Wow! Hard to believe so much time has passed since my last post? Hate to keep you all on pins and needles waiting for my next food for thought! LOL.
Today's topic really wasn't something I had planned to write about,but an associate of mine was seeking any knowledge I could share with him regarding content he may or may not gain through his traditional Business School curriculum. When I pulled the following presentation or should I say education from my archives I realized there may be thousands of folks out there in his similar circumstance that might benefit from this education? Credits go to successful Entrepreneur,Tim Sales, who happens to live in Woodland Hills,Ca. where I went to College and to Professor of Marketing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr.Charles King. As always, I'm just the fortunate messenger!
I encourage anyone who has ever wondered how to change their financial future during these changing times or wondered how less than 5% of the population can hold over 80% of the Nation's wealth, should watch this in it's entirety including the FAQ. I guarantee you it will be time well spent. It may inspire new ideas for you to pursue? It may just confirm what you're already considering to pursue? For some, it may just give you a very different perspective on what you and many others believed to be fact, really was not.
I hope you will let me know what you gained from it, not for benefit, but for yours!
Had to fix the link,sorry! Please go to the following link and select Brilliant Compensation Movie in English.
http://www.gojibuildingtools.com/movie.htm
Have Faith & Be Blessed!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Treat Yourself!
Often times, guys who find themselves in a crossroads in their careers can grow slowly into a state of depression,especially if it's been a prolonged search. For certain, laying out a game plan for your short range plans, whether it's job search or researching a new business venture,is crucial.
However, one must not forget to reward yourself for achievement of milestones and to schedule in that "re-energize" time into your routine. Remember when you were raising little ones and your wife's full-time occupation was managing the household? She demanded the "me time" and so must you? Many men are finding themselves in that very same situation now, maybe not the little ones factor, but roles in many households have reversed or at least shifted. That "me time" becomes just as important for you as it was for your wife. And when it comes to "recognition", well you don't have a Boss anymore or even co-workers to give you that "pat-on-the-back".
As much as you didn't think you needed that touchy-feely stuff, you did and by human nature still do!
In fact, many of you may find that you are actually doing even more now than before because you now have that "day job" that combines job search,self-development, networking,in-home chores,in addition to the home & auto maintenance duties you held before! In fact, you may find that unless you do schedule in that "me time" and reward yourself from time to time, your life will have become an endless cycle of "must do's" and you will soon grow resentful. No one likes to see a grown man host his own pity party.
I'm not saying it needs to be something big or expensive or long? Flying to Vegas every weekend like you were still single and wild will most likely leave you single and "living" in the wild. However, it needs to be regular or life will begin to drain you of who you are as a person. You'll become less interesting to others as well and therefore even more isolated. Isolation is the last thing you want at times like these. Your next opportunity will come from the contacts you make and knowledge you nurture.
So, don't be afraid to schedule that lunch appointment with a friend or family member. Even if you need to meet them at their workplace or make lunch for them at your home to make it happen. Schedule that day on the river or skiing that fresh dump of powder mid-week! Besides, you just might by accident run into your next opportunity?
"If you don't do it today, you'll just be another year older when you do" - Warren Miller
Be Blessed & Have Faith!
However, one must not forget to reward yourself for achievement of milestones and to schedule in that "re-energize" time into your routine. Remember when you were raising little ones and your wife's full-time occupation was managing the household? She demanded the "me time" and so must you? Many men are finding themselves in that very same situation now, maybe not the little ones factor, but roles in many households have reversed or at least shifted. That "me time" becomes just as important for you as it was for your wife. And when it comes to "recognition", well you don't have a Boss anymore or even co-workers to give you that "pat-on-the-back".
As much as you didn't think you needed that touchy-feely stuff, you did and by human nature still do!
In fact, many of you may find that you are actually doing even more now than before because you now have that "day job" that combines job search,self-development, networking,in-home chores,in addition to the home & auto maintenance duties you held before! In fact, you may find that unless you do schedule in that "me time" and reward yourself from time to time, your life will have become an endless cycle of "must do's" and you will soon grow resentful. No one likes to see a grown man host his own pity party.
I'm not saying it needs to be something big or expensive or long? Flying to Vegas every weekend like you were still single and wild will most likely leave you single and "living" in the wild. However, it needs to be regular or life will begin to drain you of who you are as a person. You'll become less interesting to others as well and therefore even more isolated. Isolation is the last thing you want at times like these. Your next opportunity will come from the contacts you make and knowledge you nurture.
