How to Get Out of Bed When You Hate Your Job

How to Get Out of Bed When You Hate Your JobHow to Get Out of Bed When You Hate Your JobEven if you have the best job on the planet, there will be days when you just cant bear to get out of bed to go to work. Fortunately, those days are probably few and far between, and a few recitations of Tomorrow will be better, is all youll need to get yourself to the office.But what happens when youre harboring a seething hatred for your employment situation? You already know tomorrow probably wont be any better, so how exactly do you talk yourself out of bed and into the shower for yet aleidher terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day in the office?Well, as luck (or lack thereof) would have it, Ive managed to survive more than my fair share of horrible jobs. Heres how I did it.1.Get Up EarlyI know, I know. Getting up early to go to a job you despise is the exact opposite of what youll want to do, but I promise, it helps.During my darkest career days, I welches literally in the dark whenever I was home. It was dark when I got to work in the morning and dark by the time I left. Not exactly motivating. For a while, I made a habit of hitting the snooze button about three times before dragging myself into the shower, until I finally realized that wasnt helping me. My only other option was to get up early (or even just on time) and try to enjoy my morning as much as possible.I started gradually waking up just 15 minutes early at first, until I was up to a full hour. I filled that time with things I enjoyed, my only requirement being I wasnt allowed to do anything even remotely related to work. I made French-press coffee, fixed myself a nice breakfast, and read the news, every day. Some days, Id add in a bubble bath, and others I even squeezed in a short workout. This was me time, and I was going to enjoy it if it killed me.And guess what? It not only didnt kill me, it made getting out of bed something I could look forward to. By the time I had to start thinking about leaving t he house for work, Id already had a nice, relaxing morning, which took the sting out the fact Id be spending the next 10-12 hours in office hell a little easier to stomach.2.Make PlansWhen you loathe your job, chances are the first thing you want to do when youre off work is run home and crawl into your favorite pair of sweats and pour yourself a giant glass of wine (or warm milk, if thats your thing). That crappy job has sapped every last ounce of energy and zest for life right out of you, and the thought of spending even a moment out in public, let alone being social, is a terrifying thought. Sound familiar?Well, this is yet another case of how doing the opposite of what you want to do is actually better for you. When I was at my lowest with my lousy jobs, I tried to make as many plans with friends or doing activities I enjoyed as I could. When I couldnt make plans work during the week, Id make plans for the weekend. The point being, I always had something to look forward to, rath er than only something to dread- going to work.While I still had to get my work done while I was actually in the office, knowing I had a party to attend on Friday night or a lunch date with a friend Wednesday afternoon was enough to keep me going and gave me a reason not to call in sick every day of the week.3.Make a ListI cant say this enough- making lists can change your life. While Ive never considered myself a type A personality, I cant deny the benefits- especially if youre facing a job you loathe a minimum of 40 hours per week.When I first came to the realization I hated my job, many years ago, I was still early on in my career, and trying my best to establish myself. Which meant, even though I despised going to work every day, I still needed to make a positive impression.Thats when I started making lists. Really long, detailed lists. I put everything from sending emails to calling a client to getting my morning (and afternoon) coffee on those lists. Sometimes, if I was having a particularly bad day, Id even put things like Meet Jane for drinks at 6. If it had to be done that day, it went on the list, no matter how seemingly insignificant. Then, when I finished it, Id cross it off and move on to the next task. When the day was over, Id copy any items I hadnt finished on to a new list for the next day. Then, when I arrived in the office the following morning, I already had a list of things to get me moving.Making a list is a surprisingly simple- and effective- way to power through a challenging work environment. It not only gives you defined parameters of what will make up your day, but it has the added benefit of making you more productive in the process.While Im sure just rolling over and never showing your face in the office again may sound like a viable option on some days, trust me, its not. While looking for a new job is probably advisable, until youve found one, youll have to survive the one youve got. Employ these strategies, and not only will you r boss never suspect how much you loathe your job, you might actually forget every once in a while, tooPhoto of woman in bed courtesy of Shutterstock.

