tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30663941884389493582024-02-20T21:23:21.168-05:00Engineer Your Success in CanadaIn this blog we will share with you The Ten Qualities of Highly Successful Internationally Experienced Professionals (IEPs) presented by Mike Lipkin, President of Environics/Lipkin.
It will be very logical and you will understand it completely. You will agree with all of the principles and you will know that they will absolutely prepare you to become highly successful IEP. Furthermore, we would like to network, connect and inspire others to become the same.Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-47121974402284296682017-07-13T23:17:00.001-04:002017-07-13T23:17:54.807-04:00Are you stuck? - By Tony Robbins<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you’re not progressing, you’re dying. Here are three ways to get unstuck and keep life moving forward.</span></div>
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But, feeling stuck and having progress are not interdependent. You can only have one at any given moment. The moment the feeling of progress stops we feel stuck — and miserable — because ultimately, progress is the key to happiness.</div>
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<a href="https://www-tonyrobbins-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.tonyrobbins.com/mind-meaning/are-you-stuck/amp/" target="_blank">Are you stuck?</a>Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-55762206320755426312017-06-27T21:33:00.003-04:002017-06-27T21:33:48.835-04:00Positive role model"I keep saying and I might say for a few more days from now on...THANK YOU...MERCI....MULTUMESC!<br />
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* First Romanian to win this Top25<br />
* First Mohawk College employee to win Top25<br />
* First Hamiltonian to win Top25<br />
* The best gift I can get from Canada's 150th Anniversary of Confederation on my 50th<br />
And the judges named me, the - Positive role model - “The struggle strengthened my personality” #rbctop25 #mohawkcollege Mohawk College Cyndi Ingle Photography"<br />
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<a href="http://canadianimmigrant.ca/canadas-top-25-immigrants/canadas-top-25-immigrants-2017/gabriela-covaci" target="_blank">http://canadianimmigrant.ca/canadas-top-25-immigrants/canadas-top-25-immigrants-2017/gabriela-covaci</a>Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-55795146275490603272016-02-25T21:31:00.000-05:002016-02-25T21:42:03.407-05:00The Engineering Community in Canada and The Power of Networking <br />
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<strong>Q: How about forming strong and professional relationships with people in your field or potential clients? Does this contribute to your success?</strong></h4>
<strong>A:</strong> I would say that we all are in sales! Selling is a game. Life is a game. Both have their rules… and attitude is everything! The key to success is handling failure. A strong positive attitude is one of the most important traits, not only for a sales professional, but for everyone who wants to build strong relationships and succeed in any undertaking! Not always is easy to keep a positive attitude, but whatever you focus on becomes your reality, believe it or not. AREC’s purpose is to help you make better use of your professional network and help the people you trust in return. Improve your performance with the guidance of peers and mentors who’ll help you stretch and achieve your full potential. Be part of something bigger than yourself. “Let’s Connect and Build Relationships” is one of our objectives.<br />
Speaking of AREC’s successes, an important part of that is because of our sponsors and partners, and I’d like to thank them again for their continuous support. Some of them were with us from the beginning, others have joined us recently, and we at AREC appreciate you all!<br />
Imagine that you have access to a pool of thousands of highly skilled internationally trained engineers from a wide array of expertise, qualified to match your business needs (such as recruitment or tapping in diverse markets)… this is AREC! (<a href="http://www.arec.ca/">www.arec.ca</a>)<br />
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<strong>The single most important thing in life is <i>knowing what you want.</i></strong></div>
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Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-43788038653755796232015-11-09T22:25:00.001-05:002015-11-09T22:25:15.746-05:00Gala Dinner AREC - 10th Edition<br />
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Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-58051196296622800432015-03-23T16:16:00.003-04:002015-03-23T16:18:35.880-04:00Learn to pitch!<div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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One of my colleagues recommended to read the book "<span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pitch-Anything-Innovative-Presenting-Persuading/dp/0071752854/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&tag=oapbook2-20" target="_blank">Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal</a>". </span><br />
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From o<span class="a-size-large">ne of the reviews: "Read this book if you're frustrated with your current sales method, if you're tired of making 100s of calls for making 2 deals, if you feel angry with the way you're treated in client office lobbies or if you just want to try something different."</span><br />
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<span class="a-size-large"><br /></span>Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-89309207257480198472014-12-29T15:37:00.000-05:002014-12-29T15:37:23.645-05:00A method to finally hit your goals in 2015<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">Sally Hogshead, the creator of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; line-height: 18.7919998168945px;"><a href="http://www.howtofascinate.com/" target="_blank">How To Fascinate</a>, shared with us this great technique.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">"How about a fresh perspective on goal setting? One </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">that will help you move on from past failure. One </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">that will help you look ahead with clarity and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">confidence. </span><br clear="none" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;" /><br clear="none" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">Well, then, good news -- this free video series </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">from NYT bestselling author Michael Hyatt is that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">fresh perspective you're looking for. </span><br />
