Peter Drucker once said, "whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission." That sure squares with my own consulting experience. When I look back at the hundreds of team or organization changes I've been involved in during the last three ... Views: 896
Have you recently gotten out of high school and you feel like you have no direction or idea what you want your main career to be? Or maybe you are a victim of the recent recession and you have been laid off or lost your job altogether. Or perhaps you are just bored with your current career and ... Views: 894
One of the quickest ways to improve your life is to decide that you are going to enjoy it. Enjoyment requires no complicated tools, no special training, and no expensive resources. In fact, enjoyment requires nothing more than your choice to allow it.
The rewards of that choice can be enormous. ... Views: 892
In today’s world of self-help gurus, celebrity help shows, and spiritual masters, we are inundated with all kinds of advice and preaching about how we should be in this world. We should be fearless. We should be authentic. We should be ethical. We should never be angry. We should always be ... Views: 885
It’s no secret that self-confidence is very important to achieving success in any area of life. The thing about self-confidence is that it’s very sensitive to our personal experience and is inherently unstable, which means that low self-confidence tends to get lower and high self-confidence ... Views: 881
"The sword of attack is always held backwards. We think we're holding the handle, swinging our blade at the world. In truth, though, we're gripping the blade and waving about a harmless handle. The harder we fight, the deeper we cut ourselves." — Dan Cavicchio, Gardens from the Sand: A Story ... Views: 877
The "holiday season" defines the time that extends from Thanksgiving to New Year's, where all we seem to do is eat, drink and be merry. Just what is it that makes the holiday season so special?
It's a combination of things, really. The concept of giving is but one reason. What other time of ... Views: 875
At 8 a.m. the phone rings, right on schedule. The call is not an appointment I’ve made, but I’m expecting it all the same.
Owing to being known as the Millionaire Mentor, I receive calls daily from people around the world, all with the same question: “What is the one thing I could do right ... Views: 869
The job interview is one of the main things holding you back from changing careers and moving into a new job. You need to ace your job interview and put that career transition fear on hold. After all, if you know what to do before the interview, then you are one step closer to getting that job. ... Views: 867
My first conscious and vivid encounter with guilt was when I was about 13 years old. It was the day of my parents’ official divorce. We were in the courthouse and, because of my age, I was assigned my own attorney. I had no idea why I had an attorney or even what was going on. My attorney was ... Views: 866
Food is perhaps the most important cornerstone of health recovery and longevity, with an amazing power to nourish, protect, and heal your body. Improper nutrition, however, will promote the acceleration of disease and aging in many ways, including calcification, acidosis, oxidation, insulin ... Views: 865
Routinely, I rise out of bed before the birds and watch the sunlight flood my office every morning. See, I love this time of day, but what I don’t love is being rudely rousted out of a deep sleep before my normal rise-and-shine time, and every day, for the past few months, I have been.
I sleep ... Views: 857
Are you a senior who is thinking about going back to work? If you are, then you are joining many others looking into entering the work world again. But how do you go about it? The first thing you need to do is deal with the different passages in your life. Not until you deal with those aspects ... Views: 854
Someone once said, “I don’t believe that paying extra for organic food will benefit anybody but those who sell it.”
There are a lot of people out there who are opposed to buying or eating organic food. I do not know why, but it is possible that the main reason is that it is hard to change; ... Views: 854
After dissolving into tears of frustration, pain, and perplexity, I went to a local emergency room (ER) in March 2002. Approximately six months prior to my ER visit, I had begun feeling slowly progressing lower leg pain and discomfort that grew to searing pain on standing still for more than a ... Views: 850
Do you still “go out to play”? Do your friends still knock on your door and invite you out to play? I hope so, and I hope you go.
This world seems to send strong messages that play is frivolous, time-wasting, and useful only to procrastinators and slackers—unless, of course, you can find a ... Views: 837
A resume is meant to be the link between you and the potential employer in a way that every party purposes to meet his or her objective; for you it is the job search and for the employer it is the employee search. As a result, writing a resume to be used in an effective career transition ... Views: 833
A lot of people talk about owning their own businesses, working for themselves, or “going out on their own” in the small business world. Few people actually take action to establish a business, and an even smaller number of people sustain a small business past five years.
