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Here are my top picks this week to help you reach your career goals. The only thing that’s standing in the way between you and your outrageous success are your fears, doubts, and limiting thoughts. Enjoy this week’s picks:
www.jobnob.com – This website allows you to do several innovative things:
Search and compare ACTUAL salaries across companies and professions
Find volunteer opportunities for startups or work for reduced rates or alternative compensation to keep your skills sharp and expand your network. It’s great for your resume!
My favorite strategy for turning around any interview situation is to directly ask the interviewer what objections they may have about you and then address them. It’s very impressive if you can counter the objections one by one. It leaves a lasting, favorable impression about you and alleviates unfounded concerns a hiring manager may have. I’ve had many clients become the top candidate by using this strategy. And when I was a recruiter, I loved it when a candidate asked me these questions at the end of an interview: Do you see any concerns that stand in the way of my succeeding in this position? I believe we are a good match. Do you have any reservations?
Do you have a creative talent you’d like for me to consider sharing with people across 20 countries? Do you have a story that would inspire others? Contact me at lori@Loridavila.com
I know many of you would never consider contacting me about this! Take a bold action step and contact me anyway. Even if you share a story about your career dreams and they haven’t yet come true and you need a little help believing in yourself, let me help you manifest your dreams by simply sharing your aspirations. The goal here is to inspire others and get yourself into action by taking this first, small step.
Here’s an inspiring story from Bill Sheldon who boldly stepped out to share his experiences and lessons with all of us:
After a lifetime of managing retails stores of myself and private owners, I decided to make myself happy and turn a love of creativity into a full time business. I never enjoyed running small stores with all the hours, employees, customers, inventory, etc. I was never happy with all of those daily headaches. I made great money, but I was only happy when I had a chance to be creative, like doing seasonal displays when the manager couldn’t get it done. During all those years of management I designed and displayed, part-time, for a company called Department 56, which is best known for their ceramic & porcelain buildings like Dickens’ Village, Snow Village and more. I did their in-store displays and created realistic detailed displays that proved to sell lots of product. As with many creative people, I am also known for my gift-wrapping the was “Going Green” long before it was “in”, by wrapping packages that could be opened and re-used without destroying the beautiful wrapping.
So when I got “down-sized” in 2001, I decided to make myself happy and start a design company. I was working with Department 56 almost full-time as an independent store & display designer. I have also started: A web site, Design Christmas Products, Create Gift-Wrap concepts, Small Business consulting and Speak at Collector’s Clubs. I am much happier being creative everyday!!! I wish I had made a hobby a career when I was a young man. That old advice “find something you love and get paid for it” came to me very late in life. I’m now 65 and starting over…
Attention all success-oriented women! I am creating a program just for you that includes support, connections and friendships in addition to identifying your goals and creating an action plan to get you there once and for all as you break through bad habits that prohibit you from achieving what you want. If you are interested in this type of program, email me at lori@loridavila.com and let me know what else you would like to see included as a topic in the program. I’ll be announcing it soon. It will be an e-program with the possibility of meeting for an in-person retreat.
FAVORITE ARTICLE (from StevePavlina.com Personal Development Insights™ Newsletter)
Daily Practice (for Creating Value)
Lori’s comment on this article: Creating and providing value for others is truly the #1 key to enormous success. Take this advice to heart and your dreams will come true, without a doubt! Oh, and I appreciate you – my readers, for your inspirational emails you send me as I learn many important lessons from you!
If you want to enjoy the flow-back of financial abundance, then forget about money for a while. Money is an effect, not a cause. If you focus on trying to make money, you’re putting the cart before the horse.
Instead, focus your attention on creating and delivering value. Make it part of your daily routine, so it becomes a habit.
Don’t overcomplicate this. Creating value for someone really isn’t that difficult. If you don’t know where to begin, then start small. Send a few people nice emails telling them what you appreciate about them. Offer to babysit someone’s kids while they go out on a date. Start doing the sorts of things that people will thank you for.
Make this a daily habit. Every day ask yourself, What can I do to create value for someone today? Then go do it, and make sure you deliver that value as soon as possible — ideally on the same day you create it.
