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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80425842882834760412018-05-28T20:23:47.289-07:00Next Chapter New LifeDorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-72295867350007116172012-03-01T16:46:00.001-08:002012-03-01T16:46:39.079-08:00I need your vote! For a contest for getting a free membership to CEO Space on Facebook - also please pass this on to your FB friends thx d http://ping.fm/Qt3KwDorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-55226888297712218692012-02-28T07:44:00.001-08:002012-02-28T07:44:08.366-08:00Join a twitterchat tonight at 5pm pst/8pm est on resumes : http://ping.fm/Zs3iXDorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-3036942305192125912012-02-19T09:02:00.001-08:002012-02-19T09:02:38.867-08:00Manage your career and job search like a CEO join the FREE teleseminar: http://ping.fm/V3fftDorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-81292694689855692362012-02-05T14:01:00.001-08:002012-02-05T14:01:50.760-08:00FREE career expert advise this Tuesday in twitterchat go to www.twebevent.com and look for MyCR (My Crappy Resume)Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-23633255771446401272012-01-29T11:27:00.001-08:002012-01-29T11:27:18.283-08:00If you're a Joshua Waldman follower, check this out: http://lnkd.in/MJR9WwDorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-66493367676557285692012-01-17T16:51:00.001-08:002012-01-17T16:51:20.896-08:00Hey Portlanders - if you're sagging,bagging or bulging you need to get this groupon-I endorse this gal! www.rachelrettman.com/grouponDorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-16255106449865194242012-01-07T14:00:00.001-08:002012-01-07T14:00:28.765-08:00You don't want to miss this tele on Tues FREE Teleseminar-5 Hottest Ways For Mid Careerist to Transition in 2012 :http://ping.fm/EzEEkDorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-46192034842948741302011-12-05T15:13:00.001-08:002011-12-05T15:13:34.080-08:00FREE - Live Interview with Joshua Waldman, author of the book by the same title: Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies sign up: http://ping.fm/v88McDorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-27529519846973805422011-11-20T15:52:00.001-08:002011-11-20T15:52:42.728-08:00If you want career tips, resources and services sign up for the Careerrockteer big giveaway event and be eligible to win over 46 prizes: http://ping.fm/7rw9VDorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-61153470039431316842011-11-17T14:36:00.001-08:002011-11-17T14:36:56.791-08:00Hot of the press - Universum just released the top 100 employers - includes categories plus other info: http://ping.fm/jlqGeDorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-22885373560340830782011-11-12T11:44:00.001-08:002011-11-12T11:44:41.836-08:00Interactive Q&A Free teleseminar this Wed - an innovative approach to resumes: http://ping.fm/L135qDorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-35787397756657559962010-03-08T15:12:00.001-08:002010-03-08T15:12:33.845-08:00Careers: 4 Things That Will Derail Your Job Search Before You Even Get Started
Getting job clarity is one of the simplest concepts in job search, yet one of the hardest steps to take. When I say job clarity, I mean the 2-3 specific jobs a person is pursuing in their quest to find a new job. It does sound simple, but my observation is that in reality, a job seeker is often troubled about clarity. I have seen people realize that due to their background and desires, they could head in a number of different directions – all valid, all confused. One of the first questions I ask a person who seems to be struggling with their job search is what specific jobs they are pursuing. The answers I get range from an industry they want to focus on like "finance and banking" to something that resembles a word jumble. An industry is not a job title, nor is a word jumble. I know right then that their struggle in the job search is not a bad resume' or work experience, it has to do with the fact that they haven't focused on what they are in search of. It's like saying they'll find my home somewhere in the Northwest. It's a direction, but so loose they really can't begin an effective search. The chances of someone finding my home are almost zero. Your chances of finding a job without knowing what you are in search of might be about the same.

An effective job search entails a great strategic plan, but you can't begin to form a plan, if you aren't clear on what your goal or job is. As a result, a job seeker will end up jumping after every tip, every lead and many ads, because they all seem like something they could do. This lack of clarity drifts into the resume' they develop, which without an understanding of what the job is, also lacks a clear message to anyone who receives it. When they speak to any of their network, the network walks away confused about what kind of help they can offer. In other words, any effort expended on the job search can often be ineffective and really a waste of time until the job seeker can zero in on a couple of jobs/titles they can focus on and believe in.

So what lends to this lack of clarity and what can a person do to clear up the muddy waters?

Too many jobs on the radar. This is an issue I see a great deal. When a person is looking for a job and has had years of experience, they may look at BOTH the array of work they have done PLUS the array of work they could do. It's wonderful to have so many transferable skills. It allows you to pursue a wide variety of positions with the belief you will be successful, because you have done that work before. The problem is that this often creates a lack focus and direction.

Solution: If you are lucky enough to be in this situation – congratulations! But, you need to make some choices. I have seen people avoid making a choice because they either thought it would reduce their chances of landing a job or they were interested in pursuing them all. You have to decide which 2 or 3 job titles you will enjoy the most, be the most competitive for and are perhaps the most abundant for you to pursue. You have to narrow down your choices. Once you've made your decision, you need to be convinced that your choices are right and move forward with confidence.

Changing career focus. I've seen people use a change of job as a platform for making anywhere from a major career change to simply applying their work in a new industry. Certainly, if your situation and background call for that kind of shift, I say: Go for it! However, I have seen people let that shift confuse them or make them unclear about what that next career is. If you aren't clear about what you're looking for, imagine how unclear the universe of hiring managers is about where you belong.

Solution: Before you step into the job search, you need to explore your options, as well as yourself. If you're doing a "slight shift", you should be able to find job titles fairly quickly with some research. If you're doing a wholesale career change, you have a whole self-examination process to go through to discover what you want to do when you grow up. Treat yourself like a research project. Go to work exploring your values, skills and passions and research where those can be applied. You do not make a major career change by launching a job search; if you do, you may not like the results.

Mistake an industry for a job. This one I find fascinating. I can't figure out what the internal process must be, but I have had people answer the question of "What kind of job are you looking for?" with things like "investments" or "banking" or "green technology". Even after additional probing they are unwavering in their responses. An industry is not a job or a career – it's a business classification.

Solution: You need to test yourself in this area. You could be what I call "tone deaf" to what you are thinking (and saying) around a job. You might think you're crystal clear, but in fact, you aren't at all. It's also important to understand that if you are looking for a job, you need to be clear with your network and hiring managers. Find a trusted person with a critical ear who will give you some good honest feedback. Tell them what you're looking for, and then ask them if you might be talking about an industry or a real job.

You may be holding on to the past. For people that have been laid off or are facing the end of some dream career, you may lack clarity, because you're looking backward not forward. You haven't come to grips with the fact that your circumstances are now causing you to look for a job. You may be reluctantly trudging through the acts of looking for a job. You might be thinking you have to go do "X" because that's all you can do. There are a variety of reactions when people are in this state of transition. If you think you might fall into this situation, you might lack clarity, because you can't "see" yourself in that next job.

Solution: Normally, transition has its own timeline, but you may not. If you can afford to simply give yourself a space of time to allow your previous work life to end, it will free you up to think more clearly about your next job. If your circumstances simply won't allow you to move through your transition at your own pace, then I suggest you consider a coach or someone who can help you process the endings. This can open up the possibilities for finding your dream in the next thing you do.

I heard a quote that I think applies here: "When you are clear, what you want will show up in your life, and only to the extent you are clear". Chris and Janet Attwood. I think this summarizes it best. To maximize your job search, to make everything you do count, you have to get clear about the job you're pursuing.

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Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-77241036403859951412010-02-16T16:31:00.001-08:002010-02-16T16:31:59.467-08:00Career Change: 2 Strategies for getting off your "buts"
I hear countless comments from people saying they want to change careers, BUT, but, but, but. They make up some reason for not changing. Among these reasons are: I'm too old – I'll have to take a pay cut – I don't want to make the effort – I don't know what I'd do. Essentially, I think it boils down to fear of change or no effort to change, probably both.

There is a big portion of the workforce truly unhappy this morning as they drive to work. They don't like their jobs, but they keep on doing the same thing day after day, year after year. They are doing nothing to change the situation. It's really unfortunate, because their lives don't have to be like that. Change can be made and while it does take an effort, it's not that big of a hill to climb. Let's look at two strategies a person can pursue.

