Are you living with integrity, according to your values, even if you’ve never shared them with anyone else? If you live or die by your values, letting them be a key gauge of success, the world starts unfolding in a beautiful way. You derive happiness from yourself. You’re more even throughout the day."

Dina nails it. And I highly recommend you start your weekend checking out the full article. A permanent happiness mindset beats a three day excuse for being happy any day.

And speaking of the holiday, most people think it's about barbecues and parades and sales. Actually Labor Day in the United States is a public holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September. It honors the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. It's your day, our day, to take a moment out from work to realize how lucky we are.


Have a Happy, Healthy, Safe, Fun and Refreshing Holiday Weekend,

Love Life!


Mitchell D. Weiner
Chief Happiness Officer  


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 “Happy employees are more productive employees.”
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Friday, August 21, 2015

Inspire ME Friday: Do You Have What It Takes?

"Top candidates will always make sure to do the right thing and have a strong sense of ethics. "








Good Morning Folks,

At FSO, hospitality is the DNA of our success and our team truly embodies what it is to be hospitable.

Hospitality combines drive, resourcefulness, and charisma with skill. It’s that twinkle in the eye, skip in the step, and fire in the belly that makes our people different from any of our competitors’ from day one.

Many of our associates come from positions of service where they eat, sleep, and breathe hospitality for years before joining FSO. They exude a positive attitude, energy, and cater-to-the-customer commitment.

But, our commitment to ensuring we have the most hospitable teammates doesn't end with the hire. Top industry training, incentives, rewards, recognition, and a TRUE career path sit at the heart of our company culture of service.

One example of our training and development initiatives is FISH. FISH philosophy was inspired by the Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle, WA, world famous for its incredible energy and commitment to customer service. 

They designed 4 basic principles that help bring new energy and commitment to the work place:  Play, Be There, Choose Your Attitude, and Make Their Day. We have tied this into our FSO culture of hospitality, service and being the Happiest Place to Work.  It’s about providing great service, building a culture where employees are committed to their company and job, resulting in effective leaders and improved teamwork. 

I recently shared an article on social media, "The 6 Traits All Top Candidates Have," outlining a wish list tailor made for hiring hospitality teammates. Several of the traits include:

==> Drive 

This is a broad characteristic that could actually encompass other favorable traits. However, drive will boil down to one thing: is the candidate hungry for success?

==> Excellent Communication

Skilled candidates for any open position must be able to communicate things in a timely, understandable manner. In other words, you want a candidate that can walk the walk when it comes to talking the talk!

==> Tough Skin

No job is smooth sailing, everyone has had to weather a storm. When the going gets tough, would your candidates get going or brace themselves for the worst?

==> Resourcefulness 

No job is perfect and it will come with limited resources. Resourceful candidates can make do with what they have and ask for help when necessary since they know that their success is the company’s success.

==> A Moral Compass

Top candidates will always make sure to do the right thing and have a strong sense of ethics. 

==> Willingness to Learn 

Times change, and candidates must be willing and able to learn and adapt and  in order to keep up with the changing times. 

You can read more detail on these traits and the full article HERE.


Tough, if you have all of these attributes, we want to hear from you. Send your resume to: BrightFuture@FSO-Outsourcing.com

Thanks goes out to author, Nancy Zucker, for inspiring me today and to you for listening.

Have a GREAT weekend and celebrate PEAK summer with some family fun!

Enjoy!









Mitchell D. Weiner
Chief Happiness Officer

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"Don't ever give up. Don't ever give in. Don't ever stop trying. Don't ever sell out. And if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a brief moment, pick yourself up, brush yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where you left off. But never, ever, ever give up.”  
~~ Richelle E. Goodrich  Author
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

TED Tuesday: Simon Sinek's ‘Start With Why.’


"Why do some companies achieve things that completely exceed our expectations, defying all our assumptions for what's possible?'








