How Should I Pick The Appropriate Truck Driving School For Me?

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If you’re an aspiring truck driver, then you’ve probably considered signing up with a Truck Driving School. However, with so many schools out there, how does one choose which one is right for him? Should a student enroll in trainings offered by publicly- funded schools? Or should he just go to a private school? How do you know which school is the best for you anyway? Well, first and foremost, a prospective driver must first know what he wants in a truck driving school, and what he needs. Then from there, one could narrow down his options, and choose the school most suitable to his needs.

One of the first considerations of an aspiring truck driver is money. Oftentimes, the student doesn’t want to pay the tuition fee outright, as such can be quite painful on the bank account, especially if the trainee won’t be assured of a job after passing his license exams. So an option that one such trainee could take is to enroll in company- owned or company sponsored schools. Usually these outfits offer their courses for free, or with marked down rates. The downside of this though, is that it’s harder to get into these training programs. Not to mention that the programs will be more strict and rigorous than those of other types of schools. And that you are bound by contract to serve their sponsor company for a certain amount of time. The good news is, with this type of school, you’re almost assured that you’ll be getting a job as soon as you pass your exams.

If, however, you’re the type who wants to have the freedom to choose which trucking company you want to enter into, then you better enroll yourself in a reputable private training body, or in a publicly funded institution, such as vocational or technical schools, community colleges, or state colleges. Both should have several motor carriers that hire new drivers from their list of graduates. You’ll know that you’re in a good school if they have more than enough companies in their list, and if several companies send their representatives to make their pitch for the company. The main disadvantage here is that though there are several companies all vying for your school’s trainee application, you’re still never sure that you will get hired.

Now, some prospective drivers just really want good, sound truck driving training. This commonly takes longer than most schools are willing to offer, but some find that reasonable enough; that, if you want quality education, you must take the time and effort for it. If you’re this type, then I suggest that you go to schools that offer longer truck driving courses. That way, you’ll have more time on the driving range, more time to practice your turns, and your coupling, and all the other things that commercial drivers need to know about before hitting the road.

Enrolling in community colleges that offer Truck Driving Schools and the like is also the way to go if you want to ensure that you get quality education for lower rates. And since community schools are government sponsored, they usually have good facilities and equipment, topped by superb and seasoned instructors. And being established, more or less they will have a good working relationship with their carriers. However, most training courses offered by community colleges or vocational schools take a little longer than the usual one month training. Some can even go for as long as 6 months. Knowing all these options, any prospective driver can now weigh each type of school’s pro and cons, before finally deciding on which one to enroll in.

Write Your Book Now – 10 Ways to Overcome Your Procrastination

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Writing a book can seem like a daunting project – worthy of procrastination. We all know that procrastination is the act of putting off something until a later time. Like writing this article. I started last night – and wished I’d finished then – but I didn’t. So here I am bogged down with it. As William James said,

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.”

Procrastination is considered a coping mechanism for dealing with the anxiety or fear. If anxiety or fear didn’t exist, we wouldn’t put things off. We would go for it! So procrastination is self-sabotaging-keeping us from realizing our dreams.

In regard to writing your book, you may have put it off for any number of reasons. Perhaps it’s fear of failure – or success. Or you think you’re not a good enough writer; you don’t know enough to write anything; you’ll never get your book published; no one will like your book or what you have to say; you don’t have time to write, you just plain HATE TO WRITE.

Nonetheless, you really want to write that book. You have an expertise you want to share that helps others; you know a book will help boost your career. You just finished a book that you could have written better. You’ve got a story that’s been bouncing around in your head for years. Still – you haven’t started writing your book. Why? Maybe your anxieties are overwhelming your desire-and you need to change that.

Visualize your dream as a published author. You are the expert. See yourself holding your book, talking to others about it. Perhaps you’re at a book signing or giving a talk about it, or being interviewed by the media. The result? Your status is bolstered and you enjoy success because of the book.

How badly do you want to attain this dream of publishing book? Write a number 1 to 10 (highest). If it’s 7 or above, what’s stopping your from pursuing your dream? Ask yourself: What’s the worse thing that could happen? Even if your book was a failure, you would learn from the process and move on. The literature is replete with the failed stories of successful authors. Remember, the worst regrets are on the chances you never took!

Once you identify those demons blocking your success, you can overcome them-and take action. Let’s look at ten major excuses for not writing your book – and how to overcome them.

1. I don’t have enough time. Set aside just 15 minutes every day to work on your book. Perhaps, get up 15 minutes earlier. Commit to focusing at least 15 minutes a day of uninterrupted writing. During your “writing time,” do not answer the phone, e-mails, or text messages. Just like you plan uninterrupted time to workout or to meditate or to be with your kids, devote at least 15 minutes every day to work on your book.

