“How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to know there's no dream that mustn't be dared. . . ~ George Mallory
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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. - David Brinkley
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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. ~ Albert Einstein
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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. ~ George Santayana
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Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. ~ Rumi
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To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun? ~ Katharine Graham
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What matters most is how you see yourself.
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“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” – Henry David Thoreau
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How many young people will go off to college this fall with the hope of figuring out what they want to do with their lives? Today, many colleges are requiring the selection of a major as part of the application process. Among the most hated questions other than “when are you going to get married?” is the dreaded “what are you going to major in?” followed by the most hated of them all “what are you going to do with your life?”
How many people do you know who have started on an education or career path only to find out later that this is not what they want to do the rest of the life? This past weekend I was in Napa, CA – famous for its vineyards and wines. We visited a very nice winery and got to talking to the sommelier (person who serves wine). He was about 25 years of age, incredibly personable, and said he had graduated as a Mechanical Engineer. Now wait a minute, why did he leave the financial security of a career in engineering to pursue a career in the wine industry?
It is rather simple, after a few years he decided that engineering was not what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. He had worked for a winery in the past and loved it, so he decided to follow his passion. So what’s more important, financial security or happiness? Even more importantly is there a way to achieve both?
Unfortunately, this is a very common situation, as concluded in a study by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development – Rutgers University, “While they are satisfied with their decision to attend college and graduate with a four-year degree, three-quarters of college graduates said they would do something different if they could start college over again. (See Figure 14.) Large percentages said they would have been more careful about their choice of major (48%), done more internships or worked part time (47%), and started looking for work sooner before finishing college (38%).”
Source: “Unfulfilled Expectations: Recent College Graduates Struggle in a Troubled Economy”
By Jessica Godofsky, M.P.P., Cliff Zukin, Ph.D., Carl Van Horn, Ph.D.
May 2011
http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/content/Work_Trends_May_2011.pdf
“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” – Arthur Ashe, Professional Tennis Player
I highly respect Arthur Ashe, he was truly a person to be admired and honored. However I am not in total agreement with this quote, so let me tell you why.
IF the journey involves overcoming the challenges YOU WANT TO FACE, yes successfully overcoming the challenges is definitely part of the journey. However, what if the journey involves challenges that are not really the ones you welcome, or do not succeed at overcoming, then the journey is NOT a success. This also assumes one knows their destination, which is of course the single biggest challenge in education and employment today.
To this rock climber, as he finds the right foot and hand holds, he is having success each step of the way, AND it is certainly a success when he makes it to his destination, the top of his climb. (This is NOT a journey I care to take, and the thought of traveling on this path is the farthest thing from my mind.)
To be successful means to truly want to reach a destination that involves the challenges you are willing and able to overcome. Are you gladly facing the challenges you want to have as you move towards your destination in your education or work? Are you shaping and creating the challenges you know will help you arrive at your desired destination? Are you going in the direction of your dreams, and are you on the right path to creating your future?
If your answer is “NO” to any of these questions, learn more about THE FOUNDATIONS OF BRILLIANCE and have a successful journey to the destination you want to reach.
All the best,
Bernard and Lee
Foundations of Brilliance, Inc.
An International Education and Career Consulting Company
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” – Henry David Thoreau
Our vision is to help people discover their unique areas of brilliance and become passionate, inspired and successful in their careers.
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“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” Lao Tze
There is one question you need to know before you take that “single step” – in which direction do you go?
The answer to that question is so very often the problem. If you take that first step in a wrong direction, your journey of a thousand miles will take you one thousand miles in the WRONG direction.
There are amazing stories of animals that know what is the correct path or direction to take. Salmon are able to return to the streams where they were born after spending years swimming in the ocean. They return to the same stream traveling enormous distances and overcoming challenges to lay their eggs, to help create a new generation of salmon. How do they know what direction to take and begin their journey with a single motion of their fins?
Then there is the story of how swallows fly over 12,000 miles round-trip from their winter home in Argentina and travel to the Mission of San Juan Capistrano in Southern California. How do these birds know the right direction to fly and arrive at their true destination?
Is there an answer to the haunting question “What are you going to be when you grow up?” What must you know and understand about yourself to choose the correct college or career path?
There are three basic factors that every successful person happens to know about themselves. The Three Key Success Factors are your talents, your personality and your purposes. The Foundations of Brilliance Program helps you to understand and gain certainty about these factors so you can begin your journey of a thousand miles with one step, IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
Unemployment Rate for College Graduates Highest on Record.
“Now college itself isn’t a direct link to a career and many bristle when they hear about vocational training. Yet when someone is paying $50,000 a year, you have to ask what exactly you are paying for.
“With college costs going through the roof and in many cases, costing nearly $50,000 a year at private schools many are asking whether some college degrees are even worth pursuing. Or more importantly, potential students are seeking answers regarding value. Let us look at this trend more closely:
“You’ll find a curious trend here. Without a doubt, those with a college degree do better in the marketplace. Take a look at the recession in the early 1990s. A college degree seemed to be a better buffer at that time than our current recession. For the first time in record keeping history, the unemployment rate for those with 4-year degrees or higher has passed the 4 percent mark. Keep in mind that in the United States, only one in four has a bachelor’s degree or higher. We tend to think of this group as largely immune but in deep recessionslike this one, a college degree no longer protects you from the fluctuations of the market.”
Source: http://www.mybudget360.com
All the best,
Bernard Percy, President
Foundations of Brilliance, Inc.
An International Education and Career Consulting Company
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” – Henry David Thoreau
Our vision is to help people discover their unique areas of brilliance and become passionate, inspired and successful in their careers.
www.foundationsofbrilliance.com
You can also find us on Facebook and while you are there please click “Like” to support us. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Foundations-of-Brilliance/118913681516990
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