Good Morning Folks,

I’m a big fan on Simon Sinek and it seems like you agree. When we presented his talk "How Great Leaders Inspire Action" on an earlier TED Tuesday, your reaction was overwhelming.  "How Great Leaders Inspire Action" is an amazing, inspiring and thought provoking talk from TEDxPugetSound.

Today's TEDTalk is a shorter variation on that theme.

You may have also seen my presentations based on Simon's ‘golden circle of human emotion,’ which explains the greatest motivation behind why people buy.

Simply put, he proves that people don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.

Why do some companies achieve things that completely exceed our expectations, defying all our assumptions for what's possible?  Apple starts with "why" when defining their company, they are able to attract customers who share their fundamental beliefs. As Sinek puts it, "People don't buy what you do. They buy why you do it." Starting with "why" makes Apple, for example, more than just a computer company selling features, and that's why their products have flourished while their competitors' products with similar technology and capabilities have often flopped.

As a consultant and author, his books and presentations have provided inspiration to major organizations, corporations, non-profits, and businesses like ours to reshape our thinking, and by doing so, make us more responsive to the needs of our teams and our customers, and grow ourselves by the very process.

So now, here’s a treat for you: Sinek’s TED talk, ‘Start With Why.’

It occurred to me, that while many of you may be familiar with his TED Talks, you my be less familiar with his books: “Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action”, and “Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t.” Find them at Amazon.com.

I think the concept of starting with why hits the nail on the head regarding the trust economy. Most businesses have very comparable competitors, and it's trust and loyalty that will differentiate them in the markets through customer retention, word-of-mouth and the ZMOT. Starting with why allows businesses to go beyond what they're selling and connect on an emotional level that's much more moving that a few key features. Don't tell the world how you're going to change it, show the world.

At FSO, our strategy team also starts with the why and never loses its childlike curiosity to keep asking questions all with the goal on enabling our customers to find better ways, more options, more efficient resources and talent to enable what was not possible before.

Perhaps that's why we are the fastest growing company in outsourcing and have been so distinguished with inclusion on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America for the past three consecutive years. Only a tiny fraction of the nation's companies have demonstrated such remarkably consistent high growth, particularly in the difficult economic environment of the past few years. This achievement truly puts you in rarefied company.

Have a GREAT Day,



Mitchell D. Weiner
Chief Happiness Officer
  


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Friday, May 8, 2015

Inspire ME Friday: Actor James Franco Worked His Way Up From a Mc Donald's Kitchen; We Have A Better Idea For You

The FASTEST growing on-site outsourcing company is ALWAYS looking for the BEST talent across the (re)IMAGINation, FSO|USA! 










Good Morning Folks,

Before stardom, James Franco was just a fast-food employee eating fries straight from the hopper. He was, as I was once, a member of the infamous "forgotten demographic" that I have dedicated my life to creating opportunities for.

This story by James Franco in the Washington Post is maybe the strangest op-ed I've ever read on the topic. It speaks to the current climate of employment in this country and the principles of hard work and passion.
"I dropped out of college and went to a hole-in-the-wall acting school in the Valley. My parents, who both had master’s degrees and valued education, told me I would have to support myself if I wasn’t enrolled in college. 
I didn’t have a car, so I tried to get a job at all the restaurants within walking distance of my post-dropout Valley apartment. (I shared it with two other aspiring actors and slept on the couch.) I had very little work experience. In high school, I was fired from a coffee shop for reading behind the counter and from a golf course for reading while driving the cart on the driving range. All the waiter jobs were taken by more experienced actor/waiters. 
Someone asked me if I was too good to work at McDonald’s. Because I was following my acting dream despite all the pressure not to, I was definitely not too good to work at McDonald’s. I went to the nearest Mickey D’s and was hired the same day. 
I was given the late shift drive-thru position. I wore a purple visor and purple polo shirt and took orders over a headset. I refrained from reading on the job, but soon started putting on fake accents with the customers to practice for my scenes in acting class."  Continued.... 
You don't have to work at Mc Donald's to get your jump start in life. Perhaps you will consider a position here, where I promise anyone who really wants it, and works hard to get it, can have a career, with my company and not just a dead end job. 

