If you continue to produce letters and resumes that highlight skills you have developed in your present position, you will continue to sell yourself to same market. When you know your key strengths and skills you increase number of opportunities that are available for you in a variety of sectors. Whether you are changing careers, re-entering workforce, or looking for your first job, highlighting relevant transferable skills in you resume helps employers determine at a glance that you have qualifications for position or positions they have available.

Your unique transferable skills are key selling points that you should market to employers. Skills are things you are good at such as organizing people or events, computer skills, ability to sell ideas and public speaking. Accomplishments are your successes such as winning an award, completing a course or certification, or achieving top sales results. Most interests and activities involve developing key transferable skills. For example, team sports or group activities often provide an opportunity to develop career related strengths, including scheduling, group leadership, management, and event planning.

1. Positive Affirmations Our subconscious mind is a wonderful tool for success or failure. It will do what we tell it to do. It all depends on what thoughts we feed it. So why not feed your inner mind with only positive thoughts. The following are some examples of positive affirmations you can feed your inner mind for success:

* “Today, I will win because I have faith, courage and enthusiasm.” * “I see failure only as a signpost on my road to success.” * “When I feel stress, I will relax and release my stress before I take on my next task.” * “I always write down my priorities, thinking of my responsibilities. I may not get everything done, but I will do most productive thing possible at every given moment.” * “I am a winner, I work for a winning organization, and because of my contribution and cooperation we will keep on winning.” * “Today, I will see opportunity in every challenge offered to me.”

2. Positive Language Recent research has come out that 75% of daily conversation is negative. Whether it is words we use or body language, we need to communicate in a positive manner all time.

The following are some examples of how you can turn negative words into positive communication:

* Instead of saying “problem,” call it “opportunity.” * Instead of an action being a “failure,” describe it as a “learning experience.” * Instead of “I have to,” say “I choose to.” This gives control for your actions back to you. * Instead of saying, “There’s nothing I can do,” say, “Let’s look at our alternatives.” * Instead of saying, “That’s just way I am,” say, “I choose a different approach.” * Instead of saying, “He makes me so mad,” say, “I control my own feelings.”

If you notice, by using positive response, you have control over your actions and life.

3. Exercise A Gallup survey found following among men and women who have taken up exercise recently:

* 66 percent report a more relaxed life * 62 percent a new surge of energy * 55 percent less stress * 51 percent better looks * 46 percent more confidence * 45 percent better love life * 44 percent greater job satisfaction * 37 percent more creative on their jobs

These are great motivators to exercise! Next time you feel demotivated, give your body a workout. Recent research reports that as little as fifteen minutes three times a week has profound effects. Get moving. Get motivated.

4. Take Risks We all live our lives in comforts zones, avoiding risky situations, avoiding potential to fail. It’s real safe for us. But in order to get ahead of your competition and master ongoing change in your life, you must go out of your comfort zone. Start one step at a time. Try that little new thing, that different approach. It could be as simple as taking different routes to and from work. Once in a while I like to “take road less traveled” to stir up my creative juices. Then, keep stepping out of your zone. It may seem uncomfortable at first. But more you do it, more it will seem natural and you will see an increase in your creative juices and opportunities you never thought about before.

5. Positive Reading Read about lives of successful people. Make sure you read only those people that embrace timeless values that make them truly successful through ages. Not “success today, scandal tomorrow” success stories that we are experiencing today. People like Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines, Fred Smith of Federal Express, Mary Kay Ash of Mary Kay, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are good examples. These are people who overcame enormous challenges, created real value for others, or changed other people’s lives for better. 6. Positive Visualizations Condition yourself to paint your vision for success. One of best ways to do this is following: