By Kalpendra Singh
The online job search is necessary and important in these robust times. Additional and additional folks these days are relying to the net to seek out jobs as a result of additional and additional employers are scouring the net for workers. There are plenty of benefits of job search, not solely has job looking out become easier however it's currently quick and extremely intensive. Today, there are varied dedicated sites to assist job hunters seek for jobs worldwide.In recent years, thanks to upswing of Indian economy, one will notice huge number of jobs in India.
In India, every year, several students are graduated and creating a protracted line to urge employment. There was a time, when a recent school graduate will hardly get employment however in of late; one will get several opportunities in wide selection of industries in India. Within the current state of affairs, one will notice a protracted list of jobs in India in numerous sectors. In India, firms are often recruiting for numerous posts of each fresher and experienced candidate.
part time jobs wherever in India provide a nice benefit to individuals who aren't ready to give their total calendar day for work or eager to be paid a number of additional ready money. There are largely learners or college students, wife’s who are willing to work and many of that kind are engaged with such jobs. Half time or part time occupations in Delhi permit job searchers to require work that suit their lifestyle and knowledge. There are numerous jobs associated with part time work in Delhi where you'll work simply. A person gets data regarding part time work from native newspapers, TV signals, personal ad and employ organization etc. Before selecting the task, one ought to perceive that job is best suited when it come to caliber. Mainly, half time jobs don't need abundant time of the day. It entails solely a couple of hours of the day. In step with your suitability, you'll match it together with your routine work.
Plentiful half time jobs are on the market within the market that you'll select in step with your capabilities and skills. There are several places within which you'll notice half time jobs like hotels, restaurant, laptop jobs, etc. Some jobs may be drained home also as several firms give home primarily based work in order that person will simply do the work. Knowledge entry jobs are the simplest example of home primarily based jobs.
In this present work marketplace scenario you wish a unique move in the direction of work for fresher and your expectation in the direction of your first job. As there is less jobs for fresher’s in huge firms which frequently use to rent truthful variety of fresher’s, they are ought to look in to different avenue like small companies, pop out and different new layer who give you new work that difficult job roles and numerous job liability to begin out your occupation and ultimately the expertise that you simply grow in that work can facilitate to urge a dream job within the future.
Saturday, 18 June 2011
How to Use Action Research to Improve Your Career
E. Alana James
People not involved in the world of research might find the suggestion to use a standard research practice to improve your career slightly peculiar. However, this is exactly what this article is going to do. Because action research has proven itself “a tool for complex times”, it can also be implemented in the persona area of our lives with great success. After all, our lives are also complex. I will introduce the three steps that are involved in action research and will also give you examples of their importance in each of the three main time periods within any career: 1) as you get started, 2) making strategic plans midway, and 3) transitioning to new accomplishments.
Discovery:
The first step in any action research projects is to discover everything about the world you want to learn about. This usually involves work on the internet, visit libraries, and interview people, in general just asking questions in any format that comes your way. As you can tell, this would be a good way to get started on any project, because it grounds us in what is already knows, which makes is less likely that we will “reinvent the wheel”. For example, a person who is starting off on their career should first investigate what kind of lifestyle will be involved in the jobs they are applying for.
Often people do not understand just how much our work will reduce the quality of our lives, and people need to make conscious decisions about not only what they are right for the job, but what kind of impact on their lives work will be both short term and long term. For mid-career strategic planning, the discovery phase takes the professional into the literature of their work, ensuring that decisions are made with some broader understanding of what others are doing in similar situations but in other contexts.
An example of this might be a woman I worked with who wanted to lead virtual teams. She used her discovery phase to uncover the fact that communication would be the biggest area of concern and prepared herself with course work and other research to develop systems of communication prior to situations that would require them. At the end of our careers, as we are transitioning into a new kind of life, a discovery process also serves us well.
If, for example, we will soon be retired, a day or more searching the web about what retired people are doing will enlarge our view of the potential of our new life. I think one of the most exciting aspects of the discovery phase, no matter when we engage it, is that it opens us to potential and that enlivens our spirit. We are always better off moving into measurable action when we start from the potential of growth rather than in reacting to situations.
Measurable Action:
The second step in action research combines two of its major components - taking action to move things forward and measuring the outcome of those actions when we do. For example, going back to our person just entering their career, strategically sending out cover letters with resumes to organizations that have openings is a natural step. But this becomes exponentially stronger when the person opens a spreadsheet and tracks: the date, the person they contacted, when they called back, the results of those calls, whether they were introduced by someone or session application because of an advertisement, and what they learned subsequent to that application.
Over a period of time this spreadsheet helps them see what strategies were more successful. For instance, it would be likely the person would see that they got farther on the interview process through personal introduction.
Mid-career strategic plans have much in common with transition situations in the measurable action phase. They both involve mature decision-making and tracking results, perhaps over a period of time. The criteria for this phase is that no matter how small your action, you take it having predetermined your baseline.
This allows you to measure your results. For instance, people that I have worked with who have used action research will take measurable actions in the following laundry list of circumstances: 1) to develop professional training, 2) to work through risk management situations, 3) to understand the value of contractors within their industry, 4) to explore the efficacy of teaching classes using an online platform for delivery, 5) to narrowly define leadership options, and 6) to allow people to move into a multicultural settings easily. In all of these cases, mid-career or end of career professionals first investigated what needed to happen next to the discovery phase, and then took actions over a period of time tracking the outcome of each staff using the measurable action criteria.
Reflection:
I find that most mid - to end of career professionals consider themselves reflective practitioners. However when I ask them how they keep notes and what value they find from referring to them, this opinion breaks down. Reflection is more than looking back on what has happened and thinking about it. Quality reflection requires a protocol of regular use. It is like exercising the muscle, if you only do it once in while you don't have it's full range or strength available to you when you need it. So what does reflection involve and how might our three career professionals use it to their advantage?
The beginning career person could set up a weekly protocol of giving themselves on a Friday afternoon a half hour to review what they have done to find a job that week and how they are feeling. Writing the feelings down is important because it becomes data for later. I have found that men have more trouble with this then women can, so let me quote one of the bank personnel that I worked with, "My biggest take away was the functional benefit of using qualitative data from journals and meeting notes in a qualitative manner. Journaling was new to me and didn't come easy to a few of us (men).
Converting it into data demonstrated the functional value and has made a believer out of me". If our early career example had to apply for work over a period of time, their reflective data would record the differences in outcomes in the morning this week to week. Patterns would become clear, such as that on a Friday they feel better if they have applied for work on a Thursday than if it has been the beginning of the week and they have heard no answer. Since it likely makes little difference to the human resource professionals to whom they apply, they may conclude that for the quality of their own lives they will apply for work later in the week, giving themselves happier weekends.
Our mid-career professional uses reflective practice to track a myriad of ongoing strategic issues. Consider it data collection and assessment for ongoing projects you are managing. Again, it is useful to have irregular reflective practice on a Friday so that you can put your body of work for the week to rest knowing what to pick up and do when you come back in on Monday, also allowing your weekend to be free of straggling thoughts.
Finally, our end up career transition professional uses reflective practice for dreaming. Remembering what our intentions were for our lives when we started them, gives us a lovely reflective backdrop against which to figure out what we want to do next. Some of those early dreams are worth picking up and pursuing now. Some of the things that gave us joy and as mid-career professionals can now become hobbies, or active volunteer work, or show us other ways we can contribute to our world without having to "work".
