Running a job search is like running a project. You’ve got project objectives (e.g. land a job you like with the pay you want in the shortest time possible); and you’ve got a budget and expected time to completion. Just like project managers have the PMBOK methodology to guide the way, job seekers have The Pierson Method (http://blacksgonegeek.blogspot.com/2011/08/chronicles-of-it-job-seeker-pierson.html) a job search methodology that’s scientifically proven to be over 20% more effective than the traditional job search methods.
But there is another side to job search that’s even more important. It’s a positive mental attitude that makes all the difference in the world! How can you stay positive? How do you stay energized? It’s not easy when we see so much negativity around us. Just watch the news on TV and you’ll understand what I mean. Couple that with the constant rejection job seekers receive every day and you will begin to see how hard it is to stay positive.
What can you do to stay energized? Feel like the Energizer Bunny and adopt a never quit spirit. Keep going and going and going! (http://www.energizer.com/energizer-bunny/Pages/bunny-history.aspx) Feel like a Timex watch. It takes a licking and keeps on ticking! http://youtu.be/_7AB0IMQWMc
Check out Napoleon Hill’s Thought for a day.
There always remains an opportunity to make a new start.
Though it may not seem so when you first encounter a serious blow, you can never lose two of the most important assets you have. These are the power of your mind and your freedom to use it. Once you have turned them to understanding what laid you low, you can begin forming new plans. You may not have the money you once had; you may lack the allies you had cultivated. But you still have the benefit of a universe that eventually rewards honest effort, as well as gaining the experience of mistakes you will never make again. Remember, no matter where you are now, whatever you can conceive and believe, you can achieve. Protect the most important thing you have.
Though it may not seem so when you first encounter a serious blow, you can never lose two of the most important assets you have. These are the power of your mind and your freedom to use it. Once you have turned them to understanding what laid you low, you can begin forming new plans. You may not have the money you once had; you may lack the allies you had cultivated. But you still have the benefit of a universe that eventually rewards honest effort, as well as gaining the experience of mistakes you will never make again. Remember, no matter where you are now, whatever you can conceive and believe, you can achieve. Protect the most important thing you have.
How do you stay energized?
Looking for more inspiration? Here’s the link to the BE POSITIVE web page on Blacks Gone Geek. http://blacksgonegeek.org/BePositive.aspx.
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