2. I’m too busy and “forget” about writing my book. Set a schedule and put writing on your “to do” list. Now that you have committed to just 15 minutes, schedule it into your day on a regular basis-preferably the same time every day-so it becomes part of your routine. That way you won’t forget or avoid it. Hold yourself responsible to working on your book each day. Check it off your “to do” list as a way of acknowledging your success in following through with your goal. Then reward yourself with something that works for you.

3. I don’t know where to begin. Start at the endpoint to create a structure-a plan for your book–like an architect. You wouldn’t begin building a house without a blueprint. Likewise, you need a plan for your book. Rather than start by writing with no direction, the first step is to give thought-a great deal of thought to the structure of your book.

4. It’s too overwhelming. Create your plan in manageable steps. Identify your vision, goals, and expectations for your book. Go from there, in small steps, to identify your target audience, branding, positioning, even your table of contents. At AuthorAssist, we offer 15 exercises that result in a personal guidebook for writing your book– your blueprint. Realize, you haven’t yet written a single word! But now you have a plan-a direction for starting-and finishing your book.

5. I hate to write. Consider dictating your manuscript. Choose from a variety of voice recognition programs or dictate into a digital recorder or even your cell phone. The digital file can be imported into your voice recognition program or you can hire someone to manually transcribe the file. Since we talk faster than we write, this can be an efficient and less stressful method, for getting a first draft of your book.

6. My workspace is too cluttered and uninviting. According to Salvatore Manzi of Feng Shui Life Mapping.com, “Start by setting up an office that is free from such distractions. Anything on your desk or office that is unfinished, unloved, or unused is clutter eating up the energy that could be used creatively with your work. As you spend time looking for something you need, you’ll get distracted by the desire to finish something else and put things in their place.”

Remember your dream of writing your book? Incorporate a visual image-a mock book cover or photo of yourself at a book signing. This will motivate you and provide focus on your writing.

7. I need a deadline to get things done. Give yourself a firm time frame for completing one manageable step of your plan. If you’re devoting only 15 minutes, it may take several days to complete one step. That’s okay. Just meet your deadline. Create a calendar to show when that step will be completed and the next one started-and proceed from there.

8. I feel alone in trying to start my book. Enlist a writing coach or buddy to get you going-and keep you going. Writing is a solitary endeavor and it’s easy to feel alone in your thoughts and words. Hire a writing coach or enlist another writer to help you overcome the procrastination associated with starting your book. A coach provides the specific steps for developing your blueprint. Then you can begin the actual writing, dictating subchapters at a time to get to that vital first draft. Your coach or buddy will check up on you regularly to ensure you are making progress. As one client said, “Working on the exercises together and having someone out there giving me instant feedback was extremely helpful.”

9. Writing/publishing my book is too expensive. How much is it worth to succeed at your dream – and boost your status? Yes,there are costs, as with anything worthwhile. Like the tasks involved, the costs are manageable and can be budgeted in small chunks.

10. It doesn’t matter if I put if off a while longer. Where will you be a year from now: wishing you had started today-or holding a copy your published book? When it comes to taking the first step toward writing your book, it’s easy to but it off until tomorrow. Remember, the best way to get something done is to begin. Do It Now.

Lessons Learned in Hunter Education

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When I was volunteering as a certified hunter education instructor for the Department of Natural Resources of Wisconsin published a compiled list of statistics for each season’s hunt. Being one of the top ten states for deer hunter participation, this makes an interesting and accurate case study. Let’s go over the lessons learned from the compiled numbers and see what we can discover about trends in field shooting and safety skills of hunters.

First, the good news. Organized events, even those as rudimentary as basic hunter education, are marvelously effective at improving safety skills. In 1907, decades before hunter education was established, there were 97 reported firearm mishaps statewide of which 41 resulted in death. Total deer harvested was about 6,000.

In 2002, over five decades after the first hunter education program was established, the number of incidents was less than half that (47 total) despite a much larger hunting population taking the field: 618,945 licenses sold with 277,959 deer harvested.

According to the National Safety Council there is currently an average of seven firearm-related incidents for every 100,000 hunters in the United States. Wisconsin’s 2002 rate works out to 7:92,184; close to the established national average.

This is yet more proof how safe shooting and hunting can be IF participants bother attending even the simplest, organized, skill-building event. Wisconsin’s hunter education course is a scant 10 hours with a large number of topics in the curriculum and there is no shooting proficiency test or standard. Twelve-year olds find the coursework simple. Worst of all, no follow-on events are offered or even suggested. Yet, the difference between the most vestigial training and none is astonishing.

