Play to your strength

It’s the season to be thankful.  As we wrap up 2010, it is important to look back and take stock of all that happened this year.  There may have been both ups and downs but what is really important is what I have learned from them. I learned that it takes patience to achieve anything.  [...]

What Not to Do with Resumes

A friend sent me two articles last week that I wanted to share.  After reading them, I want to share some advice for what NOT to do with resumes. First article is called “Linkedin – Top 10 resume words to avoid”. According to Linked-in, the following are the top-10 most overused terms.   I did a [...]

The First Step to Achieving Your Dreams

“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.”  This is one of my favorite quote from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.  I believe it 100%.  Doesn’t it sound wonderful?  Only one problem, do we know what we really desire? Take your career for example, what [...]

What do you want to be when you “grow up”?

If you ask a kid, you will hear enthusiastic answers such as nurse, teacher, fireman, astronaut, doctor etc…   What about now, do you still ask yourself this question?   If not, why not?   We may be “grown ups,” but most of us don’t know the answer to this question as clearly as we use to [...]