In this case I recommend a daily reflective practice during a consistent period of time, often just after we wake up in the morning, or after lunch on a full stomach, or at the end of the day. Reflection during those times makes use of the natural rhythms of when our mind and body are relaxed our subconscious and be more active in our dreams more fruitful.
Action Research in Total:
This article is too short to tease out all the various ways in which these three steps of discovery, measurable action, and reflection successfully underpin our careers and our lives as we grow. My own personal research has shown it to be vastly beneficial as professional development for people working in groups to solve very complex problems. But why not use the same tools that we use in our work lives to help solve the complexities in our personal life? I end this hoping that everyone reading it takes some small step today to discover something new, measure the actions they're taking towards their goals, and reflect upon: where they are where they wanted me and what will get them the results they are looking for.
Author's Bio:
E. Alana James has been working and writing about action research as it is used in education and business settings since 2005 when she completed her doctoral dissertation at Columbia focused on the use of action research for teachers as professional development serving high risk children who are experiencing homelessness. Having just finished her second book for Sage publications on best practices for action research, you can find more of her writing at www.ar4everything.com. Registration on that site will send you a free e-book on the three AR iterative steps as outlined in Action Research for Business, Nonprofits and Public Administration: A Tool for Complex Times. Dr James is currently engaged in international meta-analysis of the first 50 years of action research, is published in journals and speaks internationally on topics that develop from that analysis.
She also has an academic site, www.doctoralnet.com dedicated to helping students finish their doctoral disserations quickly and efficiently
People not involved in the world of research might find the suggestion to use a standard research practice to improve your career slightly peculiar. However, this is exactly what this article is going to do. Because action research has proven itself “a tool for complex times”, it can also be implemented in the persona area of our lives with great success. After all, our lives are also complex. I will introduce the three steps that are involved in action research and will also give you examples of their importance in each of the three main time periods within any career: 1) as you get started, 2) making strategic plans midway, and 3) transitioning to new accomplishments.
Discovery:
The first step in any action research projects is to discover everything about the world you want to learn about. This usually involves work on the internet, visit libraries, and interview people, in general just asking questions in any format that comes your way. As you can tell, this would be a good way to get started on any project, because it grounds us in what is already knows, which makes is less likely that we will “reinvent the wheel”. For example, a person who is starting off on their career should first investigate what kind of lifestyle will be involved in the jobs they are applying for.
Often people do not understand just how much our work will reduce the quality of our lives, and people need to make conscious decisions about not only what they are right for the job, but what kind of impact on their lives work will be both short term and long term. For mid-career strategic planning, the discovery phase takes the professional into the literature of their work, ensuring that decisions are made with some broader understanding of what others are doing in similar situations but in other contexts.
An example of this might be a woman I worked with who wanted to lead virtual teams. She used her discovery phase to uncover the fact that communication would be the biggest area of concern and prepared herself with course work and other research to develop systems of communication prior to situations that would require them. At the end of our careers, as we are transitioning into a new kind of life, a discovery process also serves us well.
If, for example, we will soon be retired, a day or more searching the web about what retired people are doing will enlarge our view of the potential of our new life. I think one of the most exciting aspects of the discovery phase, no matter when we engage it, is that it opens us to potential and that enlivens our spirit. We are always better off moving into measurable action when we start from the potential of growth rather than in reacting to situations.
Measurable Action:
The second step in action research combines two of its major components - taking action to move things forward and measuring the outcome of those actions when we do. For example, going back to our person just entering their career, strategically sending out cover letters with resumes to organizations that have openings is a natural step. But this becomes exponentially stronger when the person opens a spreadsheet and tracks: the date, the person they contacted, when they called back, the results of those calls, whether they were introduced by someone or session application because of an advertisement, and what they learned subsequent to that application.
Over a period of time this spreadsheet helps them see what strategies were more successful. For instance, it would be likely the person would see that they got farther on the interview process through personal introduction.
Mid-career strategic plans have much in common with transition situations in the measurable action phase. They both involve mature decision-making and tracking results, perhaps over a period of time. The criteria for this phase is that no matter how small your action, you take it having predetermined your baseline.
This allows you to measure your results. For instance, people that I have worked with who have used action research will take measurable actions in the following laundry list of circumstances: 1) to develop professional training, 2) to work through risk management situations, 3) to understand the value of contractors within their industry, 4) to explore the efficacy of teaching classes using an online platform for delivery, 5) to narrowly define leadership options, and 6) to allow people to move into a multicultural settings easily. In all of these cases, mid-career or end of career professionals first investigated what needed to happen next to the discovery phase, and then took actions over a period of time tracking the outcome of each staff using the measurable action criteria.
Reflection:
I find that most mid - to end of career professionals consider themselves reflective practitioners. However when I ask them how they keep notes and what value they find from referring to them, this opinion breaks down. Reflection is more than looking back on what has happened and thinking about it. Quality reflection requires a protocol of regular use. It is like exercising the muscle, if you only do it once in while you don't have it's full range or strength available to you when you need it. So what does reflection involve and how might our three career professionals use it to their advantage?
The beginning career person could set up a weekly protocol of giving themselves on a Friday afternoon a half hour to review what they have done to find a job that week and how they are feeling. Writing the feelings down is important because it becomes data for later. I have found that men have more trouble with this then women can, so let me quote one of the bank personnel that I worked with, "My biggest take away was the functional benefit of using qualitative data from journals and meeting notes in a qualitative manner. Journaling was new to me and didn't come easy to a few of us (men).
Converting it into data demonstrated the functional value and has made a believer out of me". If our early career example had to apply for work over a period of time, their reflective data would record the differences in outcomes in the morning this week to week. Patterns would become clear, such as that on a Friday they feel better if they have applied for work on a Thursday than if it has been the beginning of the week and they have heard no answer. Since it likely makes little difference to the human resource professionals to whom they apply, they may conclude that for the quality of their own lives they will apply for work later in the week, giving themselves happier weekends.
Our mid-career professional uses reflective practice to track a myriad of ongoing strategic issues. Consider it data collection and assessment for ongoing projects you are managing. Again, it is useful to have irregular reflective practice on a Friday so that you can put your body of work for the week to rest knowing what to pick up and do when you come back in on Monday, also allowing your weekend to be free of straggling thoughts.
Finally, our end up career transition professional uses reflective practice for dreaming. Remembering what our intentions were for our lives when we started them, gives us a lovely reflective backdrop against which to figure out what we want to do next. Some of those early dreams are worth picking up and pursuing now. Some of the things that gave us joy and as mid-career professionals can now become hobbies, or active volunteer work, or show us other ways we can contribute to our world without having to "work".
In this case I recommend a daily reflective practice during a consistent period of time, often just after we wake up in the morning, or after lunch on a full stomach, or at the end of the day. Reflection during those times makes use of the natural rhythms of when our mind and body are relaxed our subconscious and be more active in our dreams more fruitful.
Action Research in Total:
This article is too short to tease out all the various ways in which these three steps of discovery, measurable action, and reflection successfully underpin our careers and our lives as we grow. My own personal research has shown it to be vastly beneficial as professional development for people working in groups to solve very complex problems. But why not use the same tools that we use in our work lives to help solve the complexities in our personal life? I end this hoping that everyone reading it takes some small step today to discover something new, measure the actions they're taking towards their goals, and reflect upon: where they are where they wanted me and what will get them the results they are looking for.