Internship Interview Questions to Ask

Internship Interview Questions to AskInternship Interview Questions to AskInternship Interview Questions to Ask DeZubeA good interview can be a lot like a good conversation. Thats especially true when youre hiring an in eigener sache. Why? Since youre not making a permanent hire, you can afford to be more relaxed.Most college students dont have on-the-job experiences to discuss. But when interviewing interns, you can always chat about the three things that are common to all studentsWhere they are nowWhere they hope to beHow the internship can help get them thereMore importantly, your interview should help you determine if the intern has the skills, knowledge and temperament required to succeed in your business.These interview questions can be helpful when hiring internsWhy did you choose to go to XYZ College? Tells you What type of environment the intern youre interviewing is comfortable in or learns well in, says Lisa Gavigan, director of career services at Wheaton College in Norton , Massachusetts. Someone whos at a smaller school prefers a relationship-based learning environment, she says.What do you want to do with your degree?Tells you How to structure the internship and whether the applicant is a cultural fit for your business. We like entrepreneurial-minded interns, says Everett OKeefe, CEO of The Solution Machine, a Fresno, California, marketing consulting firm. If the interns goal is to succeed in the corporate world and youre a smaller business, he or she would likely be better off at a larger company.Is this part of an official college program?Tells you If the candidate will have accountability. If a student isnt working for college credit, hes a volunteer, not an intern. He may not be as responsible as an intern who knows hes going to be evaluated at the end of the semester.What would make this internship successful for you? What are you looking to have learned by the time youve completed the internship?Tells you What the intern wants to get out of t he internship and whether youre recruiting the right intern. If a student tells you his ideal outcome is a permanent job, but you dont offer an internship leading to a hire, he needs to know the situation.Dont fret if the students answer is all about what he wants. Expect to hear answers that are a bit more self-serving than with a prospective employee, Gavigan says.What single quality attracted you to this organization (or position)? Tells you Whether youre interviewing a student whos done his homework or one whos applying in a shot-gun manner. If its a single quality, you can see what the students priority is, Gavigan says.What skills do you have that will help you in this internship and where did you get them?Tells you If the student can make the connection between learning and doing, then hes likely capable of seeing how his small project fits within the business. Its an indication hes the right intern to hire.Have you ever been part of a team where someone didnt pull his weight ? How did you deal with that?Tells you How he works with peers. The best answer is the one that shows the intern can manage the situation himself and isnt a tattletale I talked to the person and when they still didnt do the work, I picked up the slack and didnt partner with him again.Tell me about a time or situation when youve had to teach a concept to a peer or another person.Tells you If youd be hiring an intern with customer service skills. The best answers include patience, reading a peers level of understanding without judgment and addressing the learners needs at that moment.Are you happier with structure or with a more fluid environment? Do you enjoy doing a lot of different things or one thing really well?Tells you Whether the intern will be happy working in a small business environment where employees need to be flexible multi-taskers.When recruiting interns, look for entrepreneurship majors. Theyll be happier to join you because they want to see how a small business is ru n, says Debbie Young, director of internships and applied experiences at the Craig School of Business at California State University, Fresno.How well do you handle disorganization and does it bother you?Tells you Whether the intern can bounce from one project to the next without getting frustrated. The entrepreneurial mind has to have a certain level of ADD to see opportunities and jump on them, OKeefe says. You have to be able to set things aside and work on the immediate need.When the interns you hire have to use technology or software, ask them to rate their ability to use it on a scale of 1 to 10.Tells you If they have the skills you need. If someone rates themselves a 9 or 10, Ill follow up with a couple of questions to double-check them on that, OKeefe says.When you offer the job, you can ask the recruited intern to think about what he can contribute. Ask them to think of three projects they can accomplish a small one, a personal one and something that will benefit the organiz ation after theyve left, Gavigan says.And ask one final question when the internship is nearing its end Do you know anyone from your school whod want to do this internship next semester?

