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Aug 6th, 2017 |
By Paul |
Category: book review, career choice, career choices, choosing a career, economy, skills, success
I am thankful for the invitation from Career Press to review Marion McGovern’s new book Thriving In The Gig Economy (How To Capitalize And Compete In The World Of Work) Marion McGovern has been at the forefront of the evolution transforming the workplace from permanent employment with a company to a free-lance, contractor-consultant, based on […]
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Aug 21st, 2016 |
By Paul |
Category: book review, Career advice, career challenges, communications, decision making, persuasion, self confidence, skills, success, training, trying too hard, will to win
I am thankful for the invitation from Career Press to review Mile Figliuolo’s new book The Elegant Pitch. One key element of a successful career is the ability to convince others. Often called “The Pitch” how we sell our ideas, skills, products and services determines the level of our success. Learning to effectively pitch our […]
Tags: aptitude, brainstorming, career advice, career strategies, communication skills, communictions, crunching data, developing presentations, getting results, guidance counseling, management, negotiating, persuasion, pitching ideas, preparing presentations, presentations, rapport, self confidence, selling ideas, strategies, success, tactics, team effeciency Posted in book review, Career advice, career challenges, communications, decision making, persuasion, self confidence, skills, success, training, trying too hard, will to win |
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Nov 28th, 2013 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, aptitude, Career advice, career challenges, career choice, career choices, career coach, challenges, choosing a career, confidence, natural talent, opportunity, passion, professional image, self confidence, skills, strategy, success, tactics, will to win
What career should you choose? The reality is that there is more to any job than just the part you may like. How do you balance everything to choose a career you will like, make a good salary, and stay employed? There is a lot written about pursuing your passion in the job market. Like […]
Tags: abundance, becoming rich and famous, career, career advice, career strategies, choosing a career, goal setting, goals, money, personality analysis, self confidence, strategies, success Posted in abundance, aptitude, Career advice, career challenges, career choice, career choices, career coach, challenges, choosing a career, confidence, natural talent, opportunity, passion, professional image, self confidence, skills, strategy, success, tactics, will to win |
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Sep 20th, 2012 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, Career advice, challenges, competing, confidence, interview, professional image, self-promotion, skills, success, tactics
Many of us study hard and prepare to fully answer any interview questions, which may be thrown at us. The old curve ball questions, like what animal would you choose to be, or if you could change one thing the world what would be? Are supposedly used to check ones imagination. I took a course […]
Tags: abundance, career advice, interview, rapport, success, tactics Posted in abundance, Career advice, challenges, competing, confidence, interview, professional image, self-promotion, skills, success, tactics |
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Jun 13th, 2012 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, aptitude, challenges, compassion, empathy. sympathy, natural talent, skills, strategy, success, tactics, training
I am thankful for the invitation from Career Press to review: The Titleless Leader-How to Get Things Done When You’re Not in Charge – By Nan S. Russell. One of most challenging situations in the workplace is to have responsibility without authority. No matter what your position, your success greatly depends on your ability to […]
Tags: abundance, aptitude, career advice, career strategies, strategies, tactics Posted in abundance, aptitude, challenges, compassion, empathy. sympathy, natural talent, skills, strategy, success, tactics, training |
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Feb 19th, 2012 |
By Paul |
Category: Career advice, career choice, competing, competitive peers, grades, skills
I went bowling with some friends yesterday afternoon. I am not a regular bowler and really haven’t bowled for several years. I did set pins when I was around 14 for a couple of years at the local Elks Club. They had four alley’s and we used to have to set doubles. That is we […]
Tags: abundance, career advice, employment, experience, success, value, working Posted in Career advice, career choice, competing, competitive peers, grades, skills |
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Jul 31st, 2011 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, aptitude, Career advice, challenges, intellectual property, mentor, professional image, skills, success
When thinking of living within our means, the first thing that springs to mind is our bank account. “Don’t spend more than you make” the first rule of financial stability. Is the same true with our skills and talents? Don’t give more than you receive. Sound selfish? What about “you have to give before receive” […]
