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At first thought, undergoing advanced career training has one obvious, and maybe only, reason: to further your current career. Whether you are considering advanced real estate career training, medical career training, or advanced training for any other occupation, the likelihood is that furthering your current career is the motivation behind your move.
However, furthering your current career need not be the sole reason you may consider advanced career training. Furthermore, there may be good reasons for undertaking such training you have not even thought of. In fact, there are both positive (offensive) and negative (defensive) reasons for considering, and undertaking, advanced career training. All of these are discussed in this article.
Positive Reasons For Taking Advanced Career Training
When one thinks of advanced career training, then it is the positive reasons for such training that are mostly likely to come to mind, such as:
1. To increase chances of promotion by taking training courses that prepare you for the next level, such as office manager in a real estate business or extra medical training to become a surgeon.
2. To keep up to date with developments in your area of expertise, to enable you to do a better job and, for example, treat customer or patients better.
3. Specialist training in a part of your current career that will enable you to specialise in that particular aspect of your work.
4. Completing training courses successfully in your field can look good on your resume, if the training is relevant and in demand.
5. You may want to have a career change for which particular training is necessary in preparation.
Negative Reasons For Taking Advanced Career Training
One could argue that any career training is positive, and in a way that is true. Growth in knowledge and skills is always a positive development of self. However, in the context of long term career, training can have a defensive element which could be construed as a negative reason to undergo advanced training.
Here are some of the reasons advanced career training may help you defensively.
1. If you take the initiative to train in and acquire in demand or rare skills, then if there is any constriction in the employee numbers with your current employer, then you are less likely to face redundancy.
2. If ever you are made redundant, then your increased skill base, coming from your advanced training, should improve your chances of getting a job quickly.
3. The better and more up to date and in demand your skills and, knowledge and training, the better equipped you are to become freelance, start your own business and take more risks in taking a leap forward in your career.
It is wise to see advanced career training as an integral part of career development and continuing education. When you reach key points in your career, you will then always be better prepared for whatever may come along. Those who do not develop themselves over the years, are the most vulnerable to long term or even permanent unemployment.
This advanced career training article was written by Roy Thomsitt, owner and part author of the Routes To Self Improvement website.
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In our time, personal coaching has become so popular that it is an established industry in the 21st century. More and more people everywhere are putting themselves into the hands of personal coaches who help them handle their lives - at work and at leisure - better.
Personal coaching can help a person achieve a lot more than he would have on his own. A coach offers analyses of one’s strengths and weaknesses, which help to assess where one needs to change and how. Although personal coaching is useful, it costs a fair amount and one must consider the costs before hiring a personal coach to improve one’s life. Carefully balance the costs, benefits and what you will achieve by completing the course.
Different personal coaches offer different kinds of services in a wide variety of fields. So it is not surprising that the fees charged for these personal coaching services vary quite widely, too. Some personal coaches offer all kinds of packages to their customers, with fixed amounts of phone time, online time, fax time, personal time and so on, which the coach will devote to the customer.
Fees are based on this structure of coaching time spent on the learner - the more personal time spent, the higher the fees, and so on. So someone who is looking for a personal coach should assess the time being offered, and the costs, and then decide whether the services seem worth the money.
Experience is a factor that should be given the greatest weightage when it comes to deciding on a personal coach. Often, a very experienced coach will demand higher rates, but these are probably a good investment, when you think of the invaluable tips and skills he can give you, with his sold experience behind him. On the other hand, a less expensive personal coach is probably fairly new to the game, and will not be able to help you as much as a veteran coach.
The coach’s fee is also based on what kind of training he has had. For more on fees for personal coaches, get the coach fee structure from the International Coach Federation. Between $200 and $250 is a normal monthly fee, which is considered reasonable. Such a fee would cover thirty minutes of personal coaching a week, or two hours a month.
When it comes to personal coaching for business people at an executive level; fees for personal coaching are often on the higher side. Here, more than half an hour a week is spent on the coaching sessions - the time could even go up to a few hours a week.
Some coaches, who have an excellent reputation and plenty of experience, may charge much higher fees - between $100 and $150 per hour. And for corporates, monthly fees could be between $1000 and $10,000. So now you have an idea of the costs involved in personal coaching.
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Live in the UK currently, married with Italian wife, 2 grown up children both attending university. I have been involved with Personal Development for several years both in the corporate world and now ongoing training.
My mentors are Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn and now Stephen Pierce.
I love to write including Blogging, Articles, Free Newletters, Writing advertisements, Web Site Copywriting. Interests: Photography, Guitar, Music,Yoga, Sport, Reading and Web Publishing
Have you heard about the Raw Food Diet? Also known as Living Foods Diet is gaining popularity and a buzz, The power of raw foods is not only one of the most well-known “rejuvenation” secrets of celebrities and Hollywood stars like Demi Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Sting, and many others, it is also a concept that has the potential of giving you what you’re looking for: incredible health, increased energy, and a youthful and slim body, A diet for a long and healthy life.