As I talk with ... Views: 831
Why do we make New Year’s resolutions? Because we desire change for the better. But, for those dealing with divorce, resolutions may offer much-needed hope for the future.
Resolutions are meant to give us a boost and promote positive change. However, if you think back to your past resolutions, ... Views: 827
The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
–Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Are the people who are close to you—your friends and family—preventing you from going after your dream of starting your own business? If so, you have a problem that is more common than you might ... Views: 827
The power of live foods for healing is being more and more supported by traditional research. On the basis of recent journal articles, a calorie-restricted diet and upgraded gene expression (which come automatically with live foods) have become keys to understanding the clinical effectiveness of ... Views: 825
Ask any group of managers if they view themselves as an elite within their organization and you can be sure they will deny it. You'll hear comments such as: "I have an open-door policy" and "I take pride in always being accessible and approachable."
And in most cases, these managers will ... Views: 821
When was the last time you really laughed?
I am not referring to a giggle or a chuckle. What I am talking about is side-splitting, jaw-aching, tears-running-down-your-face, all-out, roll-on-the-floor laughing. If you are like most of us, it has been longer than you can remember.
The truth ... Views: 820
Have you ever walked into a store and instantly felt a pleasing warmth and friendliness that made your shopping experience wonderful? Did you notice that something special was going on, but you couldn’t quite put your finger on it? I call this “something special feeling” the invisible ecology of ... Views: 812
A job interview may seem pretty standard- you go, you shake hands, you smile, you answer questions and you leave. However, there are so many different mistakes you can make in that short period of time that can cost you a second interview or a position. When you are going through a career ... Views: 810
The odds are extremely high that if you watch TV, listen to the radio, or simply just converse with your peers, that by now you know that our country is currently in a recession. Unfortunately, the news of this recession has sent hundreds of thousands; perhaps even millions of people into a ... Views: 810
Most of us become anxious when we are not feeling well. Our stability and security are threatened, and we become fearful. “What if I have to take off from work again?” or “How will I manage if I get sick?” are questions we may ask ourselves while feeling our anxiety build. Whether we are dealing ... Views: 803
When going through a career change, it’s important to know what you can expect every step of the way. This includes the interview process. Below we’ve outlined top of the most common interview questions and how to best answer them.
1. "Tell me about yourself..."
Although technically not a ... Views: 802
I truly believe that your thoughts create your life, but I don’t think that your thoughts are easy to change, at least, not by your own will. What you truly think about yourself, you perceive nonverbally before you are three years old. Trying, as an adult, to think positively when your gut feels ... Views: 801
You know that you are a creative being. We all have the ability to do original work and to make new connections between ideas, which is the key dynamic of the creative process. Yet, we are also well aware that sometimes, our creativity stalls, plays tricks on us, or appears to have vanished ... Views: 800
Searching for a good job can be one of the most stressful things that you will ever do. This is especially true if you have recently lost your job because, by that point, you are worried about how you will be able to take care of your family and yourself. You are wondering where the next ... Views: 799
I’ve been wondering why so many of us are so busy; after all, we’re not being forced to labor against our will. What gives?
I hate to put the blame directly on the busy person, but I believe that we are too busy because we choose to be. We like to think that it’s the boss who is piling on all ... Views: 795
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***Dream Job - by David Couper, The Official Guide To Career Change
What is a dream job? The answer to that question depends on who you are. For some people a dream job is working in the outdoors with animals. For people with allergies to pollen and animal dander that may be a nightmare career. To understand how to get your dream job you need to understand ... Views: 790
When the topic of natural health is brought up in conversation, some individuals have preconceived notions and associate it with what they know about modern medicine. Thus they consider it to be the taking of a supplement instead of a drug. Others immediately think of vegetarianism with hippie ... Views: 788
How Do I Catch a Cold?