So, don't be afraid to schedule that lunch appointment with a friend or family member. Even if you need to meet them at their workplace or make lunch for them at your home to make it happen. Schedule that day on the river or skiing that fresh dump of powder mid-week! Besides, you just might by accident run into your next opportunity?
"If you don't do it today, you'll just be another year older when you do" - Warren Miller
Be Blessed & Have Faith!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Comfortable in an Apron?
Sorry it's been so long since I posted. Heck of week and the spirit didn't move me.
Well, the responses I got from folks on my first couple posts were all helpful and positive. Thank you all! One commented on my list of future topics and said it made him laugh. Hey, that alone was worth the effort to learn how to do this and put myself out there.
The title says it all,"Comfortable in an Apron?". Many of us guys have been used to traditional households where husband and wife share "equal" duties, being thrown into the new role as house-husband can be quite a shock to your ego,or something to that effect? Getting comfortable wearing that apron has a much deeper meaning than just deciding you have to wash your stained shirt anyhow, so why bother wearing one. It really is rooted in how secure you are with the changes in your life and role you play that is beginning to become reality. Maybe that's why many women will say "there's nothing sexier than a man in the kitchen cooking"? Maybe it's because they recognize that for a man,especially old farts like us, to step into a new role around the household and be good with it takes alot of self-confidence and positive self-esteem.
I'm not saying I want to make cooking and cleaning my full-time role around here,but I do look at the Yin & Yang of my wife stepping into a new role working outside the home,so why not me? As a matter of fact, each time I put on that proverbial apron, I must become stronger and more self confident or I will wither away into oblivion.
A good friend of mine asked me recently, "how are you doing"? I responded, well I haven't reached the point of Bon-Bons and Soap Operas! Not that the temptation isn't there,especially when there's a good classic movie on. So the lesson is, explore the new you in the new role you may be serving during this transition period and revel in putting that apron on. Oh, and fight that temptation to buy those Bon-Bons at the grocery store!
Like Warren Miller always says, "If you don't do it today, you'll just be another year older when you do!"
Be Blessed & Have Faith!
Well, the responses I got from folks on my first couple posts were all helpful and positive. Thank you all! One commented on my list of future topics and said it made him laugh. Hey, that alone was worth the effort to learn how to do this and put myself out there.
The title says it all,"Comfortable in an Apron?". Many of us guys have been used to traditional households where husband and wife share "equal" duties, being thrown into the new role as house-husband can be quite a shock to your ego,or something to that effect? Getting comfortable wearing that apron has a much deeper meaning than just deciding you have to wash your stained shirt anyhow, so why bother wearing one. It really is rooted in how secure you are with the changes in your life and role you play that is beginning to become reality. Maybe that's why many women will say "there's nothing sexier than a man in the kitchen cooking"? Maybe it's because they recognize that for a man,especially old farts like us, to step into a new role around the household and be good with it takes alot of self-confidence and positive self-esteem.
I'm not saying I want to make cooking and cleaning my full-time role around here,but I do look at the Yin & Yang of my wife stepping into a new role working outside the home,so why not me? As a matter of fact, each time I put on that proverbial apron, I must become stronger and more self confident or I will wither away into oblivion.
A good friend of mine asked me recently, "how are you doing"? I responded, well I haven't reached the point of Bon-Bons and Soap Operas! Not that the temptation isn't there,especially when there's a good classic movie on. So the lesson is, explore the new you in the new role you may be serving during this transition period and revel in putting that apron on. Oh, and fight that temptation to buy those Bon-Bons at the grocery store!
Like Warren Miller always says, "If you don't do it today, you'll just be another year older when you do!"
Be Blessed & Have Faith!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Get Comfortable Networking!
What an amazing day! I spent the day with my two boys and a good friend of mine with his two boys skiing. The weather was amazing and I am always so pleased when we pick a perfect day.
I love the fact that when it comes to "networking" there's no rule that says you can't have fun while doing it? After all, would you rather be limited to doing your networking at those wonderful,well organized networking forums in your local community or meeting people that have figured out there's more to life than being in the office on a perfect Colorado Rocky Mountain ski day?
I surely am not taking anything away from those local organized networking forums and have attended my share myself. However, if that's all you did each week and spent the rest of the time surfing every job bulletin board the rest of the week, you'd be certifiable in less than a month!
Take today for example. Even with my boys and friends with me, I ended up on a chairlift with someone I did not know. I may never see this young man again in my life,but for the 5 or 10 minutes we spent on that chair we just expanded our network,not just by 1,but by everyone I know and everyone he knows. Even if you have nothing to sell or he has nothing he wants from you,other than to maybe shut-up, if you simply use F.O.R.M. (Family,Occupation,Recreation "hey that's a good start" or Money) you can learn some amazing things about complete strangers in just those few moments together.