We eat so much in the way of processed food that we don’t even stop to think about what we’re putting into our bodies, and how far we’ve come nutritionally from our ancestral, agrarian roots.
A raw food diet means consuming food in its natural, unprocessed form. There are several common-sense rationales for why this is a good idea. Processing and cooking food can take so much of the basic nutritional value away. Think of some of the conventional wisdom you’ve heard about for years, such as: If you cook pasta just to the al dente (or medium) stage, it will have more calories, yes, but it will have more the nutritional value in it than if you cooked it to a well-done stage. Or you probably remember hearing not to peel carrots or potatoes too deeply, because most of the nutrients and values are just under the surface.
The raw food diet means eating unprocessed, uncooked, organic, whole foods, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, dried fruits, seaweeds, etc. It means a diet that is at least 75% uncooked! Cooking takes out flavour and nutrition from vegetables and fruits. It also destroys the enzymes we need to live and slow the ageing process when they are heated to temperatures in excess of 116*F.
A raw food diet means eating more the way our ancient ancestors did. Our healthier, more fit ancestors. They cooked very little, and certainly didn’t cook or process fruits and vegetables. They ate them RAW. Their water wasn’t from a tap; it was natural, spring water. Maybe they drank some coconut milk on occasion.
Doesn’t it just make sense that this is how our bodies were meant to eat? It’s a way of eating that’s in harmony with the planet and in harmony with our own metabolisms. Our bodies were meant to work, and need to work to be efficient. That means exercise, certainly, but it also means eating natural, raw foods that require more energy to digest them.
Changing to a raw food diet changed my life. My skin and weight problems disappeared; I’m now 5 stone lighter with so much more energy. I’m now trying to reach as many people as possible through the internet to share what I have learned. I will be submitting more articles on the subject. For more information on raw food diets, please visit http://www.dietinstantsecrets.com
Are you yearning to have the best diet to get six pack abs? Well, it is considered smart and stylish to get six pack abs. No doubt, it’s healthy as well. But this would mean that you need to follow a strict ‘abs’ diet so that you can actually become as toned as you want to be.
Following abs diet is a great idea for ensuring that you have a stronger, healthier and toned body. After all, the whole world would admire your flat tummy as it is considered to be one of the sexiest things about the body.
You should take care to not get pains relating to the back and or any kind of injuries.
People don’t realize the importance of an abs diet so this article focuses on helping you understand that no amount of exercise would be sufficient for you to get your six pack abs unless this is complemented by your adherence to a proper abs diet. There is no doubt that you can’t continue with so much excess fat being stored in your body.
Oatmeals:
If your choice of carbohydrates to start your day must help you lose calories, oatmeal is your perfect meal. This complex carbohydrate source can do wonders to help you burn fat. No wonder, a host of bodybuilders as well as fitness professionals choose oatmeals when they are entering into competitions. Oatmeal provides everything in tokens that are extremely balanced. For example, half a cup of oatmeal would have 5 grams of protein, 3 grams of fats, and 27 grams of carbs.
Now you understand why oatmeal is always recommend as a perfectly healthy choice for those who want to lose weight. Yams (or sweet potatoes): These are the next best choice for consuming starchy carbohydrates that are natural, healthy and low in calories but ensures high nutrients as well. It keeps you feeling fuller for longer time because digestion becomes slower.
Whole Wheat and Whole Grain Products:
As whole wheat and whole grain eatables are an important part of good diets, it would be a good thing to ensure that your choice of breads and grains are 100% whole grain and whole wheat. If you have been consuming mainly white bread, this is one of the worst things to bring into your body. When your goal is to lose weight and burn calories, it is best to use only 100% whole grain and whole wheat.
Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables would also do wonders so start your abs diet right now!
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Wouldn’t it be nice to go back 60 years where all the acne cures were made right from your home? Do you get sick and tired of purchasing expensive over the counter products that are useless and can even make your acne worse?
Most people look for a fast way of curing their acne and are desperate to get a cure as quickly as possible. So, they believe that all the commercialised treatments will do the trick, but let me tell you they don’t. They’re expensive to purchase and when you get them home they sometimes make your skin worse from all the chemicals that are used to make them.
But now I am going to tell you how to make home made acne remedies yourself right in your own home that people from 60 years ago used to use.
Acne Cures From The Past
One natural cure is made with rosewater and lemon juice. Firstly, you mix half rosewater and half lemon juice. You then apply the mixture to the infected areas which should be left on for around 30 minutes, then simply wash off with luke warm water.
Another natural cure that I recommend is raw potatoes. Simply cut a raw potato in half, then rub the flat edge of the potato onto the infected area.
