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		<title>Tricks And Tenets To Augment Your Self-Esteem</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though there are a few factors that attribute to success, there are some like self confidence that remain necessary. Without regard for what you are doing or what you need to realize, nothing can help you more than self confidence. Sadly though , there are many people who lack this essential ingredient to success. If [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Though there are a few factors that attribute to success, there are some like self confidence that remain necessary. Without regard for what you are doing or what you need to realize, nothing can help you more than self confidence. Sadly though , there are many people who lack this essential ingredient to success. If you are one of them, then don&rsquo;t worry as help is to hand.</p>
<p> The first thing that you need to build your confidence is to build your self confidence is to stop putting yourself down. You can never be confident till the time you keep saying negative things about yourself. Even if you&#8217;re not particularly good at something, try not to be too gloomy about it. Instead of saying things like &ldquo;I look that bad, make statements like I can look acceptable if I try. So, every time a negative thought hits your mind, substitute it with something positive.</p>
<p> A grin is another factor which brings self confidence. Those who grin in the face of trouble are people who achieve success in the final research. A grin is something which makes you suspect that things are normal and under control. Smile impacts the general character of individual and team and so helps bring in the confidence that is needed to find work done.</p>
<p> A sure shot measure to hike your self-confidence is to fake it. It&rsquo;s not said without reason fudge it until you make it&rdquo;. Even if your confidence is down in the dumps and you are having a heavy time, put up a brave act that you are a very confident person. Even your behavior should reflect the ultimate confidence that you need to portray. Practice this measure for a period and you may notice that this sort of behaviour has seeped deep down into you and you have actually become a lot assured.</p>
<p> Work on your subconscious movements. Your confidence comes from your body and is reflected from your body. Look folks right in their eyes and not towards the floor. Walk around with your grace intact as you have done at least one such thing which no one else may have done and is a thing to be OK with. Let this pride reflect in your body language. Your body should show that you can get the job done.</p>
<p> Volunteer wherever you can. Remember that if you can make the tiniest of difference, it&#8217;s still a difference and you did contribute. Stop waiting for the opportunity of a lifetime and begin to take the smallest ones which come your way. They are going to help you build confidence bit by bit.</p>
<p> Ultimately , you wish to understand that the people who look assured are as frightened as nervous as you realize this, pepping up your self esteem won&#8217;t be as difficult.</p>
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		<title>Law of Attraction &#8211; Your Wish Is Your Command</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All things flow to you when you know how to use the Law of Attraction and you realize that your wish is your command. You don&#8217;t put up any mental barriers to your success.
You live a free, unworried existence. You experience inner peace as your life materializes into the one you&#8217;ve always wanted.
Do you live [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All things flow to you when you know how to use the Law of Attraction and you realize that your <a href="http://www.yourwishisyourcommandstore.com" target="_blank">wish is your command</a>. You don&#8217;t put up any mental barriers to your success.</p>
<p>You live a free, unworried existence. You experience inner peace as your life materializes into the one you&#8217;ve always wanted.</p>
<p>Do you live this life? Or, is life a complete struggle? Everything seems so hard.</p>
<p>You feel out of sync rather than feeling peaceful. You can&#8217;t scrape together two dimes to pay the bills. You don&#8217;t know what to believe in your spiritual life. You&#8217;re out of shape physically. Your mind is cluttered with worried and scattered thoughts.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s all in how you think. You must see the world as bountiful. Allow the <a href="http://www.yourwishisyourcommandstore.com" target="_blank">Law of Attraction</a> to work for you.</p>
<p>When you think there is only &#8220;lack&#8221; in your life, you are using the Law of Attraction to attract more lack. For example, do you possibly have a destructive attitude towards the idea of money? Do you always feel like there&#8217;s never enough? You shouldn&#8217;t spend because you don&#8217;t know where the next dollar will come from? What if you run out of money?</p>
<p>You must come to the realization that your thoughts of &#8220;lack&#8221; are a self-fulfilling prophecy. If all your thoughts are centered on the fact that there is never enough money, how in the world are you going to be able realize financial freedom?</p>
<p>Those thoughts go from thoughts to concrete facts. Your subconscious mind accepts as complete fact anything you allow your mind to think. Think that there is lack? You receive lack in return. Think there is abundance? You receive abundance in return.</p>
