Saturday, January 16,2010 -Thomasville Times - 3-
BUSINESS
On with the new ~
Go back to beginnings
TaylorMade
MARILYN TAYLOR
, Business Columnist
Last week a fresh,
new series for 2010
was launched featur
ing Choice Points. The
process described here
is detailed in the book,
where you can com
plete the work on your
own or work with a
specially trained Paper-
Room System™ coach.
Long term, short term
and immediate goals
comprise the first panel
and were detailed in last
week’s column. “Goals”
is the first of five dis
creet panels. Each one
offers specific, useful
information to help us
know and grow, as lead
ers and individuals.
The second panel is
called “Origins.” It
calls on us to think
back to childhood days
and reflect on those
people who taught us
how to get along in the
world. Yes, our par
ents. Individually, what
were they like? What
characteristics did they
display? What kinds
of work did they do?
As you think about and
supply your answers,
a colorful and mixed
picture of parents comes
into fuU view. With this
autobiographical tool
there are results we can
SEE. Using the PRS,
we learn to see paren
tal figures not only as
parents, but as teachers
and the leaders of our
very first organization.
Here’s a Sydney
Rice quote on how
this panel works:
“As you may have
guessed, the first place
we learned our percep
tions, assumptions and
habits was in oim family.
We may have simply
been told that something
was true — Money is
good, bqt too much of
it is bad — and never
reaUy questioned it or
found out exactly what
it meant. After all, our
parents were the ex
perts, weren’t they ?”
Yes, they were the
experts. And likely there
was another childhood
expert in your begin
nings — a very impor
tant person this system
refers to as the “Third
Person.” It could have
been a relative, neighbor,
coach, or teacher — a
special someone who re
ally understood or valued
you. As you reflect on
the identity of the Third
Person, Ms. Rice advises
you ask yourself: Did
this person add an im
portant, positive dimen
sion to my experience
of self that my parents
didn’t provide? If the
answer is “yes,” you’ve
identified a unique
piece of your Origius
— your Third Person.
Collectively, two par
ent figures and a third
person comprise a huge
part of how we view and
understand ourselves
and the world aroimd us.
Although many other
influences come into play
through adulthood, these
“silent partners” contin
ue to exert strong influ
ence, with or without our
awareness. Processing
the information from
the Origins panel liter
ally turns the light on,
allowing us to see and
understand more of what
we do and why we do it.
Think about the many
choices made in your life
and how they may have
been impacted by your
now slightly less “silent
partners.” That type of
reflection has both imme
diate and long term ben
efits. It’s now all about
choice — not just habits,
beliefs and perspectives
that lie unexamined
beneath the surface. As
the light shines on infor
mation gleaned from the
past, the present comes
into its proper perspec
tive and the future points
to clearer choices.
Next week, more on
making great choices
in 2010, using the PRS.
Check out the book
Choice Points by Sydney
Rice for yourself or visit
www.taylortrain.com
for a link to the Paper
Room’s official Web site.
Marilyn Taylor is
the owner of Taylor
Training and a certified
coach/corporate trainer
with the Boston Coaching
Company, home of Paper-
Room System for Coach
ing. For more informa
tion, contact Marilyn at
taylortrain@lexcominc.
net or 336.249.3194. You
may visit on the Web at
WWW. taylortrain. com
Taylor Training &
Development, Inc. pro
vides consulting services
and has also provided
coaching and team de
velopment in this region
for 18-^ years. Team
tools include Strengths
Finder 2.0, EDGE 360,
TKI, CPI260, theEn-
neagram and the Myers-
Briggs Type Indicator.
COURTESY PHOTO,
From left: Betty Foster, First Bank Vice President and High Point Branch Manager, Jerry
Ocheltree, First Bank President and CEO, Joe Youngblood, First Bank Senior Vice Presi
dent and Area Executive, Caroline Burnett, First Bank High Point Advisory Board Mem
ber and Bill Waller, Executive Director of Share of North Carolina, Inc.
Bank donates foreclosed, property
for low-income housing program
TIMES Staff Report
Local company celebrates employee honors
TIMES Staff Report
The year 2009 was an
exciting year for locally
founded Go-Forth Pest
Management, which cele
brated its 50th anniversa
ry and had two employees
earn prestigious state
wide honors this year.
