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April 29, 2008

Friendship Poems 4 - Ma Ma Said No!

You may use this as a lesson plan and give it to a friend you care about. When a friend gets off track and needs guidance, you can give him a dose of old fashion wisdom. Ma ma is a hero and no matter your age, she still has a big influence over you because ma ma knows best.

The problem occurs with your friend because he knows better, but he is not willing to do better. He is not willing to accept responsibility for any of his actions. One way of getting him to recognize that he has a problem is by writing him a “Ma ma said no!” poem.

April 27, 2008

How To Make A Career Change

When the time comes for a change in employment many workers do not know how to make a career change. The stress of leaving full time employment can be traumatic. This is understood and facing a career change can be daunting. If a worker knows how to make a career change without risking their future employment, the change can be a great experience.

Learning how to make a career change begins with looking at the skills and interests of a worker while they are still employed. This gives the worker time to train and gather skills that will enable them to move smoothly into a new field of employment.

April 19, 2008

Move Out Of Your Comfort Zone And Make Change

Your comfort zone is the place you feel safe, where there is no sense of risk. To step out of this place can feel scary and the thought of transforming the status quo can be overwhelming.

It is also very easy to say that you will make change in your life when you have lost weight/moved house/have more money/the children have gone to school, etc, then never make that change or come up with new excuses not to move forward.

March 25, 2008

10 Key Attributes To Successfully Climbing The Leadership Ladder

When we start in our career, most of our energies and efforts are directed to learning. For example:

• How to use IT

• Gaining a broad range of experience

• Gaining knowledge through professional or business qualifications

These foundations are an essential part of your development but they are unlikely to be a major factor in determining how far you climb the leadership ladder. So what attributes do you need to develop to avoid hitting a glass ceiling?

1. Awareness of yourself and how your behaviours impact on others

January 2, 2008

You Already Have What It Takes For A Graduate Job

Whilst in University, the world of full time employment seems light years away. In University you spend you time drinking, playing sports and of course becoming a little bit too familiar with your chosen day time television programmes.

The world of full time employment and graduate jobs however is one of responsibility, time keeping and perhaps more worryingly for some graduates, work ethic! It’s not all bad though, in return for your hard work and time, you can reap the rewards such as home ownership, holidays and membership to that elusive health club that had been previously out of your financial reach.

December 27, 2007

Future Success Starts With A Winning Career Plan!

A winning career plan for future success through effective written career planning.

“Committing your goals to paper increases the likelihood of your achieving them by 1000%.” Brian Tracy

Jack had worked at Wal-Mart for over four years and was in his early 20’s. In the past year he was promoted to department manger in his local store. His education ended at high school although he had gone to a junior college for one semester.

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