Most of our managers at sites, regions and corporate are proof: They started with one of these jobs advertised below and many worked their way up rapidly taking advantage of our legendary training and future leaders programs that you can read more about here.

All about Hospitality? High level Customer Service? Positive Energy and have a GREAT SMILE? We want to walk to you! We are a National Professional Services Provider and have many on-site outsourcing positions available. Records Associate in NJ + Lobby Ambassadors in NY + and many many more throughout the country. 

And, as you often hear, there is nothing more important than having GREAT people in our company and we are ALWAYS looking to add talent to our team.  As I've stated we are all about fulfilling dreams now.

With that in mind, I'm excited to let you know, in addition to the positions that we are always sourcing for, we have the following RTH approved needs:

Central Region
·         Detroit, MI – Office Services Lead
·         Regional Floaters (2)

Western Region
·         Seattle, WA –Informationalist
·         Houston, TX – Office Services Lead
·         Los Angeles, CA –   Lead
·         San Jose, CA –Office Manager

Northeast Region
·         New York City – Security Officer-EMT certified- (3)
·         New York City – Records Associate (2)
·         New York City – Office Services Associate
·         New York City – Security Office Supervisor
·         New York City – Concierge
·         New York City –Floater
·         New York City –Pantry & Conference Services
·         New York City –Mail Lead
·         New York City –Records Admin
·         New York City – Mail Associate (3)
·         New York City – General Affairs Admin
·         New York City-   Office Services
·         New York City –Media & Research Assistant
·         Stamford , CT – Mail/Print Services
·         New York City –Informationalist
·         New York City – Office Services Lead
·         New York City –Copy Operator
·         New York City – Call Center
·          New York City – Informationalist/Admin (2)
·          New York City-   Messengers (19) OMG!! J

Eastern Region
·          Miami, FL –Records Associate
·          Miami, FL –Office Services Regional Backfill
·          Pittsburg, PA –Regional Backfill (floater)
·          Virginia – Office Service Associate (3)
·          Virginia – Records Lead
·          Virginia –Lead/Copy Mail
·          Virginia –Mail/Repro (Floater)
·          Washington D. C—Receptionist

We also have AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES in New York City for Security Professionals with EMT Certifications.

Is this You, or someone you know?  

FSO is on FIRE!!!! Customer Service + Positive Energy + Hospitality are all in the hearts of our people. If you've got it, Join us!


Have a GREAT Day and a wonderful weekend!



Love Life!


Mitchell D. Weiner
Chief Happiness Officer  

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"I didn't come here to be average." ~~ Michael Jordan
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Monday, September 29, 2014

When Times Grow Tough, A Leader's True Colors Are Revealed

"Regardless of where you work, always continue to learn what makes leaders successful and what makes them fail" 









Good Morning Folks,

As I have often reminded our teams, anything is possible. Regardless of where you work, or what you do, always continue to learn what makes people successful and what makes them fail.

Because.. The most important resource in the entire universe is YOU. Products, services, innovation, ideas, breakthroughs – they all exist in your head, your heart and your hands. The output of your thinking, the engaging of your heart and the enlistment of your hands create profound results.

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people can’t do”. Find me anyone with skip, fire and twinkle who wants to learn and grow, and I will promise you a career in my company, never just a job. No one ever sets out to be average at FSO, we need to be the best at everything we do.

I am forever grateful to you all for being such a loyal audience and for the great feedback you've been sending my way. I really appreciate it!

Great leadership seems easy when things are good and everybody's happy. When times grow tough, however, a leader's true colors are revealed.

Ten years ago, a group of U.S. soldiers tasted combat for the first time in Sadr City, Iraq. Bill Murphy Jr. got to know one of the junior U.S. leaders in that battle when he wrote a book about West Point and wartime.  