Don’t allow more than a few days to go by without creating and delivering some form of value. If you slack off, your creative flow will begin to atrophy, and it will feel unusually difficult to engage in creative work. But if you make this a daily practice, your creative energies will keep getting stronger, and it will feel very natural to keep the flow going.
Do NOT get stuck in your head. Don’t get caught up daydreaming about all the different things you could do to create value. Don’t start writing out grand plans and creating spreadsheets. Those activities may seem intelligent, but they don’t actually create or deliver any real value. All they do is keep you stuck where you are.
Make the commitment to create and deliver some form of value to people as a daily habit. One day you might write and post a new article for your blog. The next day you might simply offer some encouragement to a friend. And another day you might make a nice dinner for your significant other, followed by a relaxing massage.
It’s perfectly fine to work on big projects — projects that may involve creating value that won’t be delivered for months or years to come. But those big projects are no substitute for the daily practice of creating and delivering value. If you stop delivering value for too long, the flow-back of abundance will soon dry up as well. This has happened to me several times when I got caught up working on big projects and failed to maintain my daily practice.
Creating and delivering value is like physical exercise. You can work on a big project like planning and constructing your own home gym, and that may indeed benefit you in the long run, but it doesn’t mean you should slack off on daily exercise while the gym is being built. Maintain the habit of daily exercise even while your gym is still in the planning stage. Then you can upgrade your exercise routine when the new gym is ready.
Similarly, even as you work on big projects from time to time, keep maintaining the daily habit of creating and delivering value. This will keep you in the flow of abundance. Because you’re always giving, you’ll always be receiving. Once you’ve got this habit going strong, then you can tackle some of those bigger projects that will deliver even more value. But no matter what, make sure the daily practice remains intact.
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What angers you or drives you crazy in the world? It’s probably your purpose/greatest passion. Are you doing anything about it? What? If not, do you want to do anything about it?
I’m looking for leaders, not complainers. Leaders who are interested in taking a stand on what drives them crazy on behalf of a group of people. Leaders who understand the power of one. Leaders who have an interest in possibly being a guest blogger on my blog and voicing their opinions and valuable information about something that gets them passionate. If you’re interested in learning more, please answer the question here and include your email address. Take a step and do something to help others. It could change your life by simply taking action and answering this question for the world to see.
Want to know what gets me angry? People who settle and are unwilling to step out of their comfort zone to reach their greatest potential. That’s why I’m writing this post frankly!
Still not convinced you can make a difference in the world? Check this out:
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Session #3: The Greatest Success Strategy You Can Implement Right Now
Here is part 2 of session 3. If you missed part 1, click here
You read the story about the miracle man, my father, in part one of this session. I am sharing his miracle stories to inspire you into action once and for all because what you have to do to turn your burning desires into reality cannot compare to what my father went through during the last six and a half years of his life.
I shared with you how he was saved on the tennis court within two minutes after he went into sudden cardiac arrest. His life was saved but he went into a coma due to a loss of oxygen.
When I arrived at his hospital bed in the critical care unit, I was confronted with a very grim story. My father was being kept alive by a ventilator machine. He had tubes and monitors everywhere. He was lifeless, like a vegetable. The doctors suggested we consider taking him off the ventilator machine because they had no medical plan for his recovery and they offered no hope.
Deep down inside my family and I knew this man wasn’t ready to go. After all, he was the driving force behind his community purchasing automated external defibulator (AED) machines just three months earlier in case of sudden cardiac arrest. He was a trendsetter as other nearby communities began to purchase the machines and he was the first person the AED machine was used on at his tennis club. He was on a mission to save lives and certainly this trendsetter’s life would not be taken before his work barely began!
For two days we sat by his side and asked him to wiggle his toes. That would be a sign he could hear us. After two days, our dreams came true as he began to wiggle his toes on command! The hospital and medical staff were amazed and everyone’s doubts immediately turned to hope and that the impossible was now probable.
For the next several months, my father had to relearn everything like a baby – eat, talk, breathe on his own, remember things, walk, etc. I never saw someone so determined about anything. His goal was to play tennis again. In the rehabilitation centers he motivated other patients by his humor, enthusiasm, hard work, and determination to get back on the tennis court. His attitude inspired everyone who knew him to never give up no matter what the odds are against you.