Strategy #1: Decide if you can get happy where you are or if it's time to go (no improvement in sight)

There are about sixteen factors that play into our satisfaction of our work situation. It's little wonder we can get grumpy about work. However, only the top few are really the deal breakers. The number one issue to work satisfaction is the relationship with the boss. After that, the top issues are (in no particular order): - work environment – work associates - job content. Notice I didn't mention pay. Salary is somewhere around 5 or 6, depending on which survey you read.

You have to spend some time really analyzing your situation and determine what the real issue(s) is for you. Once you have identified the issues, you need to do some problem solving to determine what actions you can take to improve those issues. The actions must be ones you have control over, not silly things like a personality transplant for your boss. Once you have developed an action plan, before doing anything else, ask yourself these questions: If I take these actions, will I be happier than I am now? Will I be happy enough to sustain me in this position for x years? If you think there is a possibility for improvement, then systematically pursue those actions. You have nothing to lose and you stand to gain greater happiness right where you are right now. If not, then go no further. It's time to leave and move on to the next strategy.

If you do decide to make it better, you may want to consult your library on things you can do that will help you further solve some of these issues. There are books written on every single work issue you can come up with. Once you have taken these actions, allow time to make those actions take hold. At some point (you decide when) reevaluate your situation to see if you're feeling better in your job. Many times the simple act of taking action is enough to really improve your situation. If not, it was worth the effort to see if things could improve. Then you can make the decision to move on knowing you did your best.

Strategy #2: Identify and Research your "buts" for making a career change

Stop making excuses and identify the issues that are keeping you from making a career change. You need to stop telling the stories and start doing some work. The person who is reluctant to make a career change sometimes has to address the issues or concerns first. With this strategy, you need to self examine what you really think the barriers are to a career change. Then go do some research to find out if you're all wet or if you really have an issue worth hitting the pause button for.

My observation is that most of the time people come up with barriers without really knowing FOR A FACT that they really have an issue. Go get the facts. I also know that once you know the facts, you can devise an approach that will help you should you decide to move forward changing careers. I'd like to give you a personal illustration. Early in my professional life I decided that I was going to change careers. I was pretty sure I'd have to take a pay cut, because I was getting paid fairly high for the work I was doing. I devised a plan to pay off 100% of all debts I had. My thinking was that if I did have to take a pay cut, then I wouldn't have to be so concerned with the pay: and I could focus on a great position in a company with upward potential. I knew if I had almost no bills, I could take a substantial pay cut and be okay. I devised a strategy to address the issue. It took me about a year to put it all in place, but it was well worth the planning and effort.

I would also point out that taking that first little action will help you build momentum. You don't need to be a fireball of career ambition. You simply need to put one foot in front of the other long enough to systematically confirm that a change of careers is what you need. If you are the kind of person that does best with a work-out buddy, you might want to do the same in this part of your life. Identify a trusted person who will hold you accountable to your own happiness. Motivation is not created from a bolt of lightning. It is created by the act of doing. So do yourself a favor. If you know you can't make yourself happy where you are, start moving today. Even small steps forward are better than no steps at all. Eventually you will make that career change.

You work so much and for so long in your lifetime that you deserve to be happy in doing it!

Dorothy Tannahill-Moran is a Career Coach and expert on helping her clients. Want to discover a specific career change strategy that gets results? Discover how to by claiming your FREE gift, Career Makeover Toolkit at: http://CareerMakeoverToolKitShouldISstayorShouldIGo.com/

Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-55759224903643714252010-01-30T10:01:00.001-08:002010-01-30T10:01:43.711-08:00CAREERS: Four reasons you might be bummed if you aren't working.

What do the following people have in common?

Retired engineer

Laid off project manager

Stay at home parent

Newly graduated student

Trailing spouse to a military soldier

Injured and recovered worker

Out of work actor

These people have much more in common than you probably realize. The commonality is what they are missing. All of these people are missing the many benefits we get from working. Of course, we all know that they are missing the paycheck, but there are other aspects to work that most of us take for granted, until we no longer have them. When you are in the work trenches it's kind of hard to think you would miss anything. You probably think the idea of not working sounds like a dream, and it can be, but not without recognizing what things you are missing and taking action to replace them.

When you look at the stories of these various people, you will often find a theme of depression, feeling down, deflated and being adrift. These people may also share their commonality with retired individuals, who have one of the highest rates of depression than any other demographic. The key reason: They have failed to replace those important aspects, the good things they got from working, also known as "workplace assets".

Let's look at these four workplace assets and what you can do if any of them are missing in your life.

Structure – Our work effectively manages our time and drives our decisions about our daily priorities. We know what time we have to get up. We know when we'll perform various work tasks throughout the day. We probably have our non-work activities scheduled, too. This is a form of tension and accountability that motivates us. Without the structure that work provides, we are left kind of rambling around day to day with only the occasional appointment to interrupt the vast feeling of having nothing important to do. I often hear people talk about "filling their day". We are easily bored, so when left to our own devises, we will fill our day, but often with mundane tasks that are not very fulfilling.

Solution: Create a schedule for yourself and stick to it. Take the must-have activities, things you know you need to do each day or week, and determine exactly when you will perform them. If an item is on your calendar, you are more likely to keep that appointment. If you've been meaning to work out and just haven't started, consider adding those kinds of activities for your calendar.

Social Contact – For most of us, work provides the main part of our social fabric. We become attached to people we work with for a variety of reasons. We have a shared set of circumstances with these people. We also see them daily (or frequently) and, therefore, get to know them well enough to form relationships. Even if you aren't fond of most of the people you work with, the fact that you are interacting with others is an important nurturing act. We need other people. It's that simple. When you aren't working you lose a big (and for some people all) part of the social aspect of your life.

Solution: Maintain relationships with past co-workers, beef up your existing relationships or make new friends. Sometimes when we lose the commonality of a shared work place, it can be hard to keep relationships going. It's important that you recognize that many people simply can't put in additional time and energy to see people outside of work. It's not a reflection on your adequacy as a friend. You also need a bit of a variety to your roster of friends. Rarely will one person fulfill all your needs, so you may want to find settings where you share common interests with others with whom you may form new friendships.

Purpose – Bottom line, your work gives you purpose. You have somewhere to be and something to do. You are contributing at some level and that gives you purpose. Perhaps you may feel that your life purpose is to serve at a different level, but you are still contributing yourself in a specific way. Your contribution gives you a sense of personal self worth and identity. When those things are gone, there is a sense of loss and lack of purpose.

Solution: Try volunteering. If you are unemployed, you can seek volunteer work that will give you experience, thereby enhancing your resume for getting the job you really want. Also, non-profit organizations always have more need than money, so they will welcome you with open arms. If your situation doesn't support a volunteer situation, then find your purpose by helping someone in some way. When you give of yourself, you add a great deal of meaning to your life.

Money – It's obvious, but worth mentioning. When you encounter a loss of income, some serious budgeting may be needed. If you are able to plan for your situation, it allows you to save money to cover your needs. If your situation hasn't allowed you to plan, you may be reacting legitimately to a lack of funds.

Solution: If there is any possibility that you may lose your job, consider paying off some bills now and cutting back on expenses. If you don't already have a savings account with enough funds to cover 3 months of living expenses, then start one now. If you are already in an income loss situation, research all of your income producing options, including unemployment benefits, community program benefits (like food banks), or even a part time job to help make ends meet. If you are lucky enough to have your financial situation covered, good for you. You can focus on the other three assets.

Of the four work assets, the lack of money is probably the one we understand the most. We know that it can put serious stress on us which can truly create depression. The other three work assets are less obvious, but the loss of any one of them can contribute to making your life a less than positive experience. The idea of not working is great until you're facing these losses. We are, by nature, social and creative creatures that function best when we have structure to keep us focused, people to be around, and activities to give us purpose.
Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-61892404857604398162010-01-11T16:24:00.001-08:002010-01-22T21:52:25.530-08:00Career Development – When is it time to go? 5 make-or-break factors
If you're sitting in your office bored, ticked off or feeling down you may be thinking it's time to go. BUT, you're not sure. You are rationalizing staying because there is one more great thing you can contribute or you feel obligated in some way. We all go through this kind of mental tug-of-war at one time or another. Knowing when it's the right time to give yourself permission to move on is one of those big life changers and with it comes anxiety.

There are some indicators of satisfaction that you can examine that will help you make that decision. Let's review some of them to help you move that decision making along.