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<a href="https://ea106.infusionsoft.com/app/linkClick/36810/82d51ff5bdfcd41a/16787612/4192fed7e0a5c1c2" shape="rect" style="background-color: white; color: #136dec; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;" target="_blank">http://howtheworldseesyou.com/<wbr></wbr>mhgoals1</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br clear="none" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;" /><br clear="none" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">In fact, in Video #1, Michael shares </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">the four strategies you need to create a solid </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">foundation for success with your goals. Without </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">these, you’ll find it virtually impossible to get </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">what you want this year. </span><br clear="none" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;" /><br clear="none" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">If you've ever felt like there was something </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">standing between you and the things you want most </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">in life, don't miss this series. </span><br clear="none" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;" /><br clear="none" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">You can finally get clear on how setting goals can </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">truly transform your life -- even if you've tried </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">in the past and failed. </span><br clear="none" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;" /><br clear="none" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">It's free, but only for a limited time. </span><a href="https://ea106.infusionsoft.com/app/linkClick/36812/387dcb0c6024b683/16787612/4192fed7e0a5c1c2" shape="rect" style="background-color: white; color: #136dec; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;" target="_blank">Sign up here</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">. "</span>Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-81549002779842794612014-12-19T09:00:00.000-05:002014-12-19T09:42:54.791-05:00Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays and A Fantastic Transition Time in 2015!<div class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>As 2014 draws to a close, we want to wish YOU, the reader of this blog, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays and 2015 may bring a lot of happiness, prosperity and the realization of everything that is a longing desire of yours! </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 17px;"><b>May you receive the help you need just when you need it the most, and may you give help at the moment in which it is most needed.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Wishing you a peaceful new year,</b></span><br />
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P.S. Use this <a href="http://www.mikelipkin.com/documents/Personal_Alchemy_CG.pdf"><b>formula for The Chemistry of Success</b></a> shared by <a href="http://www.mikelipkin.com/motivation_library.php">Mike Lipkin</a> and become a Personal Alchemist. <br />
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<span class="sqq" style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><i>"The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination." - </i><a href="http://thinkexist.com/quotes/don_williams,_jr./">Don Williams, Jr.</a></span></span><br />
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Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-77847898569703014572014-03-19T21:36:00.000-04:002014-03-19T21:39:54.803-04:00Push it that one extra degree and be 212!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At 211 degrees, water is hot.<br />
At 212 degrees, it boils.<br />
And with boiling water, comes steam.<br />
And steam can power a locomotive.<br />
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One extra degree...<br />
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And, the one extra degree of effort in business and in life... separates the good from the great!<br />
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The average margin of victory for the last 25 years in all major tournaments combined was less than three strokes.<br />
The margin for victory between an Olympic Gold Medal and no medal at all is extremely small.<br />
In the 2004 Men’s 800m race the margin of victory was .71 seconds.<br />
At the Indy 500...The average margin for victory for the past 10 years has been 1.54 seconds.<br />
On average the winner took home $1,278,813… the second place prize was $621,321… a difference of $657,492.<br />
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It's your life.<br />
You are responsible for the results.<br />
It's time to...turn up the heat.<br />
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To get what we've never had…<br />
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<b>212° Attitude </b><br />
The only thing that stands between a person and what they want in life…<br />
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<b>212° Kindness </b><br />
It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life...<br />
we can never help another without helping ourselves. (Ralph Waldo Emerson).<br />
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<b>212° Belief</b><br />
Belief fuels enthusiasm, and enthusiasm explodes into passion.<br />
It fires our souls and lifts our spirits.<br />
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<b>212° Focus </b><br />
Having a simple, clearly defined goal can capture the imagination and inspire passion.<br />
It can cut through the fog like a beacon in the night.<br />
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<b>212° Perseverance </b><br />
Perseverance is not a long race: It is many short races, one after another. (Walter Elliot)<br />