Author's Bio:
E. Alana James has been working and writing about action research as it is used in education and business settings since 2005 when she completed her doctoral dissertation at Columbia focused on the use of action research for teachers as professional development serving high risk children who are experiencing homelessness. Having just finished her second book for Sage publications on best practices for action research, you can find more of her writing at www.ar4everything.com. Registration on that site will send you a free e-book on the three AR iterative steps as outlined in Action Research for Business, Nonprofits and Public Administration: A Tool for Complex Times. Dr James is currently engaged in international meta-analysis of the first 50 years of action research, is published in journals and speaks internationally on topics that develop from that analysis.
She also has an academic site, www.doctoralnet.com dedicated to helping students finish their doctoral disserations quickly and efficiently
Is Your Career Hitting a Plateau?
By Robert Boroff
is easy to get comfortable at a job and cease to stop pushing the boundaries. Often we get into a daily routine and allow ourselves to perform at the same the level each day. This can of course be a positive thing. It can allow you to maintain productivity and helps prove your reliability. But it can also stop you from moving forward on your path to success. So what can you do if your career seems to have hit a plateau? Craig Chappelow and Jean Brittain Leslie of the New York Times offer some advice.
First and foremost don’t be afraid to ask for instant feedback. If you can tell that you are under-performing ask a coworker or manager what you could have done to have better performed. Often they’ll be able to offer you helpful advice and will value the fact that you care enough to ask. Of course you need to have thick skin when listening to these responses but if you take their feedback as constructive criticism you are sure to improve.
Secondly, you should also provide yourself with some personal feedback. Engaging in self-analysis can help you to know who you are and what you have to offer. This will help you emit self-confidence and will allow you to sell yourself to your boss and clients. If you don’t know why somebody should do business with you than they won’t either.
Thirdly, gain an understanding of the company culture. Notice the way changes are made at your company and learn to adapt with your company, this will help you to guide the company through challenges and prevent your work style from becoming outdated.
Fourthly, learn to empathize with and listen to the people you work with. If you sympathize with your peers and managers you’re more likely to develop stronger personal relationships with them. Actively listen to what people have to say. Give them your full attention, take notes as they talk and respond accordingly. This can help you to more fully comprehend what they are saying and will likely result in improved work performance.
Fifthly, collaborate with coworkers. If you work with and communicate with others you are likely to be more effective. You’ll find that your efforts go further if you have a little help. This also helps you to establish transparency and will allow others to know just how much you contribute to your company. This includes delegation. Often we try and do everything ourselves which can be overwhelming and prevents other employees from showcasing their talents. Delegation is a key part to a successful leadership philosophy. This will also help you to focus on the task at hand which allows you to bring jobs to a close giving you quantifiable results.
Lastly, if you hit a rough patch adjust your behavior and learn from your mistakes. If you allow yourself to grow from your setbacks you’re likely to achieve greater successes and continue to advance in your career. A positive attitude goes a long way, so don’t loose enthusiasm and capitalize on your strengths. People are sure to notice.
Author's Bio:
Robert Boroff is the Managing Director of Reaction Search International Marketing Recruiters Sales Management Headhunters a leading sales and marketing Executive Search Firm that assists both U.S. and International firms recruit all levels of sales and marketing experts Globally.
is easy to get comfortable at a job and cease to stop pushing the boundaries. Often we get into a daily routine and allow ourselves to perform at the same the level each day. This can of course be a positive thing. It can allow you to maintain productivity and helps prove your reliability. But it can also stop you from moving forward on your path to success. So what can you do if your career seems to have hit a plateau? Craig Chappelow and Jean Brittain Leslie of the New York Times offer some advice.
First and foremost don’t be afraid to ask for instant feedback. If you can tell that you are under-performing ask a coworker or manager what you could have done to have better performed. Often they’ll be able to offer you helpful advice and will value the fact that you care enough to ask. Of course you need to have thick skin when listening to these responses but if you take their feedback as constructive criticism you are sure to improve.
Secondly, you should also provide yourself with some personal feedback. Engaging in self-analysis can help you to know who you are and what you have to offer. This will help you emit self-confidence and will allow you to sell yourself to your boss and clients. If you don’t know why somebody should do business with you than they won’t either.
Thirdly, gain an understanding of the company culture. Notice the way changes are made at your company and learn to adapt with your company, this will help you to guide the company through challenges and prevent your work style from becoming outdated.
Fourthly, learn to empathize with and listen to the people you work with. If you sympathize with your peers and managers you’re more likely to develop stronger personal relationships with them. Actively listen to what people have to say. Give them your full attention, take notes as they talk and respond accordingly. This can help you to more fully comprehend what they are saying and will likely result in improved work performance.
Fifthly, collaborate with coworkers. If you work with and communicate with others you are likely to be more effective. You’ll find that your efforts go further if you have a little help. This also helps you to establish transparency and will allow others to know just how much you contribute to your company. This includes delegation. Often we try and do everything ourselves which can be overwhelming and prevents other employees from showcasing their talents. Delegation is a key part to a successful leadership philosophy. This will also help you to focus on the task at hand which allows you to bring jobs to a close giving you quantifiable results.
Lastly, if you hit a rough patch adjust your behavior and learn from your mistakes. If you allow yourself to grow from your setbacks you’re likely to achieve greater successes and continue to advance in your career. A positive attitude goes a long way, so don’t loose enthusiasm and capitalize on your strengths. People are sure to notice.
Author's Bio:
Robert Boroff is the Managing Director of Reaction Search International Marketing Recruiters Sales Management Headhunters a leading sales and marketing Executive Search Firm that assists both U.S. and International firms recruit all levels of sales and marketing experts Globally.
The Best Day To Go For An Interview By Michael Donovin
First of all, to fully understand and appreciate the answer, a couple of givens must be taken into account. What I believe to be the most important item for dealing with an interview successfully is, your attitude. Your attitude determines the outcome of every interview. The core competencies must be there in order for you to get the interview in the first place but, your attitude during the interview will be what ultimately gets you accepted or rejected for the position. If it was as simple as, "I can do the job", there would be no need for an interview in the first place - the employer would just hire based upon the resume.
Now that we have determined that attitude will determine the success of the interview, lets more deeply understand the answer to the question. Unequivocally, without a doubt, the best day to interview is not Monday, it's not Friday, it's not Wednesday, like 95% of the people answer when I ask that question. The best day of the week to go on an interview is...drumroll please...the day after you get a job offer.
Again, understand that attitude determines your level of success on an interview and, when you have achieved success, that is, have obtained a job offer, your attitude generally is never higher. When you have already received a job offer, your confidence level is at it's highest. You are no longer worried about how you are going to pay your bills. You feel successful because others obviously believe in your abilities - otherwise you wouldn't have gotten the offer. Thus, you are "higher than a kite" at this time. This is the time to continue your search and just hammer away at as many interviews as you can possibly setup.
It is important at this stage in career development to take advantage of the synergy of the momentum or the incredibly good luck streak that you are currently on and, the way you do that is to continue to interview once you have gotten your first offer.
The positive momentum gained when you have a job offer in your back pocket is very strong. In fact, you can attack the remaining interviews with a can't lose mentality. This will allow you to see things clearly and to make the best possible decision for you and your family and for your career. There is no reason to stop interviewing after you get a job offer, and in fact, in "Hiring Secrets Revealed" this is one of the $10,000 secrets I'm sharing with you.