1. Salary – I'm almost embarrassed to mention money. Not because "it shouldn't matter", it's because I know it isn't one of the top 3 issues. I mention it first because everyone does and I want to get it out of the way. What you are paid as it turns out are not the top 3-5 satisfiers for your career. It is something, however. If it is out of line or doesn't pay the bills it is a big DISsatisfier and you do need to move on. If your pay is appropriate for the job you do, area you live in and meets most of your need, then you're probably doing fine and this isn't a big enough deal to make you leave.

2. Boss – This one is the big one. The person that you immediately report to is the number one top item that will make work life great or bad. You don't have to love this person or even be buddies but you do need to respect this person and feel that it's mutual. Also, you need to be realistic about this person. Bosses will never be perfect. They are like the rest of us; they have bad hair days and also have their own quirks. The question you need to ask yourself is: "Can I be successful doing work with this person in the picture?"

3. Job Content – This is all about the kind of work you perform. You need to feel like you have the skills, talents and background to perform the job. At the same time you should feel like you can make a contribution and grow. Job growth is not necessarily about being promoted. It is learning new tasks, taking on new responsibilities and making new contributions. The content of your job should be something that continuously stimulates and interests you. If you have reached a point where everything is pretty much the same, you need to move on before it impacts your self esteem.

4. Work environment – This is both the physical space you do the work in and what is in the environment such as people, building and location. You can have a great job, great boss but have to commute 2 hours each way. Your life is potentially impacted too significantly. You may like the job but the environment you are in is too toxic because of interoffice relations. The people you work with could be your source of dissatisfaction and you may not even realize it. We form friendships and alliances with the people we spend so much time working with. At the same time they may feel freedom in complaining and pointing out all the things that are bad. This will have a negative impact on you. You need to examine this situation and determine what you can control and what you can't. At the same time, you need to determine if you were to design the perfect work environment, would it be like this?

5. Something else – If all the stars are aligned and the items listed above are all working well enough for you, you may be tugged by "something else". The something else could be a lifelong dream of being a nurse or something completely different than what you're doing today. The something else could be a deep desire to move and live somewhere other than where you are today. It's ok to give yourself permission to move toward something as opposed to away from your current career. This category of "something else" may turn out to be your calling

Life is too short to spend too much time working at a job situation you don't love and doesn't nurture your soul. Your career should feel shamefully fun and more like an avocation. Making a decision like this can be tough but it is not a sign that you're doing the wrong thing. It's tough because it is a big part of how you spend your life. It's tough because you want to make sure you enjoy the next thing. It's tough because it's a change.

Dorothy Tannahill-Moran is a Career Coach and expert on helping her clients. Want to discover specific career change strategies that gets results? Discover how to by claiming your FREE gift, Career Makeover Toolkit at: http://CareerMakeoverToolKitShouldIStayorShouldIGo.com/

Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-61833157242826204652010-01-07T07:02:00.001-08:002010-01-07T07:02:03.388-08:00Career Makeover Club starting soon

CAREER MAKEOVER CLUB

I'm starting a virtual Career Makeover Club beginning the last week of January. I am keeping two possible days and times open right now, pending input on the most workable times for those interested. I am offering the club beginning January 26 either at 5:30 pm pst or January 28 at 10am pst.

Who should be a member?

If you are unemployed and uninspired about your job prospects

If you are looking for a job but don't know where to start

Hate looking for a job

Feel like you're all alone

Need help to get you going and keep you going

Can't afford to hire a career coach or counselor

What is the Career Makeover Club?

This is a group of people organized and coordinated by Dorothy Tannahill-Moran, Your Career Change Agent

The CMC is designed to provide a support structure, job search education, resource sharing, inspiration and momentum for your job search. You don't have to "go-it-alone".

CMC will meet weekly for 8 weeks, over the phone. Each session has a specific agenda for education and discussion. In addition, a private online forum is available exclusively for this group to provide group updates, progress reports, wins and timely resources sharing

What is the cost?

The club cost is a fraction of what it would be if you hired a career coach. The cost is $25 per meeting either paid in advance or a payment schedule of 2 payments with the first half paid prior to the first club meeting and the second installment by week 4.

What if I'm interested?

You need to let me know now! I am limiting membership to ensure adequate coaching coverage. Contact me: email@example.com

Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-3118101793426715752010-01-06T13:50:00.001-08:002010-01-06T13:50:23.900-08:00Career Change: Feeling queasy about changing? 5 ways to confirm you've made the right decision
You made a decision to change careers but you're feeling REALLY uneasy. You can't tell if you're coming down with the flu or if that sinking feeling is your decision. Big decisions are always kind of gut wrenching but there are some things you can do to test your situation.

Did you make this decision for the right reasons? Making a career decision is a big life changer and it requires some quality think time from you. If you have made this decision quickly because you had a fight with the boss or got a bad assignment, you do want to slow things down and think through the situation. We all have work we don't always love to do every day. We all have days that you can't stand the boss. Of course you don't want to do something you hate or work with bad people but the question(s) is: How long is this situation apt to continue? Can you work on your relationships? What can you do to make this better? If you have made the decision in haste put the actions on hold. Pick a point out in the future to revisit the decision. Allow time to present the potential of improvement. If it doesn't, then move on.

Transitions always have a level of anxiety. Even when we have wonderful things like marriage, there is still transition that goes with it. Like it or not in those quiet moments with ourselves we all question our decisions. It's not unusual to feel some concern about your career decision. The way to sort through this is to use some cold, cool logic. Sit down with your concerns and list them out. Examine them for reality. Do you have "what if" issues? Fine, build a solution for your various "what-ifs". Once you have listed your issues you will need to problem solve and possibly do some research. Go find the answers to your issues. My observation is that sometimes we do have true concerns but don't do anything to address them. We tend to just pile the issues up like fire wood.

Circumstances have forced a career change.  If you have become unemployed and are using this time to change careers, I say: Go for it! It doesn't mean you are off the hook for doing your due diligence for researching your options. You always have to do your research work when making a career change. You can't go to a catalogue and point to a new career; it requires self examination and work. If you're unemployed, it's an opportunity.

You might not be done with your previous career. I believe every career has a cycle:

First cycle: you are in growth mode

Second cycle: you hit a career high point

Third cycle: you are in decline

 If you're in stage two, you probably need to continue in that career until you have hit stage three. If this is your situation you have a good reason to push back on the decision. The work still holds some juice for you and you have more contributions to make. To leave it prematurely will be leaving something undone in your life.

What if I hate the work? I'm giving this "what if" question its own focus. I think one of the biggest concerns people have with changing careers is the unknown. The biggest unknown is the work itself. All the other unknowns might be: - not knowing if you will like the boss, the environment and a list of many new things you will face. There are two ways to answer this question. 1: If you have done your homework on your career selection you should have knowledge about the nature of the work and its appeal to your values. If you have done that work and are solid about that aspect then 2: get over yourself. You're starting to sound like a kid whose parents are about to move. Of course there are unknowns. Everything will be different and you will adjust. Attitude is the most important quality you can have when making a big career change.

The bottom-line to this situation is that if you have done your work to make this decision, then most likely you are facing some natural transition reactions. If they are transition reactions then they will pass. You can sort through them to help the process along and while doing that look at what you're doing as an adventure.

Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-6319196237519297162010-01-03T08:51:00.001-08:002010-01-03T08:51:41.650-08:00Goals for 2010? Make them SMART goals.
This time of year cause many of us to think about making resolutions or goals for the coming year. I do hear some people being very cynical about resolutions or goals because "they don't do them". How sad. I don't know what my life would be like if I didn't have a couple of goals to work toward. They help get me up in the morning. I know that there is the occasional goal that doesn't get done for a variety of reasons but for the most part my goals are met. Let me share a goal secret with you.

If you haven't heard of SMART goals, I'd like to introduce them to you. Having SMART goals is the first step toward really getting things accomplished in both your personal and business life. SMART is an acronym for:

S = Specific. In order to have a goal that you can achieve you have to be specific about what you want to get done. I have found that no matter if you are looking for a job or fitness changes if you can't be specific; you probably won't get anything done. Let me give you an example of specific: EX #1: I want to lose weight. EX #2: I want to lose 10 pounds. Big difference don't you think?

M = Measurable. If you can't actually measure your progress and know what you will accomplish, again, you probably won't. The example up above is very measureable. You may have goals that you think can't be measured. You have to be thinking of the outcome. Let's say your goal was to reduce your stress. To measure the reduction, you might give yourself a scale of 1 to 10. Your goal is to reduce your stress for month end close from a 10 to a 5. Since it is your scale, you can define it because it is relevant to what's important to your experience.

