Career 03 (Apr 12 - Jul 19)

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“Recognize your highest calling as early in life as possible. Proactively and creatively persist, day in and day out. Leave an enduring legacy.”

– Frank McKinney

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In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

- Harold Green

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Talent

"You don't have to know a lot of things for your life, to make a lasting difference in the world.

But you do have to know the few great things that matter, perhaps just one, and then be willing to live for them and die for them.

The people that make a durable difference in the world, are not the people who have mastered many things, but who have been mastered by one great thing."

- John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life.

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Discover Your Talents By Brian Tracy

Here are four questions that you need to ask yourself on a regular basis:

What do I most enjoy doing?
How would I describe my ideal job?
If I could have any job at all, anywhere, what would it be?
If I won a million dollars in the lottery and I had to pick something to work at indefinitely, what would I choose to do?
To uncover your strengths and determine your unique talents and abilities, ask yourself:

What have I been good at in the past?
What things do I do easily that seem to be difficult for other people?
In what areas of work do I seem to get the best results... and derive the most pleasure?

The answers to all of these questions will give you a good idea as to how you might increase your return on the energy you invest.

Then look at your current job, and ask yourself:

Where do I want to be in three to five years?
What kind of work do I want to be doing?
What kind of people do I want to be working with?
What level of responsibility do I desire?
What kind of money do I want to be earning?
What part of the country do I want to be living in?
Look at your work and at your life in general, and ask yourself:

What kind of people do I admire and most want to be like?
Who do I know, or know about, who is doing the kind of work that I want to do and is
living the kind of life that I want to live?
What changes would I have to make in my life to be like that person?

Source: ETR

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Resume Tip By Pablo Perez

Employers make snap judgments when glancing at your resume.

If they see unrelated job titles or skills , the likelihood is very high that they will make an immediate assumption that you are not qualified for the job you want.

Adding to this problem is the fact that employers don't have the time to read through each of your job descriptions, to determine if you have the skills they need. You Must Do That For Them!

The design of your resume must highlight the most important information about your work experience, skills and education.

At first glance this information forms the image that employers have of your skills and abilities.


Source: www.wisdomtips.com

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When It No Longer Pays to Follow Your Dreams By Andrew Kosztyo

"Think outside the box..."

"Follow your heart and pursue your passions..."

"Don't be afraid to roll the dice..."

Wonderful bromides: they're the staple of every haughty high school and elite university commencement address. "Graduation Bingo" smart phone apps now allow ADD-addled grads to track the beneficent buzzwords as they flow from the august speaker's silvery tongues.

The only problem: it's all a bunch of baloney!

For every hedge fund millionaire and Silicon Alley billionaire pontificating from the podium, there are thousands -- no, tens of thousands -- of talented individuals who follow the be-an-iconoclast advice, roll the dice, and come up snake eyes.

This template is especially treacherous when applied to middle-aged professionals trying to recalibrate their careers in the post-recession, "new-normal" environment. To wit, a displaced corporate lender with twenty years experience at a money center bank has almost no realistic chance of reinventing herself as an entrepreneur or, worse yet, an independent consultant.

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11835862 ... L_atb_html

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"Work is love made visible.

And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy."

-Kahlil Gibran

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"You can't get a pay raise when you're angry. People will react to the negative energy and will resist you."

- Stuart Wilde

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"I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion."

- Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder and Internet Entrepreneur

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"If you want a great job, you need to build up valuable skills to offer in return.

Adopt the craftsmen mindset first and then the passion follows...Turn your focus toward getting so good they can't ignore you...

Regardless of what you do for a living, approach your work like a true performer."

- Cal Newport