There is not a Human Resources Manager or Hiring Manager and especially not a Recruiter or a Recruiting Firm or Consulting Firm that will ever tell you the best time to interview is the day after you get a job offer - it's just not in their best interest to allow you to keep interviewing. Each and every one of the aforementioned decision makers wants to have a commitment immediately. They want to place you in a job now and collect their fee. They have no vested interest in helping you or advising you to continue with your interviewing process.
In subsequent articles I will show you how to maintain an open dialogue with your recruiter and how to time your interviewing so that all of these things come together so you can make decisions in a timely fashion. The point is, do not stretch out the interviews because that could go on forever. Your objective is to have choices. And you need to strike while the iron is hot.
By following this one simple secret, you will give yourself choices. The best part about interviewing after you have already gotten a job offer is - now you are confident. You have a job. You can ask for an negotiate the salary you truly wish to have and you have nothing to lose if they say no. What to you care if the second, or third, or fourth company says no to your salary requests, you already have a job.
However, since that is precisely what your attitude is… you most likely will be able to negotiate the salary you wish because the interviewers will feel your confidence and believe that you are worth the money. That's the power of being able to walk away from the negotiating table.
Everyone senses that you are ultimately the person in control of this situation - nothing has to be said to imply this - it is felt due to your high level of confidence. This one idea alone can be the one that gets you the $10,000.00 or $20,000.00 raise.
Look at each job offer carefully, and decide appropriately, but do it in a timely fashion. Your objective is to make this happen as quickly as possible. I have learned that no one will give you anything unless you ask for it. Heck, if an employer thinks they can hire you for $55,000.00, why in their right-mind would they offer you more? Get it? If, however, they believe that you are worth $65,000.00 or $75,000.00, and you ask for it, they are definitely going to be inclined to pay that to get you.
A friend of mine worked for a company that was bought-out by a bigger firm. The bigger firm actually bought 12 other smaller companies just like my friend's company. All the ex-owners of the smaller companies were paid a three month severance upon their exit from the larger company. My friend wanted to take the summer off and he thought he deserved more so, he called the President and asked him for six months of severance. It was given to him with barely the blink of an eye. Why? Because he asked for it. If you don't ask, you won't get it - guaranteed.
That's why you need to keep interviewing immediately upon getting your first job offer. Your confidence will be sky high and you will not be afraid to ask for more because you have nothing to lose.
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Author's Bio:
Michael has over twenty-five years of Executive Search and Leadership Consulting service to United States organizations. Michael has also engaged in various human resources consultation activities including strategic planning, succession planning, organizational development and analysis, human resources research, prevailing wage analysis, and executive coaching services for individuals making career transitions. Michael has acted as an adviser to over 1500 professionals in their career development.
Now that we have determined that attitude will determine the success of the interview, lets more deeply understand the answer to the question. Unequivocally, without a doubt, the best day to interview is not Monday, it's not Friday, it's not Wednesday, like 95% of the people answer when I ask that question. The best day of the week to go on an interview is...drumroll please...the day after you get a job offer.
Again, understand that attitude determines your level of success on an interview and, when you have achieved success, that is, have obtained a job offer, your attitude generally is never higher. When you have already received a job offer, your confidence level is at it's highest. You are no longer worried about how you are going to pay your bills. You feel successful because others obviously believe in your abilities - otherwise you wouldn't have gotten the offer. Thus, you are "higher than a kite" at this time. This is the time to continue your search and just hammer away at as many interviews as you can possibly setup.
It is important at this stage in career development to take advantage of the synergy of the momentum or the incredibly good luck streak that you are currently on and, the way you do that is to continue to interview once you have gotten your first offer.
The positive momentum gained when you have a job offer in your back pocket is very strong. In fact, you can attack the remaining interviews with a can't lose mentality. This will allow you to see things clearly and to make the best possible decision for you and your family and for your career. There is no reason to stop interviewing after you get a job offer, and in fact, in "Hiring Secrets Revealed" this is one of the $10,000 secrets I'm sharing with you.
There is not a Human Resources Manager or Hiring Manager and especially not a Recruiter or a Recruiting Firm or Consulting Firm that will ever tell you the best time to interview is the day after you get a job offer - it's just not in their best interest to allow you to keep interviewing. Each and every one of the aforementioned decision makers wants to have a commitment immediately. They want to place you in a job now and collect their fee. They have no vested interest in helping you or advising you to continue with your interviewing process.
In subsequent articles I will show you how to maintain an open dialogue with your recruiter and how to time your interviewing so that all of these things come together so you can make decisions in a timely fashion. The point is, do not stretch out the interviews because that could go on forever. Your objective is to have choices. And you need to strike while the iron is hot.
By following this one simple secret, you will give yourself choices. The best part about interviewing after you have already gotten a job offer is - now you are confident. You have a job. You can ask for an negotiate the salary you truly wish to have and you have nothing to lose if they say no. What to you care if the second, or third, or fourth company says no to your salary requests, you already have a job.
However, since that is precisely what your attitude is… you most likely will be able to negotiate the salary you wish because the interviewers will feel your confidence and believe that you are worth the money. That's the power of being able to walk away from the negotiating table.
Everyone senses that you are ultimately the person in control of this situation - nothing has to be said to imply this - it is felt due to your high level of confidence. This one idea alone can be the one that gets you the $10,000.00 or $20,000.00 raise.
Look at each job offer carefully, and decide appropriately, but do it in a timely fashion. Your objective is to make this happen as quickly as possible. I have learned that no one will give you anything unless you ask for it. Heck, if an employer thinks they can hire you for $55,000.00, why in their right-mind would they offer you more? Get it? If, however, they believe that you are worth $65,000.00 or $75,000.00, and you ask for it, they are definitely going to be inclined to pay that to get you.
A friend of mine worked for a company that was bought-out by a bigger firm. The bigger firm actually bought 12 other smaller companies just like my friend's company. All the ex-owners of the smaller companies were paid a three month severance upon their exit from the larger company. My friend wanted to take the summer off and he thought he deserved more so, he called the President and asked him for six months of severance. It was given to him with barely the blink of an eye. Why? Because he asked for it. If you don't ask, you won't get it - guaranteed.
That's why you need to keep interviewing immediately upon getting your first job offer. Your confidence will be sky high and you will not be afraid to ask for more because you have nothing to lose.
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Sunday, 15 March 2009
The Four Traps
We all want to achieve certain goals in our lives. The goals may be different for each person and indeed different even for the same person in different stage of his life. These goals may be love, happiness, prosperity, power, peace, salvation, recognition etc.
The achievement of a goal depends on the path on chooses in his life. If he chose the right path and move on the path with determination, it is only a matter of time, when he attains his goals. However, often a man is trapped in circuitous path that leads to nowhere and the man keep on moving without reaching to any destination. There paths are like traps which gives the illusion of moving forward but actually leads to nowhere as the man keep on moving without ever coming close to his goal.
GIta, the holiest scripture of Hinduism, provides four paths of salvation i.e. Union with God. These paths are "Gyan" (Knowledge), Karma (Action), "Bhakti" (Faith) and Yoga (Self-realization). A man can achieve salvation by following any of the four paths.
The Abraham religions viz. Judaism, Christianity and Islam, emphasis only one path of God viz. unconditional devotion to God which needs total surrender to God. Buddhism runs contrary to the path of faith and provides only one path of salvation viz. self-realization as Buddha himself said
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own commonsense".