In fact, one of my favorite things to do is to see how long I can go learning about my new friend before they learn a thing about me.The wonderful thing is you'll be grinning from ear to ear while you're doing it which makes you all the more interesting to get to know! Have you ever bumped into a sour puss and said to yourself,wow there's someone I'd like to meet?
Anyone worth knowing will be dying to learn something about you before you slip away. Oh,if you never leave yourself or them with some way to make contact later it was good practice,but ultimately not very beneficial for either of you.
So, be sure to have some easy way to exchange contact information. You may never have need for it for many years down the road,but you never know? And isn't it wonderful that when you woke up today, you had no idea you would meet this person and what you might learn?
Try it next time you're out and about and the more you do it the more natural it will feel to both of you! Set a goal for yourself to meet 1 new person a day, then 2,then 5, then 10. Think how much your network will grow in one year's time? P.S.- I made 5 new friends today!
Like Warren Miller says, "if you don;t do it today, you'll just be another year older when you do!"
Be Blessed & Have Faith!
I love the fact that when it comes to "networking" there's no rule that says you can't have fun while doing it? After all, would you rather be limited to doing your networking at those wonderful,well organized networking forums in your local community or meeting people that have figured out there's more to life than being in the office on a perfect Colorado Rocky Mountain ski day?
I surely am not taking anything away from those local organized networking forums and have attended my share myself. However, if that's all you did each week and spent the rest of the time surfing every job bulletin board the rest of the week, you'd be certifiable in less than a month!
Take today for example. Even with my boys and friends with me, I ended up on a chairlift with someone I did not know. I may never see this young man again in my life,but for the 5 or 10 minutes we spent on that chair we just expanded our network,not just by 1,but by everyone I know and everyone he knows. Even if you have nothing to sell or he has nothing he wants from you,other than to maybe shut-up, if you simply use F.O.R.M. (Family,Occupation,Recreation "hey that's a good start" or Money) you can learn some amazing things about complete strangers in just those few moments together.
In fact, one of my favorite things to do is to see how long I can go learning about my new friend before they learn a thing about me.The wonderful thing is you'll be grinning from ear to ear while you're doing it which makes you all the more interesting to get to know! Have you ever bumped into a sour puss and said to yourself,wow there's someone I'd like to meet?
Anyone worth knowing will be dying to learn something about you before you slip away. Oh,if you never leave yourself or them with some way to make contact later it was good practice,but ultimately not very beneficial for either of you.
So, be sure to have some easy way to exchange contact information. You may never have need for it for many years down the road,but you never know? And isn't it wonderful that when you woke up today, you had no idea you would meet this person and what you might learn?
Try it next time you're out and about and the more you do it the more natural it will feel to both of you! Set a goal for yourself to meet 1 new person a day, then 2,then 5, then 10. Think how much your network will grow in one year's time? P.S.- I made 5 new friends today!
Like Warren Miller says, "if you don;t do it today, you'll just be another year older when you do!"
Be Blessed & Have Faith!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Act Two Beginnings
It's getting really late and I probably shouldn't have tried to start this new Blog this late,but as they say no better time than now! I hope to use my blog to share my thoughts and experiences as a Fifty-Something who has recently ended a wonderful 30 year run in the Information Technology services industry and is finding out what the second half of my life will be about? That's why I chose "Act Two". I also hope that as readers out there discover my blog, there may be a handful who can relate to what I'm going through and their spirits lifted, if even only for a moment, that they are far from alone. I can't promise I will be consistent in my frequency of posts, as my work and wifey duties vary significantly from day to day, but will try my best.
Some of the topics for my future posts are;
* Am I My Resume?
* Getting hired for who I used to be?
* Start being who you want to be
* Are you comfortable in that apron?
* The 3-Ring Circus
* Are you putting life on hold, while waiting for life to happen?
* Get Comfortable Networking!
* Expanding Your Network
* What's Your Emotional Net Worth?
* Are you faking it or making it?
* Mr.Mom
* Doing Double Duty & Liking it?
* It's called "shrinkage"
Good night for now!
Some of the topics for my future posts are;
* Am I My Resume?
* Getting hired for who I used to be?
* Start being who you want to be
* Are you comfortable in that apron?
* The 3-Ring Circus
* Are you putting life on hold, while waiting for life to happen?
* Get Comfortable Networking!
* Expanding Your Network
* What's Your Emotional Net Worth?
* Are you faking it or making it?
* Mr.Mom
* Doing Double Duty & Liking it?
* It's called "shrinkage"
Good night for now!
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