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You now have a target for everything you do...Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-66446277765371417912014-02-03T10:41:00.000-05:002014-02-03T10:41:04.782-05:00Getting to KNOW YOURSELF by Linda Ferguson and Chris Keeler <span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><b>Do you ever wish you were better at predicting what choices would work for you? </b>Enjoy this e-book based on the principles of storywork, NLP and solution focus.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drink plenty of water.<br />Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.<br />Eat more fruits and vegetables and eat less that is manufactured in processing plants.<br />Avoid eating food that is handed to you through a window.<br />Live the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.<br />Play more games.<br />Read more books than you did in last year.<br />Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.<br />Sleep for 7 hours.<br />Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.<br />Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.<br />Don't overdo. Keep your limits.<br />Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.<br />Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.<br />Dream more while you are awake.<br />Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.<br />Forget issues of the past. Don't remind others of their past mistakes.<br />Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.<br />Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.<br />No one is in charge of your happiness except you.<br />Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.<br />Learn a new word every day.<br />Smile and laugh more.<br />You don't have to win every argument.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Call your family often.<br />Each day give something good to others.<br />Forgive everyone for everything.<br />Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.<br />Try to make at least three people smile each day.<br />What other people think of you is none of your business.<br />Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. Stay in touch.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The worst promise you can break is one made to yourself.<br />Do the right thing!<br />Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.<br />You don't have a soul. You <i>are</i> a soul. You have a body.<br />However good or bad a situation is, it will change.<br />The best is yet to come.<br />When you awake alive in the morning, thank God for it.<br />Your Innermost Self is always happy. Follow it.<br />No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Keep these rules handy and review them from time to time. Follow them and small, almost imperceptible, changes will accumulate into something big. Your life will change.</em><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"><em>Excerpted from "Rules of the Hunt" Get your copy at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rules-Hunt-Real-World-Entrepreneurial-Business/dp/0071791388" target="_blank">Amazon.</a></em></span></span></div>
Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-10671426216947265292013-11-22T16:16:00.001-05:002013-11-22T16:16:11.711-05:006 Great Ways to Boost Your Energy BY TOM SEARCY<span style="font-family: KlavikaExtraLight; font-size: 23px; letter-spacing: -0.6800000071525574px; line-height: 27.1875px;">Want to be a world-class leader? Here are a few simple lifestyle changes that can help you improve your game.</span><br />
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Over the years, I have spoken to more than 6,000 company CEOs and have worked with hundreds directly. One trait that all of them share is an enormous amount of energy.</div>
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Energy comes from all sorts of places--personal passion and commitment, good genes, youth, goals. Over time, though, long hours, travel, and the aging process can eat away at your energy reserves.</div>
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So how do you keep the energy level of a world-class competitor in order to lead your company?</div>
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I have no miracle answers for you. Yet there are some simple ways to adjust what you are doing now to get more energy--and sustain it over the upcoming decades.</div>
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These three tips gave me a big lift in energy (and overall performance):</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 25px; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: KlavikaBlack; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Set your priorities: </b></span><span style="font-weight: inherit;">You're a leader; you know how to get things done. So decide what your real priorities are, and then make sure you make time for those--and skip the less important stuff.</span></li>
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Now here are a few additions to take your performance to the next level.</div>
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I'm not a doctor, so if you are going to make a radical change in your diet or exercise, please talk to one first.</div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">My broader point is this: </span><b><i>Your personal performance is your top priority. Make sure you have the energy you require.</i></b></div>
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Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-63913570297130201952013-11-21T10:06:00.000-05:002013-11-21T10:07:16.936-05:00Four Steps to a Super Attitude by Brian Tracy<div style="background: white;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Unexpected circumstances can be thrown at you, but what is the
thing that counts most in these situations? What counts most is how you react
to what happens to you, especially when you have unexpected problems of any
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">First, whatever challenges you face, focus on the future rather
than on the past. Instead of worrying about who did what and who is to blame,
focus on where you want to be and what you want to do. Get a clear mental image
of your ideal successful future, and then take whatever action you can to begin
moving in that direction. Get your mind, your thoughts, and your mental images
on the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Second, whenever you're faced with a difficulty, focus on the
solution rather than on the problem. Think and talk about the ideal solution to
the obstacle or setback, rather than wasting time rehashing and reflecting on
the problem. Solutions are inherently positive, whereas problems are inherently
negative. The instant that you begin thinking in terms of solutions, you become
a positive and constructive human being.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Third, assume that something good is hidden within each difficulty
or challenge. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, a major proponent of positive thinking,
once said, "Whenever God wants to give us a gift, he wraps it up in a
problem." The bigger the gift you have coming, the bigger the problem you
will receive. But the wonderful thing is that if you look for the gift, you
will always find it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Fourth, assume that whatever situation you are facing at the
moment is exactly the right situation you need to ultimately be successful.