Go-Forth General Man
ager Chase Hazelwood
was elected to serve on
the board of the North
Carolina Pest Manage
ment Association as Re
gional Vice President.
This is Hazelwood’s first
term on the board and he
will represent the Triad
region for one year.
“After working in the
pest industry for much
of my life, I am honored
to serve on the NCPMA
board,” Hazelwood said.
“I look forward to repre
senting the Triad through
my work on the board by
helping grow our mem
bership and increase
member participation.”
Dennis Foster, Go-
Forth’s Wood Destroying
Insect Supervisor, was
named the North Caro
lina Technician of the
Year by the North Caro
lina Pest Management
Association. Foster was
selected out of his peers
in the Termite category
based on his excellence
in leadership, experience
and knowledge. Foster
will be officially recog
nized by the NCPMA in
January at their Winter
Pest Control Technician
School, where he will re
ceive a plaque and a $500
savings bond.
Go-Forth Pest Manage
ment, Inc. is exception
ally proud to be the home
of two prestigious Triad
citizens who have proven
themselves to be leaders
in the pest control indus
try. Since its founding in
High Point in 1959, Go-
Forth’s values have in
cluded a strong emphasis
on leadership and com
munity involvement and
these two employees em
body those values to the
fullest.
Suzanne Hazelwood,
Vice President and
daughter of Frank Go-
Forth, the company’s
founder, attested, “My
father would be ecstatic,
but not surprised, to
learn that Go-Forth and
its employees have as
sumed a leadership role
in the industry and our
state, and maintained my
father’s devotion to serv
ing his community”
HIGH POINT, N.C. —
First Bank has partnered
with SHARE of North
Carolina, Inc. to donate a
local foreclosed home to
the nonprofit group for a
low- to moderate-income
family The bank joined
the organization on Fri
day, January 8, for a dona
tion event involving city
officials. First Bank local
board members and other
community leaders.
“Working with SHARE
of North Carolina is a
great fit with First Bank’s
commitment to helping
the families in our com
munity succeed,” said
First Bank President
and CEO Jerry Ochel
tree: “By joining together
with SHARE of North
Carolina, one neighbor
to another, we can make
a difference in lives of a
family by giving them se
curity, support and hope
for a brighter future.”
SHARE, which stands
for “self-help and re
warded efforts,” works
to provide education,
training and affordable
housing. The organiza
tion was foimded in 2001
and promotes economic
and financial growth as
the cornerstone of their
operation. The organiza
tion serves communities
in the greater High Point
area of North Carolina.
For more information,
visit ShareofNC.org.
First Bank is commit
ted to supporting those
causes and events that
strengthen the commimi-
ties First Bank calls home.
Through numerous dona
tions, sponsorships and
volunteer hours. First
Bank supports commu
nity service, educational
and charitable efforts
across the region.
To learn more about
First Bank, please visit
www.FirstBancorp.com.
Stephen S. Hsieh, MD
Cynthia A. Miller, ANP-C
Paveena Posang, MD
Andrea Johnson, PA-C
A New Addition to
Our Staff High Rock
Internal Medicine would
. like to welcome Andrea
Johnson, PA-C, to our
staff beginning Monday,
, January 4, 2010. Andrea
is Board Certified as a
Physician Assistant through the National
Commission on Certification of Physician
Assistants. She received her Bachelor of
Science degree from East Carolina University,
and her Master of Health Sciences degree
from Duke University.
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Lexington, NC 27292
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EVEN IF YOU LOSE YOUR JOB YOU STILL HAVE CHOICES.
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retirement savings
alternatives, call today.
Kevin H White
Financial Advisor
1152 Randolph Street Suite C
Thomasville, NC 27360
336472-3527
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MAKING SENSE OF INVESTING
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Dr. Kathryn McFarland
iP/uCC: Heart healthy luncheon and a fashion show.
$20.00, payment required at the door, cash or check.
Checks can be made out to High Point Regional.
Friday February 5, 2010 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
High Point Country Club, High Point, NC
To reserve a spot please call the Contact Center
at 336-878-6888.
CarolinaReglonal
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