Hunter education instructors and administrators deserve a pat on the back. Not too hard, though, as there are still a number of embarrassing problems to iron out.

In other articles and reports I’ve pointed out that about a third of all hunting “accidents” are self-inflicted and half are perpetrated by a hunting party member (someone the offending hunter knew was there.) That means there is no acceptable excuse for at least 80 percent of the mishaps.

The 2002 statistics prove this yet again. 14 of the 47 incidents (29.78%) were self inflicted and 24 of the incidents (51.06%) involved a hunter shooting a member of his own party. These incidents can be traced to abject incompetence due to unfamiliarity.

Actual hunting experience, without continuing range experience and training, is of little help. Tim Lawhern, Wisconsin’s Hunter Education Administrator, has noted in print that hunters with a number of years of hunting experience are often some of the worst offenders, not the new, inexperienced kids.

The numbers bear this observation out. Nearly half of the perpetrators (22 out of 47, 46.8%) were over the age of 35 and had hunted without mishaps for years. How can this be?

A new hunter takes basic hunter education and learns rudimentary skills. The tentative newbie is cautious with the lessons fresh in his mind. Unfortunately, after this one required event most hunters do nothing to further their field shooting and handling skills beyond this kindergarten level. As the years pass with incident-free hunts, and nothing done to relearn and reinforce lessons learned, complacency sets in.

We see this with alarming frequency when adult hunters attend a field day with their kids – at least when we can get them to actually toe the line and shoot in front of the class. I’ve learned that the “experienced” hunter often has to be watched even closer than the kids at first. The new student’s safety procedures are just beginning to approach the Consciously Competent level. He may have to think about it first, but he knows what to do. The hunter who has neglected to reinforce these lessons too often reverts back to the Unconsciously Incompetent level, and doesn’t realize how much of the little skill obtained years back at the mandatory hunter education class has been forgotten. The most basic safety protocol violations, improper muzzle control and failing to keep fingers clear of the trigger, have to be watched for and corrected for a few rounds before the hunter begins to remember them again. Without a semi-regular refresher, such as a class, match, or other event, too many hunters learn the hard, painful way and end up as statistics in reports like this.

I’m continually amazed and disappointed at the number of really dumb and preventable gun mishaps. Some typical examples:

– “Victim reholstered pistol after a shot with finger on trigger, shot self in thigh.”
– “Victim had safety off and finger on trigger, shot self in foot.”
– “Victim sat down against tree and gun discharged.”

The numbers confirm the need for skill-refreshing events. Nearly two-thirds of the self-inflicted incidents (9 out of 14, 64.2 percent) involved hunter education graduates shooting themselves, and a exactly three-quarters of the perpetrators who shot their hunting partner (18 out of 24, 75 percent) were graduates as well.

This is NOT a condemnation of the hunter education curriculum or instructors, rather, it is further evidence of the need to provide and promote adequate follow-on activities and sufficient participation by the majority of hunters and gun owners. As noted above, the most basic training experience makes a huge difference. It’s the follow-up, getting rank-and-file gun owners and hunters to bother to show up to shoots once in a while, where we drop the ball.

In summary:

– Organized, skill building events work! The huge drop in negligence due to Hunter Education proves it.

– Follow on experience is essential or the lessons will be lost. A mandatory, one time event is not enough.

– Raw number of years spent hunting is a poor indicator of skill. Hunters sometimes wait a year (or more!) between hunts. Refreshing skills in between through organized shooting events is vital.

How Do Outstanding Teachers Create Outstanding Learning Experiences?

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When you ask yourself the question “How am I an outstanding teacher?” what is your first response? Is it “passion”, “character”, “expertise”, “skills”, or something entirely different?

As a consultant for Further Education Colleges in the UK, I have observed and judged hundreds of lessons. Judgements are based on the quality of learning that takes place in the lesson and there are a number of contributory factors that create this learning experience. The teacher is only one of these factors. This article will focus on how outstanding teachers consistently use their passion, character, expertise and skills to create outstanding, transformational learning experiences.

Passion

Outstanding teachers stimulate passion for their subject through inspirational lessons so that learners feel motivated and challenged to learn.

Character

Outstanding teachers are fair to each individual learner in their care and they express this fairness wisely with a deep level of awareness so that each learner feels valued and supported to progress.

Expertise

Outstanding teachers are willing to continuously learn and refresh their knowledge so that they are presenting their learners with the most up to date, current thinking around the subject they are teaching.