In the modern time, the secularist and atheist lay emphasis on action (right action or karma) and knowledge (right knowledge or "Gyan") as the right path as faith has no place in their scheme of things. Everything that is true must be established by the evidence and logic.
Thus even after millions of years of evolution and experience, man has not been able to find a single path that can lead to the desired goal or mankind whether it is the spiritual goal of salvation or the worldly goal of peace and happiness.
Everyone seems to be confident about their path and fail to see light of the other path. Often people keep on moving in the circuitous route where they come back to the same place again and again without moving an inch towards their goal which may be happiness, health, salvation or anything.
The reason, why most people are trapped in a circuitous path is because instead of discovering the right path by conscious effort merely follows their tendencies. Therefore, they never move but get trapped in their tendencies. This nature of man was given a physical shape by "Asaf-ud-Daula" in 1784 when he constructed "Bhul Bhulaiya" (The Passage of Confusion).
The Passage of Confusion
In the ancient city of Lucknow (India), there is a famous place called "Bara Imambara" whose major attraction is "Bhul Bhulaiya" (The Building or Passage of Confusion). There are hundreds of narrow stairway passages, some of which have dead-ends, some end at precipitous drops while others lead to entrance or exit points. Most people get confused and unable to come out of the "Bhul Bhulaiya". One should always take a Guide to explore "Bhul Bhulaiya".
The "Bhul Bhulaiya" was constructed to confuse any enemy intruder. People are often trapped in the circuitous roots of the building and keep on coming back to the same place again and again without being able to find the path leading to the exit door.
The architect of the building has a good knowledge of human psychology and they have designed the passages in such a way that the path you chose using your commonsense or experience is never the right path. The right path is one which is counterintuitive as discovered by one such traveler.
Everyone who visits Lucknow must have gone to Bara Imambara and has seen the mystic "Bhul Bhulaiya". I had a visit at childhood. My the then memory reminds me of a place where people can get lost if not properly guided. I can recall a moment when our guide left us in a place and told that within ten minutes if we could get ourselves out of the "Bhul Bhulaiya", he would not accept his charge. We failed miserably to get out of the place. We tried for half an hour. Every time it seemed that we were landing at a same place. After we surrendered to him (the guide) he took only few seconds to show us the stairs to get outside.
Rule of reverse
Last June, I again had an opportunity to visit "Bhul Bhulaiya" after 20 years. I was expecting for the offer from the guide. But he did not turn up. So I by myself told him (after he showed guided us) that we would be trying to get out without his help. He told that we would not be successful. For first five minutes my experience was same as I had twenty years ago. Suddenly something clicked in my mind. I made a rule of reverse. If someone needs to climb up he need to take to downwards step. Same is thing to go down. Going to left and right also had the same method. I wondered that the rule clicked. We were being able to move wherever we were wanting. Then it was a matter of few minutes we were at outside without the help of guide.
Amazing and wonderful piece of art! Is not it?
However, only few people are able to understand the rule of reverse and discover the right path as most of us are always trapped in our tendencies or commonsense. It is said in "Bhagawat Gita "
All Actions is entirely done by the nature of the nature of man. Man deluded by his ego thinks, "I am the doer". (Gita, III 27)
THE FOUR TRAPS
Even without having any knowledge of Gita or any Scriptures, man has the natural tendency to use these four paths of achieving the goals of his life. However, these four paths gradually become his traps as his nature always traps him in these paths which are designed as circuitous and counterintuitive.
These four traps are discussed as following:-
1. The Knowledge Trap
The first trap of the all educated men is the trap of knowledge. This has become truer in the modern times when almost every person is imparted education. An educated man seems to have a clear understanding of the world as he has remembered many theories which define the world and the people. If anything is incomprehensible, it is only due to lack of knowledge. Everything in this world can be explained by the knowledge and solved by using one of the theories that men has created. If an unexplained event happens, the person blames his lack of knowledge for it and seeks to learn more and more knowledge till the end of his life.
A man of knowledge lacks the knowledge of other three viz. karma, faith and self-realization. He does not practice what he preaches as he does not believe in the knowledge. Knowledge for him is a tool to earn his livelihood and solve the problems. He can prove anything under the sun by sheer arguments, logic and evidences.
"Johann Wolfgang von Geothe" guarded the people of knowledge in following words,
Knowing in not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Yet the men of knowledge due to their infallibility of knowledge try to know more to succeed rather than trying others paths for aching their goals.
2. The Action Trap
There are many people who are always trapped in the action, which they consider as right and good. They are often called workaholic in the modern times as they are addicted to work. They believe in action and they are always engaged in action.
Yet they may not be very successful in their life as their actions often lead to nowhere. These people do not have good knowledge of the world and the people, they also do not have faith on others and they have no time for self-realization. Since they do not have proper knowledge, they make many mistakes and they often repeat the same mistakes again and again.
Thus they devote more time in doing the job as they do not know the best method of doing the job. Further due to their lack of faith in others, they can't trust others and they end of doing not only heir job but also the jobs of others.
Every action leads to a reaction which is actually a counter-action which is equal and opposite of the action. Hence every karma gets accumulated and the man gets trapped in cycle of karma. Despite of working hard, the karma does not exhaust but rather keep on accumulating over the period of time. Thus the man of karma is trapped in such a way that they are never free from action in their life.
3. The Devotion Trap
Faith is the deepest trap of mankind. Often faith is called blind as a faithful man is unable to see any light. The blind faith on religion is the cause of all terrorism and extremism in the modern world. It is impossible to convince people, who have blind faith in their scripture, their people or their ideology. These people are the slave of words because instead of seeing the spirit of the scriptures, they see the words. They are easily misguided by the unscrupulous people who only let them know only the limited words of scriptures and use them for their selfish political or economic goals.
The people of faith have no real knowledge nor they believe in selfless action (karma). They are also not capable of self realization as they have stopped using their commonsense and intelligence to know the truth. They have closed all other paths and they are ever trapped in the blind alley of faith and devotion.
4. The Self-Realization
Trap The forth major trap is the excessive faith on the self as one believes that he is the reflection of the God and the universe. This philosophy is explained in Indian Scriptures as "Aham Brahmasmi " (I am the Universe/God). It is said in The "Upanishads",
As is the human body, so is the cosmic body As is the human mind, so as the cosmic mind As is the microcosm, so is the macrocosm.
The people seeking self-realization believe that they can discover all knowledge from within. They trust none but themselves. They fail to take advantage of the knowledge discovered by millions of great men of wisdom over thousands of years. As a result they waste lot of time in the "reinventing the wheel".
In the ancient time, people left all worldly pleasure and became ascetic, saints, yogis or "Rishis" as they tried to discover the knowledge from within following the path of self-realization. The result was that everyone discovered knowledge that was so different that it confused everyone. They, however, instead of looking the truth contained in the knowledge discovered by others, insisted that only their knowledge is true or genuine.
When the knowledge lead to wrong conclusion, they instead of taking support of the other knowledge already available in this world, sought to again reinvent the wheel and discover the knowledge from with.
Thus the people who followed the path of self-realization became more and more secluded as they created little value for the society as their quest was only for the satisfaction of the self.
The Four-in-one Design to Avoid All Traps
All the four paths of salvation are equally important and useful for achieving any goal of life whether worldly of spiritual. However, one can not achieve anything if one gets trapped in a single path.
