Choosing a New Career: Why a Career Coach is Your Best Option
If you’ve been out of high school for some time, I’d like you to think back to that time. For those who’ve graduated more recently, not as challenging a task, of course. Nevertheless, in all likelihood, you are probably like most in that you didn’t receive much help in matching a career with personal interests. [...]
Finding the Right Career for You: The Solution is Most Likely Not What You Expected
How have you gone about finding the right career? Have you talked to a high school counselor? Maybe you’ve gone to a college, even, and sought counseling there. Or maybe you’ve consulted family, friends, or you’ve decided on the proper career. If you’ve done any or all of the above, just how confident are you [...]
Determining Your SuccessTypes Learning Style Type is Critical to Your Achievement
I know I sound like a broken record, but here is more critical self-understanding few high school or college students achieve or at least to the level needed for greater if not greatest achievement. For not having a thorough understanding of one’s talents, abilities, gifts, weaknesses, learning style, intelligence type(s), SuccessType, and more, how can [...]
Ten Cents and Your Bachelors Degree Will Get You a Cup of Coffee: How to Avoid Financial Trouble
Never mind that because of the influx of community colleges over the years, grades have inflated creating an influx of unmotivated students putting a downward pressure on academic standards. Never mind that most jobs don’t even require a degree, that it is more of a demarcation point for human resources. Never mind all that . [...]
Book Review: The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (December 2006)
OK, it’s good, and it beats Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by 57 (Jack’s has 64). Well, it’s actually 56 because Covey came out with an eight habit. So right off the bat here, you can see that if you’re a person who is easily overwhelmed, buy Covey’s book and steer clear [...]
Where are the Clues to Your Bigger and Better Life?
How do you know what your calling in life is? Some people know very early in life. Mozart wrote his first symphony at the age of eight; Paul McCartney wrote his first song when he was fourteen. So some have it figured out quite early. Not all of us do. Or sometimes we know and [...]
A High School Education is Necessary, But Has This Opinion Ever Been Confirmed?
First, to set the stage, let’s start by saying that most believe education to be critical. Education here meaning high school since it is compulsory and everyone is required to attend. But specifically the content of the “education” spoken to by the majority is quite different from what is essential to survive in today’s competitive [...]
Its a Lie: Education Industry Says College Degree Leads to Social, Economic Privilege
Joe Kellum, who majored in law, knows that those who are sucked into the education dream soon find it turning into a financial nightmare. Because of the expense, he couldn’t pay the $36,000 annual cost of attending the University of Virginia with financial aid and part time work so he took out a loan. His [...]
Sorry Folks, Education is Not Institutional But Rather Individual
Certainly, for a child or youth, what to learn and how it is be taught should be left up to the adult, the child being too inexperienced and young to know better.
But if a child is to learn, spending at least the required twelve years in school in America, why this “education”?
For one, there are [...]
Colleges Have Their Own Best Interest in Mind Not Your Child’s
What exactly does “colleges” mean?
Here we’re not talking about faculty or staff but those who make the decisions. They are trustees (board members) and presidents. And this is a problem. Why? Because they do not live lives similar to that of students, faculty, or staff. Most live in comparative luxury looking to better their lot [...]