Success Strategy:
Providing value for a group of people you decide to take a stand for on a particular topic is how to achieve extraordinary success in your career or business. There’s nothing else that’s more important – except taking action of course. Oh, and believing in yourself and being incredibly determined.
His life was what was at stake. He believed he could play tennis again and he did. He was nicknamed the “miracle man” and he lived six and a half more years. My father’s last effort to make a difference in the world led to his saving lives like his own. He helped bring back loved ones at his community and many others at neighboring communities.
It’s been several years since he passed away. He continues to save lives and bring back loved ones, even now after he’s gone. He made a difference in the lives of others by his attitude of belief and determination and by implementing his mission without hesitation.
I hope my father’s story inspires you to get over your fears and doubts and lies about yourself so you create something others in the world will benefit from. That is how you will make a difference perhaps even after you’re gone. This is so much more about how the world will benefit from your efforts and not about your doubts. So start believing even if no one else does and especially if you believe all the odds are against you. Get going…..life is too short…put it all on the line right now.
IS YOUR CAREER IN A RUT? A HOLDING PATTERN?
I have only a few open slots for resume writing or for you to work with me one-on-one to give your career and income desires a quantum leap. If you’re interested, you must take action (I love people who are action-oriented) and contact me at lori@loridavila.com by 10/9 to simply reserve your spot so we can determine together if you’re a good fit for my programs. I have programs for various budgets.
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Here are my top picks this week for skyrocketing your career. Remember, the only thing that’s standing in the way between you and outrageous success is yourself – your fears, doubts, and limiting thoughts. Enjoy these picks:
How would you like to get free coaching every week, helping you achieve your goals, complete your projects, and double or triple the speed of your career and business growth? And how would you like a great way to showcase your leadership and build key relationships with people you highly respect in your field? Start a high-end mastermind group and invite people into the group you would like to get to know. Search LinkedIn for key people you would like to invite into your small group. Mastermind groups are a key success strategy that many millionaires and billionaires have subscribed to for decades. Meet at least once a month. The momentum of regular mastermind meetings creates accountability and drive, and keeps that personal connection growing. Take initiative and get going!
I have 5 open slots for resume writing or for you to work with me one-on-one to give your career and income desires a quantum leap. If you’re interested, you must take action (I love people who are action-oriented) and contact me at lori@Loridavila.com by 10/7 to reserve your spot so we can determine together if you’re a good fit for my programs. I have created programs for various budgets.
(Do you have a creative talent you’d like for me to consider sharing with people across 20 countries? Do you have an article that would inspire others? Contact me at lori@Loridavila.com)
My dear friend David Keeler is an extraordinary leader who has run companies as President and has co-collaborated with Zig Ziglar. He has a gift of inspiring people through his creative song writing. Please listen to his song "High Road". Here’s what he has to say about this song:
“High Road” is one of my favorite songs that I have ever written. It really focuses on transformation in regards to the fact that we can’t change or forget about our past but that we can decide.. today and every day for that matter.. that we can transform our hearts, our souls, and our minds by taking the High Road in everything we do, touch, or influence. It is an attitude and then a behavior that is very much like breathing…..every breath keeps you going…every High Road action keeps you growing!
High Road (Written by David Keeler)
Song Lyrics
When you stop and think about it
Life is nothing more
Than the balance of good and evil
Than the tally of the score
One for you here
One for you there
Ask yourself this question
Do you really care?
I want to make a difference
I want to go all the way
I want to take the high road
And keep rising everyday
Rising to the world
To be all that I can be
I want to take the high road
Baby you can count on me
I never would have though
That this is where we’d go
It’s kind of funny now
About all the seeds we sowed
I wouldn’t change a thing
Or replace a memory
I can’t erase my past
Our alter my history
(Chorus)
There’s no turning back
Or will to second guess
My feet are to the fire
This time I know we’re blessed
I will give it all I got
My heart, my soul, my mind
You can tell me what you’re thinking
And how you fell inside
(Chorus)
Many of you submitted questions about your careers. I have grouped your questions into categories and will answer them in my newsletter issues and video program.
