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Review
1. What surprised you about the importance of attitude?
2. What did you do Monday night or Tuesday about
Attitude?
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3. 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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6. Passion Counts
• 1,500 people tracked for 20 years
• 83% chose a career because of the money
• 17% chose a career because it was a passion
• 101 became millionaires
• Only 1 was from the 83% who pursued money
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7. Introducing the “X” Factor
Gifts and passions ignite as
spiritual gifts and
God’s calling.
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“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
creature; the old things passed away; behold,
new things have come.”
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17
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9. Self Assessments
Count your blessings.
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Document where you worked.
Note what you liked best / least about each
company, manager, and position to see
trend.
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10. You are a STAR
• STAR is acronym for format of your stories
• Not curing cancer, solving world peace or fixing
the economy
• Not a medallion around your neck, plaque on the
wall or trophy.
• A “for instance”; where you left your thumb print
• STAR kit will help you identify OVER 50 STARs
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11. It is NOT Bragging
Examples:
• Artist portfolio
• Law & Order
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12. Document a STAR
• Document one and share
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• Document Abilities (part of STAR kit)
• Values (would not work for and would love to work for)
• Interests (do in spare time)
• Personality (Myers Brigg) – Share your results
14. Ask Others Assessments
Like a 360:
Family and friends
Workmates and schoolmates
People who know you whom you trust
Can take off the “blindside” question
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17. Next Week - Altitude
Altitude is where Attitude (Step 2) and
Aptitude (Step 3) meet.
giving you the motivation and direction:
• to do what you do best
• for people who need it most.
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21. Free Training
• Google “ free training <topic>”
• Google “free software <topic>”
• Google “courses <topic>” (to get syllabus)
• Google “free training <topic> <syllabus item>”
• For CompTIA classes Google “Professor
Messer”
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Extras
• “Accomplishment” are only “examples” or “for
instance”
• Some accomplishments used in Resume, more
in interview, all remind you how accomplished
you are
• Some job seekers don’t understand
importance of this step; want to get to resume
and job search. It is the foundation of the job
search