Think Slow and Other Tricks for Better Problem-Solving

Think Slow and Otherbei Tricks for Better Problem-Solving Think Slow and Other Tricks for Better Problem-Solving Article by Sam EiflingAs a kid, I welches the sort of nerd who got serious about quiz bowl. During my senior year of high school, I welches on a team that advanced to the state playoffs. In college, at a Big Ten university, I was on a team that traveled the Midwest playing other teams of fast-twitch buzzer-mashers.Whereas some players had deep recall of Russian novels or the periodic table, I tended to skate by on loose-ends trivia pop culture, sports, the occasional lucky stab at U.S. history. By the time I was old enough to drink, I was a solid bar-trivia player. In a weekly pub game, I once nailed down a win by correctly naming the capital of Uganda (Kampala) on the final question. A different night, a new teammate and I simultaneously blurted the answer apogee to a question about the moons orbit. Smitten, I asked her out, and we dated for the rest of the summer.Like I said nerd.That was years ago, though, before Google even existed long before everyone toted around wireless supercomputers that fit in our jeans. These days, any worthwhile trivia night strives to be at least partially Google-proof because huge swaths of the worlds loose knowledge have been rounded up and cataloged by the most complex network of machines ever devised. The instant recall of facts, formerly a marker of elite intelligence or at least the image of it, has become an affectation. You want to know the capital of Uganda? Two keywords in a search bar is all you need to get the answer faster than you could even ask the question. Quick recall is now a parlor trick, like grabbing a live fly out of midair or uncapping a beer bottle with a folded dollar bill. An intelligence predicated on stockpiling facts is outmoded, nave. Look what happened in the past 20 years to card catalogs, road atlases, and Rolodexes. The databanking that got you through multiple-choice tests no longe r secures your relevance. Just ask a phone book.But these are also heady days to examine the way you think, if youre willing Neuroscience and the rise of artificial intelligence (mora on that later) have given us new insights into the interplay between the mind and the brain, two interlocking (but sometimes competing) parts of ourselves.For those of us who have long conflated a facile memory with actual smarts, though, analyzing our own thought habits is about as enticing as counting carbs or auditing credit card bills. Some routines are so entrenched that drilling into them requires a confrontation with the ego especially if youre the sort who considers themselves a good thinker. This most likely describes most people, in part because they give so little thought to the matter. If you werent good at thinking, well, wouldnt that catch up with you? Surely, yes, of course ergo, theres no need to think about the matter any further. But if you did, being such a good thinker, would you not, assuredly, come up with a way to improve your thinking even further?In his new book,Winning the Brain Game Fixing the 7 Fatal Flaws of Thinking, Matthew E. May platzsets out a convincing case that no one much likes to examine the ways they think in part because were all so conditioned to receiving cheap rewards for quick answers that we scarcely bother to do much real thinking at all. May explains that hes the sort of guy whos hired by companies large and small to stump workers and executives with brain teasers. This sounds like great work if you can get it, and the way May writes about these sessions breezily, almost like a street magician recalling audiences he has stumped makes him sound like a guy who genuinely has hacked into something fundamental about being a person in the 21st century We have access to so much external knowledge that weve forgotten how to ask ourselves decent questions. School rewards answers fast ones. Work rewards productivity, which is predicated usually on finding paths of least resistance.Mays enduring thesis, and one thats hard to debate, is that weve been conditioned by a lifetime of what amounts to trivia contests to mistake the regurgitation of facts for the act of thinking. May argues that, actually, the rote recall of information or the obligatory regurgitation of possible solutions at top speed takes place somewhere outside the analytical mind. In other words, it is an act less intellectual and mora glandular in nature.Our brains are amazing pattern machines making, recognizing, and acting on patterns developed from our experience and grooved over time, May writes. Following those grooves makes us ever so efficient as we go about our day. The challenge is this if left to its own devices, the brain locks in on patterns, and its difficult to escape the gravitational pull of embedded memory in order to see things in an altogether new light.This strikes me as likely true. Those of us who went through American schools have been conditioned to rely on those patterned responses for decades. Looking back, the best quiz bowl players always buzzed in before the proctor finished reading the question.***In his day job, May prods groups in any project to reach for what he calls elegant solutions. By and large, those are the simplest, cheapest, least-intrusive, most-effective changes you can make to a system. Lesser solutions, he finds, tend to trade quality for speed. He insists that many of the reasons we fail to find elegant solutions are self-inflicted. We overthink a problem, or we jump to conclusions, or we decide after a few minutes of mumbly debate that weve come up with a solid B-minus answer, and then were ready to move on to the next emergency. A less charitable author might describe those pitfalls themselves as lazy, but realistically, theyre the shortcuts we all use to navigate the zillion gnat-like tasks that drain our attention. You make mistakes and compromises because your brain has evolv ed over eons to value functional near-facts over perfectly crystalline truths. And often, the good enough is so-called for a reason. Duct tape and Taco Bell are revered for a reason.InWinning the Brain Game, May describes a brain teaser he presented to a team composed of bomb technicians from