About Rita Ernst
Rita is the founder of Ignite Your Extraordinary, an organizational consulting practice emphasizing the convergence of happiness and productivity to create positive, committed, high-performing organizations. She holds an advanced degree in Organizational Psychology from Clemson University, and she recently published her first book, Show Up Positive, released on June 14, 2022.
About this episode
In this episode Rita talks about her journey with Ignite your Extraordinary and about how simple changes in mindsets can change your life. She also talks about her book, Show Up Positive, which is all about encouraging people to stop waiting for things to happen and actually work towards what they want to achieve.
Quotes
9:02 – I really want to activate people, to take control of their workplace and use their personal agency in a way that they are creating what they want
9:32 – I wanted to draw the reader in, I wanted to light up their thinking and give them some hope
9:45 – The pandemic served as the inspiration for the book
13:20 – You can use your voice and your power as an agent of change
19:25 – This book is for the person who refuses to be the victim in their own story
20:22 – You can either give in to the struggle and let that define that time in front of your defeated point of view or you can say, I’ve got to figure out how to get the best I can get out of this situation, what’s the best I could get
21:03 – This book is not about sunshine and rainbows and lollipops
21:26 – Positivity comes from being true to yourself, it starts from within you and looking at what’s important and what matters to you and being true to yourself
23:09 – Every person inside an organization is an architect of the culture
Useful Links
Website: https://www.igniteextraordinary.com/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/igniteextraordinary/
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/rita.ernst.5
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-ernst-positivity-influencer/
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