A = Achievable. Sometimes people identify goals that are unrealistic and unachievable for a variety of reasons. You have to do a sanity check and if you think you can't objectively figure this out, ask someone. If you have identified a goal that isn't realistic you are setting yourself up for goal failure. Examples that come to mind are those silly goals you often hear at beauty pageants like: "Solve world peace". Are you kidding me?

R = Resonant. Your goal has got to be something that gets you excited and interested. One goal I took for a few years was to learn to play golf. I kept doing nothing and rolling it forward to the next year. After doing that a few times, I sat back and examined what was going on. I really didn't want to learn to play golf. I wanted to do it to have something to do with my husband. I scratched it off my list. It wasn't resonant. It was a good idea but it held no juice for me. I found other things we could both enjoy.

T = Timed. A timed goal is one that has a date for the goal to be accomplished. As a coach, I'm constantly asking my clients "when will that be done?" A great way you can stay accountable is to know when to be to your goal. If your goal can be finished at any time, there is no motivation to start. If you don't start you never finish. It's just that simple.

None of the elements of a SMART goal are difficult to include when setting goals. The final step for making and achieving goals is to write them down. If you write them down you not only have something to remind you but it builds in a level of commitment to yourself. One other step toward success with your goals is to tell people about them. Like writing down your goals when you share your goals with others it affirms your commitment. If you are a resolution or goal cynic, try SMART goals and make this year a great year for getting all kinds of things accomplished.
Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-68740788665645652362009-12-29T09:31:00.001-08:002009-12-29T09:31:35.614-08:00Career Change – Step 1 isn't updating your resume'
I can't count the number of times I've heard people talk about "updating their resume" when thinking about making a career change. If you are one of those people out there putting the polish on your resume' as you are about to launch a job search for a new career- STOP. Your resume' is not the place where you start your work on a career change. If you are simply looking for the same or similar position in another company, go ahead. There is a big difference between looking for a job and making a career change. Sure, at some point the process is the same and you will need to have a spiffy resume' but it's not the place to get started in making a career shift.

When contemplating a career shift, you are in need of something that looks like a research project. You need to do the work to help point you in a different direction. Picking a career is as hard to do at 40 as it is at 18. The world is your oyster which is a great thing but how do you find the one with the pearl? The good news is: if you are older than 18 you have more work and life experience that will give you important insight into the process and decision making.

So, where do you start? There are multiple actions you can take initially and they primarily involve self examination. Among the first steps:

Tests or assessments – These are good to give you more information about yourself. These assessments will give you insight on things like interests, strengths and work orientation. If you pursue these, you have to know up front that they alone will not give you the "One Big Answer" about your future career. In fact, they may in many ways tell you things you already know about yourself. So why take them? Because it will give you a starting place, it will help distill down information about you that you need to have as you embark on making a decision about a career. With any research project, you collect data from numerous sources to help create the conclusion. Among but not limited on assessments: Meyers-Briggs, Strength Finder, VISTA cards, Color Q and Holland. Many of these are in books and online.

Self assessment – This is where you really self examine. What kinds of things do you like to do? Where do you currently excel? What do you gravitate to outside of your current job? What did you dream of doing when you were younger? Are there people you know who have fun sounding jobs? Are there causes you believe in?

More self assessment – Start looking for feedback. When your performance has been assessed, what strengths and weakness to you exhibit? If you were to ask a circle of friends and relatives, what kind of work do they think you would be good at? You'd be surprised at how insightful this exercise can be. They aren't encumbered with your history yet they know you and often have some great suggestions based on what they know about you.

Job search – many libraries and websites have all kinds of job titles. Some titles will make almost no sense but most of them will. Start looking these over to see what might jump out at you as something interesting. You can also go to job search websites and get vast amount of job titles and job content to help in this step. What is it about the ones you selected that sound worthwhile?

Compile and research – with your mounting list of insights you can now start synthesizing into some logical groupings. These groupings are becoming what will ultimately be your new career because the baseline is from things in your research that have attracted you in some way. Don't worry about "real" titles, but put logical elements together. You want to avoid putting basketball and surgery together, it makes no sense. You could put problem solving, math skills and detail orientation together. An important action in this step is to eliminate things. If you naturally are interested in specific job titles or elements, then focus on those. Your goal in this step is to create groupings or jobs that will become your future career.

Network and research – With your newly minted jobs (mind you that you may still not have official job titles), you now need to talk to people and do more research to finalize on what you are looking for. In this last and final step before working on your resume', you need to understand where this work is, titles it might be called, and any further qualifications you might need to land a job. You will know when this step is completed when you have a clear picture on what career you want to pursue. The other great thing about this step is it has just given you great input on where to start your job search, once you are ready to get started.

Hopefully, you see that when making a career change, you need to do some heavy lifting to move you toward something meaningful. It is way more than simply updating your resume'. Many people don't know what steps to take and muddle their way through life not happy with their career/job. The actions aren't hard or difficult and the outcome is well worth the effort.

A career change can be an exciting and fun step to take. Most people have more than 2 or 3 careers in their lifetime. Since you spend so much time in your life working, it's worth the time and effort to find something you will love.
Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-84856744084566836172009-12-19T13:35:00.001-08:002009-12-19T13:35:02.703-08:00Yes, I am from Kansas. Confessions of Dorothy
For some of you reading this blog, you already know that fact but for others of you, this may be news. As I grew up, there was the acknowledgement that there was Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz and she was from Kansas. That was about it. No big deal. Then I left Kansas. (Oh Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore!)

For the first several years after I moved to Oregon, I had countless reactions when people found out about this factoid. I was gifted with t-shirts with Oz related graphics along with countless paraphernalia. My personal favorite was the day I was in the neighboring engineering group at work. They had what amounted to a Burma Shave series of signs: 1- Oh Toto! I don't think I'm in Kansas anymore! 2- If Dorothy isn't in Kansas, where is she? 3- Alive and well in marketing, one aisle over. I even had a group give me a "Witch-be-gone" kit which consisted of a spray water bottle, ruby slippers and instructions for knocking off a witch. I can soundly say that when many people make this connection, they have found countless minutes (which has turned into years) of joy and laughter. It pleases me to be the source of fun, even if I didn't invent it myself.

So, you may wonder, how did I end up with that name? Many people speculated that I was named after Judy Garland's character in the movie. That is not the case. My sister named me. When my mother went to the hospital to hatch me, my sister Jane stayed with my aunt and uncle. This would be: Aunt Dorothy and Uncle Gene. Ahhh, you're starting to get it. My mother had picked out the name Jean but couldn't figure out a second one to go with it. When Jane showed up at the hospital to check me out, my mother asked her what name she thought would go well with "Jean". Instant answer (as only a 5 year old does) "Dorothy-Gene". This was her affectionate moniker for the seamless team that was my aunt and uncle. Rolls right off the tongue, don't you think? I am named after my aunt AND my uncle. The Wizard of Oz simply wasn't given a thought.

Despite the origins of my name, I finally figured out how to get people to remember me. It only took 50+ years. Now when I introduce myself, I follow it up at some point with: And Yes, I was born and raised in Kansas. Yes, I have ruby slippers and Yes, my husband thinks he's Toto.

I love the association because I have found many lessons in the story. The lessons: - Have a path and a goal – Love your friends – Love your family – Strive to continuously improve yourself – Be hopeful – Sing and skip – Know you are capable of doing more than you realize – When you've been through a tornado, braid your hair. I am Dorothy from Kansas and I continously live in the land of Ahhhhssss.

PS: I don't think it would have gone quite as well if I had been named Scarlet O'Hara, do you?

Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-91622773236976088172009-12-05T12:27:00.001-08:002009-12-05T12:27:33.172-08:00Life Lesson: Eliminate barriers for your life dream
An important life skill you need to maintain or develop is how to eliminate barriers to your life dreams. As I see it, there are two primary reasons to do this: 1- You are as empowered as you allow yourself to be. Empowerment allows a person to remain victim-free and confident that no matter what, you can move forward. 2- It keeps you introspective and in a problem solving mode. Introspective simply means you think about your own actions (or non-actions) and their impact on your life and others. I combine introspection with problem solving here because it is a skill that you need your entire life. Chances are with being introspective; you will need to create solutions so you can move forward with your life.

