Conversations: a book about how to find your dream career January 8, 2010
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Conversations by Joseph Twelves
A Problem Far Too Common
Conversations by Joseph Twelves
In middle school, you’re asked what do you want “to be when you grow up”. In high school, you meet with guidance counselors and take aptitude tests to try to figure out the “right fit” for you. In college, you are switching majors left and right trying to figure out what to get your degree in. And too often, you will find yourself stuck in a job that you hate just to pay the bills… purely a means to an end.
These are the scenarios that are far too common when, believe it or not, it IS possible to decide on a career and have it be the right match. The odds of ever working in your dream job are truly slim if you simply drift into whatever comes along. On the other hand, the odds of winding up doing exactly what you want approaches 100% if you combine a proven career decision method with the simple steps needed to find your passion.
Here are the three key tools found in Conversations: Find Your Niche! that can help:
1) A demonstrated research and decision-making procedure called the Find Your Niche Roadmap
2) Focused, in-depth interviews with 150 working professionals from the full spectrum of career fields about the nature of their jobs all in a fun, conversational format
3) Six special appendices offering you an invaluable collection of critical career information and hard to find resources that will save you months of research
This is the key information you need to understand the career landscape and make an informed decision. The vicious cycle of being unhappy in your job, not knowing what to do, but having to provide for yourself and your family is not a pleasant one. The key is to either prevent this from happening, or if you are already in this position, stop it now!
Join the conversation, find even more resources to help you on your journey, and make this problem far less common.
Classic Book Review: “Wurthering Heights” — (Emily Bronte) June 21, 2009
Posted by admin in : book reviews , 1 comment so farThe following book review was submitted to me by one of my friends from Twitter, Lisa R. (@Lisalr1)
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“Set in the 18th century against the backdrop of the wild and rugged Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is the story of unbridled passion, longing and revenge. The story begins when Mr. Lockwood, tenant of an old mansion Thrushcross Grange goes across the windy moors to meet his weird, reticent and brooding landlord Heathcliffe, master of another mansion Wuthering Heights. He is forced to spend the night in Heights because of a thunderstorm and is put up in a room which once belonged to a young Catherine Earnshaw. The night turns out to be wild and stormy. Adding a touch of eeriness is the figure of a young woman whose plaintive wails of ”let me in” sets the story in motion.
Heathcliffe, actually of gypsy descent, was raised in the Heights where he was brought by the master of the house Earnshaw from one of his trips to faraway places. Heathcliffe befriends and falls in love with the wild and passionate Catherine Earnshaw who returns Heathcliffe’s silent and brooding love. Their star-crossed love coupled with the intense hatred of Cathy’s brother forms the core of the book.
How Heathcliffe loses Cathy and his agonizing longing for the only woman he could ever love is the haunting motif of the novel.”
Book review of “Getting by: Lessons from a rural past” May 18, 2009
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The book: “Getting By: Lessons From a Rural Past” puts forth some ideas that may seem radical. Can we possibly take anything good from the depression days many see as ‘ancient history’? What does it have to do with today? Author Jan Hoadley shows plenty.
Many approaching retirement have seen their pensions, and their safety nets, disappear. Those graduating from college have financial concerns too and those in college wonder how they can not be a casualty of the whole thing not of their creation. For those who have never had to conserve let alone do without it’s a daunting thought.
However the answer presented isn’t chuck it all and move to the high hills as some might think. Instead it’s evaluating our priorities, looking at our place in the big scheme of things, using the technology that we have and encouragement to do what we can from where we are. Basic introduction to gardening, small and large livestock, credit and budget information is all included as well as resources to begin looking further.
Through the end of May get 10% off Getting By: Lessons from a Rural Past” by going to Additional information is also found at the book’s website www.gettingbylessonsfromaruralpast.com – information for Americans no matter where you live. Strong communities build America from the ground up – and this is a good place to find the steps to get there.
The Light of Other Days by Arthur C Clarke December 30, 2008
Posted by Eugene Aronsky in : book reviews , add a commentIf you are a fan of science fiction, philosophy, or alternative visions of the future then you will really enjoy this book. This is a very well written sci fi book that provides a very interesting view into a world with no privacy (a world that we are slowly becoming). This book is not a dystopia, but it does provide a rather different version of the future than many would like.
The Prince by Machiavelli December 30, 2008
Posted by Eugene Aronsky in : book reviews , add a commentAs a philosophy major, I was required to read many books, most were long, boring, and in no way applied to my life, or the life of anyone I knew. Among these volumes there were a few gems, The Prince being the biggest diamond in the patch. In fewer than 100 pages Machiavelli managed to write a book that has influenced ever politician, and every business leader. This book is short, concise, and to the point, I believe that everyone should read this book at least once, and if you are planning to be a leader then I suggest memorizing its pages.