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Other Added - Career Change - Do I Dare Do What I Love For A Living?
Have you seen this happen to a woman you know?She gets very close to success - then turns her attention in another direction.She has an opportunity to "shine" at a meeting, but turns it over to someone else.You compliment her on what a great job she did and she gives credit to the team instead.She has a million-dollar idea, but decides to take the safer route and get a steady job and pursue the idea "later."These are examples of "playing not to lose" and it's often a common ailment of women in business. It's taking the safe option instead of really going for it.While part of this may be a result of our culture, we still have choices. And that choice can be to "play to win!"There are five principles for a "Play to Win" attitude.1.
Now, as we step into present day, the feedback from my clients is enormously satisfying. I have that fulfilled feeling in my heart that I’d always wanted in my work.
Metaphysics also looms large in my experience of painting portraits. One time recently I was working on a portrait
There are a multitude of advertising options on the Internet. Finding the one that's right for your needs can be a challenge.Before choosing a company to help with your online advertising, you should think about what it is you're really trying to accomplish, and what you really need from that company. Your options can range from running a simple classified ad on Craigslist, to contracting with a major agency for a complete online marketing program and website redesign.The first thing you need to decide is whether your online advertisement will run long-term or short-term. If you're simply needing to run an ad to hire a new receptionist you may not need it for longer than a few days. If you're wanting to generate ongoing sales over a long period o
In my search, I had taken a part-time job for a veterinary clinic working in the kennel area because I dearly love animals. After five months, however, this proved to be too strenuous a job for me. I loved caring for the animals, but most of my time was spent cleaning the kennels and bedding, and washing and disinfecting food bowls and floors. On Sundays I was alone all morning sometimes with 25 dogs and 5 cats to care for and not all the animals were friendly and happy to be there. In fact, most of them wanted to go home so badly, the barking never stopped. I’d spend time reading their information sheets aloud and telling them how many “big sleeps” it would be before they got to go home. I was so exhausted from standing on the cement all day, I finally decided to try something else I felt I would be more physically suited to.
I answered ads galore and visited scores of employment agencies, all to no avail. I was confused as to which direction to take next so I attended a drop-in support group for job seekers and listened attentively to each person’s story. As it got closer to my turn to speak, I felt my emotions beginning to well up inside me. I was becoming bitter about the whole process of interview/interviewee. I had tried “dressing for success” and felt my left toe going numb in my too-tight heels, the air being squeezed out of my lungs in my fashionable leather belt and my ear lobes stinging with pain from my upscale earrings. My son had commented to me as he saw me going to one more job interview, “Mom, if you don’t like wearing those clothes, why do you do it?” I had to admit, I had no good answer for him. “I have to look good for my job interview” was all I could manage to mumble. In the support group, when it came time for me to speak, I almost broke out in tears of frustration. I railed against the 8:00 to 5:00 time card mentality of the companies I had applied to work for. The facilitator ended my monologue with, “Why do you want to work for anybody else? It sounds like you want to work for yourself.”
Ahhhh, the clarity of those words was like putting a piece of duct tape over my mouth. I was suddenly speechless. He had said it all for me.
“What Color Is Your Parachute?” was a book that a job counselor had recommended that I read. She said I was unfocused as to exactly what I wanted in a new career direction. I found a copy of the book at the library and devoured every page and did every exercise hoping to uncover my hidden interests and unknown skills.
Time and again after each exercise I came up with the exact same three passions: art, animals and metaphysics. With one exercise, I was to imagine which group of people I would gravitate toward at any party. I picked the artistic/intuitives. Every magazine that came to my house covered one or all of those subjects, and every bookmark on my computer was from a website that specialized in one of those areas.
Now that I had my most favorite passions in mind, what was I to do with them? Deep in the recesses of my mind, I knew that I loved to draw and paint animals, but how could I turn that into a career? Would anyone want a portrait of their companion animal? What would I charge and how would I begin? I attended a dog show and a dog walking fundraiser and put in my booth a painting of my Australian Shepherds along with samples of other paintings I had completed for friends and family. One by one the orders started to trickle in. I learned how to write html and loaded a page on ebay offering my services as an animal portrait artist. Everywhere I went I used affirmations to bolster my courage and send a message out to the universe. “I am working full-time as an animal portrait artist,” I repeated. “Prosperity flows easily to me as I share my gifts with the world.” Sure enough, orders from my ebay page started to come to me. I was shipping completed portraits all over the country and up into Canada!
Now, as we step into present day, the feedback from my clients is enormously satisfying. I have that fulfilled feeling in my heart that I’d always wanted in my work.