The humble cold is the most common infectious disease in the United States. It accounts for more absences from school and work than any other illness. It is the leading cause of patient visits to physicians.
It is not easy to catch a cold. Your body’s natural defenses ... Views: 786
Ok, let’s say that despite what we’ve said up until this point; that the recession really isn’t that bad and that not everyone is going to lose their jobs or become a desperately poor vagrant on the streets, some people may still lose their jobs. While it is a fact of life; bad economy or good ... Views: 785
Spiritual consciousness means that when the intellect affirms the Divine Presence the whole consciousness feels the meaning of what the intellect has affirmed.
–Ernest Holmes
Spiritual consciousness often sits on the sidelines of our lives, waiting for us to come to it in our moments of ... Views: 774
Two years ago, I heard about a therapist in Hawaii who cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients—without ever seeing any of them. The psychologist would study an inmate’s chart and then look within himself to see how he created that person’s illness. As he improved himself, the patient ... Views: 773
Ah, today is a wonderful day. It’s a great day to be alive—to learn, to give, to grow, and to achieve your dreams.
Did you notice that? Those statements? They are statements of belief and of conviction—of affirmation. I also call them self-instructions because that describes what they do: they ... Views: 772
The snow was still falling, but for the most part the storm was over. It would take many days, however, before life in our small community would return to normal. Blizzards weren’t something that happened in Ohio, but there it was, a thick blanket of snow that had been whipped into incredible ... Views: 765
In school we learn a variety of math formulas. We learn how to convert temperatures from Fahrenheit to Celsius, we learn how to calculate the area of a triangle, and many more. The beauty of these formulas is the certainty that they provide. We know that if we know the formula and have the ... Views: 753
The odds are pretty high that you will have to go on a job hunt at least once in your life, but some people seem to be on job hunts every six months. Even people who were secure in their jobs before are feeling the chill of our frosty economy and hoping that they aren’t one of the unlucky few ... Views: 749
A resume serves the sole purpose of marketing an individual to the potential employers. It should therefore be written in the best way possible for you to achieve that dream job. There are basics that you need to consider when writing any kind of resume.
Writing something appealing to the ... Views: 745
Beliefs, Payoffs, and Effects
As a society, we reward illness. Think back to when you were a child. When you were sick, you undoubtedly received special treatment from Mom and Dad. You got to lay in a warm bed while you should have been standing outside waiting for the bus on a cold morning. ... Views: 743
Good health starts at the cellular level. For the body to be healthy, cells must be healthy, and to be healthy, cells need nourishment and protection. Nourishment is provided by nutrients, and protection is dependent on a variety of factors such as your immune system, the nutrients that make up ... Views: 734
A fallacy is being perpetuated that attainable health and fitness is complicated, impossible, frustrating, or just plain out of one’s reach. Individuals are often conditioned to believe that health and fitness require an all-or-nothing approach. You are either super fit or sedentary. Period! You ... Views: 733
Learned life experiences move us forward rather than back. As you grow forward, you become a more rounded individual, and even with ups and downs, good events begin to happen. It’s the things you learn as you move forward that help to shape your future for good. Since I’ve experienced the move ... Views: 733
“Nothing is working—what should I do?”
Have you ever had this unsettling thought? What happens when you wake up and nothing seems to be working in your life? There is no immediate crisis, but you feel “out of step.” Because you are a doer, you will begin to take a mental inventory of your ... Views: 730
Gracias. Danke. Merci. Thanks.
Simple words with the power to bind, to build, and to behold. If you’ve ever gotten thanked or given thanks, then you know its power. Just the fact that you say it can be enough to make a difference, just as not saying it can make a difference in a negative ... Views: 728
There are a very many links to resume samples that are available for people who want to venture into career testing. However, not all resumes fit every individual and there is a specific format of resume as per the individual’s intention and the kind of job being sought for. Online resume ... Views: 723