<p>Is the Law of Attraction really that simple? Absolutely! But, here&#8217;s the catch&#8230;it&#8217;s an easy concept to grasp but it&#8217;s something that then takes years to master as you reverse all those negative thought patterns you&#8217;ve developed over the course of your life.</p>
<p>The &#8220;secret&#8221; is to focus intently on creating this shift in your thinking and to then create a daily habit of paying close attention to each thought you allow to go through your mind. As soon as you hear yourself saying words such as &#8220;but&#8221;, &#8220;maybe&#8221;, &#8220;if only&#8221;, &#8220;I need more&hellip;&#8221;, &#8220;I&#8217;m no good&#8221;, &#8220;there&#8217;s never enough&hellip;&#8221;, etc, you must stop yourself and rephrase your words.</p>
<p>Instead of saying &#8220;We can&#8217;t afford that because we need more money&#8221;, say &#8220;We&#8217;ll get that as soon as that deposit we&#8217;re waiting on hits the account&#8221; instead. Do you see how that little change keeps you focused on expecting positive change in your bank account rather than focusing on &#8220;lack&#8221;?</p>
<p>This is simply one small piece of information you must know if you expect to use the Law of Attraction to your best advantage. Be sure to stay open to all available education that will help you best use this universal law as you learn how to attract your dream life to you&#8230;remember, <a href="http://www.yourwishisyourcommandstore.com/order-now" target="_blank">your wish is your command</a>.</p>
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		<title>Increase market exposure every day and do it right!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 22:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many types of Internet business nowadays, and many have a great success due to the real match they make with the world wide web market environment these days. Everybody tries to sell, but what makes a difference is the way they promote products and services. Online and offline strategies are combined to increase [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many types of Internet business nowadays, and many have a great success due to the real match they make with the world wide web market environment these days. Everybody tries to sell, but what makes a difference is the way they promote products and services. Online and offline strategies are combined to increase product awareness and answer to the clients&#8217; requirements in the most successful way possible. And the platform for all the online transactions is the <a title="websites" href="http://www.internetbusinessmodelonline.com/" target="_blank">WEBSITE</a>.</p>
<p>Every <a title="Internet business" href="http://www.bestwebbuildersite.com/" target="_blank">Internet business </a>begins with web design. This is also the reason why web masters make so much money from their design and optimization projects. It is more common to have marketing knowledge than to be able to set a website up and running in optimal conditions. In the majority of situations, business owners hire a web master and together discuss about the best ways to achieve a user-friendly interface. And you&#8217;ve got the first stage of Internet business growth.</p>
<p>Then follows search engine optimization. An Internet business depends on traffic, and the page visitors have to be as relevant as possible to convert into prospects or clients. Therefore, SEO becomes the key process to get a high conversion rate. Keywords are highly important given the fact that they make the Internet functional. Every Internet user has to type some words in the search engine box to get results for a query.</p>
<p>If your website is well indexed and optimized, the search engine will display the link to your pages among the first results. Only websites with very good page rankings get in such positions. Then there are other aspects of <a title="Internet business marketing" href="http://www.income-internet-business.com/" target="_blank">Internet business marketing</a> that you have to keep in mind in relation with SEO and advertising. It is not easy to achieve good page rankings, and this job takes a lot of time and constant monitoring of web performance.</p>
<p>An Internet business has lots of advertising solutions, and the ideal is to find those that are both efficient and little costly. Article marketing, blogging, forum posts and social network posts are considered among the most efficient ways of attracting relevant traffic to Internet business website. Given the fact that pay-per-click advertising systems like Google Adwords are pretty costly, web investors have to find alternatives to such forms of business promotion.</p>
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		<title>Creating Harmony &#8211;  The Key To Effective Team Building</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 02:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we think of harmony, we often think of music. Different harmonious chords connected together to make something that is very pleasing.&#160; Each chord has its own specific characteristics and is perfectly adequate on its own. However, when put together into a musical tune, each note finds its true significance in relation to what it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When we think of harmony, we often think of music. Different harmonious chords connected together to make something that is very pleasing.&nbsp; Each chord has its own specific characteristics and is perfectly adequate on its own. However, when put together into a musical tune, each note finds its true significance in relation to what it contributes. &nbsp;</p>
