Maybe you’ve always wanted to be a firefighter, or an astronaut, or a rock star—but instead you’re stuck in a job selling shoes or answering phones all day. Should you give up on your dream job?
Don’t be too quick to write off your goals—but don’t be stupid about it, either. Pursue your dreams with these important considerations in mind:
Be realistic. If the bulk of your musical experience is playing Guitar Hero in the basement, chances are you’re not going to sell out a major ...
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Schools may well teach your children how to add and subtract, but learning the value of money is one lesson that has to come from home. Unless you teach them otherwise, they will continue to think that money grows on trees and that banks just give away cash – until they have to make their own way in the world. While financially indulging your children might feel like kindness at the time, you could be doing them a grave disservice by not teaching them valuable lessons for life. Here are a ...
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Having rounded the corner into another new year, many employees will be turning their thoughts to how they can make 2011 the year that they put themselves ahead of the pack, raise their profile within their organizations and make themselves natural contenders for promotion. As just doing more of the same day in and day out only leads to stagnation, not just for individual workers but for the company too, why not make 2011 your year of innovation?
Employers love innovators, because without ...
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Extracurricular activities provide children of all ages with important life skills and experience that may not be acquired through regular school lessons, and research shows that those who engage in such activities generally go on to be more successful and earn higher salaries in later life. Some of the benefits of taking part in extracurricular activities include:
Improved social skills
Better teamwork and cooperative skills
Improved time management skills
Greater ...
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David Cook, PhD, former "mental training coach" of the San Antonio Spurs, suggests that performance equals potential minus distractions. This is true. When I was younger friends of my parents used to tell me that I had lots of potential, but I was too easily distracted by a bright-shiny objects. Activities, accomplishments, and awards easily attracted my attention away from using my potential. The same is true today in my personal life, my family, my business, and my golf game.
Every ...
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