Career and Lifestyle
The Confident Speaker, Guide for both Anxious and Expert Speakers
The Confident Speaker is a comprehensive and detailed guide to public speaking. It will help both novice and experienced speakers to succeed and grow.
The authors, Harrison Monarth and Larina Kase debunks the many fallacies associated with coping with the anxiety associated with all forms of speaking in public. They show how many avoidance behaviours and over-compensation activity can compound the anxiety problem and the stress.
Understanding and Preparing to Beat Speaking Anxiety
The first part of The Confident Speaker covers these issues and explores the source and nature of anxiety around speaking even considering informal social interaction.
Part 2 shows how to deal with the anxiety in sensible and practical It provides detailed advice on preparing and giving a presentation Much of the advice applies equally to preparing written documents, especially with regard to understanding the audience and the objectives for the presentation
Moving Forward with Life, New Beginnings
Since I wrote the article Being in the Present and because of it I have been able to make changes to my attitude to life. As a result of those insights I have changed my focus and I am no longer hankering after my old life and especially not my old career. Although I miss the income I do not want to go back; it is time for a change. Letting go of the past was a useful lesson from Choosing to Be.
Writing for M-dash and Suite101 has reignited my love of language and words. Other work is now getting in the way of my writing and I am in the process of relaunching my writing and photography career. It has taken time as I have had to find a focus for this new direction. I have always loved ideas, creativity and the pursuit of knowledge so I have had a broad, potentially unfocussed, spectrum of interests on which to draw.
Recession or Redundancy, How to Get a New Life
Recession creates change and provides an opportunity, or a need, to make lifestyle changes or choose a new career. Here are reviews of guides how that should provide someinspiration or encouragement that positive change is possible.
Global recession is forcing people to re-examine their lifestyles. It may be redundancy, insecurity or forced retirement. Reduced pensions may require others to delay retirement. Some want better work-life balance, a simpler life, are dissatisfied with their current job or are otherwise ready for change and a new career.
The Case for Working with Your Hands
This book explains Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good. The problem solving skills of practical work should receive more respect.
Practical Job Satisfaction
In The Case for Working with Your Hands Michael Crawford argues that traditional practical trades should be given more respect.
How to Prepare for Possible Redundancy or Layoff
Take a Positive Approach to Being Laid Off. Prepare for Unemployment
Panic is a destructive use of energy and gets in the way of effective action at a time it will be most needed. Preparation is the secret to facing redundancy or lay-off.
Due to the credit crunch many people will face lay-offs but it is not personal. However, lack of effective action will hurt the individual, their family and reduce their chances of getting back into work quickly. Positive attitudes may create opportunity.
When Lay-Offs Loom
As business slows the individual should prepare for possible redundancy. The proverb “The early bird catches the worm” applies here. If lay-offs are likely to be extensive locally then there is benefit in not waiting for lay-offs and getting out early so that there is less competition from former colleagues. It is important to move only if the new employer is unlikely to reduce staff.
Be Prepared For Redundancy
After Redundancy: How To Cope with Unemployment
Job Searching is a Full Time Job
Manage Domestic Stress is a Key Task
Redundancy or being laid off should not come as a complete surprise so one should have prepared and be ready to treat job hunting and family matters as a full time role.
Having taken the advice to make preparations in Preparing for Redundancy or Layoff receiving the formal redundancy notice is the time to put the plan into action. It is a case of working down the check list and using the knowledge from the research done in previous weeks:
- Register as unemployed
- Claim all benefits: cash or discounts.
- Get on job seekers’ registers
- No embarrassment – job for life has gone, take any help.
- CV or resume should already be with agencies – it should be updated now with any changes and availability. If possible the agencies should be visited in person wearing the interview suit or at least being smartly dressed. This is the time to make an impact; to show confidence and presence – stand tall.
- Contact must be made now with anyone who was expecting to hear about availability
A full time role starts now as job seeker, budget manager and housekeeper. Days should be structured to maintain focus.
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