the Los Angeles Police Department, the sort of group whose members regard themselves as unflappable thinkers and decision-makers. Heres the scenario May posed to them You run a fancy health club that in its shower stalls offers fancy shampoo in big bottles that would retail for $50 at a salon. Unshockingly, these big bottles often go the way of a pension bathrobe Members take them home at a distressing rate, costing you. What solution can you devise that will be unintrusive, cheap or free, and protect your inventory?Yes, sure, you could switch to travel bottles or force guests to check the shampoo out, but these will complicate operations at your otherwise immaculate and successful health club, so think harder.May says the employees at the real-life club this problem is based on figured out an unintrusive and simple solution that cost no money. It is a solution any bright child could devise and yet, the bomb techs didnt arrive at it in their few minutes talking over the problem (and neither did I as I read the book). In a health club where people are stashing a big ol bottle of fancy shampoo in their gym bags on their way out, it turns out merely uncapping the bottles, is one heck of a deterrent.May writes that when groups tackle this problem, he sees all seven of the categories of thinking mistakes he lays out in the book. To summarize them as a holistic piece of advice for how to think smarter Be more deliberate. Ask many questions before deciding on an answer. Do not accept a sloppy solution because it is easy. Do not talk yourself out of great ideas. Do not reject solutions because someone else came up with them.All of this sounds rightly agreeable when laid out in t hose terms. No one thinks of themselves as a sloppy thinker, but then, such is the tautology a careful thinker would already know the pitfalls in their own process. Even then, history is littered with terrible ideas that lasted for very long periods of time. As Carl Sagan wrote of the ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemy inCosmos,his Earth-centered universe held sway for 1,500 years, a reminder that intellectual capacity is no guarantee against being dead wrong.The more you force yourself to think slowly, the more likely your brain becomes to engage that gear.Its freeing to realize youre probably, profoundly, deeply wrong about something you believe very much. Freeing, because it gives you permission to think intently on what exactly that might be. Were all victims of our hard-wiring, you see, and May revels in citing studies in neuroscience and behavioral psychology that point to our flaws, as well as our ability to overcome them.The brain is passive hardware, absorbing experience, and the mind is active software, directing our attention, May writes. But not just any software its intelligent software, capable of rewiring the hardware. I could not have said that with confidence a few decades ago, but modern science is a wonderful thing.This is, in a nutshell, the value of bothering to bother. The more you force yourself to think slowly, the more likely your brain becomes to engage that gear.***To help you engage your slow thinking, May builds his book largely the same way he sets up his seminars around sinister Mensa-style riddles that make you aware of how inflexible youve let your brain become. fruchtwein are incredibly simple, which is what makes them so humbling. The favorite here is the classic Monty Hall problem, a distillation of the crux of the show Lets Make a Deal. In a book called Winning the Brain Game, this particular puzzler feels like a required stop.The old game show climaxed with a logic puzzle folded into a game of chance. You, the contestant, w ere offered the choice of three doors. Behind one door was a fabulous prize say, a car. Behind two doors were booby prizes in the classic arrangement, goats. When you chose a door, the host, Monty Hall, would pause before revealing what was behind it. He would open one of the remaining two doors to show you a goat. Hed then ask Do you want to stick with your original door, or switch?Strangely, this innocuous question, raised many times over the years but most notably in a 1991 Parade Magazine column, creates genuine havoc. May takes glee in recounting the fallout from the solution offered by columnist Marilyn vos Savant that one should always switch doors. Professional mathematicians at the time wrote in to upbraid her for numerical illiteracy, insisting it was a 50/50 proposition. Even after vos Savant was vindicated and previously incensed Ph.D.s wrote in with mea culpas, the spat echoed for years. When The New York Times revisited the logic problem in 2008, for instance, the p aper built an online video game for readers to play for goats and cars, to keep score over many tries. And sure enough, you click on enough doors, you learn to switch.The reason could scarcely be simpler. When you choose one door, you leave two doors for Monty. At least one of those doors must by definition have a goat, and at the turn, hell always show you a goat but then, you had to know he always has a goat to show. Theres a two-in-three chance that you didnt pick the car when you chose your door. When he offers to trade the closed door for your closed door, hes effectively giving you both of the doors you passed on with your original choice.Two for one. A two-thirds chance of winning. By switching doors, you raise the possibility of winning a car by 100 percent. And still this strikes many people as counterintuitive. When you hold onto that first door, it somehow seems more likely to hold a car. The decision to stay, May writes, is easy and lets you rest without scrutinizing th e actual odds.A Harvard University statistics professor, Persi Diaconis, told Times reporter John Tierney in a 1991 story about the fracas that our brains are just not wired to do probability problems very well, so Im not surprised there were mistakes.Such a simple little trap is the Monty Hall problem, and yet its very name was coined in a 1976 paper written for the journal American Statistician. This tiny puzzle is taken very seriously. Your intellectual capacity is no protection against being wrong.