What are the barriers you might face with regard to pursuing your dreams? We produce most of our barriers. As you have heard, we can be our own worst enemy and this is certainly one way we do it. We don't always realize it since it can be so much of who we are. If our dream is to help feed people in an impoverished country, we may have a voice inside telling us we can't do it. That voice can rationalize multiple fairly logical sounding reasons. That voice more often than not, is the barrier I'm talking about. The voice is your more primal, survivor instinct telling you not to jump over a cliff. It stands to reason then, that if the voice is right about the cliff, it must be right about the dream. Not so.

I do acknowledge that there are other possible barriers that get created along the path to your dream. The same skills and outlook are needed no matter where the barrier comes from. I've seen people have issues crop up not of their own creation and allow that issue to totally derail them. I'm always sad to see this happen for the person, especially when I know it doesn't have to stop them. It's times like this where having a finely honed problem solving skill ready to pull out is great so you can look for alternative solutions. There are very few things presented to us in life that only have one path forward. In fact, if you were to give 10 people the same goal, chances are very high that you would get 10 different paths to that goal.

Are you stuck going forward on your dream? Not sure how to get from here to there? Time to open up your personal tool kit, gather your resources and get going. You can eliminate barriers by going around them, over them, through them or another way. Let me know how it goes.

Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-44138935951194045012009-12-05T12:23:00.001-08:002009-12-05T12:23:02.624-08:00Career Change – Are you afraid to move in this economy?
The buzz right now is that everyone is holding on to their current jobs with a death grip due to the grim economy. The overarching belief is that there are no jobs out there and for the ones that do exist, there are too many people applying. Let's say some of that is true. What is also true is that there are job openings. People move, get promoted or something continues to pull people out of their jobs every day. There are jobs. Maybe not as many and maybe the competition for the ones that come available are stiff BUT there are jobs that need to be filled. One thing is also true; you won't get any of them if you don't try.

If you have arrived at a point where you think it is time to make your next strategic career move, you should not let the state of the economy stop you. Don't create barriers where there are none. The challenge will be greater than in previous years but if you're prepared for those challenges, go for it. Let's look at what some of these challenges might be:

Job Posting Site– You hear stories of 200 people applying for one job at a local nursery for a nursery stock tender. In this environment, you can count on stiff competition for any posted job. The key here is "posted job". While it is one way to find out what openings exist, you and millions are looking at that same posting. Looking for a job this way is the lowest priority in a job search because it is the way millions of others are searching and applying. It is hard to land a new position this way due to the volume of other applicants and it is hard to stand out in a big crowd. It can be done and you should pursue it, you just need to calibrate your expectations appropriately.

Recruiters- You also need some insight into the life of a recruiter. They receive thousands of resumes each day. They will often use their computer software to sort out all kinds of criteria to help narrow down the huge pile that has come in. This is a buyer's market also. They don't need to talk to you, give informational interviews or much of anything they used to do a few years ago. Right now, they want to process the paper as quickly as possible, narrow it down to a few that look hot and screen them. With tight budgets, geographic consideration is also a big selection criterion. They may not want to fly applicants or relocate new hires, so be aware that geography is now playing a role in how an applicant is being screened.

The perfect match – Because the use of resume' handling software has become so prevalent these days, there is such a thing as the perfect match. If a hiring manager has determined 9 key skills and experience, the software will prioritize the resume's that have the highest number of matches. With a large volume, it is now possible to have resume' selected that hit 100% of the criteria, thus leaving out perfectly good candidates who are "close".

This is starting to sounds like an increasingly impossible set of barriers. This environment is challenging for sure but not impossible if your plan takes these things into account. Let's look at the key actions a person can take.

Make use of your contact and network – More than 80% of all job openings never make it to any kind of posting. Only the seriously hard to fill positions go out publicly for the most part. That means you must find those positions through the use of "who you know". This has been and continues to be the number one way to find an ideal spot. It's good because to some degree, it's prescreened for you. Your network will be reluctant to send you into a snakepit workplace. They would have to face you later and simply don't want to feel guilty. Also, they will refer when they feel confident with both sides, you and the other being a good fit. Don't feel bad if some people you know simply don't refer, they probably are the same ones that don't fix up their friends with blind dates. Some people just don't want to do it. BUT, some do!

Expand your network – if a career move is on the horizon, it's time to cast the net a bit broader. Figure out some groups you can hook up with that will be rich in potential job contacts. Look in Meetup on the internet, tons of great groups. Also, look into social networking like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, easy and convenient.

Look in unique places- on an airplane, coffee shop or church.

Plan your resume' – It is no longer possible to have just one all purpose resume'. Because of resume' search software, you must create resume's rich in key words. So if there is a few different related positions, create a different one for each position.

Set your expectations – Once you make a decision to move, it is a bit like stopping a freight train. You want to move right now. In this environment, you need to be a marathon runner. You need to pace yourself and set your expectations appropriately that this will take a while. You need to plan for a few dips and bumps which means you need to push through them and keep your eye on the goal.

Don't let the economic environment stop you from pursuing your dream job. There are millions of jobs and people are hiring every day. Your job is to understand the hiring situation, put your plan together and start working on it, today.

Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-64451234328662980992009-10-23T14:47:00.001-07:002009-10-23T14:47:32.272-07:00Mid Life Renewal played out on TV
If anyone has been watching the TV program "Numb3rs" this season and probably the last two, there has been a significant life change going on for one of the support players. Don't worry, you don't have to have watched it to understand the observations I'm about to make.

The quick back drop. Dr. Larry Fleinhardt is a professor and friend to the key character who shares in his math genius. The key character's math skills are the heart of the program premise. Larry is brilliant and also very introspective about his place in the universe. He is single and solidly in his middle age. A couple of seasons ago, he applied for and joined in one of the space shuttle missions. It was the first in a series of surprising actions by this character. Prior to his space shuttle assignment, he gave up his place to live and began living in the basement of the university. When he returned, he was a changed person. Larry went off to live in a Buddhist temple with total silence. Next, he was been selected to work in Switzerland on the super collider, looking for the "God molecule". He has now resigned this prestigious role and has tenured his resignation as professor, only he is still showing up at work. In the meantime, Larry has decided to scorn technology and speaks of the pureness of a simple life. The last we saw of Larry he was driving to Las Vegas with tickets to 5 possible destinations in search of his own meaning. Clearly, Larry is making a substantial mid life renewal.

I thought looking at what is going on with Larry was a great way to illustrate what happens to many of us at one point or another in our life. Usually that point is in our mid life, give or take a decade. So, what is going on with Larry (or us)?

Larry has had a great career. He has earned a lot of visibility, credibility and notoriety. He is a rock star of mathematicians. Larry (or us) is starting the process of shifting who he is. He is going through an internal change and transition. As a result, he is rethinking everything in his life. While he loves his friends and appreciates his own contribution, he is now realizing there are other things, other experiences or points of view he wants to have. His big issue is, he just doesn't know what that is. He has been experimenting with the possibilities such as going to space. When he returns, he isn't prepared for the huge transition of moving back to his previous existence, it's disappointing and somewhat pointless. He thought he would find the answers "out there". The good news with Larry is he has been patient with himself. He is experimenting with his life and willing to accept whatever outcome. He will find his answer because he is open, patient and optimistic that his answer exists.

I should point out that Larry is also very uncomfortable with the space he is in. All transition comes with the inevitable discomfort of confusion and disenfranchisement. When you don't know who you are it drains your confidence and clarity. All too often, we try to shake this feeling off by destructive means like drugs, alcohol or instant gratification. Even if we don't react that way, we tend to be inpatient with ourselves and try to ignore this important passage in our lives. This is analogous to the birthing process. It's not a piece of cake for mother or child. The end result, however, is well worth the discomfort.

Why does this take place? There is never one simple answer to something as complex as we are. Among the catalyst are "completions". All careers have a peak and a person realizes they are done. They have nothing more to contribute. When children leave the nest, it signifies a completion of parenting. Life events like divorce and death will sometimes set a person into a rethink mode. In addition to completions are emotionally stirring events like having a religious experience or falling in love. All of these things plus our maturity and insight go into the mix of what sets us into redefining who we are.

What lesson have we learned from Larry? As I see it they are: 1- be patient with yourself, know you will be uncomfortable for a while 2- try and experiment with new things, you never know what new passion you will discover 3- be self accepting, even when you change everyday 4- maintain a sense of humor 5- don't eliminate your friends, even if you have to lose contact for a while.

