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As a professor who teaches online, there is a lot of writing during these type of classes. If you're not familiar, the online classroom is structured in that the way I get to know if a student is mastering the material is through their writing. Typically, there are two discussion questions each week along with …
There aren't many more days of this month before we are into 2016. This is a perfect time to pull out your resume and update it - this applies not only if you plan to move into a new job in the new year. Just as you should be reviewing your credit report yearly (or …
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John has been miserable in his job lately - he feels bored, dissatisfied and disengaged with the work he does and the people he works with. He has been feeling this way for some time and has expressed his feelings to his wife. John would like to leave this job and find another but his …
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I'm on Day 24 of a 100-Day Gratitude Challenge I'm participating in. While this might sound like an easy task, I can personally tell you that this is a lot harder than it seems. Placing the focus on all we do have and appreciating those parts of our lives is what the practice of gratitude …
As I'm all about careers - which includes working for yourself or others - I often find that a majority of workers do not pay much attention to their career until something happens. The threat of a job loss or having too much stress are typical situations that elicit attention; but what about the positives …
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So here we are on this last day of November - how did it go? This is a pivotal question to answer as it can help you to move forward to tomorrow, which begins another new month. When I start this way with clients, they are always confused with this step first: "shouldn't we set …
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Now that the Thanksgiving holiday is behind us, it's time to look to the future - and I don't just mean the Christmas holiday. You may not believe this, but this month is a great time to look for a new job or to go for that promotion. This is the time of year when …
So to continue on my story of the 'broken car,' I am now happy to report that I am the proud owner of a brand new one. I decided yesterday to just go 'look' - my intention was not to buy anything but, it was Black Friday and there were a lot of good car …
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Now that Thanksgiving has passed, which I hope was a time spent appreciating the many blessings in your life, we are now heading into the Christmas holidays. Today marks the start of the shopping season, with today being Black Friday and ending with Cyber Monday; stores are going all-out with having huge discounts and specials …
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So last week I wrote how I had major car trouble but looked through the silver lining to see several positives that laid behind looking at expensive car repairs and having to rely on others to get around while the car was in the shop. Today, I am trying hard to find that lining again …
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