Skills

Outstanding teachers have excellent communication skills and excellent management skills that they use to create learning environments where there is trust, respect and collaboration, resulting in creative innovative productivity.

Many teachers preparing for an observed lesson will nervously begin by looking for resources. They will complain about the limited resources available to them. The outstanding ones will confidently begin, with a smile on their face, reflecting on aspects of their course they feel most passionate about. They will have too many to choose from.

Even with so much training in Equality & Diversity issues, many teachers believe they are being fair to their students by “treating them all the same”. They assume that what is good for one must be good for all. Moreover, they assume that what was useful to themselves when they were doing similar courses (decades previously) will be useful to their learners. On the other hand, outstanding teachers understand that they can only be fair when they are aware of the individual needs of their learners and strive to meet these needs effectively. These teachers have easily adapted to life with modern lifestyles that have made an impact on the way we learn and synthesise new information. Whereas so many teachers are still fighting against the tide of mobile phones and Facebook, outstanding teachers have already embraced these technological advances and integrated them creatively to enhance learning.

Perhaps there are still teachers that believe they know enough about the subject they are teaching because they completed a degree in it. Outstanding teachers, passionate about the subject they are teaching, have often learnt more about their subject after they completed their initial degree. Traditionally, only university professors are expected to continuously research their subject area and submit articles for publication. Nevertheless, outstanding teachers in Further Education Colleges in the UK are engaged in Action Research (classroom based research used to experiment with new teaching strategies and approaches) and they share their findings without being formally required to do so. This tendency to exceed expectations is of course a key indicator of “outstanding”.

As consultants, we develop an intuitive awareness of learning experiences that exceed expectations and when we observe ‘tried and tested showcase lessons’ with all the refined features of a “Good” lesson, we have to be skilful in pinpointing what was missing that would have made it an ‘Outstanding’ lesson; it is always easier to describe the presence of transformational learning taking place, than to hypothesise about why it did not take place.

Outstanding teachers create outstanding learning experiences and the evidence of this is visible to all. Whereas many teachers feel successful if they have managed to keep the class quiet and busy with a wide range of activities, outstanding teachers are focused on what the class is learning rather than doing. The distinction between learning and doing is not always clear. Outstanding teachers keep checking to ensure that a deep level of learning is taking place whereas many of their colleagues rely on assumptions they have made based on successful completion of activities.

Outstanding teachers create outstanding learners. Together they create outstanding learning experiences. As a consultant, I would expect to see the majority of lessons I observe to be “Good” as it is the professional duty of any trained teacher to be able to create a good learning environment in which good learning can take place. I would also expect to see a handful of outstanding teachers that are leading the team, either officially or unofficially, in creating outstanding learning experiences, not within the walls of their own classrooms, not restricted even to the college environment, but using the community in which the learning will ultimately make a productive impact. Outstanding teachers ultimately create outstanding citizens and as consultants it is a privilege to observe this creative life enhancing process. I have never walked out of an outstanding lesson without a great big smile on my face!

Outdoor Life Coaching Explained

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What is Outdoor Life Coaching?

First of all I suppose there maybe needs to be some clarification about what exactly is meant by outdoor life coaching. Whilst I often blithely tell people it does what it says on the tin – that it is life coaching performed outside – this isn’t always useful. There are many articles that you could go to for a discussion of what life coaching is and the benefits of it; my basic premise is that it is anything whereby I, as a coach, assist you in your performance of life, whether that be in a work or ‘social’ context. This might be through helping you to overcome an obstacle, making you more effective in an existing life process or in supporting you through the practicalities of setting and ultimately achieving an existing or new goal.

A lot of life coaching tends to be done in therapy-style settings in an office, meeting room or similar where a conversation can take place and the coach is able to take notes. It can be very business-like if it is purely work-related or more relaxed if the topic is mainly life outside your job.

Outdoor coaching obviously shies away from these constraints but yet can produce results that are at least as good as those seen by people operating indoors. However, there are several other benefits that coaching outdoors brings.

Activity

Whilst the ‘outdoor’ tag accurately describes the location it doesn’t mention the activity involved. Generally outdoor coaching is more than sitting in the fresh-air; it will usually involve walking (or some other form of journeying) and talking.

This will obviously suit those of us who are geared up for active lives. Other people who tend towards the sedentary can also benefit though. Some people who rarely venture outdoors want to but have concerns. However, even for the greatest couch potato, a coaching walk can be organised that is suitable for their fitness level.