<p>The same holds true for us. Each and everyone has a special set of talents, skills, and abilities that hold us in good stead. When we contribute those skills to others, we can discover a personal value and a sense of satisfaction that is deep and rich and resonates with harmony. </p>
<p>However, when we focus on our own goals and satisfaction with little or no concern for others, the result is often disharmonious. Just as a note played without regard for the whole jars the senses, a person who does not contribute to the whole creates tension and friction. </p>
<p>In the business world, the concept of harmony is often referred to as synergy. The concept that the effort of an effective team exceeds the greatest effort of any single individual on that team. To be most effective, people in a team work in harmony. They all share their personal best to move the team forward towards its chosen objective. If a team member gets off track or begins putting his or her own interests before those of the team, then the project is derailed. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Harmony is of the essence to teamwork and teamwork is essential to success &ndash; whether it is personal success or business. When we all work together and have the freedom to express ourselves, we create harmony and create extraordinary results. &nbsp;</p>
<p>People who live full and satisfied lives embrace the joy of others and are as concerned for the welfare of society as they are the well being of their selves. &nbsp;</p>
<p>That which will benefit the whole &ndash; a sales or management team, a family, a nation, a world &#8211; will benefit each of us. We have all been given unique qualities and talents. It is our obligation to recognize them and share them so we can contribute to the whole of society.</p>
<p>When you seek harmony in your life, you develop rouse your potential and expand your consciousness.&nbsp; Harmony is what brings fundamental human qualities like respect, acceptance, understanding and compassion to the surface.&nbsp; Harmony reminds you of how very special and important every person is.</p>
<p>Consider the following tips from an acclaimed <a title="professional life coach" href="http://www.dieterpauwels.com" target="_blank">professional life coach</a> to bring harmony into your life right now, and awaken to a whole new appreciation for the symbiosis of life.</p>
<ul>
<li>Take stock of your personal talents. List every personal talent, skill, quality, competency, and ability you can think of.</li>
<li>Take a moment and recognize how talented you really are.</li>
<li>After each quality, list a few ways you can start using it to make a contribution every day.</li>
<li>Make a talent list of each person in your personal circle of influence &ndash; people you interact with on a regular basis.</li>
<li>Take a moment and recognize how talented those people really are.</li>
<li>After each of their talents, list how their talents can help you to be and achieve what you want.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Refer to this list often and continue to be mindful of everyone&rsquo;s unique abilities even when they seem opposed to your own. </li>
</ul>
<p>When you contemplate living a full life, rich in blessings and personal satisfaction, harmony is a essential part of this equation. We are relational beings and a significant portion of our success comes from our relationships we have with others and our contributions to our family, community and society. To fully appreciate our personal success we depend upon harmony with others, because teamwork makes the dream work.</p>
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		<title>Oklahoma State University&#8217;s master&#8217;s program to inspire creativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Higher education officials hope a new master’s degree program at Oklahoma State University will help inspire Oklahoma’s next wave of jobs and businesses and further boost the university’s growing entrepreneurship program.The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education on Thursday approved a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship degree program for OSU. Launching a business venture is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Higher education officials hope a new master’s degree program at Oklahoma State University will help inspire Oklahoma’s next wave of jobs and businesses and further boost the university’s growing entrepreneurship program.The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education on Thursday approved a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship degree program for OSU. Launching a business venture is a requirement of the program.Read more on NewsOK.com <a href="http://newsok.com/oklahoma-state-universitys-masters-program-to-inspire-creativity/article/3456147?custom_click=rss" target="_blank">Read more</a></p>
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		<title>Job Changes Are Not Necessarily Career Moves</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Was your last professional job change a career move or a just another job change? 
The last time you left one employer to join another, how much thought did you give to the long-term implications of the change you were about to make?
