Packaging Success

Written by Arleen M. Kaptur


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The old saying, "Does a falling tree make a sound if no one is there to listen?" is relevant torepparttar question, "Are you successful if you are in a dark room, with no contact to any other individual, and you do not share your knowledge, expertise, and valuable advice learned fromrepparttar 106329 hardest teacher of all - experience?

Success and achievement is a birth-right. You haverepparttar 106330 same right to it as every other person inrepparttar 106331 entire universe. There is no manual, exceptrepparttar 106332 one you write and there are no directions, onlyrepparttar 106333 ones you take. The shell ofrepparttar 106334 product lies in our hearts and souls and allrepparttar 106335 details are up to each one of us. We addrepparttar 106336 color,repparttar 106337 amenities, andrepparttar 106338 packaging. The store of life is filled with shelves that contain dank, dusty bottles and gaudy, torn packages, butrepparttar 106339 customers flock torepparttar 106340 bright, tempting, diamond-clear flasks andrepparttar 106341 artfully prepared containers. They hunger forrepparttar 106342 expertise,repparttar 106343 imagination, creativity, counsel, andrepparttar 106344 experiences that these precious packages contain. They must speak a universal language and be priced so that onlyrepparttar 106345 richest, poorest, and everyone in between can afford them.

You may place your success and achievement wherever you choose, as its entirely up to you. ENJOY! ©Arleen M. Kaptur 2002 August

Arleen M. Kaptur has written numerous articles, cookbooks, fiction/non-fiction books http://www.Arleens-RusticLiving.com http://www.arleenssite.com http://www.webspawner.com/users/rusticliving


Conquering Resistance to Career Change

Written by Debbie Brown, MBA, MSW


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“Careers, like rockets, don’t always take off on schedule. The key is to keep working onrepparttar engines.” Gary Sinise

I also see this resistance when clients ask me if I know of a recruiter who can find them a job. I explain that recruiters do not find jobs for people. They identify qualified, experienced candidates to submit to their client companies for job openings. Clients often prefer to ignorerepparttar 106328 fact that most people get their jobs through networking and hard work, and thatrepparttar 106329 best jobs can be found through these means. "No cross, no crown," said William Penn. The accomplishments that arerepparttar 106330 most rewarding for me arerepparttar 106331 ones that requiredrepparttar 106332 most sacrifice and hard work.

Most often, career problems do not go away. As Christopher Parker says, “Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you getrepparttar 106333 bill.” Andrepparttar 106334 longer we wait to deal with our problems,repparttar 106335 higherrepparttar 106336 price tag. Ever add uprepparttar 106337 costs of those finance charges? Career problems that are ignored can result in psychological and physiological symptoms such as depression, insomnia, changes in weight, and illness. One of my female attorney clients experienced hair loss until she changed jobs.

Managing Resistance to Change

We can practice getting comfortable with change by making alterations in areas that are low risk. We can try a new restaurant, or a different item onrepparttar 106338 menu. We can vacation in a new place. We can take up a new hobby. We can change our routines. We can take "baby steps" to investigate career options.

A client I work with is an accomplished professional, currently being considered for openings as COO in several start-up firms. These progressive companies are well-funded, highly innovative, would offer her part ownership, and will take her inrepparttar 106339 direction she wants to go with her career. But she has a firm job offer from an older, established company. It is a good offer, if she wants to take a step backward in her career. Butrepparttar 106340 uncertainty of declining this offer and proceeding throughrepparttar 106341 interview process with these other companies has her in a stalemate. Although her gut tells her to declinerepparttar 106342 offer and get this monkey off her back, her lack of confidence, impatience and inability to deal with uncertainty continues to drain her energy.

“ One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight ofrepparttar 106343 shore for a very long time.” Andre Gide

This individual gains much of her self-esteem and identity from her work. If she can make this transition, this change, she will gainrepparttar 106344 confidence she needs to make other transitions later in her life. The only thing we know with certainty is that this next change will not be her last. Andrepparttar 106345 skills she learns during this process she will use continually throughout her life.

Conclusion

Yes, change can be good! All of us, even those who are satisfied with our careers need to continually develop new skills. We need to determine ways to add value torepparttar 106346 services we provide. The key is our marketability. There is no such thing as job security. Put yourselves in a position where you arerepparttar 106347 one to makerepparttar 106348 decisions about your career. Don't wait for outside forces to make those decisions for you.



Debbie Brown is a career consultant and executive coach who works primarily with professionals, attorneys and entrepreneurs.

D & B Consulting 3474 Lenox Road Suit 400 Atlanta, GA 30326 404-240-8063 FAX: 678-530-0661 www.DandBconsulting.com Debbie@DandBconsulting.com




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