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How to Pass an Interview

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:38:33 +0000

Schedule your most important Interview last, being interviewed gets easier the more you do it, because you get used to the questions and thus can give more polished answers. Read your CV carefully (it is easy to forget what you put in it if you wrote it just weeks ago) so you will not be surprised if you get a question on whatever is in it. Make sure that there are absolutely no spelling mistakes/grammatical faults (use Word Spell check), get a friend to proof read it. If your important interview is your only interview , then get a friend/colleague to give you a practice interview

Music to Help you Concentrate

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:47:26 +0000

Once upon a time I used to listen to Classical Music frequently I noticed however that it would often interfere with my concentration as it seemed to demand that I pay attention to it. Recently I have unexpectedly found that rap music was conducive to study especially if I didn’t understand the words.

I suspect that in fact I’d require different music for different moods or different work. What the music does is it seems to me is distract or keep busy that part of you which seeks to escape from the task, that sends you to the fridge or to unnecessarily check your email.

In any case I’ve found YouTube to be full of music for those trying to study or to write a complex report, try typing in “motivation” or “concentration” and you’ll find a staggering choice of all music forms, noise of rivers, the rain etc

Do You Keep a Personal Success Diary?

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:30:31 +0000

Curiously we remember our failures more than our successes because of ANTs (Automatic Negative Thoughts) which see to the job of recalling our disasters and embarrasments.

Keep a Success diary of all your successes, exams, breaking a bad habit, new job, salary increase, trying something new, got a compliment from a customer or boss, entered a charity walk, cycle, swim, solved a problem for someone, helped someone, donated charity.

Read your success diary from time to time when you are down and you will be surprised just how many things you do really well.

My own diary starts in February 2004, I’d like to show it you as an example but I believe it’s a little too personal.

Just How do you Create More Ideas?

Learning English with Harry Potter

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:55:45 +0000

On vacation I met a French couple who said that their son who previously shown little interest in studying English had unexpectedly locked himself away with the latest English version Harry Potter (The French version arrives much later). He only emerged when he had read the 600 pages or so with vastly improved English.

Now that’s the best way to learn when we are hugely motivated, something school’s struggle with. But you as an adult can choose how you learn a new subject if you are learning a language then you can choose to buy a book on a subject which you passionate about

Giving Up On Your First Try (Is that You?)

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:56:45 +0000

Getting rich quick is almost impossible, even getting rich slowly is very difficult but the principle I follow is to create as many money earning possibilities as possible. I call these mini-businesses they require a little effort to setup but then become passive income steams.

Of course it’s tough at the beginning working on schemes which may never earn money but with time it works and you start to receive payment notices via email and even checks in the post.

So the answer is yes you have to work really hard but unlike your j-o-b it is possible to “work once get paid many times”

But you have to try, you have to take the first steps, you have to believe; I see so many of the people who sign up to say PTC using my referral link only ever visit the PTC website once! ie they give up straight away they never give it a chance. Don’t be like them if you take the trouble to sign up for something, say to yourself I will stick at it long enough to properly evaluate if it is right for me!

Just How do you Create More Ideas

Make it principle that if you join a gym or a language class that you will stick with it, remember how often you hated something before you like it and how grateful you are that say a parent forced you to keep at it. But you you are independent and the only person who can do the forcing is you!

De-Briefing Yourself

admin — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:22:09 +0000

Create the habit of de-briefing yourself after every meeting, trip, vacation, lecture etc. How did it go, what would you have done differently, what should you have prepared, what did you learn, what do you need to put away, get repaired. Take brief notes or just write a list.

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