For the past decade, it has been relatively easy for   technology [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><strong> Was your last professional job change a career move or a just another job change? </strong></h3>
<p>The last time you left one employer to join another, how much thought did you give to the long-term implications of the change you were about to make?</p>
<p>For the past decade, it has been relatively easy for   technology  professionals to move from one employer to another on a regular basis. Some in the security profession have made carefully planned career moves while others have simply made a series of job changes.    You may be thinking  …. why does this topic matter?    Isn’t it enough to simply have a job and a paycheck in the middle of a recession?</p>
<p>Chosing between having a job and sitting on the sidelines is a simple choice.  It is better to be employed than not employed regardless of the job market&#8217;s conditions.    No argument here.</p>
<p>When companies hire an executive security recruiter to fill a strategically important security job in their company, many factors are discussed between the employer and the <a title="Security Recruiter" href="http://www.securityrecruiter.com/contact.htm" target="_blank">security recruiter</a>.</p>
<p>For example, employers frequently bring up the topic of job changes. There is a very fine line between one security professional having too many jobs over a period of time and another security professional having just enough change in their career to show depth and breadth of skill, diversity in employment experiences and variety and growth in responsibilities.</p>
<p>The next time you’re thinking about moving from one employer to another, ask yourself the following questions. Some questions apply to those on a CSO / CISO track while other questions are better suited to security professionals on an engineer / architect track.</p>
<p>Some questions apply to all  technology   professionals.</p>
<ul>
<li>If I make this change, how will my  skills and responsibilities  change over the next  2-3 years  ?</li>
<li>What will my resume likely look like in 2-3 years if I make this change?</li>
<li>Is the change I’m  pondering   putting me closer to my long term career   goals  ?</li>
<li>Will I have an opportunity to build a program or a series of programs in the new  company  ?</li>
<li>Will my level of responsibility increase, stay the same or decrease if I take the new job?</li>
<li>Will I be   leading, guiding, mentoring or managing    people in the new job?  If so, how many people and how soon  ?</li>
<li> Are enough resources allocated to the new job for me to be successful?</li>
<li> Will I have budgetary responsibility in the new job?    Will the next budget be bigger or smaller than my current budget?</li>
<li>Will my technical skills broaden, stay the same or decrease if I take the new job?</li>
<li>Is there a clear path for personal growth in the new job? (Growth can be up if you’re on a CISO path and growth can be horizontal if you’re on more of a security engineer / security architect track)</li>
<li>Are there clear objectives to be met that will enable others to measure my accomplishments and clearly see my contribution to the company in the new job?</li>
<li> Who will see my work in the new company?</li>
<li> Is the reporting structure connected to the new job clear?</li>
<li>Is security positioned highly enough in the new company for me to be successful?</li>
<li> Will I be able to learn from my new boss?</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are more questions to be asked before moving to a new employer. Hopefully these questions will give you a basis from which to add even more questions. If you measure the new job opportunity against questions like these and if the answers you come up with are positive, you may be making a  well-thought-out   career move rather than a short-term job change.</p>
<p>If after measuring a new job opportunity against these questions, you’re frequently not sure of the answer, you either have more work to do before making a decision or you may have enough uncertainty staring you in the face to make a decision to walk away.</p>
<p>If you struggle with the questions shown above and the core reason you find yourself attracted to a new job is primarily money, more often than not you’re contemplating a job change. A job change will lead to another job change sooner than later because most job changes are not made based on sound business logic. You&#8217;ll get used to the new level of income sooner than you think.  It won&#8217;t be long before the new level of income isn&#8217;t enough.  You&#8217;ll start looking for the next financial bump.</p>
<p>To make  well-planned career moves   versus job changes, a bit of  careful planning   is necessary.  Technology   professionals who have made carefully planned-out and carefully measured career moves are the candidates who are most likely to fit into the requirements that land on the desk of a highly specialized <a title="Security Recruiter" href="http://www.securityrecruiter.com" target="_blank">security recruiter</a>.</p>
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		<title>With Scant Jobs, Grads Make Their Own</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Les</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No jobs for new grads is no problem &#8211; they will just make their own.