***At some point in the near future, robots will handle a lot of the rote chores (and even deep intellectual efforts) that sap us on a given day. Even now, artificial intelligence (AI) researchers are grappling with the ways computer intelligence built to perform a specific job might hack that task, in a nearly human fashion, by rearranging its priorities to derive the largest reward under its programming. In a paper published this past June titled Concrete Problems in AI Safety, a tea m of AI researchers, including three from Google, forecast both the workarounds that a hypothetical housecleaning robot would devise to satisfy its assignments and the pitfalls of those workarounds. Oddly, several of them sound like what any teacher or boss would have to absprache with when working with a petulant or nervous teenager. How do you keep robots from breaking things or getting in peoples ways as they rush to finish their jobs? How do you keep them from asking too many questions?The most human concern, to me, is how we keep robots from gaming the rewards system.For example, if our cleaning robot is set up to earn reward for not seeing any messes, it might simply close its eyes rather than ever cleaning anything up, the researchers write. Or if the robot is rewarded for cleaning messes, it may intentionally create work so it can earn more reward.This is a complex question, one that examines much of what we take for granted as a basic social contract. Taken literally, thoug h, it points to the problem of fixation, of setting monomaniacal goals. A cleaning robot that believes its use of bleach is a good measure for how much work it has done might simply bleach everything it encounters.In the economics literature, the AI researchers write, this is known as Goodharts law When a metric is used as a target, it ceases to be a good metric.The stated goal, in other words, is rarely the actual goal.Yet we all set goals, and Mays business is to help us figure out how to reach them. At times, Mays framework betrays how accustomed he is to working for big corporate clients who no doubt respond best when employees and middle managers are told to ignore all limits on the way to greatness. May enrolls for this exercise a 60-something potato farmer named Cliff Young who, in 1983, entered an ultramarathon in Australia, a 542-mile run from Sydney to Melbourne. Shabbily attired, unsponsored and untrained, Young nonetheless managed to beat a field of professional runners by 10 hours over five days. Why? Well, he apparently had become ludicrously fit by scampering around his farm chasing livestock over the years. But to Mays point, Young simply had no idea the conventions of the sport held that runners should sleep six hours a night during the race. May writes In fact, his navet in all likelihood enabled him to win in the manner he did because he didnt know it couldnt be done, he was empowered to do it.Thats an amazing example, though it does overlook the many, many, many things considered impossible because they are, in fact, firmly impossible. More inspiring to me, and probably to schlubs everywhere, is the embrace of our natural limits. You free up a lot of mental and emotional bandwidth to do great things when you stop chastising yourself for not being the Cliff Young in this analogy. Yeah, you might wind up running seven-minute miles for the better part of a week and become a folk hero straight from the farm. But more often, youre going to be t rying to figure out how not to make an arithmetic error or obvious typo in an email to a client when youre in the 10th hour of your workday, wondering whether you should cook dinner or just say to hell with it and stop at Taco Bell on the way home. We all bump up against our limits in different ways, and as it turns out, many of them are real.Inevitably though, the simpler the problem you face, the more likely you are to get it right, and a small, correct thought can be infinitely more valuable than a large, incorrect one, even an incorrect one off by just a few degrees. The lesson I took from Mays analysis Shrink your problems to a size that allows you to think clearly about them. Do this by first asking very good questions. Then, as you build to an answer, be aware of the pitfalls your brain invariably will stumble into as a clumsy instrument of human apprehension. No thought forms in a vacuum most are derived from the leftover crumbs of old thoughts.I experienced this recently wh en driving to a wedding shower in a suburb of Chicago Id never visited. I turned onto the street of the home I was driving to, saw about 10 cars parked around a driveway and the adjoining street, and thought, This must be the place. It was inane of me to leap to that conclusion without so much as glancing at the house numbers. During a long day of travel in an unfamiliar setting, I reached for an answer that would be comfortingly simple. But in part because I had May on my mind, I was fully prepared to notice why I was messing up and to call myself on it.Knowing when and why our brains take shortcuts (and why we let them) allows us to catch ourselves (our brains?) in the act. It also hones our intuition around when we are, as May terms it, downgrading or satisficing essentially, convincing ourselves to tap out early or just staying in our usual ruts.Its comforting to know that human intelligence, like the artificial intelligences were bringing into the world, is capable of being ha cked. Most of what May proposes falls under the heading of habits to cultivate. One trick, though, sits right at hand for any stressful occasion. It begins with seeing oneself impartially, a tendency May traces back to Adam Smiths concept of an impartial and well-informed spectator. In our best moments, most of us hope to be that spectator for ourselves, and one way to accomplish that is to treat ourselves as spectators. May cites a University of Michigan study that found people who addressed themselves in the second person or by their own names (e.g., You got this Sam totally has this) to psych themselves up for a speech did better and felt less anxiety than people who used the first person (e.g., I got this).In a sense, we are our best selves when we leave ourselves momentarily, look back in, and reassure everyone that, having done all we can, its going to be fine, so long as we take our time.A version of this article originally appeared in the November 2016 issue of SUCCESS magaz ine and on SUCCESS.com.Sam Eifling is an itinerant American reporter and editor who lives in Brooklyn, New York. His writing and documentary work has appeared in such outlets as theNew Republic,Sports Illustrated, theOxford American,Pacific Standard,Vice, theAssociated Press,The New York Times, andThe Tyee. His newspaper writing has won a Sigma Delta Chi from the Society of Professional Journalists and has been supported by a grant from the entdeckung for Investigative Journalism. A graduate of Northwestern University and the University of British Columbia, he enjoys beer and naps.