Garlic is also a great way of curing acne. All you do is rub fresh garlic onto the infected area at least 4 times a day which should be repeated everyday for two weeks. I can assure you that this will improve your acne.
Now if you apply these methods on a consistent basis, you will manage to cure your acne just like they did in the past, with no drugs at all!
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Trimming pubic hair has now become a sort of an art where you trim your pubic hair to get a specific design. The advantage with pubic hair trimming is that if there is a mistake the first time, there is nothing to worry about as no one will be able to see it. There are stencils that can be used to create shapes as you learn to trim pubic hair. All that has to be done is to place the stencil over the pubic hair, and trim around using a trimmer.
Once you get familiar with pubic hair trim, you can create your own stencils using simple cuts from lightweight plastic containers which can be washed and reused. Once you learn the skill of trimming pubic hair, you can wield your razor to create your own style free hand. The most common choices for pubic hair trim designs are landing strip, happy face, upward triangle, downward triangle, heart, lightning bolt, diamond and a large arrow.
The personal trimmer is a wise choice for trimming your pubic hair. This is because they are designed to trim your pubic hair to stubble without biting, nicking or cutting your skin. When using the personal trimmer, ensure that the pubic area is dry; so don???t use it after a shower or bath.
Instead, sprinkle some baby powder over the area as it absorbs moisture and oils produced by the skin. This leaves your skin dry with which you can use your personal shaver quite effectively.
After trimming your pubic hair, it is better to use loose clothes to prevent any discomfort of the trimmed hair. And of course, make it a point to clean your trimmer after every use for hygienic reasons.
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Well, here we are in 2008, and it’s time to reflect on the year gone by. What’s the first thing we recall from 2007? The war in Iraq? The mid-west floods? The California wild-fires? Al Gore’s global-warming peace prize?
For many Americans what pops into mind first and foremost are the strangely-fascinating excesses of the year’s celebrity bad girls and their insatiable appetites for alcohol, illicit drugs, arrests and DUIs, jail time and trips to drug rehab.
2007 was definitely the year that the girls gone wild made drug rehab a household word. Not that they all wound up in rehab: Of the Hollywood girls gone wild - Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie and Britney Spears - Paris and Nicole managed to avoid it. They only had to go to jail.
The UK’s wild-child, blues singer Amy Winehouse, who had a major hit about refusing to go to rehab, nevertheless spent a month in drug rehab last summer. But according to friends and family she’s going to go back into treatment sometime soon. Judging from media reports, it can’t be soon enough.
It’s a wonder some of these ladies managed to survive at all, never mind save what’s left of their careers. Endlessly partying like sailors on shore leave and logging arrests for DUI and possession of drugs, they were either in or out of rehab or jail so many times it set our heads spinning.
Thanks to relentless paparazzi, we had plenty of creepily entertaining shots of drugged, drunken, bleary-eyed, carousing, panty-less, filthy rich young women bent on self-destruction. But while we’re watching this destruction on TV and reading about it in magazines and tabloids, we might want to keep something else in mind: One in five Americans has, is, or soon will be in trouble with alcohol or some type of drug.
As there are no paparazzi recording it for the media, we tend to miss it. And these millions of addicted Americans don’t have personal managers or studio moguls to back them up, millions of fans offering unqualified support, or mega-bucks to cover months of drug rehab in some sexy Malibu drug rehab center.
Fortunately, while alcohol and drug addiction and personal self-destruction are happening all around us, so is rehab. There is an alcohol or drug rehab program in almost every town and city in America. And every day, addicted people beat their addictions and get their lives back.
This year, let’s put our attention on what’s happening at home and in our own neighborhoods. If it’s not you or your wife, husband or kid, there will be someone next door or at work who needs help with alcohol or drug addiction or abuse. In 2008, do what you can to help them find the drug rehab program they need to recover their life.
Rod MacTaggart is a freelance writer who contributes articles on health.
Sure, it’s their job to look good and they have plenty of help achieving their beauty goals but that doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t look as good as our favorite celebrities.
One tip celebrities learn early on is that beauty is achieved from the inside out and prevention is key. Going under the knife these days draws as much scrutiny as a bad beach photo showing dimpled thighs and belly fat. Celebrities are simply supposed to look fabulous but without showing the obvious signs of how they achieved the results. But we all know that nothing happens by magic.
We’ve asked celebrity makeup artists, skincare specialists, nutritionists, doctors and other professionals that work with today’s hottest celebrities to share some of the secrets to treating common skin complaints and achieving younger looking, radiant skin at any age.
Protect Skin from the Environment
Stars like Kate Hudson know that protecting their skin from harsh UV rays and environmental irritants helps to preserve the skin’s precious collagen reserves. Kate is a fan of Juice Beauty Green Apple Antioxidant Serum.