Everyone who has accomplished anything has always done so.  From &#8220;Think and Grow Rich&#8221; by Napoleon Hill:
Planning The Sale Of Services
The remainder of this book has been given over to a description of ways and means of marketing personal services. The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580839,00.html">No jobs for new grads is no problem &#8211; they will just make their own.</a></p>
<p>Everyone who has accomplished anything has always done so.  From &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1604591870?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=nevlooaga-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1604591870">Think and Grow Rich</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=nevlooaga-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1604591870" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8221; by Napoleon Hill:</p>
<h2 style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Planning The Sale Of Services</span></strong></h2>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong></strong>The remainder of this book has been given over to a description of ways and means of marketing personal services. The information here conveyed will be of practical help to any person having any form of personal services to market, but it will be of priceless benefit to those who aspire to leadership in their chosen occupations.</p>
<p>Whether you realize it or not, everyone who earns a living does so by <em>marketing personal services. </em>Whether you drive a forklift or a 747; whether you are a cube-rat or in the corner office &#8211; you are marketing personal services.</p>
<p>If you are not, as <a href="http://www.jimrohn.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=95&amp;products_id=1071&amp;refid=C13184">Jim Rohn</a> says &#8220;working harder on yourself, than you do on your job&#8221; your personal services will be less valuable in the marketplace.  The only difference between the $7/hr burger-flipper and the $200/hr consultant is the amount of work they&#8217;ve put in on themselves.</p>
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		<title>Are you self-employed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Les</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being self-employed is a state of mind.  We all, whether our compensation plan says W2, contract, 1099 or whatever are in the business of, as Napoleon Hill says in &#8220;Think and Grow Rich&#8220;, &#8220;marketing personal services&#8221;.  If you think of yourself as a self-employed entrepreneur whose product is the services you provide, you are much [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Being self-employed is a state of mind.  We all, whether our compensation plan says W2, contract, 1099 or whatever are in the business of, as Napoleon Hill says in &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1604591870?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=nevlooaga-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1604591870">Think and Grow Rich</a><img style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=nevlooaga-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1604591870" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8220;, &#8220;marketing personal services&#8221;.  If you think of yourself as a self-employed entrepreneur whose product is the services you provide, you are much more likely to, as <a href='http://www.jimrohn.com/refer/?refid=C13184'>Jim Rohn</a> says &#8220;work harder on yourself than you do on your job&#8221;.</p>
<p>Think about a professional football player, this year he&#8217;s starting with the 49ers.  Next year, if he doesn&#8217;t do well, he may be with the Rams. But if he works on his skills, if he gets better, he may be playing with the Raiders. You can substitute team names to fit your preferences, but you get the idea.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.neverlookagain.com/blog/92/business-change/">In today&#8217;s business world, nothing is permanent.</a> The days of getting a job and retiring 30 years later are something your grandfather told you about. If you aren&#8217;t getting better; if you aren&#8217;t engaged in personal development; if you fail to plan; if you fail to stay open to career change, you are very likely to be &#8220;looking&#8221; again.</p>
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		<title>Personal Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Les</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personal development is, in the end, what it&#8217;s all about.  Jim Rohn has said for years &#8220;Work harder on yourself than on your job&#8221;.  Your worth, in the marketplace, depends on your ability to deliver value. 
&#8220;OK,&#8221;, you say &#8220;what does that mean?  What parts of me do I need to develop?&#8221;.  Well, the short [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Personal development is, in the end, what it&#8217;s all about.  Jim Rohn has said for years &#8220;Work harder on yourself than on your job&#8221;.  Your worth, in the marketplace, depends on your ability to deliver value. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">&#8220;OK,&#8221;, you say &#8220;what does that mean?  What parts of me do I need to develop?&#8221;.  Well, the short answer is &#8220;all of them&#8221;.  However, that&#8217;s kind of daunting and also not very efficient.  We&#8217;ve all heard, in church, &#8220;be more like Jesus&#8221;.  That statement is the key &#8211; both in the literal sense and as a principle. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Let&#8217;s talk about the principle and leave the other for church &#8211; the principle is &#8220;Find someone who is successful, in your field, and work to be more like them&#8221;.  This is called <em>modeling</em> &#8211; as in &#8220;model yourself after &#8230;&#8221;.   An example, if your goal is to be successful in real-estate, you might study Donald Trump.  If your field is finance, Steve Forbes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So what&#8217;s the catch?  Wellllll, there&#8217;s two parts to the above:</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Pick a model</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">work to be like that model. </span></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">But, each of those two parts has some parts. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">It looks like this:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Pick a field</span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Pick a model</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Work to be like the model</span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Find information</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Get mentoring</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Notice that &#8220;Pick a field&#8221; comes first &#8211; see Dreams and Goals and Plans &#8211; if you didn&#8217;t read those parts first.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Let&#8217;s assume that you&#8217;ve got a dream and a plan, Now you pick someone or some someones (it doesn&#8217;t have to be one) to model.  &#8220;Right!&#8221; you say, &#8220;I just walk into Donald Trump&#8217;s office, and say &#8216;Don! Baby! Be my mentor&#8217;&#8221;.  Well yes, in a sense.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Many, many of the true models in the world are accessible.  They <span style="text-decoration: underline;">want</span> to be accessible.  Some, because they want to give back.  Some, because they want to be idols.  If motives matter to you, be sure you understand them.  The access is generally free or cheap.  There are some high-dollar coaching programs but you can start for the price of a library card or an internet connection.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">There&#8217;s one thing to understand before beginning a search for a mentor / model &#8211; the most important attributes and skills are common to all fields and to understand and internalize the field-unique skills you <span style="text-decoration: underline;">must</span> gain these common (actually <span style="text-decoration: underline;">very</span> un-common) skills first.  What are these skills?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">They are &#8220;people skills&#8221; and personal integrity &#8211; see &#8220;Jesus&#8221; above.  If you haven&#8217;t got these qualities, no amount of coaching or studying will make you successful.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">There are some excellent resources for understanding your skills.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So, here&#8217;s two lists of resources &#8211; Personal Skills and Business Skills</span></p>
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		<title>What are the options?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Les</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the corporate world is, indeed, moving in the direction of less and less security and &#8220;benefits&#8221;, then what are the options?