This situation has been sent to you to help you learn something, to help you
become better, to help you expand and grow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">A Positive Mental Attitude is indispensable to your success. You
can be as positive as you want to be if you will simply think about the future,
focus on the solution and look for the good. If you do what other successful
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Are you truly happy and fulfilled in your career? Do you wake up with a sense of excitement when heading off to work? Are you making the money and the impact you want to make at work and with your customers, given your experience, skills and talents? If not, maybe it’s time to reinvent your career path and actually design your ideal career. Yes, it is possible because dreams don’t have a shelf life. - read more <a href="http://keithrosen.com/2013/11/how-to-create-your-ideal-career/?inf_contact_key=56122a978648607abc976cd27af700b80af4c5e2b539d4e76ca6fe2d7b5bcd88" target="_blank">here</a></h2>
Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-15476375087505642592013-10-30T14:19:00.000-04:002013-10-30T14:21:09.086-04:00Success Begins in Your Mind by Tom Hopkins <div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">
<span style="font-size: 14px;">A strong positive attitude is one of the most important traits a sales professional can have. Most people who fail in business fail because they don’t know how to keep their attitudes positive on a daily basis. They start their careers learning and practicing the basics, honing their skills, and end up making lots of money. Then, they go into a slump. They will stay in their slump until they go back to the fundamentals, until they return to doing what they get paid for — accepting failure and rejection without letting it stop them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Handling success does not come naturally to most people. It is an acquired skill. Some of your emotions tell you to sulk and avoid any situations in the future that are likely to put you in line to feel the pain of rejection again. Other emotions tell you to get more out of life for yourself and your loved ones. Concentrate on what you have to gain, and learn how to change your attitude toward rejection.<br /> <br />There are five concepts that have helped me move forward in all areas of my life. Memorize them and recall them when you’re rejected or have failed to achieve what you wanted.<br /> <br /><strong><em>1. I never see failure as failure, but only as a learning experience.</em></strong> Every sale that doesn't close is a learning experience; every challenge you face is a learning experience. Look at failure and rejection in a different light — as a learning experience.<br /> <br /><strong><em>2. I never see failure as failure, but only as the negative feedback I need to change course in my direction.</em></strong> Outside a restaurant, I once saw a gentleman who’d had too much to drink to try to unlock his car with the wrong key. No matter how many times he tried, the key didn’t work. After I’d talked to him into taking a taxi home, it occurred to me that sometimes we keep trying to make the wrong key unlock the door to success; keep using techniques that don’t work in our selling endeavors.<br /> <br />It takes some stick-to-it stamina to keep calling the hundred potential clients you have to go through to get your next sale. And, while you’re doing it, you’ll have plenty of learning experiences, plenty of chances to change course in your direction to make your technique more effective.<br /> <br /><strong><em>3. I never see failure as failure, but only as the opportunity to develop my sense of humor. </em></strong>Have you ever had a traumatic experience involving a selling opportunity? Three weeks later, you finally tell someone about it and suddenly that same event is hilarious. The longer you wait to laugh, the more that failure will hold you back. Make a determined effort to laugh sooner, and learn the trick of telling a good story on yourself.<br /> <br /><strong><em>4. I never see failure as failure, but only as an opportunity to practice my techniques and perfect my performance. </em></strong>Every time you present your service to others and they don’t make a decision to "own," at least they've given you a chance to practice. Many people don’t realize the importance of this. Appreciate the opportunity to improve.<br /> <br /><strong><em>5. I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play to win.</em></strong>Selling is a game. Life is a game. Both have their rules. Over the years, I’ve discovered that a single rule dominates every situation: Those who risk failure by working with more people, make more money; those who risk less failure, make less.<br /> <br />If you risk failure, sometimes you will fail. But every time you fail, you’re that much closer to success. Success demands its percentage of failure.<br /> <br />Work with the five attitudes toward failure and rejection. What counts isn’t how many transactions fall out, how many people hang up on you, how many things don’t work out, how many people go back on their word. What counts is how many times you pick yourself up, shrug off the failure, learn from it, and keep trying to make things come together.<br /><br />There are challenges and obstacles in business, but they are all temporary if you take control of your thoughts and develop the right attitude. I believe that winners are winners because they’ve learned to fuel their success drives by overcoming failure.</span></div>
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<name style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Wishing you greatness in selling,<br /><img alt="" src="http://www.leadformix.com/ef1/files/2259/TH-sig%20125x36.gif" style="height: 36px; width: 125px;" /><br /><insert here="" name="" partner=""></insert></name><span style="font-size: 14px;"><name style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><insert here="" name="" partner=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><insert here="" name="" partner=""></insert></span></insert></name><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tom Hopkins</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P.S. - In case you missed my last article, I sent you a little gift. You'll find it </span><a href="http://nightingale.ontraport.net/t?orid=459561&opid=5&lf1=932627716d752921838813d13765741" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here>></a></span><br />