The benefits of the activity aspect are obviously that it can provide some form of exercise. Given that you need enough voice to talk though, it’s obviously not at a high level. What’s maybe more important is that it keeps both parties moving. For someone for whom sitting still in a room and talking does not come naturally, going for a walk can be the answer. Because you are physically occupied already, there is less opportunity or requirement to look for other distractions that can quickly become the focus for all your attention indoors. Enough of your brain is utilised already that it has no need of further stimulus, however hyperactive you are normally.

Another advantage is that you no longer feel under pressure to search for an answer. Indoors, with no alternatives but to answer the current question, it can be a bit ‘stressful’ – it’s easy to feel on the spot. However outside there is always the walk to fall back on. There is time to simply walk and it’s amazing how quickly the answers come to you naturally. It doesn’t feel at all awkward to be walking along in silence briefly whilst one of you thinks, whereas in a room it can become a little intense.

Confrontation

It is possible for a meeting in a small room to seem confrontational. This is daft really given that both parties are there for the benefit of the person being coached. However, sometimes when a difficult question is asked and the coach is sitting there expecting an answer, the coachee feels they are being watched, evaluated or whatever. Due to the side by side nature of walking and talking this doesn’t exist to anything like the same extent. Not catching your coach’s eye is much easier and so the coachee can feel a greater degree of comfort.

Whilst this can be good for the coachee there is an obvious disadvantage for the coach – if it is easier for you to squirm out of the harder questions then it is harder for the coach to push you to give an answer or commit to something. If you want to avoid answering though it suggests to me that either you don’t trust your coach enough to answer or you are not committed enough to improvement. No gain without a degree of pain suggests some of the questions you need to process will entail some soul searching. In short, whilst you don’t want to be under pressure to answer, you should allow your coach the chance to use that tool to help you.

Appreciation

How often do we live somewhere for many years and never really know or make use of all the opportunities presented in our local area? By going for a walk we suddenly have time to see what is actually around us. Without the need to concentrate on driving we can notice what has been there all along.

If however you choose to walk somewhere further afield then, unless you choose an industrial wasteland, you can appreciate the beauty of somewhere else. Scotland has so many places to be proud of; places with a peace that allows us to process our thoughts whilst being inspired by their beauty.

Different

Outdoor life coaching is different to the norm. For some of us, we get easily bored and the idea of doing something new is appealing. More than that though, there are tools available to an outdoor coach that can’t be tried indoors. There are a variety of simple but physical metaphors which can be employed outside which can help people to process in a different way. Whilst this might be particularly helpful for people who process things kinaesthetically, doing something that the brain doesn’t anticipate can yield great results.

Finally

Whilst you can enjoy many benefits in your life as a result of life coaching, doing it outdoors will reap even greater rewards. Whilst ‘seeing is believing’ for many, in this case maybe ‘doing is understanding’ and you need to get out there and try it in order to really be converted.

Write Your Book Now – 10 Ways to Overcome Your Procrastination

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Writing a book can seem like a daunting project – worthy of procrastination. We all know that procrastination is the act of putting off something until a later time. Like writing this article. I started last night – and wished I’d finished then – but I didn’t. So here I am bogged down with it. As William James said,

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.”

Procrastination is considered a coping mechanism for dealing with the anxiety or fear. If anxiety or fear didn’t exist, we wouldn’t put things off. We would go for it! So procrastination is self-sabotaging-keeping us from realizing our dreams.

In regard to writing your book, you may have put it off for any number of reasons. Perhaps it’s fear of failure – or success. Or you think you’re not a good enough writer; you don’t know enough to write anything; you’ll never get your book published; no one will like your book or what you have to say; you don’t have time to write, you just plain HATE TO WRITE.

Nonetheless, you really want to write that book. You have an expertise you want to share that helps others; you know a book will help boost your career. You just finished a book that you could have written better. You’ve got a story that’s been bouncing around in your head for years. Still – you haven’t started writing your book. Why? Maybe your anxieties are overwhelming your desire-and you need to change that.

Visualize your dream as a published author. You are the expert. See yourself holding your book, talking to others about it. Perhaps you’re at a book signing or giving a talk about it, or being interviewed by the media. The result? Your status is bolstered and you enjoy success because of the book.

How badly do you want to attain this dream of publishing book? Write a number 1 to 10 (highest). If it’s 7 or above, what’s stopping your from pursuing your dream? Ask yourself: What’s the worse thing that could happen? Even if your book was a failure, you would learn from the process and move on. The literature is replete with the failed stories of successful authors. Remember, the worst regrets are on the chances you never took!

Once you identify those demons blocking your success, you can overcome them-and take action. Let’s look at ten major excuses for not writing your book – and how to overcome them.