In order to arrive at the destination, one has to travel all the four paths as no path is complete in itself. Each path leads one to the other path. The only difficulty is that when the right path comes in our way, we often discard it as that path is designed to be counterintuitive.
Only when the knowledge is put into action, it created value for the man and society. Every piece of knowledge that is tested always leads to creation of a new knowledge or increases our faith in the theory.
If it proves what was predicted, it gives rise to the faith in the theory. If it does not prove so, then also a new knowledge is created (that the theory is incorrect). By the help of self-realization, one can then search something that has not yet been discovered by the world.
Thus only by self realization, a new knowledge can be created and the new cycle of knowledge-action-faith and self-realization begins. Only when all the four paths are combined, man can escape the trap and realize his goals.
A Brief Profile of Dr Awdhesh K Singh
I am an Engineer by education, a public officer by profession and a spiritual person by intuition. I hold my PhD degree in the field of E-Governance. I am a founding member of The Aatmic Science Foundation (The Science of Soul Foundation) that is working for the synthesis between all religions, spirituality and sciences.
The website of the foundation is http://www.scienceofsoul.com
My main area of study and research is to use religions, spirituality and scientific methods of investigations to understand and solve the real life problems of human beings.
I have published hundreds of articles and research papers on this topic on various websites and journals.
Please contact me on my email aksinghirs [a] yahoo.com for any help, suggestions or feedback.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Awdhesh_K_Singh
The achievement of a goal depends on the path on chooses in his life. If he chose the right path and move on the path with determination, it is only a matter of time, when he attains his goals. However, often a man is trapped in circuitous path that leads to nowhere and the man keep on moving without reaching to any destination. There paths are like traps which gives the illusion of moving forward but actually leads to nowhere as the man keep on moving without ever coming close to his goal.
GIta, the holiest scripture of Hinduism, provides four paths of salvation i.e. Union with God. These paths are "Gyan" (Knowledge), Karma (Action), "Bhakti" (Faith) and Yoga (Self-realization). A man can achieve salvation by following any of the four paths.
The Abraham religions viz. Judaism, Christianity and Islam, emphasis only one path of God viz. unconditional devotion to God which needs total surrender to God. Buddhism runs contrary to the path of faith and provides only one path of salvation viz. self-realization as Buddha himself said
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own commonsense".
In the modern time, the secularist and atheist lay emphasis on action (right action or karma) and knowledge (right knowledge or "Gyan") as the right path as faith has no place in their scheme of things. Everything that is true must be established by the evidence and logic.
Thus even after millions of years of evolution and experience, man has not been able to find a single path that can lead to the desired goal or mankind whether it is the spiritual goal of salvation or the worldly goal of peace and happiness.
Everyone seems to be confident about their path and fail to see light of the other path. Often people keep on moving in the circuitous route where they come back to the same place again and again without moving an inch towards their goal which may be happiness, health, salvation or anything.
The reason, why most people are trapped in a circuitous path is because instead of discovering the right path by conscious effort merely follows their tendencies. Therefore, they never move but get trapped in their tendencies. This nature of man was given a physical shape by "Asaf-ud-Daula" in 1784 when he constructed "Bhul Bhulaiya" (The Passage of Confusion).
The Passage of Confusion
In the ancient city of Lucknow (India), there is a famous place called "Bara Imambara" whose major attraction is "Bhul Bhulaiya" (The Building or Passage of Confusion). There are hundreds of narrow stairway passages, some of which have dead-ends, some end at precipitous drops while others lead to entrance or exit points. Most people get confused and unable to come out of the "Bhul Bhulaiya". One should always take a Guide to explore "Bhul Bhulaiya".
The "Bhul Bhulaiya" was constructed to confuse any enemy intruder. People are often trapped in the circuitous roots of the building and keep on coming back to the same place again and again without being able to find the path leading to the exit door.
The architect of the building has a good knowledge of human psychology and they have designed the passages in such a way that the path you chose using your commonsense or experience is never the right path. The right path is one which is counterintuitive as discovered by one such traveler.
Everyone who visits Lucknow must have gone to Bara Imambara and has seen the mystic "Bhul Bhulaiya". I had a visit at childhood. My the then memory reminds me of a place where people can get lost if not properly guided. I can recall a moment when our guide left us in a place and told that within ten minutes if we could get ourselves out of the "Bhul Bhulaiya", he would not accept his charge. We failed miserably to get out of the place. We tried for half an hour. Every time it seemed that we were landing at a same place. After we surrendered to him (the guide) he took only few seconds to show us the stairs to get outside.
Rule of reverse
Last June, I again had an opportunity to visit "Bhul Bhulaiya" after 20 years. I was expecting for the offer from the guide. But he did not turn up. So I by myself told him (after he showed guided us) that we would be trying to get out without his help. He told that we would not be successful. For first five minutes my experience was same as I had twenty years ago. Suddenly something clicked in my mind. I made a rule of reverse. If someone needs to climb up he need to take to downwards step. Same is thing to go down. Going to left and right also had the same method. I wondered that the rule clicked. We were being able to move wherever we were wanting. Then it was a matter of few minutes we were at outside without the help of guide.
Amazing and wonderful piece of art! Is not it?
However, only few people are able to understand the rule of reverse and discover the right path as most of us are always trapped in our tendencies or commonsense. It is said in "Bhagawat Gita "
All Actions is entirely done by the nature of the nature of man. Man deluded by his ego thinks, "I am the doer". (Gita, III 27)
THE FOUR TRAPS
Even without having any knowledge of Gita or any Scriptures, man has the natural tendency to use these four paths of achieving the goals of his life. However, these four paths gradually become his traps as his nature always traps him in these paths which are designed as circuitous and counterintuitive.
These four traps are discussed as following:-
1. The Knowledge Trap
The first trap of the all educated men is the trap of knowledge. This has become truer in the modern times when almost every person is imparted education. An educated man seems to have a clear understanding of the world as he has remembered many theories which define the world and the people. If anything is incomprehensible, it is only due to lack of knowledge. Everything in this world can be explained by the knowledge and solved by using one of the theories that men has created. If an unexplained event happens, the person blames his lack of knowledge for it and seeks to learn more and more knowledge till the end of his life.
A man of knowledge lacks the knowledge of other three viz. karma, faith and self-realization. He does not practice what he preaches as he does not believe in the knowledge. Knowledge for him is a tool to earn his livelihood and solve the problems. He can prove anything under the sun by sheer arguments, logic and evidences.
"Johann Wolfgang von Geothe" guarded the people of knowledge in following words,
Knowing in not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Yet the men of knowledge due to their infallibility of knowledge try to know more to succeed rather than trying others paths for aching their goals.
2. The Action Trap
There are many people who are always trapped in the action, which they consider as right and good. They are often called workaholic in the modern times as they are addicted to work. They believe in action and they are always engaged in action.
Yet they may not be very successful in their life as their actions often lead to nowhere. These people do not have good knowledge of the world and the people, they also do not have faith on others and they have no time for self-realization. Since they do not have proper knowledge, they make many mistakes and they often repeat the same mistakes again and again.
Thus they devote more time in doing the job as they do not know the best method of doing the job. Further due to their lack of faith in others, they can't trust others and they end of doing not only heir job but also the jobs of others.
Every action leads to a reaction which is actually a counter-action which is equal and opposite of the action. Hence every karma gets accumulated and the man gets trapped in cycle of karma. Despite of working hard, the karma does not exhaust but rather keep on accumulating over the period of time. Thus the man of karma is trapped in such a way that they are never free from action in their life.
