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Review
• What are the 7 steps?
• Step 1 – what resonated with you the most?
• Last week’s progress: What did you do this
past week to move your job search forward?
• A goal for this week?
• What help is needed most?
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Importance of Attitude
• 85% of the reason people get jobs and get
ahead is because of attitude (Zig Ziglar)
• Companies hire for attitude and will train for
skills
• Attitude affects body language, words you
speak, and energy for the job search
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Consider It Pure Joy (page 15)
“Consider it pure joy, my brethren, when you face trials of many
kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops
perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work.” JAMES 1:2
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Build a Positive Attitude
“…forgetting what lies behind and reaching
forward to what lies ahead, I press on
toward the goal for the prize of the upward
call of God in Christ Jesus.”
PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14
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Reach Forward
Work Book Page 18
In Breath
• 100 major industry groups
• 960 major occupations
• Global workplace
• Where are the
opportunities?
In Depth
• How would I like to see my
future?
• Am I on the planet for a
purpose?
• When I am 84 years old looking
back on my life, what would I like
to see?
• How will God view my life?
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Press on Toward the Goal
Work Book Page 20
Eat right, exercise, get plenty of rest
• Physically
• Mentally
• Spiritually
Get help when you need help
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God’s Plan for You
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares
the Lord, “Plans to prosper you and not to harm
you, plans to give you hope and a future….You
will seek me and find me when you seek me
with all of your heart…..”.
- Jeremiah 29:11
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Leaders
• “Get yourself together” (carrot / stick)
approach does not work.
…clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness,
humility, gentleness, and patience.
Colossians 3: 12-14
• Need to go through the grieving process; may
have had more than one loss
• May need help with life issues (211)
• Step 2 is also understanding and ACCEPTING
that the job market has changed.
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Leaders (Continued)
Share other tips:
• Get at least 1 hour of sunshine a day
• Do something for yourself
• Classes, glasses, workout / walk, new
interview attire
• Journal your journey especially your
blessings
• Add structure: develop a plan and work it
• Assist others
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Resources
• Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer
Johnson
• Attitude is Everything - 10 Life Changing
Steps to Turning Attitude into Action by
Keith Harrell
• You are Late Again Lord: An Impatient
Woman’s Guide to God’s Timing by Karon
Goodman