Tags: abundance, intellectual property, mentor Posted in abundance, aptitude, Career advice, challenges, intellectual property, mentor, professional image, skills, success |
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Jun 5th, 2011 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, aptitude, career choice, choosing a career, mentor, natural talent, skills
Graduation time is here. For many of us this is the first time we really face making a serious life decision. Although we’ve made decision along the way, until we graduate from high school or college, most of our career decisions were pretty much mandated. Now for the first time, we have to really decide […]
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Feb 27th, 2011 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, Career advice, communication skills, confidence, professional image, skills, strategy, training
: Just being yourself should be good enough, but look at most successful people and you may notice they work very hard to present a desired image. Either consciously or subconsciously we all adopt the language and mannerisms of those that impress us. Just think of how many slang words and expressions have been added […]
Tags: abundance, personal image, rapport, self confidence, tactics Posted in abundance, Career advice, communication skills, confidence, professional image, skills, strategy, training |
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Feb 6th, 2011 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, application, aptitude, Career advice, career choice, confidence, self confidence, skills, strategy
The main reason we go to work is to make money. One of the primary goals of most workers is to increase their income. In most jobs pay increases come from raises and promotions. In theory the better we become at our jobs the more valuable we are to the organization. This especially true of […]
Tags: abundance, aptitude, career strategies, salary, tactics Posted in abundance, application, aptitude, Career advice, career choice, confidence, self confidence, skills, strategy |
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Jan 23rd, 2011 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, Career advice, career challenges, career choices, challenges, economy, focus, mentor, negotiations, perks, skills, strategy, stress, success, tactics
Most of us focus only on salary when negotiating our employment packages, but it is worth your time to evaluate what perks may be worth to you in both money and quality of life. There is more pressure than ever for businesses to hold down costs, with special emphasis on wages. It may be easier […]
Tags: abundance, career advice, career strategies, mentor, money, perks, rasies, success, tactics Posted in abundance, Career advice, career challenges, career choices, challenges, economy, focus, mentor, negotiations, perks, skills, strategy, stress, success, tactics |
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Jan 2nd, 2011 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, Career advice, career choices, challenges, GPA, networking, new year, skills, strategy, success, tactics
The first couple weeks of the New Year are good time to examine your career goals and strategies. Taking time to reflect on how things went last year may give some ideas of teaks to be made to be more effective in the ongoing pursuit of established goals. Often just a small change in attitude […]
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Dec 26th, 2010 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, application, Career advice, mentor, networking, new year, new year resolution, skills, strategy, tactics
Among the many New Year Resolutions you make this year improving your networking and interpersonal skills should be near the top of the list. Developing a strong social and professional network of friends and associates is essential to achieving most of your career goals. Almost everything you want in the workplace depends on other […]
Tags: abundance, career strategies, experience, mentoring, new year, new year resolution, success, tactics Posted in abundance, application, Career advice, mentor, networking, new year, new year resolution, skills, strategy, tactics |
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Nov 28th, 2010 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, aptitude, Career advice, career choices, challenges, confidence, focus, mentor, self confidence, skills, strategy, success
There is a lot of conventional wisdom and advice that says to be successful you must set goals and work hard to achieve them. Although setting goals and hard work may be essential to success, there seems to be something missing. Others add that you should have a plan to achieve your goal, a map […]
Tags: abundance, aptitude, career strategies, experience, focus, goals, job experience, mentor, success, tactics Posted in abundance, aptitude, Career advice, career choices, challenges, confidence, focus, mentor, self confidence, skills, strategy, success |
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Nov 16th, 2010 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, aptitude, Career advice, challenges, competing, competitive challenges, negativity, networking, personality, skills, strategy, success, tactics
