Personal and Professional Development Blog: Advocating for Affordable Educational Opportunities
Know that success does not have a definite form. We are all unique with our own special talents, concerns, and challenges, and our views of success are one-of-a-kind. Neither I nor anyone else can say what success will look like for you. Whatever you are individually striving for, you will eventually need that motivational boost more
Have you ever worked somewhere that had you dreading every time your alarm clock went off? Or how about seeing a supervisor or manager and could swear up and down they had the power to suck the joy out of any given room? Chances are high that these individuals lacked leadership skills, and the results more
Habits can potentially be our best friends. Of course, we all have friends that will either push us to get things done or encourage us to relax and binge-watch the latest Netflix series with them when we have a project due within the next 48 hours. We love them both, but it’s important to distinguish more
I am so guilty of this that I laughed once I learned that there’s a specific term for it. How often have we caught ourselves saying, “I’ll work on my idea after I learn this skill” or “Let me master this skill first before I participate in this project” or etc.? This mentality is a more
Learning to be accountable can be a challenge. It is so much easier to place the blame of an unfortunate event on someone else. If I make it to work with barely a minute to spare, I’m already mentally cussing out at least three drivers who were more focused on their phones than the green more
When it comes to networking for beginners, I know the pain. I can be extremely socially awkward whenever I’m somewhere where I don’t know a single soul. One of my worse experiences of this was breaking down crying during the setup the day before a wedding; the handful of people I knew decided to go more
It’s near impossible to avoid at least some type of negative news circulating around us, whether it’s on TV, the radio, a social media news-feed, or even coworkers or colleagues chatting away. Negative actions generate negative emotions. That’s why a little bit of generosity can go a long way. We become so accustomed to negativity more
Social Media is expanding and evolving every year with new platforms constantly being added to our communication options (to hint at my age, I think I know more about MySpace than SnapChat)! Although social media is used mostly for entertainment (and increasingly by businesses if by some miracle anyone hasn’t noticed a single ad in their newsfeed), social media also has reliable information to expand more
It is no secret that college can be expensive, but luckily there are many other affordable ways to educate yourself. Many decent-paying entry-level positions ask for just a certification or license of some sort in order to get started. Although secondary school might not be within the budget range now, that doesn’t mean we can’t more
I was bullied in elementary school. Yep! That’s right! I’m starting this off with that confession and it took me almost two decades to finally confide in a friend who was also bullied. That’s when we realized something: I was bullied for something that WASN’T EVEN TRUE! Okay, so read this next confession very carefully: more
