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• How to Stay Motivated While Job Hunting This Year (2023)

  The COVID-19 epidemic left millions unemployed, and the list of prominent corporations that have declared job cutbacks published by Business Insider shows that another wave of layoffs is imminent. This is probably not what you want to hear if you’re feeling anxious about your job security or uninspired as you hunt for a job around the holidays in today’s competitive employment market. The good news is that many employment chances become available in a variety of sectors at the end of the year; thus, it is essential to remain motivated throughout your job hunt.

  You must continue your job hunt over the holidays. Many individuals who are now discouraged are unaware that corporations have budgets that have not yet been spent. As the end of the year approaches, as the CEO of an industry training platform, I encourage job searchers to become competitive and use their passion to their advantage. After the first shock of the pandemic, several large organisations with numerous divisions managed to recover. They will want to invest cash in recruiting and training. Now is the moment to intensify your job search efforts, as recruiting for the holidays is underway. Your search may be made more manageable by dividing your to-do list into smaller activities.

  Highlight your transferrable talents
  Do not restrict your search to known industries or positions. Employers are seeking versatile individuals. After all, COVID-19 compelled several businesses to rapidly alter their operations and offers. In your resume and during interviews, emphasise transferrable abilities that will allow you to offer value to a company whose business goals are susceptible to change.

  
  See chaos as a ladder
  Even major corporations like as Nike and Ford redirected their manufacturing lines to produce face masks and ventilators. New procedures and technologies have necessitated the creation of new sorts of positions in the workforce, so be on the lookout for chances that did not exist before. You just need to maintain a good attitude and adopt a fresh perspective. You have a unique skill set and history; thus, you should tailor how you communicate your knowledge and experiences to each position’s prerequisites. Demonstrate to employers how you fit within the modern business environment. You may find yourself in a position you never thought would be a great match.

  
  Focus on digital hiring interfaces
  In a society marked by social isolation, virtual interviews have essentially supplanted in-person ones, and email has assumed an even greater role in the early employment phase. Try to examine your communications objectively after each encounter with a recruiter or hiring manager. How do you come across on camera? How may your email words be interpreted? You may maximise every contact by tailoring your communication style to certain channels.

  Thus, even after the end of the epidemic, the business environment will continue to evolve rapidly. In the past, you would accept any job you were offered. You no longer have this privilege. You must always update your resume and examine your network for chances. The typical employee changes employment every four years, and this rate is expected to quicken in the future years.
  You may get a position you like, but you cannot assume it is secure. If you are satisfied with your current position and another company makes you an offer, you are not required to accept it. However, you should constantly be vigilant. These recommendations can teach you how to remain motivated throughout your job hunt.

  January 5, 2023

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• How to work smart for success?

  “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”- Pele

  When it comes down to the recipe of success, hard-work is a key ingredient. However, a recipe isn’t created by merely one ingredient, it requires other things too.

  Here are a few pointers that would be handy while following your passion.

  Success isn’t guaranteed with one action

  You have to keep in mind that hard-work doesn’t always mean that you will be successful. So while working you shouldn’t be worried about failures and whether you will achieve it or not. You just have to ensure that you put in your 100%.

  Talk to the experts

  If there are two basketball players, one player has spent day and night trying to figure out the strategies and techniques, instead of just practicing. And the other player has hired a trustworthy coach who is giving him his own expertise along with training. So now the second player has expertise from another source and his own hard work and knowledge, this will be a powerful combination as compared to the player one.

  Taking the risk

  “If you want it, go for it. Take the risk. Don’t always play it safe or you will keep wondering forever.”  Taking a risk could be a step towards your goal. But since it is termed as a risk it could hamper your career too. The choice is up to you and in times when you’re stuck making important decisions, you need to consider each and every possibility very carefully. You can’t rely solely on hard-work now at this point, the results depend on how a person thinks and works under a critical situation.

  Work Smart

  You don’t always have to keep working hard, sometimes you can use your creativity to work smart. Working smart will help you maintain a balanced lifestyle and give you the time and energy to explore different aspects of life. Not only will you feel peaceful, but you will also be able to work with a clear mind.

  A pinch of Luck

  “Life isn’t fair. It never was and never will be.” Indeed it is true because sometimes things aren’t the way you want them to be. Sometimes no matter how hard you work, at the end of the day, you don’t get the rewards or someone else gets chosen over you. In life, anything can happen at any moment in time. So, you shouldn’t feel discouraged if something doesn’t happen right away, but rather be motivated to follow your passion.