My pearl of wisdom: Be a Larry when the time comes. Quote from Larry to a friend: "You could move in with me but I don't live anywhere."

Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-21668778968207303482009-09-17T10:14:00.001-07:002009-09-17T10:15:17.560-07:00Personal Change: Does Logic Play a role?
It is important to look at the role logic plays in making personal change. If you look around you for a moment, you see TV, signs, articles and people flinging logic around with the clear intent of making someone change something. You can see it in anti-smoking campaigns. Those guys are spending the millions they were forced to spend on anti-smoking when they lost the various class action lawsuits. They wouldn't be spending millions if it didn't work, right? Not really. Smoking rates are going up, not down.

If logic worked to make us make change, we would all be non-smoking, slim and fit darlings already. Yet, I find it fascinating how many of us think that if we can just get this serious nugget of logic in front of the unknowing or uneducated that miraculously, they will see the beauty of that pure logic and change. You can also see this working with people that have the most to lose: death threats from heart disease. I recently read that close to 70% of people with serious heart disease ignore the lifestyle counseling from their own doctors. They know they have to eat right, exercise, lose weight and shape up or die, but that huge group ignore the counseling. They keep doing all the things that got them knocking on death's door and you would think that would be enough to inspire anyone to straighten up. Logic, while beautiful, is not enough to make most of us change anything.

Why do we keep shoveling out logic like a cure for the common cold? There are numerous things that go into that mix. Key among them is: we lack the skills to infuse motivation to change in others or ourselves. Making a change, whether it is flossing your teeth or changing jobs, has its challenges. Notice I said challenges. Making change is not impossible but it is a process that follows known characteristics and if you don't understand the process, you're left to "logic it out". For some reason, there is little education done on this subject and change happens our entire life. I liken it to ignoring the obvious. For the most part, we are left on our own to muddle through making changes, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

Understand that logic does have its place with making a change. It is not the thing that will emotionally move you forward or cause you to take action. Logic's role is in the process of change, the thing that helps you plan, sort out issues and clear your mind. Logic, when left on its own won't motivate you.

Where does this revelation leave us? First, stop trying to use logic to convince others to change. We aren't prone to taking advice to begin with and logic really doesn't do the trick. Besides, if you're trying to change someone else, you're probably irritating. Second, there is information in the form of books, workshops and classes on making and mastering change and then of course, there is the occasional expert on change (ahem, cough) you can work with.

Dorothy Tannahill Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042584288283476041.post-88549562424463845732009-08-23T14:21:00.001-07:002009-08-23T14:21:51.831-07:00Personal Change Resistance: It's getting a bad rap

There is an interesting myth that our culture supports; that we resist change. It's interesting but it's also untrue. You may be sitting there thinking "is she out of her mind?" Let me quickly show you my point. You have been making change your whole life. You changed from a child to an adult, you changed schools, moved, and changed friends. The list goes on. As an adult, you have even more change happening to you, some of it you caused and some of it "happened" to you. As you know, change is the only constant in our life, so it washes over us all the time. Change happens.

This leaves us to ponder the questions: If we have so much change happening to us, why do we think we resist it? Why are some changes so hard to make or accept? These are all good questions. Let's examine what change resistance is.

Our tendency is to turn our behavior into a habit. As humans, we benefit greatly from habits. It means we can perform numerous tasks with very little conscious effort. In other words, we don't have to think about things too much. The best illustration of this is when you drive home and suddenly realize you don't remember most of the drive. The drive home is a habit. You don't have to think about how to operate the car or what streets you have to turn on. These habits allow us to more or less go on auto-pilot mentally which reduces the amount of energy we spend on the various tasks of living. If you have ever had a day filled with learning something new, you know just how exhausting that can be. That is how each day of your life would be if you didn't have habits to help you.

An important thing to also understand about a habit is that it takes at least 21 days of repeated behavior to either make or break a habit. Three weeks doesn't sound like much until you try doing it. That means if you want to start exercising regularly, you're looking at about a month before it STARTs to become a habit. If you have ever been to a gym at the first of the year, you would notice a huge influx of people. By February about half of those same people are there. So changing or substituting a behavior means you have to know up front, it will take a while before it becomes routine and therefore easier to do consistently.

A strange aspect to habits is the unconscious aspect to it. That means that we aren't thinking too much about what we're doing, so if it turns out you're a jerk, you probably don't notice it. That's nice for you, not so nice for those around you. That means if you have had a deep and meaningful conversation with your spouse about some crummy behavior, there are worlds of issues creating the "resistance". First, they probably have no idea what the issue is. Second, even if you get them to agree to change, they have to figure out what to substitute. Third, if they figure out a suitable substitute the challenge will be for them to continue to do it long enough to create a new habit or behavior. Real change is possible, but it has its challenges. Let me tell you the refreshing part of this. Most of the people you run into that are jerks (including your boss), don't really realize it. That means, they aren't acting like a jerk to make your life horrible, they are simply doing things unconsciously. The refreshing part of this: it's not about you.

Now that you understand the role habit plays, let's look at how it makes you feel. Because a habit allows you to unconsciously conduct a large part of your life, it allows you to feel comfortable. We are creatures of comfort and we will go to great lengths to maintain that comfort. That means that if we can avoid having to do things consciously, we will. We will only voluntarily make changes when a situation has gotten to a point where we are uncomfortable enough with whatever the issue is, that we then take action. You can logic your way to thinking about a change but if you don't feel uncomfortable enough, you won't make the change. You can look at the no smoking movement. We are putting out all kinds of information about why you shouldn't smoke. Pure logic. The smoking rate continues to grow. If logic worked, none of us would be smoking, overweight or out of shape. Some of us are left to conclude, then, that if we "know" something and don't make a change that we must be resistant. Logic alone won't make most of us uncomfortable.

