What Would You Do If You Lose Your Job Today?

A good number of people think that they are secured, and it won’t happen to them. The truth of the matter is that anyone can lose a job any time because of any reason.

Do Over

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You might make a mistake that your employer may not forgive you for it. They may also be down-sizing. There are many reasons why you could lose your job. Are you prepared for when it happens?

Most of us are not prepared for that day. I was in the same bucket until I read Do Over,  a book written by Jon Acuff. This book gave me the directions to take control in case this situation happens to me.

The book introduced me to what Jon calls the “Career Savings Account (CSA)”. What is Career Savings Account? Here is the equation (CSA = Relationship + Skills + Character + Hustle).

How to Develop a Killer Resume

Write Your Career Story to Catch an Employer’s Attention

Aren’t you sure what to include on your resume? You are not alone. A good number of people drop dry when developing a resume.

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Did I think that having bullet points on a resume was the best thing? Yes, it took me some time to realize that a resume should reflect my brand and tell my career story.

Indeed, write your career story to catch an employer’s attention. People in a position to hire go through tons of resumes. Therefore, craft your resume to seize the heart of a possible employer.

3 Most Effective Ways to Keep on Developing Yourself

Embrace the Habit of Learning!

Success doesn’t magically happen; one must have an open mind and the willingness to develop and explore different ways of doing things. Undeniably, it requires self-determination and a thoughtful plan.

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Have you ever wondered why others are successful while you are not? Of course, each one of us has a dream of becoming successful. Unfortunately, we fail to recognize the effort it takes to become successful.

I had the mindset that college was my only way to achieving excellence. Don’t understand me wrong, college opens lots of doors to success. Apart from college; there are numerous ways you can use to teach yourself.

Learn These 5 Techniques to Start Winning With Your Goals

Visualize Your Achievements Even When They are Not a Reality Yet!

Do you frequently find yourself off track from completing your tasks? Have you ever failed to keep up winning with a daily routine?

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How many times have you setup a goal and ended up quitting before you completed it? If so, this post is for you. It will give you strategies that may help you to start winning.

Setting attainable goals requires some techniques. Above all, it is possible to learn these techniques. Here are some of them that may help to set, execute, and complete your goals.

7 Valuable Life Lessons I Learned From Playing Soccer

Create and Sustain a Personal Level Relationship with Your Team Members

Soccer is a game that can teach you tough life lessons. Even though the critics say it is not a tough game; it is physical and requires all players contribution.

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Just imagine working out at a gym for 90 minutes; how would your body feel after that? Okay, soccer is not 90 minutes non-stop; there is a 15 minutes break between the two 45 minutes halves.

Playing this game has taught me some life lessons that I wouldn’t have typically learned. I’ve learned that good team members understand and have each other’s backs. They work together to complete each other.

Learn These 6 Tricks to Take Control of Your Life

If You Focus Your Energy on One Task at a Time, You Will Get More Done

When can you be sure that you have full control of your life? Imagine waking up in the morning, go to work, do tons of activities, and come home at the end of the day feeling you’ve accomplished nothing.

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If you’ve experienced this feeling, know that something needs to be done about it. I used to swing it at work; starting my day with emails once I power my laptop on. After reading a couple of emails, I got lost replaying to those emails senders or working on their agendas.

Some days, I got none of my tasks completed! To make matter worse, I thought I was not working hard enough to get my tasks completed. I started to work harder than before. After some years, I came to realize that I was doing it all wrong.

4 Ways Reaching Out to Help Others Can Support Your Growth

Helping others have many advantages that you may have

Helping others might seem a simple gesture to give. In fact, it can assist you, the giver to achieve things you never thought you would.

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Even though sometimes people take advantage, I still love to support them. You can do so as well, just make sure you’re doing it for the right cause. I offer support to those in need or when I feel like doing it anyway.

5 Ways to Create a Healthy Environment for Your Children

Be there for your children when they need you!

Raising children in a healthy environment has become more complicated. Leave alone surrounding noise and the busy life of both parents working hard to create that healthy environment for their children.

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When I was growing, my parents were my role modules. I learned from them the aspects of life and how to be ready when disaster strikes. They were and still are my go-to people whenever I have any topic of discussion.

How We Paid Less Attention to our Daughters and Sons Failure

A True Friend will not Let You Down

There was a little girl who lived with her parents, an older brother, and a baby sister in a small and busy town. Everyone in the neighborhood seemed busy with their lives and paid less attention to one another.

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At a certain point in her life, the little girl thought that no one cared about her because no one paid attention to her needs.  All that she wanted was a friend who could talk to her and take her to places she had wished to visit.

How to Write a Brilliant Project Executive Summary

An Executive Summary is The backbone of a Project Plan

Sometimes we have good project plans but fall short in presenting them. A poor-developed Executive Summary often leads to a project denial.

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How can we present projects to make the stakeholders buy-in? The answer lies in a well-prepared project proposal. Even though a project proposal has many parts, I am going to draw my focus to the Executive Summary. Why? The Executive Summary is the backbone of a project plan.