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In the article, Unlocking Potential: From Underperformer to Asset, we examined a dilemma that many employers face. You hire an internationally educated professional who has the right skills, degree, and workplace experience, but who under performs without explanation. This is where Business Edge, a bridging program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, enables and empowers skilled immigrants to move back into jobs where they can fully utilize their skills, education and professional experience. <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.hireimmigrants.ca/2013/07/29/unlocking-potential-from-underperformer-to-asset/" style="border: 0px; color: #a61e31; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Read the article</a>.</strong></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong>There are also other strategies that employers can implement to assist their immigrant talent in performing better. In this series we are posing questions to HR experts to provide insight into getting the most out of diverse talent.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Assume Sarah’s employer recognized cultural barriers were linked to certain performance issues. What interventions could her employer have made once the poor performance was perceived? </strong></div>
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The first step in a situation like Sarah’s is for the manager to provide timely feedback. Too often internationally educated employees such as Sarah receive their first form of real feedback’ in the form of a termination notice. This is too late; and it represents a situation where everyone loses.</div>
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Delivering feedback, however, is not a ‘one size fits all’ situation. Managers who work with internationally-educated professionals (IEPs) need to recognize that different cultures understand and perceive feedback very differently.</div>
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In Canada, professional settings are often characterized by indirect communication. Thus, if a manager is delivering feedback to an employee from an indirect culture, they might deliver it in a method fairly similar to how they would for a Canadian-born employee.<a href="http://www.hireimmigrants.ca/2013/10/23/ask-the-expert-unlocking-potential-from-underperformer-to-asset/team-068/" rel="attachment wp-att-2140" style="border: 0px; color: #a61e31; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-full wp-image-2140" height="192" src="http://www.hireimmigrants.ca/wp-content/uploads/1773891-HR.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 1.625em; margin-top: 0.4em; max-width: 97.5%; padding: 4px; width: auto;" title="1773891-HR" width="312" /></a></div>
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If, on the other hand, the IEP comes from a culture where the communication is very direct, the employee may struggle with indirect feedback. They may find the ‘feedback sandwich’ difficult to decode, and therefore miss the point completely. A manager should strive to give direct feedback in order to clearly convey the message. Focus on the content of message, rather than on non-verbal cues such as body language, intonation and register in speech.</div>
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Further, it is critical to set clear goals and concrete deliverables. Employees are then able to understand and focus on the key deliverables. Managers should allow for frequent check-in meetings to provide employees with the opportunity to clarify questions and review performance. Additional support from a mentor, coach or ‘cultural buddy’ would also be of great help.</div>
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The manager and IEP alike should keep the following in mind. Each should strive to increase their understanding of the other person’s perspective before jumping to conclusions. And each should address cultural issues in an open, honest way before they become insurmountable. Sarah’s case is one where everyone loses. Described here is a situation where everyone comes out ahead.</div>
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<a href="http://www.hireimmigrants.ca/resources-tools/videos/integrating-talent-video-4/" style="border: 0px; color: #a61e31; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Video – Integrating Talent Video– Reward and Recognition</strong></a>Cultural differences can influence the effectiveness of performance feedback in a diverse workplace. The effects of these differences are highlighted in the fourth installment of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.hireimmigrants.ca/resources-tools/videos/integrating-talent/" style="border: 0px; color: #a61e31; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Integrating Talent">Integrating Talent</a></em>, a training video created by <a href="http://www.triec.ca/" style="border: 0px; color: #a61e31; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="TRIEC">TRIEC</a> that follows the fictional experiences of the skilled immigrant Tarek and his employer MetroCan Technologies.</div>
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Last year, I set out to come up with a single sentence that could guide both my career and personal decisions. It turned out to be,</div>
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Be generous and expert, trustworthy and clear, open-minded and adaptable, persistent and present."</div>
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Only after months of living by these words did I realize that all these elements came down to a single powerful habit, which is to start every interaction by thinking: <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">help this person</strong></em>. Let me explain...</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Generous</strong> means to start every personal interaction with three words in your head: <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">help this person<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.</strong></em> When you answer the phone, when someone knocks on your door, when you get introduced to a new colleague, your first instinct should be to help that person. Yesterday I was driving my 14-year-old son back from a school event and I made an observation about the event that wasn't entirely positive. His response was, "How is that helping this person?"</div>