1. I don’t have enough time. Set aside just 15 minutes every day to work on your book. Perhaps, get up 15 minutes earlier. Commit to focusing at least 15 minutes a day of uninterrupted writing. During your “writing time,” do not answer the phone, e-mails, or text messages. Just like you plan uninterrupted time to workout or to meditate or to be with your kids, devote at least 15 minutes every day to work on your book.

2. I’m too busy and “forget” about writing my book. Set a schedule and put writing on your “to do” list. Now that you have committed to just 15 minutes, schedule it into your day on a regular basis-preferably the same time every day-so it becomes part of your routine. That way you won’t forget or avoid it. Hold yourself responsible to working on your book each day. Check it off your “to do” list as a way of acknowledging your success in following through with your goal. Then reward yourself with something that works for you.

3. I don’t know where to begin. Start at the endpoint to create a structure-a plan for your book–like an architect. You wouldn’t begin building a house without a blueprint. Likewise, you need a plan for your book. Rather than start by writing with no direction, the first step is to give thought-a great deal of thought to the structure of your book.

4. It’s too overwhelming. Create your plan in manageable steps. Identify your vision, goals, and expectations for your book. Go from there, in small steps, to identify your target audience, branding, positioning, even your table of contents. At AuthorAssist, we offer 15 exercises that result in a personal guidebook for writing your book– your blueprint. Realize, you haven’t yet written a single word! But now you have a plan-a direction for starting-and finishing your book.

5. I hate to write. Consider dictating your manuscript. Choose from a variety of voice recognition programs or dictate into a digital recorder or even your cell phone. The digital file can be imported into your voice recognition program or you can hire someone to manually transcribe the file. Since we talk faster than we write, this can be an efficient and less stressful method, for getting a first draft of your book.

6. My workspace is too cluttered and uninviting. According to Salvatore Manzi of Feng Shui Life Mapping.com, “Start by setting up an office that is free from such distractions. Anything on your desk or office that is unfinished, unloved, or unused is clutter eating up the energy that could be used creatively with your work. As you spend time looking for something you need, you’ll get distracted by the desire to finish something else and put things in their place.”

Remember your dream of writing your book? Incorporate a visual image-a mock book cover or photo of yourself at a book signing. This will motivate you and provide focus on your writing.

7. I need a deadline to get things done. Give yourself a firm time frame for completing one manageable step of your plan. If you’re devoting only 15 minutes, it may take several days to complete one step. That’s okay. Just meet your deadline. Create a calendar to show when that step will be completed and the next one started-and proceed from there.

8. I feel alone in trying to start my book. Enlist a writing coach or buddy to get you going-and keep you going. Writing is a solitary endeavor and it’s easy to feel alone in your thoughts and words. Hire a writing coach or enlist another writer to help you overcome the procrastination associated with starting your book. A coach provides the specific steps for developing your blueprint. Then you can begin the actual writing, dictating subchapters at a time to get to that vital first draft. Your coach or buddy will check up on you regularly to ensure you are making progress. As one client said, “Working on the exercises together and having someone out there giving me instant feedback was extremely helpful.”

9. Writing/publishing my book is too expensive. How much is it worth to succeed at your dream – and boost your status? Yes,there are costs, as with anything worthwhile. Like the tasks involved, the costs are manageable and can be budgeted in small chunks.

10. It doesn’t matter if I put if off a while longer. Where will you be a year from now: wishing you had started today-or holding a copy your published book? When it comes to taking the first step toward writing your book, it’s easy to but it off until tomorrow. Remember, the best way to get something done is to begin. Do It Now.

Marathon Training Programme

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It doesn’t matter whether or not you are planning to run a marathon for the first time, or looking to step-up your performance, a marathon training programme is positively essential to your results. The following short article will explore a number of of the elements that are very important when deciding which marathon training programme to use. We’ll also show you just where to find several of the World’s highest quality marathon training programmes and talk about their particular strengths and weak spots.

There’s three crucial areas you will need to evaluate when deciding upon a marathon training programme. They are; eating routine or nutrition, running accessories and equipment and of course the actual running and training plan itself. The actual plan you choose to use will probably be dependent on your own personal knowledge of these topics. One bit of advice I’d personally recommend here is to grab your marathon training programme well before the day when you want to commence your training. The primary explanation for this is that one of the big problems I see typically is that when a runner gets the training programme they are likely to focus exclusively on the running programme, often implementing the training right away, well before analyzing the entire programme in full. As eager as you might possibly be to begin your training, I highly recommend you to begin by looking through the diet / nutrition parts to start with and then the training apparel / equipment section next. Undertaken this way, you can make sure that when you start your training you’ll hit the ground running, literally, simply by ensuring your body and your thought process are both physically set for the workouts down the track.