3. The Devotion Trap
Faith is the deepest trap of mankind. Often faith is called blind as a faithful man is unable to see any light. The blind faith on religion is the cause of all terrorism and extremism in the modern world. It is impossible to convince people, who have blind faith in their scripture, their people or their ideology. These people are the slave of words because instead of seeing the spirit of the scriptures, they see the words. They are easily misguided by the unscrupulous people who only let them know only the limited words of scriptures and use them for their selfish political or economic goals.
The people of faith have no real knowledge nor they believe in selfless action (karma). They are also not capable of self realization as they have stopped using their commonsense and intelligence to know the truth. They have closed all other paths and they are ever trapped in the blind alley of faith and devotion.
4. The Self-Realization
Trap The forth major trap is the excessive faith on the self as one believes that he is the reflection of the God and the universe. This philosophy is explained in Indian Scriptures as "Aham Brahmasmi " (I am the Universe/God). It is said in The "Upanishads",
As is the human body, so is the cosmic body As is the human mind, so as the cosmic mind As is the microcosm, so is the macrocosm.
The people seeking self-realization believe that they can discover all knowledge from within. They trust none but themselves. They fail to take advantage of the knowledge discovered by millions of great men of wisdom over thousands of years. As a result they waste lot of time in the "reinventing the wheel".
In the ancient time, people left all worldly pleasure and became ascetic, saints, yogis or "Rishis" as they tried to discover the knowledge from within following the path of self-realization. The result was that everyone discovered knowledge that was so different that it confused everyone. They, however, instead of looking the truth contained in the knowledge discovered by others, insisted that only their knowledge is true or genuine.
When the knowledge lead to wrong conclusion, they instead of taking support of the other knowledge already available in this world, sought to again reinvent the wheel and discover the knowledge from with.
Thus the people who followed the path of self-realization became more and more secluded as they created little value for the society as their quest was only for the satisfaction of the self.
The Four-in-one Design to Avoid All Traps
All the four paths of salvation are equally important and useful for achieving any goal of life whether worldly of spiritual. However, one can not achieve anything if one gets trapped in a single path.
In order to arrive at the destination, one has to travel all the four paths as no path is complete in itself. Each path leads one to the other path. The only difficulty is that when the right path comes in our way, we often discard it as that path is designed to be counterintuitive.
Only when the knowledge is put into action, it created value for the man and society. Every piece of knowledge that is tested always leads to creation of a new knowledge or increases our faith in the theory.
If it proves what was predicted, it gives rise to the faith in the theory. If it does not prove so, then also a new knowledge is created (that the theory is incorrect). By the help of self-realization, one can then search something that has not yet been discovered by the world.
Thus only by self realization, a new knowledge can be created and the new cycle of knowledge-action-faith and self-realization begins. Only when all the four paths are combined, man can escape the trap and realize his goals.
A Brief Profile of Dr Awdhesh K Singh
I am an Engineer by education, a public officer by profession and a spiritual person by intuition. I hold my PhD degree in the field of E-Governance. I am a founding member of The Aatmic Science Foundation (The Science of Soul Foundation) that is working for the synthesis between all religions, spirituality and sciences.
The website of the foundation is http://www.scienceofsoul.com
My main area of study and research is to use religions, spirituality and scientific methods of investigations to understand and solve the real life problems of human beings.
I have published hundreds of articles and research papers on this topic on various websites and journals.
Please contact me on my email aksinghirs [a] yahoo.com for any help, suggestions or feedback.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Awdhesh_K_Singh
Why do what you want to do?
We are much more productive when doing something what we like. Spend five hours of learning something that you hate and you will learn 20% of the information. Spend two hours learning what you like and you will learn 110% of information. Doing what you want has a great advantage because we are much better at it.
We are all special in different kind of things. We all like different things and hobbies. But to most of us they stay only hobbies. But why not do in your life what you like to do? A smart man said: work what you like to work, and you will never need to "work" in your life.
Why don't we go beyond a hobby?
It is not easy to do what you like, because in the begining it may not give you anything besides personal pleasure and happiness. But why do we get something in the first place?
Why do we receive something in the first place?
A cook gets 2000 a month and a micro surgeon gets 10,000 a month, because he is providing bigger value than a cook. He is saving lives and not a lot of people can do such a job. So what you need to do is reach value and uniqueness. Become the best in what you like.
How to become the best in what you like?
It may take time and may not be easy in the begining, because we are stuck in the box of daily life. But each day spend at least one hour doing something what you like. Go out of your usual box and read books, learn about what you like, practise it. One hour will not hurt the box. Do what you like until it will become valuable enough to provide value to others and than you may receive something for it. Do it until it goes beyond a hobby and turns in to a profession, no matter what kind of a hobby you have in the first place.
Why provide value to others doing what you like?
Because we all like different things and the world needs it. There are some jobs that are not unique and a lot of people still do it and end up having no job because there are too many professionals in that sphere. But in the most cases, what you really like to do will be unique and give value that no others can give. Provide value to the world and you will gain value yourself.
Why should we provide value to the world?
It will not only provide value to you but that is also our purpose in this life. To provide value to others. And the only way to do it, is to become valuable yourself. So good luck in doing what you like at least one hour each day.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Rokas_Leonavicius
We are all special in different kind of things. We all like different things and hobbies. But to most of us they stay only hobbies. But why not do in your life what you like to do? A smart man said: work what you like to work, and you will never need to "work" in your life.
Why don't we go beyond a hobby?
It is not easy to do what you like, because in the begining it may not give you anything besides personal pleasure and happiness. But why do we get something in the first place?
Why do we receive something in the first place?
A cook gets 2000 a month and a micro surgeon gets 10,000 a month, because he is providing bigger value than a cook. He is saving lives and not a lot of people can do such a job. So what you need to do is reach value and uniqueness. Become the best in what you like.
How to become the best in what you like?
It may take time and may not be easy in the begining, because we are stuck in the box of daily life. But each day spend at least one hour doing something what you like. Go out of your usual box and read books, learn about what you like, practise it. One hour will not hurt the box. Do what you like until it will become valuable enough to provide value to others and than you may receive something for it. Do it until it goes beyond a hobby and turns in to a profession, no matter what kind of a hobby you have in the first place.
Why provide value to others doing what you like?
Because we all like different things and the world needs it. There are some jobs that are not unique and a lot of people still do it and end up having no job because there are too many professionals in that sphere. But in the most cases, what you really like to do will be unique and give value that no others can give. Provide value to the world and you will gain value yourself.
Why should we provide value to the world?
It will not only provide value to you but that is also our purpose in this life. To provide value to others. And the only way to do it, is to become valuable yourself. So good luck in doing what you like at least one hour each day.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Rokas_Leonavicius
Things To Do
It's time to stop working from your to-do list. Stop doing what you should do and start doing what you want to do. Instead of tackling your list of SHOULDS and always heeding the advice of others, what if you only did what you really wanted to do?
It might surprise you to learn that what you want is actually in line with your highest good regardless of whether or not that desire matches your long, long list of SHOULDS.
Last year, an actress named Bobbi hired me to help her find some motivation. She's a busy person with a lot going on. She's not only an actor, but she's also a writer and stand-up comedian with quite an interesting social life. Needless to say, Bobbi's calendar is a full one.