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That quick exchange taught me two things. It's not enough to say you are generous, you actually have to work hard every day to live that way. I'm trying hard, but it is challenging, I admit. But more importantly, I learned that my son now has these words in the front of his mind, and that is a very good thing.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Expert</strong> means to be talented enough in certain areas that you can help others in a meaningful manner. This is where many people completely miss the mark. The main reason to become a expert is not so you can make more money; this attitude will limit your potential. The main reason is so you can help more people, more often.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Trustworthy</strong> means to be someone others turn to both in times of need and of opportunity. In such moments, other people are especially vulnerable and they need to know you will not only respect their confidentiality but also deliver on your promises.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Clear</strong> means that you fully understand your role is to be someone who <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">helps with a purpose. </em></strong>You aren't just a Good Samaritan; although your first thought is to help others, you also have a set of goals to achieve for yourself, your family and your organization. You make it easy for others to understand these goals. In this way, you will have the time to help others and still be able to accomplish what you need to do.</div>
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Here's a really tough one:<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> open-minded</strong><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> means that you are willing to help people you initially might find unworthy of help. Yesterday at an event, a woman pushed right past my colleague and I - who were patiently waiting to talk with the host - to capture his attention. At first, my thoughts about her weren't too kind, but as we again waited our turn, it dawned on me that her behavior was perhaps generated by anxiety or a pressing need, and that she was probably in such a state of tunnelvision that it never even dawned on her that we were waiting. People in this state are the ones who need help the most.</span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Adaptable</strong> means that you are not just a helpful person with a hammer, trying to pound everything into better shape. When one approach doesn't work, you are willing to try others. Don't just tell someone, "Here's what I'd do in this situation." Think hard about the best strategy for helping them, given their personality, preferences and position.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Persistent</strong> means to be serious about helping others, and not just superficial. I'm not simply suggesting you start holding the door open for more people; I'm suggesting you become a force who helps other people in a substantive way. The people who need help the most won't be helped by a ten-second gesture.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Present</strong> means to pay attention to the people around you so that you can spot those who are struggling, confused or uncertain. Most of us try to put on a good face, and you need to see past the superficial layer of daily life.</div>
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And now comes the personal payoff: you will be dramatically more capable of achieving your own purpose.</div>
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If you can remember and live by this sentence, you can achieve anything you set your mind to do. Anything.</div>
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A very important meeting is held, and you’re not invited. At this meeting, a senior leader announces that since targets were not reached, 150 managers will be laid off, and the purpose of this meeting is to create a list identifying exactly who those people will be. The key question for you is, “How do you keep your name off that list?”</div>
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In the 1960s Melvin J. Lerner described a psychological phenomenon called the “just world hypothesis”: People want to believe that bad things happen to bad people. After downsizings, for instance, it’s common for the survivors to believe that only the poor performers were fired.</div>
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But is that so?</div>
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To begin to answer that question, we gathered a substantial amount of data from one U.S.-based<span style="font-style: oblique;">Fortune</span> 100 company after it had gone through an organizational downsizing to see if we could identify factors that might predict which people were most likely to be let go.</div>
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One factor that wasn’t very predictive, it turned out, was a history of good performance reviews. Only 23% of those who were laid off had been given a negative review the previous year. The implication is that the other 77% who were asked to leave had no clue this was coming.</div>
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But when we examined the 360-degree assessments for the previous two years of all those who’d been let go and surveyed their managers to ask why, we found a very consistent array of problems, all of which were apparent in advance. Specifically, we were able to identify six factors that should have raised red flags. Everyone who’d been laid off shared at least two of the following:</div>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong>They were not viewed as strategic</strong>. Many of the unfortunate 150 had not been working in roles that provided them with opportunities to create new strategies, and as a result colleagues rated them very poorly on their strategic ability in the 360 assessments. As a group, those who were downsized rated, on average, only in the 32nd percentile on their strategic ability – that is, worse than two-thirds of their colleagues. This is a factor that they might have rectified before it was too late, since they all had received feedback about their strategic ability in the previous two years. What stopped them? The picture that emerges is of leaders who worked hard but were too heads-down and narrowly focused on immediate operational, technical, or functional issues. Many of these were people with valuable technical or functional expertise. But the sad fact is that when times are tough, what most organizations need most are leaders who can create a winning strategy that will ensure competitive advantage.