Actress Cate Blanchett turns to N.V. Perricone Olive Oil Polyphenols Nutrient Face Fortifier (Whew! What a name!) to keep her skin protected with antioxidant packed polyphenols, which also reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Super Hydration
It’s all about the dewy complexion in Hollywood. So if you’re skin is as dry as sandpaper, you’d better get to hydrating (dry skin is more prone to fine lines, making you look older). Debra Messing always seems to pull off the quenched look. Try a dollop of Kate Somerville Quench Hydrating Serum to lock in moisture (plus the Vitamin A fights the signs of aging).
Ivanka Trump gets her Springtime glow from SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Masque. Sure, she’s already young but infusing her skin with youth-boosting hyaluronic acid and vitamin B5 can keep her looking as young as she feels. Model-turned-actress Molly Sims moisturizes with Dr. Brandt contour effect moisturizing cream, which plumps up the skin by drenching it with moisture-and moisture is our friend.
Dark Circles
Katherine Heigl relies on Hylexin to stop undereye circles and puffiness in their tracks. The ingredients in Hylexin reinforce capillaries that deposit blood in the undereye area creating those persistent dark circles. So say goodbye to raccoon eyes and hello sexy!
Ashunta Sheriff, exclusive makeup artist to Alicia Keys, offers this advice for making tired eyes look brighter and more rested, “Concealer will definitely take away the appearance of dark circles. Also, even though this skincare line is targeted for men, I’ve used Morning After Rescue Remedy Gel by Nickel. With caffeine, cucumber and other vital ingredients for under eye skin, it perks eyes up quickly and makes them look refreshed.”
Adult Acne
Yes, even supermodels get pimples. Earlier this year supermodel Gisele Bundchen was asked what beauty tricks she’s picked up over the years and responded by saying, “I had a really horrible pimple on my nose, and a makeup artist gave me Nelsons Acne Gel. I kept putting it on, and my pimple went away. I was like, this is great. It doesn’t burn your skin.”
Statistics suggest that roughly 85% of the American population have a problem with acne. The Nelsons homeopathic acne gel actually works and contains no artificial colors, artificial fragrances, or animal products and it is not tested on animals. It’s made from natural ingredients like extracts of organically grown hypericum perforatum, calendula, and arnica.
Now that you are armed with all of this beauty advice, your favorite celebrity will have some new competition!
A. Covington is a beauty writer who loves anything that smells great and makes her skin, nails, and hair look and feel amazing. She lends her beauty IQ to her beauty blog. Her readers get a daily dose of beauty tips and cosmetics product reviews, plus articles on makeup, skincare, hair products, and fragrances for the body and home. Amy maintains three blogs for Belisi Fashions, a luxury accessories brand, specializing in silk ties and silk scarves.
Finding your way in the career world can be an overwhelming task. Many have found huge success and unmatched satisfaction as certified residential designers and decorators following training through the Designers Society of America (DSA). Offering a professional career training program, DSA can help direct you to your dream career. Here are ten reasons why becoming a DSA certified designer is a good choice:
1. Unlike the commercial side, residential designers and decorators form lasting bonds with clients, taking a personal interest in creating a home that everyone in the household will enjoy for years to come.
2. Being a DSA Certified Residential Designer offers a wide range of opportunity for showcasing your talents. Your DSA training gives clients the reassurance that they are dealing with a professional who will deliver nothing short of perfection.
3. Ongoing support and networking opportunities available through your association with DSA will serve you well into your career. We encourage our designers to call on us for resources and support conducive to early and continued success. Our website is full of information useful to both our members and potential clients in search of a certified designer.
4. Increased visibility through DSA training helps fast track careers in that the recognition and branding from our society lend themselves to trust among clients seeking a Certified Residential Designer.
5. Our at home study program for the Certified Residential Designer (CRD) provides the information and training needed to be successful in this industry, while giving students the opportunity to study and train in the convenience of their own home.
6. A career as an Residential Designer is highly respected in today’s market, and clients in search of a designer will take great comfort in your abilities as a DSA certified designer.
7. As a DSA designer and a member “of the trade,” you give your clients access to top luxury manufacturers, giving clients unlimited resources for fabric, furniture, accessories and floor and wall coverings that today’s consumer wouldn’t typically access.
8. You’ll earn the respect of your clients by taking the lead on their design project and helping keep them within budget while also helping prioritize each aspect of the project.
9. With DSA certification, you have the freedom to take the lead regarding which projects you take on and how many clients you want to juggle at one time.
10. For some, this is just the first step in their plans to eventually seek a collegiate design education. For many, the DSA certification program is all the jumpstart they need to launch their successful residential design careers.
If you’re ready to begin the journey to a career of a lifetime, click here for more information on joining the Designers Society of America or call us today at 1.866.311.1DSA (372)
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