Change happens to us and is something we do to ourselves all the time for the rest of our lives. We really aren't resistant to it; we tend to avoid paying attention to it. We're dealing with habits, which are hard to change. There is a big difference between being resistant to something and simply breaking a habit. Being resistant is largely an attitude. You can modify your attitude much easier than modifying a habit. Lest I depress you, let me leave you with a few quick thoughts. Breaking a habit or making a change, is a process, so it can be done. You will need to do some planning and set your expectations about the amount of time it might take. Also, we tend to not retain or internalize how to apply one change to others in our life but the minute we do, we become its master.
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I assume you mean how do you create a named link since it isn't actually renamed. (It's called a hyperlink.)
The easy way here on TFL and many other forums is to press the little insert-link icon when you're in the post composing window. It looks like a chain link and world. Then you enter or paste your URL in the entry field (be sure not to double up the http prefix) and press OK. The hyper link is generated at the location of the cursor in the text window. Now the name part is initially the same as the URL so you need to replace it with the name you wish to use. It is usually already highlighted, so just start typing and it will automatically be replaced.
You can also type in the hyperlink easily enough. Use square brackets and type out the code like this:
[url=http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=581768]Creating a hyperlink[/url]
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Thank you. I will copy your reply to my Handy file.
I will try to post a link to a rifle like the one my grandmother used when I accompanied her on a rabbit hunting (stand) when I was about four years of age (It's in my safe). We were hunting supper:
My Grandmother's rifle
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Just waiting
Still waiting to hear back from Sacred Heart oncologist. She was supposed to bring Jovee's case up with the Child Oncology Group yesterday. I think we'll know more of a decision and direction after her scans next Tuesday and Wednesday. Well, the tests are those two days which means results will be Thursday or Friday. Jeannine took Jovee to the doctors yesterday because she hasn't fully recovered from her sickness (pneumonia or whatever it is)...well, Jovee's got really bad ear infection in both ears. So another antibiotic to battle that. She's got lots of mucus and coughs a lot so her appetite has been anything but an appetite. Just mostly drinks her chocolate Pediasure.
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Bosnia asks Swiss to hand over wartime defender of Srebrenica
Bosnia asked Switzerland on Monday to hand over the wartime Muslim defender of Srebrenica and not extradite him to Serbia, in a row that threatens to overshadow the 20th anniversary of the massacre. Naser Oric, a hero to many Bosnian Muslims, was arrested by Swiss police last week on a warrant issued in 2014 by Serbia accusing him of war crimes against Bosnian Serbs in the Srebrenica region during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. A Bosnian army commander at the time, Oric was in charge of organizing the defense of Srebrenica, a designated United Nations "safe area", from Bosnian Serb forces.
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A bunch of people from my brothers primary school just went to Newfield Ice Cream Parlour, I have never been to one of these before so I didn't no what to expect. I thought maybe it would be an American themed ice cream parlour Cafe? ... Wrong!
It was the cutest little farm cafe parlour! I didn't take many photo's I would have loved to but I felt a bit of a gorm photographing everything :s
We went up and the Parlour was on a dairy farm, and there was a field with lots of cute cows! To be specifical they are the ones that are used to make the ice cream. I love cows, I would love to have a pet cow if I lived on a farm :D
The Ice Cream Parlour overlooks beautiful scenery and these cows :)
That cow at the back, it was near the fence. I sat waiting for them to come near the fence and when one finally came over. I went over to the fence slowly and off it went. Thanks cow! -.-
I didn't take this photo, it's off their website as I did;t want the Parlour to think I was weird ahaa!
I should have asked them if I could take some photos in and around there to get them up on here; Maybe another time haay :)
The Parlour had a lovely country, but modern theme. There were big windows overlooking the fields and the children's park which is perfect for when the sun is out. There were benches outside if you prefer to sit out there, which is where we all sat. Or if it's chilly out, even in the winter if you fancy an ice cream there is a log burner to make you feel warm and cozy.
There was a nice range of ice creams and sorbets you could choose from. Can you spot the special for the new born royal baby boy? I didn't try that one but it sure looked tasty!
I chose the chocolate and the mint choc chip.
Here is my ice cream, the size is amazing! I mean whenever I have ice cream, I want ice cream. I don't want a little scoop. The prices were a little more than buying normal ice cream. This is handmade on the farm itself. I would like to know more about it and their story, so maybe I will be able to one day.
Anyway, so far I think the best ice cream I have ever had was in Italy. Their ice cream was to die for! We would walk for miles away from where we were on holiday and stop for ice creams at lots of different ice cream stalls. The would have crazy flavours that I didn't actually no because they were in Italian. I have to say, the two flavours I tried are one of best I've tried other than those in Italy. They were so creamy and full of flavour. They did melt super quick, but I'm guessing that is because they are hand made and not processed without all of the rubbish that processed foods can come with. Some of the kids there had is all over the face, which I found quite amusing, they must be enjoying it! :D
I am going to get going now, If I get to go there again I will try to get more photos and info for you :D Please join this blog (under the followers tab)
Do these ice creams look tasty or what?! What is your favorite ice cream?
Here is their website.
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~Youve heard it before: never cook with a wine that you wont drink.
~Like many, I lived by the rule for a long time, but then one day I realized three things: it can get expensive to cook with the wines I consume, rules are broken everyday, andmost importantenjoying wine subjectively has no rules.
~I changed my attitude and began to buy bag-in-the-box wines for cooking in the smoker, and I apologize to no one for it; yet, when I am in the wine shop buying the bag-in-the-box wine I find myself explaining to the cashier that Its for cooking only. I dont drink it.
~I suppose rules learned by rote dont die easily.
Heres how I smoke a turkey:
I marinate the bird in bag-in-the-box wine, chopped garlic and tarragon for at least 24 hours.
The following day I cut little wood chips from the peach, apple, pear, fig prunings that I saved from late spring and then soak the chips in water.
I start up the coals in the smoker and give them half an hour to get hot; then, I take out the turkey, lift it from the marinade, place it on its grill, place the marinade bowl in its position on the rack over the coals, place the turkey on the grill in its position on the rack over the marinade liquid, put the top on the smoker and wait until the thermostat reaches the Ideal setting.
When the temperature is ideal, I shake up the coals, throw a few wet wood chips on them (to create the smoke), add a few more coals, cover and let smoke. I repeat this procedure every 45 minutes or so until the turkey is done.
It takes from three to four hours for a 10-12 pound turkey to smoke this way, and it takes half a 3-liter bag-in-the-box for the marinade, which means I get two smoked turkey marinades out of one $9.99 white wine that I would never drink.
~The other day I found myself once more in the wine shop explaining to yet another new cashier that I dont drink the bag-in-the-box wine; that I cook with it. Then, I went on to explain the turkey recipe.
~The woman listened quietly. She nodded a few times in that way people nod when they want to assure you that they do not think you are nuts, and then she said, You know, technically you arent cooking with the wine.
~Well, well, I thought on my way home. I havent broken any wine rules after all. Aaah, it was like having come out of the confession box (for those whose lives were not formed in the shadow of the Catholic religion, youll have to imagine the feeling!).
~Incidentally, my bag-in-the-box wine of choice isnah, no endorsements on this blog, not unless someone is going to send me ad money
~The temperature is going to reach 92F in the Finger Lakes this weekend. Time to marinade a turkey so that I can create a few cold smoked turkey lunches.
~Bless me wine god, for I have sinnedmaybe.
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Beautiful hand thrown plates by Danish artist Julie Damhus.
The ceramics are hand thrown and therefore every product is a unique piece with its own life and small details. The process of throwing requires concentration and attention to develop each product. The idea is that every cup and every jug must be unique but match the others things in her production. Julie Damhus works according to classical throwing techniques and traditional craftsmanship within the manufacture of ceramics.
The colors and shapes of her ceramics originate always out of a desire to experiment with the clay and its possibilities – the style is often feminine and simplistic with an edge and fine details that surprising in the form of a special curvature of the design or a shine in the glaze.
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The minimal SUSY Standard Model shows electromagnetic force coupling increasing from alpha of 1/137 to alpha of 1/25 at 10^16 GeV, and the strong force falling from 1 to 1/25 at the same energy, hence unification.
The reason why the unification superforce strength is not 137 times electromagnetism but only 137/25 or about 5.5 times electromagnetism, is heuristically explicable in terms of potential energy for the various force gauge bosons.
If you have one force (electromagnetism) increase, more energy is carried by virtual photons at the expense of something else, say gluons. So the strong nuclear force will lose strength as the electromagnetic force gains strength. Thus simple conservation of energy will explain and allow predictions to be made on the correct variation of force strengths mediated by different gauge bosons. When you do this properly, you may learn that SUSY just isn't needed or is plain wrong, or else you will get a better grip on what is real and make some testable predictions as a result.
I frankly think there is something wrong with the depiction of the variation of weak force strength with energy shown in Figure 66 of Lisa Randall's "Warped Passages". The weak strength is extremely low (alpha of 10^-10) normally, say for beta decay of a neutron into a proton plus electron and antineutrino. This force coupling factor is given by Pi2hM4/(Tc2m5), where h is Planck's constant from Planck's energy equation E = hf, M is the mass of the proton, T is the effective energy release 'life' of the radioactive decay (i.e. the familiar half-life multiplied by 1/ln2 = 1.44), c is velocity of light, and m is the mass of an electron.
The diagram seems to indicate that at low energy, the weak force is stronger than electromagnetism, which seems in error. The conventional QFT treatments show that electroweak forces increase as a weak logarithmic function of energy. See arxiv hep-th/0510040, p. 70.


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We have had a lot of our customers come to us this week with rumours that O2 are discontinuing the Motorola ES400 and the rumours are indeed true. We checked out the statements being sent out to O2 customers (that happen to be ours too!) and whilst they have a small stock left, they will be removing the ES400 from its core offerings as soon as this has gone. As far as we're concerned the Motorola ES400 is still available and after talking to Motorola, yesterday it should be for another year. If you take mission critical seriously, and you can take my word for it, most mobile solutions are or should be mission critical, then you need a rugged PDA that's not just rugged but has lots of expertise behind it, inexpensive and quick repairs regardless of service contracts and most importantly a defined roadmap with lots of notice. Network operators offer none of this, they have turned what could have been a lovely semi-rugged device in the Motorola ES400 into a smartphone scenario for many and there will be issues with this as it is dropped. At rugged and mobile the mission critical and "Rugged" mean almost the same. Everyone that bought through O2 will now find it more and more difficult to get help and to get service as they focus on something else no doubt and probably try to push that in to you to lock you in for another 2 or 3 years contract. I'm sorry to whine but it's the facts we see every day here and you only have to have owned an iPhone to know exactly what I mean. We judge the last element above about being rugged quite seriously and we also reflect on how the manufacturer has acted in the past. You can see here how manufacturers do that and why some are better suited to mission critical than others. The lessons to be learned here are to always make sure you buy your hardware from someone who knows everything there is to know about and also someone who will be as passionate about your business and solutions as you are. The Rugged and Mobile blog.
O2 Discontinue Motorola ES400
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We here all the time this is now happening and cant get anymore in asia. is this now true?