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong>They failed to consistently deliver results.</strong> Here, too, 360 feedback predicted problems: Those who were terminated were rated, on average, in the 37th percentile on delivering results. These were the people who over that previous two years had had missed deadlines, had committed to projects they hadn’t delivered, or had set the bar too low for others. While they perceived themselves to be working very hard, they looked to everyone else in their 360 evaluations like they were running out of energy and losing effectiveness over time. Some had reputations for not working hard; the older ones in this group appeared to their colleagues to have started their retirements early.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Their ethics or integrity had been called into question.</strong> This was not a common problem, but whenever it existed people were let go. These ethical lapses covered a wide range, from failure to comply with company policies, to inappropriate comments to or relationships with co-workers, to financial improprieties like moving excess funds from one budget year to another by generating fictitious invoices. These were indications, for the most part not of outright dishonesty but of poor judgment.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong>They had (very)<span style="font-style: oblique; font-weight: normal;"> </span>poor interpersonal skills.</strong> Many people with weak interpersonal skills had been promoted based on their technical ability and then were not able to improve their social skills enough to succeed in their new roles. As a group, those laid off averaged in only the 37th percentile in the 360 evaluations of their relationship-building and people skills. Many were viewed as weak leaders who were unable to influence others and foster necessary change. Some were difficult to deal with — or even hostile, volatile, angry, combative, and unable to manage their impulsive behavior. Some were described as creating a psychically toxic work environment. Why had the company waited for a downsizing to get rid of these obvious candidates? Keep in mind that many of these people were also described as brilliant.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong>They were resistant to change, both personally and organizationally.</strong> In our global database of 360 feedback from 35,000 leaders, we’ve found a strong correlation between managers’ willingness to ask for and respond to feedback and their overall leadership effectiveness. What’s more, we’ve found that the willingness to ask for advice and respond to feedback declines over time (that is, older workers in our database tend to score lower than younger ones). In general, the worst leaders assume that they’re promoted because of their brilliance and all they need to do is keep on doing what they did in the past. But the best leaders continue to look for feedback and to find ways to improve. So it did not surprise us that many of the managers who were let go at this company were described as resistant to change and inflexible to new approaches in their 360 reviews.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong>They had lost sponsors or support.</strong> Over half the managers who were downsized indicated that they had recently lost the support of their sponsor. So in that fateful meeting where was no one to speak up for them. The lesson here is clear. Not only do you need to ask “Who will be your strong advocate?” but it’s important to have more than one.</li>
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That last factor is clearly political, and its pervasiveness suggests that everyone should be a little bit paranoid when layoffs are in the offing. But generally speaking, our research with this company offers up some strong evidence for the just world hypothesis, since none of the unfortunate 150 were laid off for that reason only. Everyone was let go for at least one, and generally more than one, justifiable reason.</div>
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What these results also suggest is that positive reviews, and even promotions, can bring a false sense of security. The disparities between the positive performance reviews and the negative comments on the 360s reinforce our longtime findings that it is your strengths that get you promoted – but also suggest that in uncertain times you should take a second look at your flaws, which may leave you vulnerable to being laid off.</div>
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If your organization were facing a cutback today, would be you prepared and certain your name wouldn’t appear on “the list”? We welcome your thoughts.</div>
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Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-30412917147905730502013-08-28T11:55:00.000-04:002013-08-28T11:55:46.483-04:00Don't be too Different! - Ready for access on Vimeo<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Creativity is all about
making new connections between old ideas/objects/things. That isn't too
difficult, there’s a variety of proven methodologies that enable us to mix and
match ideas and objects at will. Obviously, not all of the results generated by
these processes are of any use; a running shoe that does double duty as a
Didgeridoo is definitely a ‘creative’ product – but I doubt there’s much of a
market for this particular cross trainer.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Creativity problem is
two-fold: How can we generate new ideas when we need them? And, How do we
overcome our reluctance to accept the risk of wasted time/effort/resources that
is part and parcel of the creative process?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This session will present both
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1 – The obstacles we place in
front of new ideas – What exactly prompts someone to state prior to a session
on Creativity, “Don’t be too different!” – and what can we do to mitigate these
concerns.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The presenter is Peter de
Jager. For the last few decades Peter has consulted on, and studied the
connections between Problem Solving, Creativity and how we respond to Change.