The second aspect to check out is the particular training itself. Not surprisingly the more individualized the training regime the far better it’s going to be for you. Of which contains a suitable mixture of resistance training, cross training and also stretches. There are some personal trainers and coaches that offer customised programmes. The value associated with these types of expert services is generally in the thousands, which means despite the fact that they are great we’ll be concentrating on a number of of the highest quality less costly alternatives. Almost certainly the most important factor for you to think about in choosing a plan is the time-frame. Preferably the lengthier the training regime the better mainly because your likelihood of being injured will be much less and your base level of fitness will certainly be more established. Having said that, with respect to the more highly developed athletes this won’t be the case as you would most likely be concentrating on interval, split and sprint training. In the event that you happen to be training for a particular marathon, which the majority of people will be, you will definitely need to make sure that you select a routine that will match your timetable. The programmes endorsed on my website span from 8 weeks to six months. The majority of these programmes come with lots of scope for modification and can teach you just the correct way to do it.

A few of the extra points to look at when deciding on a new marathon training programme consist of; the customer support given, the price tag along with the authority of the author. Customer support is valuable because there will often be speed bumps and problems which arise throughout your work outs and receiving the right resolutions and information is sometimes all that stands between you and a prospective running injury or loss of enthusiasm. Customer support can appear in the form of e-mail, telephone number and also an online chat room or community forum. Although not nearly as good as actually chatting to someone personally, these types of customer support systems usually hold a plethora of knowledge and are usually easily accessible at any time. Regarding cost, each of the programmes assessed on my site are somewhere between $29-$97. This is easily affordable for a lot of people and worthwhile if you are serious about undertaking a marathon. Lastly, when searching for a marathon training programme the knowledge, qualification and practical experience of the creator will also be a determining part in your decision. Obviously several of the best skilled authors are the Olympic sportsmen, fitness trainers and coaches. On the other hand, sometimes you may be able to relate better to an average Joe. However you prefer to achieve it, be sure that you do it. The means are out there, what’s left is under your control.

Personal Mastery for Your Career

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You can use personal mastery not only for the eradication of stress, and confidence building, but also for your career as well. Utilising personal mastery in your career growth is called career mastery. Career mastery is when you amalgamate your personal development to your professional development and then feel complete!

There are separate components for career mastery.

• One of them is taking the initiative. You need to take action to go after what you want in life! To apply this to your career you need to pinpoint your goal – where you want to be in your career: let’s say in one years’ time, or whatever, and then take the required action towards it. With this way of thinking, you get to overpower obstructions and restrictions daily.

•Another vital component is the ability to bond with other people. To actually bond with other people or a group, you have to be in touch with yourself first. You get the function and the intelligence of bonding to others with how you comprehend and interrelate with your inner self.

• Being up-to-date. The thing is being up-to-date is not only being focused on your current career. What I’m saying is that there are a lot of people who are in pursuit for other career choices. When choosing other career choices or career ideas, you need to know your options. And making the accurate decision about your career is all about collecting enough intelligence about what you want to do.

• You need to be focused. When planning your goals, you need to figure out how you are going to achieve them.

• You need to know your potential. It is essential to know your potential and your strengths and weaknesses. Also once you have figured out your weaknesses work on strengthening them.

The thing is these foundations are essentially there to enhance a person’s performance and outlook on life. These basic foundations can be harnessed whether you are working for a company or working for yourself. Even those who are handling career choices like professionals who would like to change a career can use the components of career mastery to be able to acquire a better life.

Remember one thing, successful people not only establish and develop their business, or go into a certain career just for financial reasons, but also because they enjoy their business or the career they have chosen to follow. Good Luck!

Ingenious College Student Success Method Part I

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“Those who succeed in preparing,

will also succeed in what they’re preparing for. “

If you were to look up college student success tips right now, you would find topics such as good studying habits, writing skills, taking care of your body by getting some sleep and eating well, etc, and things of that nature. As wonderful and beneficial as those topics are, on its lonesome, it is not enough to carry the average college student successfully over the top. The G-Way Method is an evolution of college and success which has proven to be the answer to any and every question a college student may have. It is an ingenious, four concept preparation game plan which enables you to ‘score high’ every play. Many people will claim that great test taking, writing skills, and study habits are the keys to college student success. This is true to an extent.

You can be the greatest test taker, the greatest writer, and study your rear end off until your brain explodes, but if you’re not efficiently prepared for the course and its corresponding materials, chances are you will be stressed and struggling nonetheless. That’s why when you ask a college student how they’re doing in college, many times you will hear the same response of “Man I’m just trying to pass these classes”. The truth is that effective preparation is the true door to obtaining any degree easily with minimal stress, and the four strategies of the G-Way method are the keys to this door. What’s even more special is the fact that just one of these strategies can significantly help any and every student achieve all their educational goals and then some.

