career-counseling

The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.

Ever day you spend at work is a foundation for your future.

It is possible for you to realise your dream as a scientist, you must be a passionate learner and curious enough to seek this wonderful career path.

We tend to seek closure and completeness.

Your personal and professional lives will have to go hand in hand and will have influence on each other.

Make sure the job you select complements your personal life the best.

The work environment can bring out the 'best' or the 'worst' in you.

Business is ultimately about people and we can't be effective in business without having some insight into people.

A person__ true nature, true self, cannot change with situations.

Itis our ability to have an insight into people thatgives us the power to predict the future.

In most work situations, there is usually more to see than what meets the eyes. A lot happens just beneath the surface.

Electricians that like good health avoid the known biologically toxic very high powered electrical utility jobs.

After Carol had left, as Symons threw away a pile of used tissues and rearranged the cushions on the couch, he remarked that the most common and unhelpful illusion plaguing those who came to see him [as a career counselor] was the idea that they ought somehow, in the normal course of events, to have intuited--long before they had finished their degrees, started families, bought houses and risen to the top of law firms--what they should properly be doing with their lives. They were tormented by a residual notion of having through some error or stupidity on their part missed out on their true 'calling.

Your education is important because with only a few words you can show an employer the depth of your potential.

Understand that success is not an accident, but a planned event.

Accept the fact that you are fully responsible for your career.

Those who work hard and constantly seek to be visible to their superiors, those who showcase their hard work, are the ones who advance to positions of greater power and responsibility.

The focus should be on becoming a strong andinfluential personality _ cultivate compelling communication skills, focus on building trust and learn how to expand and leverage your professional network.