Metaphysics also looms large in my experience of painting portraits. One time recently I was working on a portrait
A professional degree in Juris Doctor relates to a higher grade of studies in law. With business houses expanding in size and the legal issues gaining higher importance for day to day working of large corporates, demand for Juris Doctor professionals has been increasing. As the business interacts more with the society and their other counterparts need to resolve legal matters emerge simultaneously. All this has given an impetus to students aiming for career in law field. But a purely law background without any corporate experience may not be well accepted by business industry. Top ranked services in companies also demand a graduate in business organization along with lawyer’s degree.As demand for combined degree in JD and business is being a preferred combination to build a rewa
I answered ads galore and visited scores of employment agencies, all to no avail. I was confused as to which direction to take next so I attended a drop-in support group for job seekers and listened attentively to each person’s story. As it got closer to my turn to speak, I felt my emotions beginning to well up inside me. I was becoming bitter about the whole process of interview/interviewee. I had tried “dressing for success” and felt my left toe going numb in my too-tight heels, the air being squeezed out of my lungs in my fashionable leather belt and my ear lobes stinging with pain from my upscale earrings. My son had commented to me as he saw me going to one more job interview, “Mom, if you don’t like wearing those clothes, why do you do it?” I had to admit, I had no good answer for him. “I have to look good for my job interview” was all I could manage to mumble. In the support group, when it came time for me to speak, I almost broke out in tears of frustration. I railed against the 8:00 to 5:00 time card mentality of the companies I had applied to work for. The facilitator ended my monologue with, “Why do you want to work for anybody else? It sounds like you want to work for yourself.”
Ahhhh, the clarity of those words was like putting a piece of duct tape over my mouth. I was suddenly speechless. He had said it all for me.
“What Color Is Your Parachute?” was a book that a job counselor had recommended that I read. She said I was unfocused as to exactly what I wanted in a new career direction. I found a copy of the book at the library and devoured every page and did every exercise hoping to uncover my hidden interests and unknown skills.
Time and again after each exercise I came up with the exact same three passions: art, animals and metaphysics. With one exercise, I was to imagine which group of people I would gravitate toward at any party. I picked the artistic/intuitives. Every magazine that came to my house covered one or all of those subjects, and every bookmark on my computer was from a website that specialized in one of those areas.
Now that I had my most favorite passions in mind, what was I to do with them? Deep in the recesses of my mind, I knew that I loved to draw and paint animals, but how could I turn that into a career? Would anyone want a portrait of their companion animal? What would I charge and how would I begin? I attended a dog show and a dog walking fundraiser and put in my booth a painting of my Australian Shepherds along with samples of other paintings I had completed for friends and family. One by one the orders started to trickle in. I learned how to write html and loaded a page on ebay offering my services as an animal portrait artist. Everywhere I went I used affirmations to bolster my courage and send a message out to the universe. “I am working full-time as an animal portrait artist,” I repeated. “Prosperity flows easily to me as I share my gifts with the world.” Sure enough, orders from my ebay page started to come to me. I was shipping completed portraits all over the country and up into Canada!
Now, as we step into present day, the feedback from my clients is enormously satisfying. I have that fulfilled feeling in my heart that I’d always wanted in my work.
Metaphysics also looms large in my experience of painting portraits. One time recently I was working on a portrait
I heard an advertisement on the radio the other day that surprised me, not because they were saying anything noteworthy, but because it was so banal. It was a national company’s ad. They pay an ad agency to write and produce their commercials. There are so many words at their disposal, so many descriptions, so many emotional statements to attract customers, why would they use the trite phrase, “ knowledgeable, friendly staff to serve you”? Even if they couldn’t think of anything exciting, they could have used, “if you’ve got questions, we’ve got answers”, “we specialize in providing answers”…”specializing in premium products and effective solutions”.”Try and stump the staff with your questions, they love a challenge”. “We don’t have all the answers but we’ll help find solutions”
Ahhhh, the clarity of those words was like putting a piece of duct tape over my mouth. I was suddenly speechless. He had said it all for me.
“What Color Is Your Parachute?” was a book that a job counselor had recommended that I read. She said I was unfocused as to exactly what I wanted in a new career direction. I found a copy of the book at the library and devoured every page and did every exercise hoping to uncover my hidden interests and unknown skills.
Time and again after each exercise I came up with the exact same three passions: art, animals and metaphysics. With one exercise, I was to imagine which group of people I would gravitate toward at any party. I picked the artistic/intuitives. Every magazine that came to my house covered one or all of those subjects, and every bookmark on my computer was from a website that specialized in one of those areas.
Now that I had my most favorite passions in mind, what was I to do with them? Deep in the recesses of my mind, I knew that I loved to draw and paint animals, but how could I turn that into a career? Would anyone want a portrait of their companion animal? What would I charge and how would I begin? I attended a dog show and a dog walking fundraiser and put in my booth a painting of my Australian Shepherds along with samples of other paintings I had completed for friends and family. One by one the orders started to trickle in. I learned how to write html and loaded a page on ebay offering my services as an animal portrait artist. Everywhere I went I used affirmations to bolster my courage and send a message out to the universe. “I am working full-time as an animal portrait artist,” I repeated. “Prosperity flows easily to me as I share my gifts with the world.” Sure enough, orders from my ebay page started to come to me. I was shipping completed portraits all over the country and up into Canada!
