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Near & Dear To Your Career – High Five

May

2013

While conducting my weekly study of my mentor, Jim Rohn, he made the profound statement that ”You’re the Average of the Five People You Spend The Most Time With“. At first I was skeptical of this statement, but after assessing the five people that I’m around the most I knew I needed to make some adjustments. Don’t get me ...

The Periodic Table of Empowerment – Element Five: (B)e All You Can Be

May

2013

When you think of the slogan “Be all you can be” you automatically think of the brave woman and men who serve in the United States Army, however this is also a challenge every human being needs to seriously accept. Don’t ever sell yourself short and not try to reach your full potential in life. ...

Hurrying up to Wait 1

May

2013

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”. Matthew Broderick hit the nail on the head when he stated this in the movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. However, Ferris never told us ...

Knowing What’s Important to You 3

Apr

2013

Everything is important to everyone, however you’re not everyone and everything isn’t important to you. One of the main setbacks to occur in life is when you have a lot going and lose focus on you’re your main priorities are. Before I decided to re-prioritize my life, I tried to be everywhere–and sadly enough—tried to be everything to everyone. Having ...

Near & Dear to Your Career: Fire Proofing Your Professional Bridge 1

Apr

2013

People are in your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. This is true on a personal and a professional level. In today’s workforce, how you get along with your colleagues goes hand and hand with the results you produce for the company. Promotions, meeting influential people, and dodging a company downsizing can all be ...

Don’t go broke paying your dues

Apr

2013

In today’s work society ALMOST everyone starts from the bottom and work their way to the top. You do have some people that are born with silver spoons in their mouths but I will talk about that in a blog entry at a later date. A large potion with working your way up is ...

A Job within a job…

Feb

2013

I’ve heard that finding a job is a job within itself. It takes a lot of time, energy, and patience to obtain an employment opportunity. Contrary to popular belief, jobs are available; they are just HIDDEN from the masses. You must navigate your job search differently to become successful. I will touch on four keen points that ...

Some Assembly Required

Jan

2013

As a child I remember seeing this road master bike at the local department store. At that particular time, it was the one thing I wanted in the whole wide world. I would spend countless hours in the store looking at the big black tires, shiny silver horn, and cherry red paint. I heard through the ...

Near & Dear to Your Career – The four corners of your circle

Dec

2012

I had to learn the hard way that the QUALITY of people in your life is far more important than the QUANTITY. That one great friend will always outweigh the 500 associates that will come and go like the wind. Throughout my 34 years on this earth, I have been blessed to have four types ...

The Mistake of Doing Nothing…

Sep

2012

This week I’m taking a hiatus on the career advice to write about the importance of opening up to your loved ones on what’s going on in your life. As much as we think we are Super Man/Super Woman, we ALL need to open up and let people in, no one can carry the weight ...