All four of these college student success strategies combined also prove to be an unstoppable force for students who implement them. For this reason, the G-Way Method has been proclaimed to be the greatest gift for students on how to use college for success since the internet itself!

For this reason, the G-Way Method has completely redefined the road to college and success. Are you ready for the 4 g’s? OK here we go.

The four crucial G-Way strategies to your success in college are:
1. Get the Rating
2. G-Take Classes
3. Group Major Friends
4. Grow After Know

Get the Rating

With the advent of the importance of the internet, especially with college students, many websites have been created to assist the collegiate industry. There are tons of websites which each serve various purposes for the soul purpose of making the journey to our degrees easier. One of most beneficial websites I’ve found in terms of utilizing effective preparation is ratemyprofessor.com. This and other related sites, which give information on professors and their relative courses, are extremely effective in respects to your college success. What better way to know if an expected professor is easy, strict, friendly, arrogant, gorgeous, ugly, handsome, bald, old, young, helpful, mean, etc, than to go on the internet and see what other students such as yourself say about that particular professor and course.

The key is to Get the Rating. Don’t make college hard for yourself. Take some time to go through these ratings and descriptions and pick the professor of your choosing. Many students register for classes, unaware that they signed up with Professor Dark Vader, when they had an option of choosing Professor Barney for the same course. Do your research on your professors. Know how they teach before they teach you. If Professor Dark Vader is the only option, at least with sufficient research on his/her teaching styles, etc, you will be able to attend class prepared with your light saber.

Another reason these ratings are important is because of who is actually giving the ratings. In respects to the description of a professor, the opinions of college students will far differ from those of other professors and academic advisers. With all due respect, 99% of the time, the opinions of our peers will prove to be more beneficial. Use these opinions and advice to your advantage. Keep this next quote in mind if you’re still contemplating on whether or not to take advantage of these free, little time consuming resources.

“If you fail to prepare for the individual who can fail you,

you’re preparing to be failed by that individual.”

Be sure to check out part two immediately as the second ingenious strategy to the G-Way Method will be introduced to you. If you are aiming to get straight A’s without studying hard at all, and basically make college an easier and more pleasurable venture, then G-Taking classes is definitely something you will want to consider. I wish you the best of college student success, happiness, and prosperity.

Read About PMP Certification and Its Exam

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The great demand for project management specialists has propelled PMP certification to great heights. Many people covet this certification to rise up the ladder of their organization and consequently receive higher pay and rewards. In this article, we will consider the pre-requisites that an aspirant for PMP certification needs to fulfill.

When you prepare for your PMP certification exam, you must realize that your goal is to learn PMP skills that will skyrocket you to an enviable position in your organization. It is better that you understand the working of the PMP certification exam, which targets mainly two areas of your training, which include the theoretical and the practical training angles. A PMP exam is special because it aims at evaluating your knowledge as well as how best you would use it in a real life situation.

PMP Preparation Levels

After obtaining the certification, when you enter your profession, you must have a sound knowledge of PMP systems in addressing every problem to do with project management, and steer your company through a positive and profitable course in right time. Even during your preparation for the PMP exam, you will get enough opportunities to review the information on the subject and recapitulate on it. With information as your driving force, your every level of learning integrates with the next level to make you complete in your knowledge and practice of the principles of project management professionalism.

Comprehension

Those project management professionals with a PMP certification will have to study and analyze a complex mixture of reports, graphs and drawings, before they are able to understand the subject and its purpose and work towards its evaluation. The information and data thus collected need appraisal before they decide how they would use it to drive the project ahead. These are areas of focus in the PMP exam.

Thinking Analytically

Remember that your analytical thinking is of prime importance in your preparation for a PMP certification exam. Your knowledge and ability to break down and analyze any data given to you will stand you in good stead in the PMP exam. Of additional help will be your ability to correlate between diverse regions of composite data.

Evaluation

The ability to evaluate complex data requires a high level of knowledge of multifarious elements such as social skills to make a success in project management. Here the project management professional’s experience in evaluating and passing judgment on the viability and other aspects of a project is crucial to satisfy the diverse project criteria.

Synthetic Thinking

The goal of a PMP certification test is not only to check whether the candidates can satisfactorily handle project management tasks, but also to verify their ability to discriminate between patterns and tendencies inside the system by applying a set collection of data.

Sincere preparation for a PMP exam will be a great help in facing the exam with confidence and calmness.