Murphy chronicles the lives of representative 2002 graduates of the United States Military Academy. A former trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice and an army veteran, Murphy was protégé of celebrity journalist Bob Woodward and has military experience that may have helped him connect to his subjects and perhaps encouraged them to be open with him. He also reported from Iraq for the Post. Here's an excerpt from In Time of War that first appeared in INC:
Dave Swanson was a 26-year-old lieutenant then. He's out of the military now, and we talked recently about what he learned by leading 40 soldiers in 82 straight days of combat. Most of us probably won't be taking a platoon into a hail of gunfire anytime soon, but applying these principles can greatly improve your effectiveness as a leader, no matter what challenges you face. 
1. Control your fear.
As bullets whizzed by him for the first time, Swanson says he was very much afraid. However, he realized he had to subdue his fear because his soldiers were looking to him for clues as to how they should react. 
Courage doesn't mean the absence of fear, and of course being a leader certainly doesn't mean charging ahead blindly in the face of adversity. It does mean you can't allow your fear to become contagious. Your team needs to believe you're in control of yourself, if they're to have confidence that you can make smart decisions in tough times. 
2. Remember that the mission comes first.
You owe a lot to your team for giving you the privilege of placing their trust in you. First on the list, you owe them a goal worth dedicating their efforts to, and you need to demonstrate that you're willing to do whatever it takes to achieve it. 
"I say complete the mission at minimal expense to the people," Swanson says. "Every military leader will publicly say that the mission comes first, but we always accomplished the mission with the soldiers in mind."
3. Remember that the mission comes before you, too.
The only way that "mission-first" mantra can work is if your people truly believe that you will put the mission before yourself, too. In a life-imitates-art moment, Swanson says that in the heat of combat, he thought of a line from the 2001 HBO miniseries, Band of Brothers: "The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier." 
In combat, this means being willing to risk your own safety for others in the unit and the mission. In other contexts, it means demonstrating that you'll sacrifice your personal short-term interests for the team's goal. Otherwise, how can you ask them to do so? 
4. Rely on your preparation.
Swanson spent years preparing for battle. He had been an enlisted solider, he spent four years at West Point, and he trained for nearly two years after graduation. While training alone will never quite prepare you to lead in real life, he says, it's as close as you can get to the real thing. 
The same principle applies in any leadership context. Think ahead of time about how you'll react to tough situations, so you can free your mind in crucial moments to react and adapt quickly. 
5. Be tough, but human.
"To those who have been in combat," Swanson explains, "you live by hardness, intuition, and compassion." 
As an example, he stayed awake and on duty for 60 straight hours at the start of the battle, pushing himself until he physically collapsed, but he also found moments of humanity and even humor in the heat of combat. Your team needs to know that you're tough, but also that you're reacting to the world around you like an engaged leader, not a machine. 
6. Encourage your people.
Business is rarely a matter of life and death, but war certainly is. One of Swanson's soldiers, Specialist Jacob Martir, was killed in action during the months of fighting, and several others were wounded and sent home to hospitals in the U.S. 
"It absolutely ate me alive to lose anyone in the platoon," Swanson says. However, he realized that it fell to him to encourage his soldiers and inspire them to keep going. "They were all special. The next day after any [casualty], I would remind them that each of them had already sacrificed themselves for each other on a daily basis--and how, if required, I would sacrifice myself for any of them." 
7. Communicate effectively.
In the heat of battle, it's easy--almost natural--to shut down everything else and focus exclusively on the job at hand. That's a dangerous inclination, however. It's important to make communicating what's going on a priority as well. Your team and all of your stakeholders need to know what's going on, or they can't contribute. 
"Early on in combat, radio communications weren't always the greatest, but that was no excuse," Swanson says. "When technology fails--and it always does at the worst possible moment--you need to have backup ways of getting and giving information." 
8. Use your resources wisely. But use them.
Especially in the first days of combat, Swanson's unit dealt with destroyed and unarmored vehicles, and insufficient supplies of almost every sort. More important, confusion, combat, and casualties left them critically short of soldiers. 
At the same time, they made full use of everything they had. At the end of the first week of fighting, for example, Swanson reflected that he had personally gone through ten 30-round magazines, meaning he had fired 300 bullets at the enemy. Just about everyone else in his platoon had, as well. 
9. Imitate the leaders who inspire you.
When Swanson had to act in the heat of battle, especially when his soldiers' eyes were on him, he thought back to the lessons he had learned at West Point, and some of the other leaders he had known and respected. He also found himself asking a question that has circulated for years among military leaders as a sort of joke: "What would John Wayne do?"
"Regardless of where you work, always continue to learn what makes leaders successful and what makes them fail," he says.