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Attendance Matters
Children can't learn if they aren't in school. When they are absent they are missing important first instruction, building confidence in their skills, and missing social opportunities. Make up work and missed homework can weigh down a child when they return.
Did you know that chronic absences in Kindergarden and PK is associated with lower academic performance in 1st grade and can lead to lower academic performance in 5th? These same children can struggle in reading by third. Children who miss 10 or more days of school are 3 times as likely to drop out.
Let's do the math. If your child is absent once a day every other week, almost a month (18 days) of lost education. Three weeks of instruction is hard to make up and can slow your child's performance. So think again about a "free" or a "mental health day". Those days add up quickly and are considered unexcused. Any vacations or extended visits with family are unexcused absences.
At Boone, we take attendance very seriously. Texas state law says that a child who misses 10 or more days with unexcused absences are in violation of the compulsory attendance law. We have taken families to court for non-compliance for absences. We want your children here and learning.


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Tuesday, May 2, 2017
The Shawl is Finished!!
4 comments:
- Julie said...
Hello there, just popped over to your lovely blog for a visit, Your shawls are just stunning & beautiful. Oh to be able to knit like that!! Thanks for your visit to my blog & your lovely comment ... always wonderful to meet another cat lover. Julie :-)
- June 3, 2017 at 9:19 PM
- Claire Moxon-Waltz said...
Wow, these are absolutely gorgeous! The colours in the first pictured shawl are especially appealing to me. What a great job you did! I need to find time to do more knitting!
- June 13, 2017 at 5:13 PM
- Lynne Rettberg said...
Love the shawl, especially the first version. Did you use a pattern or just wing it.
- July 4, 2017 at 9:25 PM
- Val said...
Beautifully spun yarn and colours in the first shawl. Makes me want to find time for spinning! Thanks for blog comment. Good to hear from you. Its been so long since I blogged Ive forgotten how to upload photos. lol. Hence the very old photo of a much younger me.
- February 2, 2018 at 10:55 PM


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"I love that my clients often feel like long-time friends"
I'm Jessica- a natural light photographer in San Antonio, Texas. A little about me: I'm a wife, mommy to a sassy toddler and loyal fur baby and lover of all things to do with travel, chocolate and sunshine!
My style is clean with the occasional touch-of-sun haze and rich colors. While I absolutely jump for joy when a photo captures fun and laughter, I also love those more quiet and romantic moments. My goal is that each session is memorable and fun while capturing your perfect uniqueness. And I love that my clients often feel like long-time friends.
There is no day too ordinary to celebrate. Each day is special and worth cherishing and treasuring. Exceptional. Beautiful--


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Region: Italy
Category: Pasta with Vegetables
Season: Any
Difficulty: Easy and Quick
This is a quick recipe with lots of flavor. You can add ingredients such as fish or meat to it but it can stand on it's own. Typically you would serve this as a first course. Its a pretty color too, because the linguine takes on a green tint from the spinach.
[photo: Clifford A. Wright]
Yield: Makes 4 to 6 servings
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
2 1/2 pounds spinach, heavy stems removed, washed well, drained, then dried by blotting with paper towels or 1-pound bag baby spinach leaves
4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh basil
6 salted anchovy fillets, rinsed
1 pound linguine
1. Put the spinach, garlic, olive oil, basil, and anchovies in a large skillet or an earthenware casserole, then turn the heat to medium-high and cook until the spinach is wilted completely, about 3 minutes. Cook for 3 minutes more, then reduce the heat to very low.
2. Meanwhile, for every pound of pasta, bring 6 quarts of water to a rolling boil over high heat, salt abundantly with up to 1/2 cup of salt, then add the pasta in handfuls. Cook over high heat, stirring occasionally so the pasta doesnt stick together, until al dente. Drain without rinsing.
3. Transfer the pasta to the casserole and toss well, cooking for 2 minutes. Serve immediately without cheese.
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I loved meeting up with Amy from Amy Armstrong Hypnotherapy. Amy commissioned me for a brand imagery photo shoot to capture some new images for up and coming website update, that will be launching early this year.
Prior to the photo shoot itself, we had a good chat through about what images she required and the overall look of the imagery too. This is so important. You are the face of your brand, its so important in this digital age, to Portray "you". Potential clients will choose a brand not just for the product, but if they connect with the person behind the product, and the whole look of your brand. So great imagery is a must!
It is always good to have a portfolio ready for that online interview, a refresh of your about me page or a guest blog appearance!!!
If you are planning some new changes to your website this year, or would like to update your online profile image, and you love the style of my work, then please so drop me an email and we can chat further.


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Peter Holley has an important article in the January 16th Washington Post. He's written about the clauses in many car lease agreements and/or service agreements that authorize the car maker to collect customer data from the car itself (firstname.lastname@example.com; "Cars collect reams of information on owners"; Page A1).
As Mr. Holley highlights, customers may be unaware of the magnitude of personal information that can be collected by agreeing to this "tracking provision". It's information not just about the way in which the customer uses her car (e.g., the speed at which the car's driven) but even more detailed information about such personal preferences as where the customer shops, what the customer likes to eat and even down to such details about where the customer parks her car.
It's hard to read the lengthy service and/or lease agreements but customers should make the effort to do so when buying a new car. While the car manufacturers might claim they only collect customer information with their explicit permission, they can assume such permission when a customer doesn't read and object to this kind of "tracking" provision that's buried in small print in a multi-page document.


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Tuesday, October 03, 2006
not bad, not bad...
Today was a rushed day. But a surprisingly productive one. Obviously I didn't have to worry about the rice. (I know, this house eats way too much rice, but what can I do? I tried potatoes, buckwheat, you name it… But if there is no rice on the plate, my husband has a miserable "where is my dinner?" face that I just can't live with…)
So I made an Indian-themed chicken. With tomato/cilantro/celery paste (blended) and curry/garlic/coriander spice mix. It was amazing… (good girl, so proud of you…)
And for myself I made an eggplant/bell peeper/onion dip. I've already had about six sandwiches. If I knew it was going to be that addictive, I would've stayed with plain lettuce.
And I really want to learn to take better pictures. There's gotta be a trick I don't know. Like a different camera. Or light. Or plates. Something. Maybe herbs? Decorations? I want to know how to take pictures like this (the passionate cook), or like this (dinner for one).
And please don't tell me it's the food (maybe a little, but not much...). Cause these girls can make a boring pumpkin look like the most gorgeous thing in the world...
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That dip looks pretty cool. I love Onions, Eggplant, and Peppers!!!
I think that using plain white plates will help your pictures, as sometimes patterns and such can be distracting. Are you using a digital camera? Take a bunch of pictures from different angles in different lighting, and maybe use contrasting coloured placemats for background. Taking good photos requires more dirty dishes, too.
I'm still working on getting my photos as nice as other peoples, too, but I hope this helps.
harmonia: thanks! the dip WAS suprisingly good :-)
judy: I'm using a digital camera. I also think the plates are too colourful (but they all I have right now). Will probably be buying a couple of new plates soon...
5 days? I had no idea! Sorry about that!!! Thanks for letting me know!


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Latitude: 54.9712 / 54°58'16"N
Longitude: -2.4569 / 2°27'24"W
OS Eastings: 370850
OS Northings: 564163
OS Grid: NY708641
Mapcode National: GBR CB8Y.WR
Mapcode Global: WH912.799T
Entry Name: Georgie Girl Hair Salon (Formerly the Town Hall)
Listing Date: 27 July 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1370315
English Heritage Legacy ID: 240743
Location: Haltwhistle, Northumberland, NE49
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Haltwhistle
Built-Up Area: Haltwhistle
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Haltwhistle Holy Cross
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
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20/9 Georgie Girl
Hair Salon
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Town Hall)
Former town hall now business premises. 1861. Ashlar sandstone and Welsh
slate roof. Classical style. 2 storeys, 7 bays. Rusticated ground floor
with segmental headed openings: 4-panel doors and 3-pane overlights in end
bays, have alternating jambs and voussoirs and vermiculate rustication;
identical door and overlight in bay to right of centre; sashes in remaining
openings. Band and first-floor sill string. Sashes above in architraves
with panelled aprons and individual cornices. Deep eaves cornice on moulded
stone brackets. Central feature above eaves has segmental pediment and
originally contained a clock face. Low-pitched hipped roof.
Listing NGR: NY7084664156
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