7 Best Jobs for College Students with no experience

7 Best Jobs for College Students with no experience7 Best Jobs for College Students with no experienceStudying full time and running low on funds? Not an unusual situation for college students to find themselves in. Whether its money to support yourself, for rent, tuition, food or even beers, getting a high paying job as a college student is a possibility that could help you through your student years and also give you a great start for your career after college.There are also various other benefits to getting a part-time job while at college that can affect both your current circumstances and your future. There are many different types of jobs for college students available that people can combine with their diverse schedules and individual needs. CREATE MY NEW RESUME What Are the Top College Student Jobs?The following is a list of some of the best jobs for college students regardingflexibility, wages, and advantages.NannyWorking in childcare as a babysitter or nanny is one of the best jobs for college students in terms of scheduling. Usually, families need childcare in the evenings and weekends, when kids dont have school to occupy them so its easy to work this job around your study timetable. It even sometimes gives you the opportunity for extra studying if you can get the kids off to bed earlyTutorBeing a college student, youve already gone through the trials and tribulations that high school can have so youre well-equipped to help out younger students with their struggles in academia. Use your knowledge and wisdom to gain a little extra cash. Offering yourself as a tutor is one of the best jobs for college students with no experience in the working world. Not only do you take on responsibility for teaching someone but also you gain useful, transferable skills such as organization, planning and time management. OrderlyIf youre currently studying in the medical field or will be looking for a healthcare profession in the future, the ideal college student jo b to gain both a wage and experience is an orderly in a hospital or medical center. Allowing students to get a real feel for the challenges this sector presents and also to improve bedside manner, working as an orderly teaches discipline, humility and permits students to gain a better understanding of operations in the medical field.Additionally, shift work is easy to adapt to around a hectic college schedule.Jobs in HospitalityWorking as a server or hostess in a restaurant or bar is one of the most popular choices for college student jobs because often it is easy to adapt to the timetable as the busiest times are usually evenings and weekends.Wages may be low in this sector but tips are a great advantage that can help any student pay their way through school if theyre up to the challenge of offering exceptional customer service.Jobs on CampusThere are services all over college campuses that need staff to man them. Often, these shops, libraries, bars, etc. happily employ college stu dents who need extra cash to support them. Obviously, remaining on campus and within the academic environment is a clear advantage as a college student job because it could offer you use of the facilities for free or in a different time period to normal opening hours, as well as not being far from residences.FreelancingSome people may find they are able to use certain talents or specialist knowledge to get more high paying jobs for college students such as freelance writing, graphic designing or photography.There are many positive aspects to freelancing for students including choosing when and where you work as well as charging the rate that you feel corresponds to your experience, expertise, and availability.Another benefit to freelancing while studying is that it allows students to build up a portfolio in that area that may be useful to them later on when searching for full-time or entry-level work.Fitness InstructorWith a short course, students could be in possession of a qualifi cation that certifies them to give fitness classes or one-on-one coaching. Working as a fitness instructor is one of the better high paying jobs for college students because being qualified in a specialist area allows people to charge more for classes.Additionally, the timetable can be very flexible to work around your current study hours.House/Pet-sitter/Dog WalkerAnother of the popular college student employment types is pet or house-sitting and dog walking which do not require a college degree and can guarantee an income to accompany studies.Offering these services to busy families, elderly people, people who frequently travel, etc. allows students to network and display their maturity and responsible nature, which in the future will reflect well when engaging in job interviews.How to Get a Job with No ExperienceUse an verbunden resume builder to get your resume and cover letter in shape before you start applying for jobs for college students with no experience. Its important to be well prepared if you do not have a lot of, or any, previous work experience when it comes to applying for work.Generally, recruiters and hiring managers are used to seeing resumes with a list of previous work placements but that doesnt mean that you cant get a job without it. Attracting their interest will simply require a little more creativity or originality. Check out our guide on how to write a student resume which gives expert advice on completing each section of your resume to emphasize key skills, achievements, and responsibilities that youve undertaken through participation in societies, projects, internships, and academic activities.