We have amazing employees, customers and leaders at FSO. Thanks to our employees for all you do for us, and to our clients for awarding us with the privilege of serving you.

Have a GREAT day as I look forward to seeing all of you soon.




Mitchell D. Weiner
Chief Happiness Officer  

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Monday, August 11, 2014

Live Life. LOVE Life!

The Buddha said, “You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.”











Good Morning Folks,

Jonathan Swift wrote, “May you live every day of your life.”  While it is clearly obvious that we are alive—living and breathing human beings, how much of the time we are spending on Earth are we really living? How can we tell?

An entire lifetime can be spent on searching outward for the true purpose of life. There is no right or wrong scenario in the notion that we embark on this journey of self-realization. However, when we refuse to acknowledge our Being as the ultimate truth, we are indeed living, but solely for the betterment of others.

So… How can we live every day of our lives? 

After over a decade of study, best-selling co-author Michelle Rosado, ("Pursuing Your Destiny: How to Overcome Adversity and Achieve Your Dreams), offers a few ways she's learned to live a mindful and peace life:

1. Be Present. 
To live in the present means to BE present in all you do. Observe your thoughts as if your mind was a separate entity from self. Take a few moments throughout the day to be still and honor the time you spend with your higher self. Remember, this moment is the most important one of all.

2. Be Compassionate. 
Hardly any effort can be found in expressing compassion for anyone who is in need of guidance. It is our natural instinct as compassionate Beings to offer assistance in times of need. But when the hurtful words of another creates a lasting emotional scar on one’s heart, the ego can be diffused by showing love and compassion for the one inflicting the hurt.

3. Be Grateful. 
The Buddha said, “You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.” When you feel as if there is a lost sense of hope in humanity and receive a “reality slap” from your current circumstance, it is the perfect opportunity to look within. There is much to be grateful for when we are present and aware of our gifts.

4. Be Yourself. 
Many of us have experienced conditioning in our childhood that only accommodate others – in our thoughts, actions and speech. It is by fear that we continue living in this mindset throughout our adulthood, and by choosing to unravel the layers of the past can we truly be free. Make this a daily practice, for being yourself is one of the most precious gifts you can give to others, and to your soul.

What makes this advice so special is Michelle's rise from adversity: Her book, Pursuing Your Destiny: How to Overcome Adversity and Achieve Your Dreams" is the touching true story about how Michelle escaped from the World Trade Center on 911 into the life she never dreamed possible. Together, with her husband Randy, they share the experiences of their chance meeting which brought these two souls together to create one life they share.

Michelle's brush with death on 911 reminds us that time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have. No one is ever guaranteed tomorrow. To realize the value of a friend or family member: LOSE ONE. 

As I have often reminded our teams, anything is possible. Regardless of where you work, or what you do, always continue to learn what makes people successful and what makes them fail.

Because.. The most important resource in the entire universe is YOU. Products, services, innovation, ideas, breakthroughs – they all exist in your head, your heart and your hands. The output of your thinking, the engaging of your heart and the enlistment of your hands create profound results.

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people can’t do”. Find me anyone with skip, fire and twinkle who wants to learn and grow, and I will promise you a career in my company, never just a job. No one ever sets out to be average at FSO, we need to be the best at everything we do.

We have amazing employees, customers and leaders. Thanks to our employees for all you do for us, and to our clients for all you award us the privilege of doing for you.

Have a GREAT day as I look forward to seeing all of you soon.








Mitchell D. Weiner
Chief Happiness Officer

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“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes” 
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