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People spend more time planning a VACATIONthan a CAREER.

Circumstances and other people DICTATEour career choices.

DISLIKE/HATE LIKE/LOVE

70% 30%

HOW EMPLOYEES FEEL ABOUT THEIR WORK

What problems do I ENJOYsolving?

How do I become MORE EXPERT at solving these problems?

BE YOURSELF.

“ “ I wish I had lived a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

-- Bonnie Ware, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying

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A lot of parents will do anything for their kids except let them be themselves.

-- Banksy, British graffiti artist and political activist

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To find yourself, think for yourself.

-- Socrates

“Be YOURSELF.Then you’ll be UNIQUE and

EXCITING and people will beat a path to your door.”

ROBERT BALLARD*

BE EMPATHETIC.

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Empathy is the critical 21st-century skill.

-- Meg Bear, Group Vice President, Oracle Corporation

“ “ I simply make a FRIEND of my customers and give them WHAT THEY WANT.

-- Joe Girard, World Greatest Car Salesman

People who study emotional intelligence and leadership say that EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCEaccounts for…

85-90%

of SUCCESSat work.

Look BEYOND yourself andsee WHERE there might be a real need.

Don’t be put off by dealing with people from a different world, ESPECIALLY prisoners

and the homeless.

GLORIA KILLIAN

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BE A LEARNER.

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The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.

-- Alvin Toffler, Futurist

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I’m still learning.

-- Michelangelo, at the age of 87

NUMBER OF JOBS MILLENNIALS THINK

THEY WILL HAVEIN A LIFETIME

NUMBER OF JOBSMILLENNIALS

WILL LIKELY HAVEIN A LIFETIME

2-5 12-15

VICTORIA HALE, Ph.D.

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“Learn from OTHERS whenthey teach you something,

and REALLY take it in.”

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BE PERSISTENT.

80% of SALESPEOPLE give up after 3 TRIES.

Only 20% PERSISTS.

Bill Gates’s first company, “Traf-O-Data,” was a FAILURE.

Comedian Jim Carrey was HOMELESS when he was 15-years-old.

Competitive surfer Bethany Hamilton had her ARM BITTEN OFF by a shark.

Eminem grew up in a trailer park with a DRUG-ADDICTED MOTHER.

30 publishers REJECTED Stephen King’s first novel “Carrie”.

Every time I suffer a SETBACK,

I find myselfthinking instinctively,

‘How can I CAPITALIZE on this?’

TOM MONAGHAN*

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BE A RISK-TAKER.

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People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year, and people who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

-- Peter Drucker, management consultant, educator and author

Highly successful people are continually TAKING RISKSand are continually FAILING.

But they succeed MORE THANthe rest of us.

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FRED SMITH

“ FEAR OF FAILURE must NEVER be a reason not

to try something.”

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

-- Eleanor Roosevelt, politician, activist and diplomat