Many of you had questions about how to get around what you perceived to be age/salary/too much experience dilemmas. I answered your questions with a resource in a previous newsletter issue: Click Here to View.
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Session #3: The Greatest Success Strategy You Can Implement Right Now
First, What Am I Doing and Why Am I Doing This?
My mission in life is to help YOU realize your greatest potential. I’m doing this by sharing free and valuable information that I hope will change your life in a profound way. I know not everything I send will be useful to you but I hope you’ll pick out what you can use.
With the Internet, today it’s possible to reach and help hundreds of thousands of people around the globe by providing valuable information. My online statistics show me I’m doing this as I am reaching people in over 20 countries. It blows my mind!
What does this have to do with you? If you simply just watch what I do, you can learn my strategies for providing value to people. Providing value for a group of people you decide to take a stand for on a particular topic is how to achieve extraordinary success in your career or business. There’s nothing else that’s more important. So watch what I do.
And yes, in case you’re wondering, I do generate revenue in my business so if you don’t mind, I’ll share promotions and ways you can work with me (resume writing and coaching open slots, events, programs) every once in awhile. You can do the same, especially if you’re looking for a new gig, but do it after you’ve provided value!
The Miracle Man – An Amazing Story of Belief and Determination
A Story to Inspire You Into Greatness
Let me share with you a quick story about my father. People who knew my father called him the “Miracle Man”. Let his story inspire you to not hold yourself back.
My father lived a good life. He was an accomplished dentist, he had a wonderful marriage, three children, and took time off during his working years to do what he loved – travel and play tennis. His lifelong dream was to retire to South Florida so he could play tennis year round, which he did. He (Dr. Samuel Gitow) also provided so much value, contribution, and inspiration to his community and many others.
My parents retired to a community where he also gave back in a big way. As a community member of the board, he urged the board to purchase automated external defibrillator (AED) machines for both the golf and tennis clubhouses. He also organized the fire department to teach residents and staff CPR skills in case of a medical emergency. He was motivated to take these actions because his brother-in-law dropped dead on the tennis court at the very same community years earlier after suffering sudden cardiac arrest. Medical assistance arrived at the scene too late.
On July 4, 1998, after a magnificent day whitewater rafting in the Tennessee mountains, I received a phone call that my father was in the hospital. He had suffered sudden cardiac arrest on the tennis court and was in a coma. (The fact that you see him playing tennis in the video…
…after this happened is a miracle in itself).
My father was the first person who the AED was used on only three months after the units were purchased. The tennis pro rushed to his side within two minutes to administer the life saving procedure. The ambulance was at the scene within six minutes and healthcare professionals said my father would have never survived without the AED machine and quick response on the part of the tennis pro and staff.
He had suffered a loss of oxygen which caused him to go into a coma, and in the next blog post, I will share his miraculous recovery story despite the doctors not believing it was possible. Stay tuned.
FINAL THOUGHT: What can you accomplish that you believe isn’t possible?
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Here are my top picks this week for skyrocketing your career. Remember, the only thing that’s standing in the way between you and outrageous success is yourself – your fears, doubts, and limiting thoughts. Enjoy these picks:
I love unique tools that are trendy. Click here to rate your job, boss, and company and to find ratings from others so you can get the inside scoop.
Finally figure out what you want to do when you grow up. Here are over 30 career tests that are mostly free and low cost. I suggest the Kiersey Sorter.
TOP ARTICLES
Many of you had asked me questions about how to overcome what you perceived to be age, experience, and salary roadblocks. Check out this article for how to handle objections.
FAVORITE TIPS
Start managing your reputation online!!! This is essential. Dictate what people find when they search your name on Google by starting to make frequent comments on blogs and forums that show your expertise and value to the world.
ACTION STEP: Start by commenting at the end of this blog post by sharing who you are and your expertise and value and anything else that’s important to know about you. (To do so click on the COMMENTS link found at the end of this post, or Click Here to open the comment submission form – the form will be at the very bottom of the page)
INSPIRATION Click Here to Check out this very short video about how you too can achieve just like the Beatles, Walt Disney, and Thomas Edison for example.
BOOK RECOMMENDATION Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. This book is a classic and will change your thinking and your life. Best if you read it at least 3 times or more.