With such a busy schedule full of appointments and obligations, Bobbi was drained and lacked any passion for her career. Simply put, the girl was overwhelmed and exhausted. With so many projects going on, Bobbi couldn't devote sufficient energy to anything she worked on. She was spread too thin. Bobbi felt like she wasn't good at anything because she couldn't effectively throw her energy in a million and one different directions.
Digging a little deeper, I discovered that Bobbi treated everything she did as an obligation rather than a choice. She believed that she had to work really hard in order to make it. She believed she had to stay super busy every day. If she didn't, somehow that meant she wasn't going to be successful. Bobbi stayed really busy doing the essential stuff she knew she was supposed to do, but nowhere did she find the time to do what she wanted. She also had a hard time saying no, which wasn't really working for her either. It's no wonder that Bobbi lost steam.
So, I challenged Bobbi to try a little experiment. For two weeks, Bobbi agreed to do only those things she really wanted to do. She agreed to wake up each morning and ask herself, "What do I want to do today?" Her answer would then dictate how she spent her time. This idea made Bobbi pretty nervous. She feared that if left to her own devices, she'd just stay in bed eating pizza, watching Sex in the City reruns and ignoring her career. But she agreed that her old way of doing things wasn't working, so she'd give it a whirl.
What happened next was pretty cool. Bobbi was right. She did spend close to two full days just hanging out, pigging out, and watching television. She soon grew tired of that, so she dug out an old, unfinished script and began work on it. Over the next few days, she continued to do whatever she wanted and she got tons of stuff done.
Not only did she finish the script, but she also joined an improv group, made some agent calls, ate great food, and got a more flexible day job. Bobbi stopped hanging out with the wrong people, she began attending regular yoga class, and started cooking at home for fun. When Bobbi consciously chose how to spend her time, she realized that her choices were absolutely in line with her highest good.
Owning her choices, she fully enjoyed everything she did free of guilt or obligation. When Bobbi compared her list of obligations to her list of want-to-dos, she discovered that the lists weren't that different. Knowing she could choose her tasks, she was once again in charge of her life. Even when she ate pizza in bed, she loved it and owned that decision as well. Life for Bobbi became fun, productive, and empowering.
Bobbi felt liberated and in command because her career belonged to her once again. She could indeed do anything she wanted to do and what she really wanted to do was creatively and aggressively pursue her acting and screenwriting career.
What would be different about your career if you only did those things you absolutely wanted to do? How would you approach your to-do list if it only contained tasks you truly desired to take on? How might you feel about your life if you lived each day exactly according to your inner most desires? What would it take to trust yourself enough to take complete ownership of your choices, your actions, and your results?
Here's a 14-Day Challenge: Do whatever you want for the next two weeks! Trust your gut and allow yourself to do what truly inspires you. You might be surprised by the results!
WANT TO USE THIS ARTICLE IN YOUR EZINE OR WEB SITE? You can, as long as you include this complete blurb with it: Creative Career Coach & Author, Dallas Travers wrote the groundbreaking book, The Tao of Show Business: How to Pursue Your Dream Without Losing Your Mind. She coaches artists & actors around the globe to creatively master their business.
If you're ready to jump-start your artistic career, get your FREE Thriving Artist Starter kit now at http://www.thrivingartistcircle.com
Creative Career Coach & Author, Dallas Travers wrote the groundbreaking book, The Tao of Show Business: How to Pursue Your Dream Without Losing Your Mind. She coaches artists & actors around the globe to creatively master their business.
If you're ready to jump-start your artistic career, get your FREE Thriving Artist Starter kit now at http://www.thrivingartistcircle.com
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It might surprise you to learn that what you want is actually in line with your highest good regardless of whether or not that desire matches your long, long list of SHOULDS.
Last year, an actress named Bobbi hired me to help her find some motivation. She's a busy person with a lot going on. She's not only an actor, but she's also a writer and stand-up comedian with quite an interesting social life. Needless to say, Bobbi's calendar is a full one.
With such a busy schedule full of appointments and obligations, Bobbi was drained and lacked any passion for her career. Simply put, the girl was overwhelmed and exhausted. With so many projects going on, Bobbi couldn't devote sufficient energy to anything she worked on. She was spread too thin. Bobbi felt like she wasn't good at anything because she couldn't effectively throw her energy in a million and one different directions.
Digging a little deeper, I discovered that Bobbi treated everything she did as an obligation rather than a choice. She believed that she had to work really hard in order to make it. She believed she had to stay super busy every day. If she didn't, somehow that meant she wasn't going to be successful. Bobbi stayed really busy doing the essential stuff she knew she was supposed to do, but nowhere did she find the time to do what she wanted. She also had a hard time saying no, which wasn't really working for her either. It's no wonder that Bobbi lost steam.
So, I challenged Bobbi to try a little experiment. For two weeks, Bobbi agreed to do only those things she really wanted to do. She agreed to wake up each morning and ask herself, "What do I want to do today?" Her answer would then dictate how she spent her time. This idea made Bobbi pretty nervous. She feared that if left to her own devices, she'd just stay in bed eating pizza, watching Sex in the City reruns and ignoring her career. But she agreed that her old way of doing things wasn't working, so she'd give it a whirl.
What happened next was pretty cool. Bobbi was right. She did spend close to two full days just hanging out, pigging out, and watching television. She soon grew tired of that, so she dug out an old, unfinished script and began work on it. Over the next few days, she continued to do whatever she wanted and she got tons of stuff done.
Not only did she finish the script, but she also joined an improv group, made some agent calls, ate great food, and got a more flexible day job. Bobbi stopped hanging out with the wrong people, she began attending regular yoga class, and started cooking at home for fun. When Bobbi consciously chose how to spend her time, she realized that her choices were absolutely in line with her highest good.
Owning her choices, she fully enjoyed everything she did free of guilt or obligation. When Bobbi compared her list of obligations to her list of want-to-dos, she discovered that the lists weren't that different. Knowing she could choose her tasks, she was once again in charge of her life. Even when she ate pizza in bed, she loved it and owned that decision as well. Life for Bobbi became fun, productive, and empowering.
Bobbi felt liberated and in command because her career belonged to her once again. She could indeed do anything she wanted to do and what she really wanted to do was creatively and aggressively pursue her acting and screenwriting career.
What would be different about your career if you only did those things you absolutely wanted to do? How would you approach your to-do list if it only contained tasks you truly desired to take on? How might you feel about your life if you lived each day exactly according to your inner most desires? What would it take to trust yourself enough to take complete ownership of your choices, your actions, and your results?
Here's a 14-Day Challenge: Do whatever you want for the next two weeks! Trust your gut and allow yourself to do what truly inspires you. You might be surprised by the results!
WANT TO USE THIS ARTICLE IN YOUR EZINE OR WEB SITE? You can, as long as you include this complete blurb with it: Creative Career Coach & Author, Dallas Travers wrote the groundbreaking book, The Tao of Show Business: How to Pursue Your Dream Without Losing Your Mind. She coaches artists & actors around the globe to creatively master their business.
If you're ready to jump-start your artistic career, get your FREE Thriving Artist Starter kit now at http://www.thrivingartistcircle.com
Creative Career Coach & Author, Dallas Travers wrote the groundbreaking book, The Tao of Show Business: How to Pursue Your Dream Without Losing Your Mind. She coaches artists & actors around the globe to creatively master their business.
If you're ready to jump-start your artistic career, get your FREE Thriving Artist Starter kit now at http://www.thrivingartistcircle.com
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