Staying Motivated

Staying Motivated

1. Set a good office environment
2. Set mental objectives
3. give your day an anchor
4. Find local events/webinars
5. Volunteen in an area using your skill set
6. Identify MIT - Most Important Tasks - 
• list 3 most inmportant tasks, 
• 3 action items forthose tasks and 
• time allotted for those taks
7. Have a post it note that says 'whatis the best use of my time??'
8. BUT I AM PARALYZED - DO something on the list
9. Work from library and cafes
10. Create music liss from Pandora
11. Do a thought/problem dump - what can I do - what can I delegate

Resume

Resume words
Top words to use in your resume

MOOC

MOOC
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/opinion/sunday/friedman-revolution-hits-the-universities.html?goback=%2Egde_1788362_member_208608494&_r=0

Interview Questions

http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/ArchiveServlet?issueid=0C443EF0-592F-4945-A9AA-522BAB78B578&lmid=archives

What single project or task would you consider the most significant accomplishment in your career so far?

To see why this simple question is so powerful, imagine you’re the candidate and I’ve just asked you this question. What accomplishment would you select? Then imagine over the course of the next 15-20 minutes I dug deeper and asked you about the following. How would you respond?

• Can you give me a detailed overview of the accomplishment?
• Tell me about the company, your title, your position, your role, and the team involved.
• What were the actual results achieved?
• When did it take place and how long did the project take.
• Why you were chosen?
• What were the 3-4 biggest challenges you faced and how did you deal with them?
• Where did you go the extra mile or take the initiative?
• Walk me through the plan, how you managed to it, and if it was successful.
• Describe the environment and resources.
• Describe your manager’s style and whether you liked it or not.
• Describe the technical skills needed to accomplish the objective and how they were used.
• Some of the biggest mistakes you made.
• Aspects of the project you truly enjoyed.
• Aspects you didn’t especially care about and how you handled them.
• How you managed and influenced others, with lots of examples.
• How you were managed, coached, and influenced by others, with lots of examples.
• How you changed and grew as a person.
• What you would do differently if you could do it again.
• What type of formal recognition did you receive?

If the accomplishment was comparable to a real job requirement, and if the answer was detailed enough to take 15-20 minutes to complete, consider how much an interviewer would know about your ability to handle the job. The insight gained from this type of question would be remarkable. But the real issue is not the question, this is just a setup. The details underlying the accomplishment are what's most important. This is what real interviewing is about – getting into the details and comparing what the candidate has accomplished in comparison to what needs to be accomplished. Don’t waste time asking a lot of clever questions during the interview, or box checking their skills and experiences: spend time learning to get the answer to just this one question.

As you’ll discover you’ll then have all of the information to prove to other interviewers that their assessments were biased, superficial, emotional, too technical, intuitive or based on whether they liked the candidate or not. Getting the answer to this one question is all it takes.

http://careerconfidential.com/how-to-answer-interview-questions-q1/?goback=%2Egde_2300480_member_208995564

Books to Read

Do What you Are
Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting
The Power of Full Engagement

Career Site

Career Site with Webinars
http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/free-webinar/

Local Job Postings
http://www.americantowns.com/ma/northandover/jobs/executive-jobs

Lowell Career Site
http://www.careercenteroflowell.org/job_seekers/calendar_list.php

Good Reads

Good Read book awards for 2012

http://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2012