There&#8217;s an old saying &#8220;If you keep doing what you&#8217;ve been doing, you&#8217;ll keep getting what you&#8217;ve been getting&#8221;.  The implication being that if you want better, you need to get better.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the corporate world is, indeed, moving in the direction of less and less security and &#8220;benefits&#8221;, then what are the options?<br />
There&#8217;s an old saying &#8220;If you keep doing what you&#8217;ve been doing, you&#8217;ll keep getting what you&#8217;ve been getting&#8221;.  The implication being that if you <span style="text-decoration: underline;">want</span> better, you need to <span style="text-decoration: underline;">get</span> better.  Unfortunately, it&#8217;s not even that good any more.  Time was, you could keep your head down, put up with the crap and &#8220;wait for 30&#8243;.  Ask the folks at GM and Chrysler how that&#8217;s working for them!</p>
<p>Today, the nearest to that is getting hired by a temp agency and hoping they&#8217;ll keep you &#8220;placed&#8221;.  How does a lifetime of entry-level pay, no benefits and no security sound?</p>
<p>In &#8220;Alice in Wonderland&#8221;, Alice is trying to decide:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;<br />
Alice: Oh, no, no. I was just wondering if you could help me find my way.<br />
Cheshire Cat: Well that depends on where you want to get to.<br />
Alice: Oh, it really doesn&#8217;t matter, as long as&#8230;<br />
Cheshire Cat: Then it really doesn&#8217;t matter which way you go.<br />
&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>Perhaps, a more structured approach is called for.  My personal experience, and that of many others I&#8217;ve known and read of, is that the place to start is with your dreams and then begin to think about plans. Oh, by the way, Goals come between Dreams and Plans</p>
<ul>
<li><a title="Dreams" href="http://www.neverlookagain.com/blog/dreams/" target="_blank">Dreams</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.neverlookagain.com/blog/dreams/" target="_blank">Goals</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.neverlookagain.com/blog/plans/">Plans</a></li>
</ul>
<p>OK, you&#8217;ve decided to do &#8211; something. Scary, isn&#8217;t it?  Odds are you need some new skills.</p>
<p>First, realize that the road you are starting down has been travelled by thousands or millions of others.  People who&#8217;ve suffered as you have and have said &#8220;ENOUGH!&#8221;.  You don&#8217;t know it yet, but those people think well of you for having decided to make a change.  They know how hard it was for you because they did it too!  They want to help you.  They teach, they coach, they write books, they make videos, they do everything they can think of to reach out to people like you.</p>
<p>These new skills fall into two broad categories:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.neverlookagain.com/blog/45/personal-development/">Personal Development</a></li>
<li> Marketable Skills</li>
</ul>
<p>Can you do what you&#8217;ve decided on by yourself?  Probably not! And, it&#8217;s way more fun and way less scary with help.  Where do you find help? Re-read Chapter 10 of &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1604591870?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=nevlooaga-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1604591870">Think and Grow Rich</a><img style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=nevlooaga-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1604591870" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8221; by Napolean Hill. Oh, you haven&#8217;t read &#8220;Think and Grow Rich&#8221;?  You don&#8217;t mean to tell me that your wonderful government school didn&#8217;t include this most basic resource in your curriculum? Well, Chapter 10 is about creating what Mr Hill calls a &#8220;Master Mind&#8221;.  You can think of this group of people as your &#8220;board of directors&#8221;.  These are the people that advise you, tell you what you don&#8217;t want to hear, cheer you on, listen to you bitch, &#8230; When you have truly decided to do, to be something better, you will have no problem finding such a group.  Places to start include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Church</li>
<li>Civic Organizations</li>
<li>Coaches / Mentors</li>
</ul>
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