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Volume 6 Issue 1	Visit our website at www.career-intelligence.com	January 2005

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In This Issue

Editor's Notes
Spotlight — Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Get What You Want With Goals — Creating a plan is the first step
Change Your Clothing, Change Your Life — How to put your best self forward
What's New! — Additional NEW Articles, our Expert's latest Advice, Teleclass updates, etc.
Marketplace — Resources & Services

Editor's Notes

Happy New Year! Here in Southern Connecticut, we’ve just been hit by the Blizzard of 2005. Outside a foot of snow makes everything look fresh and new.

That’s what it’s like looking into the New Year. Right now, 2005 is a blank canvas waiting for whatever we chose to write on it. Start planning today and make this your best year ever (Get Going With Goals).

While you’re setting your goals for 2005 make sure you evaluate your image (Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life). Are you conveying the right message? Or are you stuck in the past? You might be surprised at how making a few changes can jump start your career.

Speaking of change, as far as most of us are concerned “change sucks.” But, like it or not change is part of our lives. Sometimes it’s an unexpected layoff, other times it comes as a promotion. If like most of us you are resistant to change, pick up a copy of this issue’s Spotlight: Who Moved My Cheese?

Don’t miss our What’s New section below for more new articles and career advice from our experts.

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See you next month!

It's your life, make the most of it :)

Annette Richmond

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Changes We never know when a little change will come our way. Sometimes it comes in the form of an unexpected layoff. But, it may also show up as a surprising job offer. Unfortunately, most of us don’t like change. We cling to jobs that bore us and work for bosses that we loath because we are afraid of change. Staying with what we know is easier than taking a chance on the unknown. If this sounds even a little bit familiar put Who Moved My Cheese? by Spenser Johnson on the top of your reading list. Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable that provides some unique insights into the truth about change. It’s about four characters – two mice, named Sniff and Scurry and two little guys named Hem and Haw – who live in a Maze. They spend their days looking for the Cheese that feeds them and makes them happy. The Cheese symbolizes what we want out of life. The Maze is a metaphor for where we look for what we want. When the characters are suddenly faced with change. Some are ready. Others are not. The book chronicles one character’s progress and eventual triumph. And the lessons he learns along the way. An quick and entertaining read, Who Moved My Cheese? can help you cope with change in every area of your life. After all, there’s no escaping it. To paraphrase a Greek philosopher, the only constant in life is change. (Heraclitus)

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Get What You Want With Goals	back to top

Creating a plan is the first step

By Annette Richmond, MA

The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to plan. Chances are many of us resolved to make changes in our lives as we counted down to 2005. Maybe we decided to find a new job or eat more nutritiously. Unfortunately, by March most of our New Year's resolutions will be little more than a memory.

But this year can be different. This year you can turn your New Year's resolutions into results. If you're serious about making changes in your life you need to start by setting goals: concrete, measurable goals. Read More

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Change Your Clothing, Change Your Life	back to top

How to put your best self forward

By Diana Pemberton Sikes

Can changing how you dress REALLY change your life?

We see variations of the story often enough in the movies, in everything from My Fair Lady (1964) to The Princess Diaries (2001), but could such a thing REALLY happen to the average woman on the street?

Absolutely.

I've seen it first hand several times, both before and after I became an image consultant. And like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, the transformation never ceases to amaze me. Read More

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Additional Articles New! — Avoid Common Fitness Pitfalls by Lynn Bode — While exercising isn't complicated, it's very easy to make mistakes. Often times the mistakes are made because of lack of proper technique training or simply due to rushing to get the workout completed. Regardless of the reason for the mistakes, they can lead to injuries or at the very least be counter-productive to your fitness goals. Read More

Surviving the Micromanager by Harry E. Chambers — Is a micromanager the boss of you? Join the crowd. A recent workplace survey revealed that four out of five people-managers and workers alike-know firsthand the woes of being micromanaged. Micromanagers hurt productivity and morale-and often drive others away. In fact, one out of three people has changed jobs because of a micromanager. Read More

Ask the Expert — How do you handle an overbearing boss? Stress expert Frances Lylan Wolff has some advice you can use. What's the best way to screen calls without offending the caller? Deborah Brown-Volkman has some tips to help manage the process. Considering a move from Non-Profit to Corporate? Career expert Annemarie Cross gives one reader some tips on handling the transition. To post your question visit Ask Our Experts.

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