This presentation draws heavily on his experience and findings.</span><br />
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When you need money to pay the rent, it is often necessary to take the first job that comes along, even if it is not ideal. However, if you don’t have a career plan, several years later you may find yourself in the same dead end position.</div>
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The basic building blocks of a career plan are an inventory of your skills, abilities and the activities that you enjoy. Then you need to research the kinds of careers that are consistent with your aptitude and any further education or training you may need to qualify for the career you have chosen.</div>
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Most college and universities have career centres that offer counseling and resources to graduates and alumni. The websites below can also help.</div>
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Read more <a href="http://www.sherylsmolkin.com/online-resources-help-develop-career-plans/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-12014042614401105672013-08-19T09:11:00.001-04:002013-08-19T09:11:32.232-04:00‘If you like your field, don’t give up’, says engineer Paul Frasie<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“In my life I’ve learned not to have big expectations in the beginning,” says Paul Frasie, a designer engineer from Romania. “Because I don’t want to be disappointed later. So the only thing I thought about on my way to Canada was that since you leave everything in your country [when you emigrate], you have to somehow succeed in the new place. If you come to Canada and in six months return to your country, you will have nothing left – just frustration.”<span id="more-5674" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div>
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However, Frasie did have plans – he intended to find a job soon after his arrival to Canada, to work and to buy a house. He had no idea of the challenges internationally trained engineers face when they come to Canada and start searching for professional jobs. Frasie didn’t know anything about the highly competitive job market, the “Canadian experience” requirement and the specifics of applying for jobs in Canada. He had prepared a Curriculum Vitae (which is used more often in Europe) and when he arrived he found some resume templates. So Frasie started sending his resume to companies he assumed would be interested in his qualifications and skills. “The first six months I sent tons of resumes and didn’t receive any feedback form anybody,” he says. “So at this point it was very tough and disappointing.”</div>
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To make matters worse, the global recession had impacted Canada as well and many engineers were losing their jobs. Frasie had already felt the recession in Romania, but he didn’t expect to find a similar situation in Canada. It was hard to stay positive and to figure out what the right thing to do was. He didn’t want to change careers or do survival jobs as many professionals did at that time when they faced unemployment. He loved his profession and wanted to work in his field.</div>
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What helped him stay optimistic was a meeting with the founder of the <a href="http://www.arec.ca/" style="border: 0px; color: #be352f; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Association of Romanian Engineers in Canada</a> (AREC). He introduced him to other engineers from his country and Frasie started building a network of acquaintances and friends with similar backgrounds. “Everybody helped me somehow,” Frasie says. “They didn’t find a job for me, but they gave me some sources, some useful information and shared their experiences with me.”</div>
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Read more<a href="http://www.prepareforcanada.com/working/working-success-stories/if-you-like-your-field-dont-give-up-says-engineer-paul-frasie/" target="_blank"> here</a>.</div>
Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-88870971081634128302013-08-12T14:14:00.000-04:002013-08-12T14:14:12.109-04:00Waking Up a Business Means Waking Up the Little-Known Secret of Success... by Kevin D. Crone<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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Daniel (Danny)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02027183417006943358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066394188438949358.post-15791534814109606642013-08-09T14:05:00.000-04:002013-08-09T14:05:05.229-04:005 steps to develop your unique personal brand for lasting career success By Murali Murthy<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #464646; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.203125px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
New to Canada and at your wit’s end trying to land a job? Amazed and dismayed at the difficulty of the entire job search process? Shocked that you are not even receiving email acknowledgments, let alone a call for an interview? Been there, done that.</div>
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The many challenges that you face while seeking job openings can be resolved by developing a strong, unique personal brand. A personal brand makes you noticed for all the right reasons, reinforces your strengths and give the employer ample reasons to hire you. It takes understanding and some work to develop your brand, but the payoff is highly rewarding, as has been proven by thousands of successful immigrants in Canada.</div>
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Read more <a href="http://canadianimmigrant.ca/work-and-education/5-steps-to-develop-your-unique-personal-brand-for-lasting-career-success" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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