Now, as we step into present day, the feedback from my clients is enormously satisfying. I have that fulfilled feeling in my heart that I’d always wanted in my work.
Metaphysics also looms large in my experience of painting portraits. One time recently I was working on a portrait
Yes, I’ve made an entire career out of wearing a nametag.(I know. Sometimes I still don’t believe it myself!)Still, many of my readers and audience members continue to ask the obvious question: “How?”I wish I had a short answer for you. I really do.But alas, it’s not that simple.So, bear with me here as I take you through my long answer.How to Make an Entire Career Out of Wearing a NametagATTITUDE. Stay positive. Stay friendly. Stay fun. Especially because 10% of the people you meet will think you’re out of your damn mind. And remember: it’s not about the nametag; it’s the person wearing it, and the attitude OF that person. Turn hate mail into great mail. If at first your idea does not sound absurd, there is no hop
Time and again after each exercise I came up with the exact same three passions: art, animals and metaphysics. With one exercise, I was to imagine which group of people I would gravitate toward at any party. I picked the artistic/intuitives. Every magazine that came to my house covered one or all of those subjects, and every bookmark on my computer was from a website that specialized in one of those areas.
Now that I had my most favorite passions in mind, what was I to do with them? Deep in the recesses of my mind, I knew that I loved to draw and paint animals, but how could I turn that into a career? Would anyone want a portrait of their companion animal? What would I charge and how would I begin? I attended a dog show and a dog walking fundraiser and put in my booth a painting of my Australian Shepherds along with samples of other paintings I had completed for friends and family. One by one the orders started to trickle in. I learned how to write html and loaded a page on ebay offering my services as an animal portrait artist. Everywhere I went I used affirmations to bolster my courage and send a message out to the universe. “I am working full-time as an animal portrait artist,” I repeated. “Prosperity flows easily to me as I share my gifts with the world.” Sure enough, orders from my ebay page started to come to me. I was shipping completed portraits all over the country and up into Canada!
Now, as we step into present day, the feedback from my clients is enormously satisfying. I have that fulfilled feeling in my heart that I’d always wanted in my work.
Metaphysics also looms large in my experience of painting portraits. One time recently I was working on a portrait
Recruiting, retained or contingency, involves (or should, anyway) directly approaching individuals who, based on their title or position, might well have the experience to handle the job description and position for which the client is seeking someone. The individuals who are approached, of course, are usually currently employed at one of the client's competitors.If that individual is you, what would you do? What would you do when a recruiter calls and briefly outlines an opportunity with an unnamed company? Obviously if you're unhappy where you are and the opportunity sounds interesting, you're going to bite. But I'm not talking about that scenario. I'm talking about the response when you ARE happy where you are. Because there's a smart way to respond and a not-so-smart way to
Now, as we step into present day, the feedback from my clients is enormously satisfying. I have that fulfilled feeling in my heart that I’d always wanted in my work.
Metaphysics also looms large in my experience of painting portraits. One time recently I was working on a portrait for a friend I met through ebay. The portrait was of a German shepherd that had passed over the Rainbow Bridge. He looked almost exactly like my long-haired German shepherd that had died years ago. This German shepherd was named Wolf and his one ear was relaxed and tipped over just like my shepherd's one ear. The resemblance was uncanny!
As I was attempting to paint Wolf's portrait, I was having so much trouble. I literally worked 2 hours on just the layout and then ended up painting out what I had started and beginning again! This had never happened before. I felt I was having an emotional block because of the resemblance. I said a quick prayer for help and continued on.
I was moving my little magnifying glass over the picture and zeroing in on one of his eyes. Just then, his eye GLEAMED at me, with a light that radiated from the picture! I froze. I felt chills run up and down my spine. It was then that I saw it ~ a tiny, hairline scratch on the photo that was reflecting the light back to me and bringing his eye to life! From then on I realized that I had all the help I needed. I felt his energy with me with each stroke of my brush.
I continue to this day to feel each animal’s energy as I paint. I sometimes run my hand back and forth over the photo. I’ve felt the festive personality of a cocker spaniel, or the quiet pulled-in nature of an aging poodle. When I feel a blockage and I can’t seem to get the animal’s likeness just right, I say a prayer and hear words of encouragement come to me and I’m guided as to what and how next to apply the paint. My love and devotion to animals and to portray them as the “faces of love” that they truly are has led me in a new direction of happiness, fulfillment and peace.
To all who are searching as I have done: it’s all there inside you ~ just reach in, reach out and know that you are loved!!!
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