  January 12, 2020

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• Inspiration decoded

  

  As a kid, I watched this cartoon called Pokemon. In this show, there was a mystic bird called Ho-oh, who was very rare and the sight of whom, promised hope and greatness in life. Now, it is later revealed that she makes herself visible only to those who are truly capable and those with a true and pure heart. (Needless to say, the protagonist Ash and his Pikachu see this bird in the very first episode of the First Arc. Isn’t he lucky?).  This bird seems like the best analogy for Inspiration now, to my adult mind. (The child in me still hopes that Pokemon are real and that I get a Charmander; but that’s secondary, I suppose).

  These days, inspiration is this mystic Pokemon who everyone wants to catch. The problem is, we want the bird to fly down to us, and trap itself in the cage we hold in our hand. Inspiration, we all believe, is something we ‘ought’ to get, as if it is something that belongs to us and we have a right over. The other school of thought that is a continuation of this belief is that it is a matter of luck and comes to people, just randomly.

  But didn’t Elizebeth Gilbert, in her famous TED talk, talk about how some of the greatest people in history describe Inspiration as something they caught out of thin air? Didn’t she recommend that all people should believe that too? Yes, yes, dear sir, I concede to your idyllic memory. But the truth is, she meant it as a way to beat the stress of expectation and fame, rather than as a justification for throwing in the towel.

  I do admit that inspiration seems to come out of nowhere. But really, it’s a culmination of everything we have done and everywhere we have been.  Even when we are not consciously thinking of something, our mind keeps making connections in the background. A Coursera Course of ‘Learning How to Learn’ gives us a little more insight into it. According to them, when we are stressed, our brains and systems do not work as efficiently. But after a stressful period, when we take a break and calm down, then our brain starts making connections and intrinsically understanding the problems and analyzing it on the unconscious level, that is, in the background.

  At this functioning level, it understands the concept in its unique way, based on all your experiences and knowledge. It is when this process goes on, that often, uncanny connections are made and the mind comes up with gems.

  So, is the solution to just wait till this ‘inspiration’ comes in? Well, that’s often what most of us seem to do. This specifically plagues the writers between us. I can talk from personal experience though, that this approach is not the best approach as it often leads to missing deadlines and delays in submissions (ask those who have had to deal with my delays). The better approach seems to be to create a ‘bad’ first draft on the basis of what you understand and can think at that moment. After that, you can work on improving and revising it. Putting things down in a more concrete way, after all often helps us process in a more positive way.

  ‘Inspiration’ thus, is a slow process that requires deliberate and consistent hard work, not for days, but years, for it comes from everything you put into your mind through the years. So, as you go ahead to ‘catch em all’, do remember that the mystical bird only comes to those who have earned their place there, and even then, puts up a great fight before being captured.

  Some additional resources on inspiration:

  Read: Awaken the giant within by Anthony Rob

  Watch: Ted- How great leaders inspire action by Simon Sinek

   

   

   

  September 5, 2018

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• How do I inspire myself?

  As a kid, I watched this cartoon called Pokemon. In this show, there was a mystic bird called Ho-oh, who was very rare and the sight of whom, promised hope and greatness in life. Now, it is later revealed that she makes herself visible only to those who are truly capable and those with a true and pure heart. (Needless to say, the protagonist Ash and his Pikachu see this bird in the very first episode of the First Arc. Isn’t he lucky?).  This bird seems like the best analogy for Inspiration now, to my adult mind. (The child in me still hopes that Pokemon are real and that I get a Charmander; but that’s secondary, I suppose).

  These days, inspiration is this mystic Pokemon who everyone wants to catch. The problem is, we want the bird to fly down to us, and trap itself in the cage we hold in our hand. Inspiration, we all believe, is something we ‘ought’ to get, as if it is something that belongs to us and we have a right over. The other school of thought that is a continuation of this belief is that it is a matter of luck and comes to people, just randomly.

  But didn’t Elizebeth Gilbert, in her famous TED talk, talk about how some of the greatest people in history describe Inspiration as something they caught out of thin air? Didn’t she recommend that all people should believe that too? Yes, yes, dear sir, I concede to your idyllic memory. But the truth is, she meant it as a way to beat the stress of expectation and fame, rather than as a justification for throwing in the towel.

  I do admit that inspiration seems to come out of nowhere. But really, it’s a culmination of everything we have done and everywhere we have been.  Even when we are not consciously thinking of something, our mind keeps making connections in the background. A Coursera Course of ‘Learning How to Learn’ gives us a little more insight into it. According to them, when we are stressed, our brains and systems do not work as efficiently. But after a stressful period, when we take a break and calm down, then our brain starts making connections and intrinsically understanding the problems and analyzing it on the unconscious level, that is, in the background.

