I got an interesting email from a guy named Chris Munch. Basically, I bought a course from him on how to create viral campaigns to increase traffic. I have another site where I fiddle around with social media, traffic, viral campaign, blah, blah. So, what has this to do with job hunting – well only […]
How To Keep Motivated In An Effective Job Hunt!
By John Groth How to keep motivated and up-beat in an effective career change and job hunt. Sometimes in spite of our best efforts, things happen to our jobs that we have little control over. A business gets sold, a series of bad business decisions reflect negatively on the business, a well-financed competitor enters your […]
Bullet Proof Your Mind – Overcome the Competition – Get the Job
Neil talks about some basic stuff here when it comes to being positive and having the right attitude. Still, I’m posting it because his article, “The Bullet Proof Mindset,” is a good one. You need a bullet proof mindset if you are going to succeed in reaching your objective – getting back into the workforce […]
There Is Nothing Like a Good Long Storm to Make You Appreciate The Sunshine
Amen…brother…Amen!!! By Stephen Ulrich Joni Mitchell was right; You don’t know what you have till it’s gone. The past couple of weeks it has rained pretty much nonstop. I feel like we’re back in my wife’s hometown of Hazel Dell, a suburb of Portland. Never knew how people could live there, too freaking rainy. The […]
Stop Complaining and Start Celebrating
By Jeannette Koczela Sometimes I run into people who are making plenty of money but complain about how little they have. It’s analogous to the spoiled child who upon receiving a gift complains that he or she didn’t get a bigger one, or a better one, or more than one gift. What would be your […]
Some Pretty Uplifting and Inspirational Videos…
Scott Peck nailed when he said, so simply, “life is difficult.” Accept it and life no longer becomes difficult. A profound paradigm. But sometimes we forgot how hard life really is and difficult the challenges are for some. This may be the best inspirational and motivational video I’ve seen in a while… And in case […]
Stay Positive While Looking for Work
By Jonathan Payne Job hunting can be one of life’s more stressful experiences. There are the stresses of job interviews, the feelings associated with rejection, the choices and decisions that have to be made and, particularly if you are unemployed, the anxiety of having to find an income.  The problem with this level of stress, […]
Earl Nightingale – An Ordinary Man
By Colin Scales Pearl Harbour, Dec 7th 1941, an ordinary man was on a lookout tower onboard the Battleship Arizona. After the Japanese attack 1,000 men perished and only 100 crew members survived. This “ordinary man” was one of them. After the war he worked in the Radio Industry in Phoenix and Chicago, and also […]
There is a Light at the end of the Tunnel
With the job market as difficult as it has been, sometimes it tough to believe anyone can find a job. But there are millions of people finding jobs and getting hired every month. Their is a net loss for sure, but a net loss means more of one than the other. There is hope! Read […]
How to Deal With Change: Becoming a Change Optimist
By Amy Dee-Kristensen In February 2003 I’d lived in Norway for nine years, I was married, I co-owned a very successful business with my husband, lived an upper income lifestyle, and was the mother of two darling little girls. In February of 2004, I was a divorced, single mother, and a non-traditional nursing student living […]
Country Music Queen Reba McEntire Keeps It Real
This leading lady knows real success is all about simple, time-tested values. by Liz Davis Just say the name “Reba,” and people likely know who you’re talking about. Reba McEntire, the best-selling female country singer of the 20th century, is a member of that elite group of performers who need no last name or introduction. […]
10 Super Motivators
By David E. Perry,  As you can probably tell I‘m pretty practical. A block & tackle kind of just get at it guy. I know you know that looking for job is a sales and marketing activity. I also know that the loneliness of prospecting whether for a job or new business will eventually get […]
From Motivation to Motive-Action
by Denis Waitley, With the passing of every new year, each of us needs to understand the magnitude of social and economic change in the world. In the past, change in business and social life was incremental and a set of personal strategies for achieving excellence was not required. Today, in the knowledge-based world, where […]
How To Stay Optimistic
By Steven Berglas, PhD Benjamin Franklin encouraged us all to ”keep in the sunlight.” Here are a few tricks. Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views they take of them. –Epictitus (AD 55-AD 135) Athletes, entrepreneurs (especially the serial brand) and other high-performers get dealt the same number of bad hands as […]
6 Practical Tips To Make Your Habits Stick
Are you trying to cultivate a new habit? Are you having trouble being consistent with this habit?  Our habits determine our quality of life. This month I’m doing group coaching with my readers, and I was intrigued to see that many of them have goals to cultivate new habits this month. They include very useful […]
