Career Development

How Do You Find ...
Your Calling In Life
What is important to know is you will never find that true satisfaction doing "just" what you want to do. There's something inside of all of us that says I've gotta do what that calling is on my life. What are the gifts and talents and abilities that have been given you in life? That will help you identify what your specific calling is.
How Do You Find ...
Your Calling In Life
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Living Your Life Purpose,
Self-Improvement for Capricorn,
Career Development,
Finding Your Mission in Life,
Setting Priorities

Back to School Principles You Can Apply to Your Career
Do you remember the excitement and anticipation of going back to school -- New clothes, new shoes, new school supplies, a new teacher -- a fresh, new start full of possibilities. When is the last time you've felt the flood of emotions associated with going back to school?
You can apply these Back to School principles to your career -- whether you've been employed by the same company since you got out of college or are currently in career transition -- to give yourself a new attitude toward your career or your job search and find yourself filled with the excitement and anticipation of what lies ahead.
Back to School Principles You Can Apply to Your Career
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Career Development,
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Words of Wisdom,
Taking Care of Yourself

Soul Of Artist, Career Of Accountant
"I have always wanted to be an artist, but somehow I ended up as an accountant. My job is okay but I am feeling increasingly frustrated because I never developed my talents. Where do I begin?" Right here -- seven tips to get started.
Soul Of Artist, Career Of Accountant
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Doing Work You Love,
Self-Improvement for Sagittarius,
Living Your Life Purpose,
Doing Something New and Different,
Self-Improvement for Capricorn,
Career Development,
Finding Your Mission in Life,
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The Creative Artist,
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Telling Your Own Truth

Traits of Highly Successful People
That You Can Learn!
We have all read about people who are successful briefly. They win a gold medal, make a fortune, or star in one great movie... and then disappear. Or, there are those like Marilyn Monroe and Howard Hughes who achieve extraordinary success, at the cost of their own lives. These examples do not inspire me!
My focus and fascination is with people who seem to do well in many areas of life, and do it over and over through a lifetime. In entertainment, I think of Paul Newman and Bill Cosby. In business, I think of Ben and Jerry (the ice cream moguls), and a local hardware store owner who is famous for the money he's give to children's charities.
Traits of Highly Successful People That You Can Learn
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New Year's Resolutions to Jump Start Your Career
Resolve that, this year, you are going to find work that you love. If you've found it already, congratulations -- you have a great foundation to build on! If you love what you're doing, you'll put your heart and soul into it and be successful. Is this you? If not, resolve to change matters.
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New Year's Resolutions to Jump Start Your Career
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How to Use the Office Christmas
Party to Enhance Your Career
It is a social event, but it is a business social event, so don't relax and "party". The boss is watching and so are your superiors. Show them you can handle yourself at a corporate event.
How to Use the Office Christmas
Party to Enhance Your Career
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Articles by Susan Dunn

Ocean Liner?
It's the Titanic?
Talk to a stranded midlife career-changer and you realize the game has changed. Yesterday's rules prepared us to be passengers on a large ocean liner that promised a smooth voyage. Today we realize that ocean liner turned out to be the Titanic and we need to keep ourselves afloat on a small life raft if we want to survive.
Ocean Liner?
It's the Titanic?
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Career Development

Can You Copy Success?
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A Life's Work: The Joy of Discovering What You were Born to Do
By
Thomas Moore
I can say I've been blessed with several fairly successful careers in my journey on this planet. Whether it was teaching yoga, being an acupuncturist, leading workshops, or managing a natural foods restaurant, I brought my own spirit and style to each endeavor. And in all these enterprises, friends, employees, students and clients would attempt to learn from my methods. To the extent that these people drew inspiration from the essence of how I operated these ventures, they benefited from my approach. But to the degree they tried to copy the form of my expression, they met with frustration and failure.
There's a fallacy in the way many people try to be successful in life. The falsehood is found in trying to follow in the exact footsteps of successful people. The mistake is in following the belief that "What works for another person is going to work for me." We can be inspired by someone else's clarity and confidence. Their strength and perseverance can motivate us. Their style and nuance can encourage us. But it's not possible to follow in their precise footprints. We aren't them!
Can You Copy Success?
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Protect Your Self-Care
So, you've set your self-care goals and you're all set. You've even considered the ways you'll sabotage yourself - but wait! What about those well-meaning friends and relatives who probably don't mean any harm but they may DO you harm if they steer you away from the self-care goals you've set for yourself. So how do your put yourself first and get selfish when others are tempting you to stray?
Protect Your Self-Care
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Career Seasons: Spring!
When we're struggling with a career, or settling into an unfamiliar new residence, we're most likely to think of winter: cold, bleak and endless. At some point any life transition feels like being buried under a coat of ice, hibernating through long, dark days. Hopefully we learn to see the beauty of winter -- sun on the snow, clear air, the bare outlines of trees denied their leafy cover-ups.
Career Seasons: Spring!

The Action in Attraction
10 Things You Can Do Today
Successful people have taken the time to clearly define their life vision and are willing to take action on fulfilling it every day. Action leads to movement, which leads to momentum, which naturally draws more of the 'good stuff' to them. The desire to meet a challenge and succeed has been a part of many cultures throughout history. The ancient Peruvians used to draw out their goals in symbols and paint them in primitive colors on the walls of caves. Likewise, we moderns have an innate need to live a fulfilling and meaningful life. However few of us seem to be able to attract more of what we really want. Writing can help immensely.
The Action in Attraction
10 Things You Can Do Today

Anger Means Your Power is On!
When you feel lost and confused, it is easy to give your power to anyone who appears on your doorstep -- a coach, a counselor, even a good friend or relative. People in transition, who are seeking direction, are especially vulnerable to anyone who offers help. The US government has developed programs to protect newly-bereaved citizens who are vulnerable to claims from funeral services. But if you have let your intuition lie dormant or you have responded passively to events around you, anger is a sign that you are getting your power back. You are turning on the juice. Your intuition is beginning to overpower the wet blankets, the poison darts, and the well-meaning-but-misguided mentors. Recognize, welcome and manage your anger. You are almost certainly ready to take action and experience your own power once again.
Anger Means Your Power is On!

What's Self Esteem Got to Do With It?
Self-esteem is described as how you think about yourself. You may have been brought up to caution how you express yourself to others. You temper how you think about yourself so that you don't "get out of line" or become arrogant or "too big for your britches." But the fact is that by tempering yourself, you shrink yourself. And although others may not feel insecure around you if you are not any bigger or more expansive than them, the fact is that you do not get to experience all that there is of you. By being less than you are capable of being and doing for fear of being too big or too great, you are limiting yourself. When you limit yourself, the result is that you are left with a sense that you could be so much more and the world loses out because you are not giving all that you have " to BEING YOU! The more "you" you are, the greater the impact you have on the world.
What's Self Esteem Got to Do With It?

The 5 Keys to Interpersonal Success
In survey after survey, interpersonal communication skills are consistently ranked at or near the top of a list of skills necessary for career success. People who possess these skills enjoy a richer personal life, better relationships at work and more productive interactions with those around them. Teams with members who excel at these skills are more productive and more cohesive. No one is born with these "people skills." They are the result of attention and practice. Here are five guaranteed ways to hone your people skills.
The 5 Keys to Interpersonal Success
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