  At this functioning level, it understands the concept in its unique way, based on all your experiences and knowledge. It is when this process goes on, that often, uncanny connections are made and the mind comes up with gems.

  So, is the solution to just wait till this ‘inspiration’ comes in? Well, that’s often what most of us seem to do. This specifically plagues the writers between us. I can talk from personal experience though, that this approach is not the best approach as it often leads to missing deadlines and delays in submissions (ask those who have had to deal with my delays). The better approach seems to be to create a ‘bad’ first draft on the basis of what you understand and can think at that moment. After that, you can work on improving and revising it. Putting things down in a more concrete way, after all often helps us process in a more positive way.

  ‘Inspiration’ thus, is a slow process that requires deliberate and consistent hard work, not for days, but years, for it comes from everything you put into your mind through the years. So, as you go ahead to ‘catch em all’, do remember that the mystical bird only comes to those who have earned their place there, and even then, puts up a great fight before being captured.

  Some additional resources on inspiration:

  Read: Awaken the giant within by Anthony Rob

  Watch: Ted- How great leaders inspire action by Simon Sinek

  September 5, 2018

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• Quotes on achieving your goals

  1- “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.” -Joseph Campbell

  

   

  2- “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.” –Johann Wolfegang.

  

   

  3- “Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.” -Woody Allen

  

   

  4- “I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.” -Michael Phelps

  

   

  5- “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.” -Don Zimmer

  

   

  6- “It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.” -Eddie Cantor

  

  August 31, 2018

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• Best quotes on achieving your goals

  1- “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.” -Joseph Campbell

  

   

  2- “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.” –Johann Wolfegang.

  

   

  3- “Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.” -Woody Allen

  

   

  4- “I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.” -Michael Phelps

  

   

  5- “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.” -Don Zimmer

  

   

  6- “It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.” -Eddie Cantor

  

  August 31, 2018

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• Top quotes on following your dreams

  1. “I never paint dreams or nightmare. I paint my own reality.” -Frida Kahlo

  

  2. “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awaken.” -Carl Jung

  

  3. “Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.” -A. P. J Abdul Kalam

  

  4. “The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” -Paul Valery

  

  5. “I couldn’t find the sports car of my dream, so I built it myself.” -Ferdinand Porsche

  

  6. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” -Colin Powell

  

  7. “A heart without dreams is like a bird without feathers.” -Suzy Kassem

  

  8. “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” -Thomas Jefferson

  

  To read more about achieving your goals follow this link.

  August 26, 2018

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• Top quotes on success from famous actors

  Actors may be unreachable celebrities to us, but to an actor, acting is their profession. No matter what field of work we are in, it takes the same principles of hard work, courage, and dedication to achieve what we want.

  Here are some of the quotes from actors who achieved success in their fields. Perhaps we may not emulate their acting skills but we can certainly emulate their mindset and their approach towards their work.

  1. “It’s important to say that the more challenging a scene is, in a way, the more fun it is because the more of my job I get to do.”-Daniel Radcliffe

  

  2. “I worry from the moment I take a job. I worry about how I’m going to do it, if I can do it… Then I walk on set and the director says, ‘Roll’, and all of a sudden, all of it disappears and it’s all happening, and I relax, and I’m doing what I do, and I’m not even thinking about it. ” -Jack Nicholson

  

  3. “Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is, head down and focus on the job.”-Chris Pine

  

  4. “I’ve been very lucky. All I wanted was to pay the rent. Then these characters took off and suddenly there were Hulk coffee mugs and Iron Man lunchboxes and The Avengers sweatshirts everywhere. Money’s okay, but what I really like is working.”-Stan Lee

  

  5.“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”-Steve Martin

  

  6. “Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kind of falls into place.” -Jennifer Aniston

  

  7. “There are two ways to go when you hit that crossroads in your life: There is the bad way, when you sort of give up, and then there is the really hard way, when you fight back. I went the hard way and came out of it okay. Now, I’m sitting here and doing great.”-Matthew Perry

  

  8. “More than cleverness, you need kindness and gentleness.”-Charlie Chaplin

  

  9. “You have to surrender to the fact that you are of too many in a highly competitive field where it is difficult to stand out. Over time, through your work, you will demonstrate who you are and what you bring to the field. Just stay with it and keep working.”-Lisa Kudrow

  

  For more such inspiring quotes click this link!

  July 1, 2018

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