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Senin, 25 Maret 2013

Time is Running Out

      Many people live as if it’s a guarantee that they will still be breathing well into their 80′s and 90′s. Although the average life span suggests that most of us will have a relatively long life, nothing is guaranteed. The only thing we can know for sure is that we’re all running out of time. Every day that goes by is a day closer to the day we take our last breath.

      Whether you’ll last until your 90th birthday or not even get to experience the next calendar change, only time will tell. Many people reach the end of their life full of regret. Once they realize their time is coming to an end, they wish they had used their time better. Don’t wait for that day to come to realize your time here is limited. At the end of each day, ask yourself if it was a day well spent. If it wasn’t, make sure the next day WILL be.

      In the end, whether you’ll be full of regret or filled with satisfaction will all depend on the accumulation of how each of your remaining days will turn out. Good or bad, it’s mostly up to you.

- Kevin Ngo

Source : http://www.motivationalwellbeing.com

The Story of the Butterfly

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A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening appeared.
He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours
as it struggled to squeeze its body through the tiny hole.
Then it stopped, as if it couldn’t go further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and
snipped off the remaining bits of cocoon.
The butterfly emerged easily but
it had a swollen body and shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch it,
expecting that any minute the wings would enlarge
and expand enough to support the body,
Neither happened!
In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life
crawling around.
It was never able to fly.
What the man in his kindness
and haste did not understand:
The restricting cocoon and the struggle
required by the butterfly to get through the opening
was a way of forcing the fluid from the body
into the wings so that it would be ready
for flight once that was achieved.
Sometimes struggles are exactly
what we need in our lives.
Going through life with no obstacles would cripple us.
We will not be as strong as we could have been
and we would never fly.

Selasa, 19 Maret 2013

10 Tips for Picking a Career Path in College

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In the sage words of Yogi Berra, "if you don't know where you're going, you'll be lost when you get there." Picking a career path boils down to a cost benefit analysis and a gut check. It is a game of reality versus passion, and you can start blazing a meaningful path in college.
But hopefully you can appreciate that every career has an arc, and you are at the beginning of the curve. Don't be surprised if your career direction changes significantly a few times before and after you reach the peak.
With that message in mind, here are my 10 tips for picking a career path in college:
1. Don't let anyone crush your dreams. However, the riskier your dream, the better your backup plan must be.
2. There is a huge difference between a childhood dream and a dream job. If you dreamed of being a lawyer since the age of twelve, you better make sure you know exactly what attorneys do on a given twelve hour work day. Did You Know: In a survey of 800 attorneys, only 55 percent reported being satisfied with their career.
3. Make sure your dream job is not an avocation (a hobby). An avocation is a vacation from a vocation, because the pay ranges from little to nothing.
4. No matter what your part-time jobs or summer jobs are, always be thinking about how those experiences will enhance your resume and work skills.
5. The most important thing for deciding on a major or career path is to get out of the classroom and into an internship which exposes you to the day-to-day ups and downs of that profession. "Learning by doing" will give you a better appreciation of the job than learning through textbooks.
6. Do what you love but don't let your career choices jeopardize anyone you love. Including yourself. Translation: Take care of others but don't forget to take care of yourself, sometimes before others. Listen to our airline flight attendants: "Put your own oxygen mask on first before assisting others with their masks."
7. Determine whether you are driven to be your own boss or if you crave the stability of a steady paycheck. Assess your personality traits and the risks inherent with both paths. (e.g., the risk of putting up your own money as your own boss versus the risk of losing a job in a company you work for) Did You Know: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists occupations with the largest job growth projected through the year 2018, starting with registered nurse.
8. Rather than casually asking career advice from parents or other relatives, set up a time to interview them, with prepared general and specific questions. This approach will make them think more thoughtfully about their responses, and may reveal their personal career challenges and triumphs.
9. Don't rely on luck or fate in your career. Professional success is about putting yourself in a position to create numerous opportunities.
10. Over the course of your lifetime, there may only be a handful of impactful career opportunities. Assemble an inner circle team of advisors now, so you'll be able to act quickly to objectively assess the pluses and minuses of future opportunities.
And finally, clean up your social media presence online! What's publicly available might not bode well for your future employment. Did You Know: In 2011, the Federal Trade Commission approved the practice of employers conducting social media background checks going back seven years for job applicants.

source http://www.huffingtonpost.com/perry-binder/choosing-a-major-career-path-_b_1751690.html

Sabtu, 16 Maret 2013

Inspirational Picture Quotes

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Here are some pictures and videos of inspirational quotes accompanied with music to enhance the motivational feeling. Motivational quotes have the power to help you take action. When you add music to it, the power increases since music has the power to move the deepest depth of your soul. As for the pictures, these are ones that I created myself using some of my favorite quotes.
Feel free to use these inspirational pictures on your site or Facebook page but please leave the website URL in the picture intact. Thanks.

Inspirational Picture Quotes

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it.” – Muhammad Ali

“Learn to appreciate what you have before time makes you appreciate what you had.” – Unknown

“Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.” – Margaret Mead

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

“Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” – George W. Carver

“So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.” – Og Mandino

“Always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second rate version of somebody else.” – Judy Garland

“Being happy doesn’t mean everything is perfect. It means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” – Unknown

“Life is like photography, we develop from the negatives.” – Unknown

“When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.” – Les Brown

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember-the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.” – Zig Ziglar

“Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.” – dream hampton

“You can’t live off potential for the rest of your life. So get up, get out and go get you some!” – Eric Thomas

“Being a good person does not depend on your religion or status in life, your or skin color, your political views or culture. It depends on how well you treat others.” – Unknown

“One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.” – Napoleon Hill

“Pretty isn’t beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.” – Michael Josephson

“The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.” – Robert Green Ingersoll

“Believe in possibilities. Believe in human potential. Believe in yourself and you’ll have the power to change your fate.” – Kevin Ngo

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Until you run out of pages, there’s still room to write an epic ending.” – Kevin Ngo (from TOTD)

“If you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.” – Bruce Lee (The Art of Expressing the Human Body)