JUST FOR LAUGHS Click Here to check out my getting used to shooting videos.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS!
"Lori, as many, I am fresh in the job market and not having a lot of luck with traditional methods of finding my next job. Spending time listing to you and viewing some videos on your Blog this morning has made me feel a little better and given me a breath of fresh air. It’s made me feel like, for the first time in the past three weeks, I feel some sense of structure and hope for moving forward. Thank you so much for helping us regain footing."
Here’s to a brighter future,
Do What You Love. Create Wealth. Make a Difference. World Renowned Author & Leader in Career and Successful Living Publishing, Training, and Coaching Programs
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One more reason is to offer support because there are so many people affected by the current economic challenges. Have you lost your job or do you know someone who has? I lost my job years ago and it was the best thing that ever happened to me! Within a few weeks I was interviewed consistently by the WALL STREET JOURNAL as their career expert even though I had spent the last 18 years in corporate marketing. Soon after that, MCGRAW-HILL called and asked me to write a book. I had no manuscript, no agent, and no book idea. I also launched my highly successful dream business. And yes, it was all during an economic downturn.
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Here’s to a brighter future,
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Do What You Love. Create Wealth. Make a Difference.
World Renowned Author & Leader in Successful Living Publishing, Training, and Coaching Programs
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Recently, my husband and I took a wonderful trip to celebrate a special birthday for him.Our trip was incredible! And it was all due to living life to the fullest, getting out of our comfort zones, facing our fears.I came home a brand new person.
This is a photo from my trip. The name of this beautiful yacht is The Limitless.This yacht is owned by the founder and chairman of Limited Brands (The Limited, Victoria Secret, and other retail brands you probably recognize).It’s one of the largest American owned private yachts, and I believe this is an awesome symbol because of the name … Limitless.
To me, this is a symbol of universal abundance and freedom.I wish that same feeling of being unbound and unlimited for you.I am dedicated to helping others have this empowering experience of feeling unleashed, unbound.Beginning right now.
I am so excited to announce … drum roll please … my new website just went live!
I have been so eager to share this with everyone.I am going all out to reveal to a powerful process to help YOU transform your life – in your career, creative aspirations, and any other life burning desires that are yet unfulfilled.I am sharing my “secret sauce” and not holding anything back.
And the reason I know the process is powerful is because I use this very same process myself — and it has never failed to deliver astounding results.
If you would like to experience that feeling of rediscovering yourself – feeling brand new the way I did after my trip — without ever leaving home, check out my website.You can get some great free tools.You’ll also learn about a new eCourse and the coaching I offer to people who are ready to get unstuck.
Whatever you have been wanting to achieve, but for some reason just haven’t done yet … now is the time!Let’s make it happen for YOU.It’s time to unleash your best self!
Here’s to a brighter future,
Lori Davila
Transforming creative, career, and life burning desires into REALITY!
Author & Leader in Successful Living Publishing, Training, and Coaching Programs
After a lifetime of managing retails stores of myself and private owners, I decided to make myself happy and turn a love of creativity into a full time business. I never enjoyed running small stores with all the hours, employees, customers, inventory, etc. I was never happy with all of those daily headaches. I made great money, but I was only happy when I had a chance to be creative, like doing seasonal displays when the manager couldn’t get it done. During all those years of management I designed and displayed, part-time, for a company called Department 56, which is best known for their ceramic & porcelain buildings like Dickens’ Village, Snow Village and more. I did their in-store displays and created realistic detailed displays that proved to sell lots of product. As with many creative people, I am also known for my gift-wrapping the was “Going Green” long before it was “in”, by wrapping packages that could be opened and re-used without destroying the beautiful wrapping. 
So when I got “down-sized” in 2001, I decided to make myself happy and start a design company. I was working with Department 56 almost full-time as an independent store & display designer. I have also started: A web site, Design Christmas Products, Create Gift-Wrap concepts, Small Business consulting and Speak at Collector’s Clubs. I am much happier being creative everyday!!! I wish I had made a hobby a career when I was a young man. That old advice “find something you love and get paid for it” came to me very late in life. I’m now 65 and starting over…