Networking is one of the most fundamental elements of success and one most of us neglect the most. There are many axioms relating to the importance of building personal and business relationships. If we take a few minutes and think about it, almost everything we want must come from someone else. In this tightly interwoven […]
Tags: abundance, aptitude, career strategies, mentor, networking, success, tactics Posted in abundance, aptitude, Career advice, challenges, competing, competitive challenges, negativity, networking, personality, skills, strategy, success, tactics |
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Nov 7th, 2010 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, aptitude, Career advice, interview, personality, skills, strategy, tactics
I used to believe there were magic interview words and phases like Ali Baba used to open the magical cave and gain access to the treasure it protected. I read a lot of books and articles on successful interviewing techniques, and never found any real magic words. In my senior year in college there were […]
Tags: abundance, aptitude, buzzwords, career, education, employment, experience, interview, success, tactics, technical interview Posted in abundance, aptitude, Career advice, interview, personality, skills, strategy, tactics |
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Nov 1st, 2010 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, application, aptitude, Career advice, career choice, challenges, negativity, office problems, skills, strategy, success, tactics
This week there were several questions on Yahoo Answers related to working under adverse conditions. There were several categories, bad boss, nasty co-workers, critical adversaries, and the list goes on. Although the scenarios differ the common thread is a toxic situation with no apparent remedy. The most common answer posted in response to these questions […]
Tags: abundance, aptitude, career, career strategies, criticism, difficult people, employment, experience, fear, goals, tactics Posted in abundance, application, aptitude, Career advice, career choice, challenges, negativity, office problems, skills, strategy, success, tactics |
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Oct 24th, 2010 |
By Paul |
Category: aptitude, Career advice, career challenges, career choice, challenges, choosing a career, competing, confidence, persuasion, self confidence, skills, strategy, tactics
This week my heat pump broke. There is a light that indicates the probable cause of the malfunction. After some searching I found the flashing code on the thermostat pointed to a circuit board in the outside unit. When I took a look, the board in question appeared easy enough to change. A few plugs […]
Tags: abundance, aptitude, career, career advice, career strategies, employment, fear, goals, job experience, success, tactics Posted in aptitude, Career advice, career challenges, career choice, challenges, choosing a career, competing, confidence, persuasion, self confidence, skills, strategy, tactics |
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Oct 17th, 2010 |
By Paul |
Category: application, aptitude, Career advice, career challenges, career choice, career choices, challenges, choosing a career, competing, competitive challenges, competitive environment, competitive peers, mentor, personality, problem, skills, strategy, success, tactics
For the past nine days I was on New England cruise to view the fall foliage and tour several ports of call. During the voyage, by chance, I met a semi-retired physiologist who specialized in helping patients who were having difficulties facing challenges. The bottom line to his clinical observations is many people in challenging […]
Tags: abundance, aptitude, career, career advice, career strategies, experience, goals, guidance counseling, Interactive career and workplace advice., mentor, mentoring, success, tactics Posted in application, aptitude, Career advice, career challenges, career choice, career choices, challenges, choosing a career, competing, competitive challenges, competitive environment, competitive peers, mentor, personality, problem, skills, strategy, success, tactics |
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Oct 3rd, 2010 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, application, aptitude, Career advice, career challenges, career choice, career choices, challenges, competitive peers, fear, mentor, negativity, office problems, peers, personality, persuasion, problem, self confidence, skills, strategy, success, tactics
One of the greatest clichés is that there are no mistakes or failures only learning opportunities. While I do believe we learn from our mistakes, I am not sure that we always learn the most beneficial lessons. More often the lesson we take away is DON’T TRY THAT AGAIN!, instead of learning how to succeed […]
Tags: abundance, aptitude, career, career advice, career strategies, experience, failure, fear, goals, mentor, peer pressure, success, tactics, value Posted in abundance, application, aptitude, Career advice, career challenges, career choice, career choices, challenges, competitive peers, fear, mentor, negativity, office problems, peers, personality, persuasion, problem, self confidence, skills, strategy, success, tactics |
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