What the In-Crowd Wont Tell You About Parts of a Resume

What the In-Crowd Wont Tell You About Parts of a Resume Please dont hesitate to contact me at any moment at the numbers listed on my CV if you want to explore any elements of my application. Employers, all of your recruitment needs can be met by click on this link. Since resumes are usually skimmed, its important that at a glance they appear well organized and simple to read. The Downside Risk of Parts of a Resume One of the very first actions in job hunting is to produce a strong resume. Get the job that you deserve, not the one youre stuck in. When youre submitting your resume for a particular job posting, its common to modify your professional title to coincide with the one listed in the work description. For instance, if youre an IT professional who is searching for a graphic designer job, you may make a Graphic Design Experience to list off your background in graphic design and incorporate an Additional Experience section to highlight your other work experiences which arent directly regarding the area of work that you wanna break into. The Upside to Parts of a Resume Consider a resume from somebody who has had 15 decades of experience spread over 2 distinct employers for an essential job on your team. One of the crucial components of locating a new job is having a resume thats going to secure you an interview. In instances where the job which you want isnt exactly related with your work experience, you might want to use a distinct section for your fruchtwein relevant expert experience and another section for the remainder of your employment history. You are working to land the ideal job in a competitive atmosphere. The principal intention of a resume is to sell you to prospective employers in your intended industry. You may rather incorporate an objective in a job-search letter instead, especially in case you need to be thought about for a wide selection of positions. If you choose to incorporate an objective, specify the sort of positi on you are looking for. Generally speaking, an objective on your resume can be useful if it concisely describes your immediate employment goal, but it isnt an important element of a successful resume. If you wish to compose your own resume but need just a little aid, ResumeWriters delivers a gallery of sample resumes which could help you become headed in the appropriate direction. A cover letter tailored to the particular job for which youre applying is important. No matter which type of job youre looking for, it is essential you have a replica of your resume online. Dont include your high school unless its nationally recognized or in an area in which you need to get the job done. Dates of attendance or higher school information isnt needed. The second portion of a resume should consist of a persons education. A resume is a succinct overview of professional, education and individual accomplishments that is utilized to acquire work. Education For most graduates, the most e ssential qualification they must offer employers is their education. If you discover that its hard to compose a definitive statement of your objective, describe the skills you wish to use or the functions that you want to carry out. Complete a worksheet by means of your work experience and learn to draft it into a resume. The procedure for drafting and editing your resume can be a tough task. You should select an appropriate format for outlining your experiences and abilities. Life After Parts of a Resume To make the correct impression, you require the suitable Parts Of A Basic Resumeformat. Our part pricing is straightforward, 1 price for the exact same part for virtually any car in stock. Allowing you to have the very best opportunity to locate the parts you require whenever you see. If you havent been in a position to track down a particular new or used vehicle in the greater Nashville area, were at your services.

The Appeal of Resume Writing Tips Skills

The Appeal of Resume Writing Tips Skills In reality, you should talk with faculty and career advisors in your field no matter what, but here are some essential principles designed to assist you begin. As soon as its tempting to deem yourself an expert, as soon as you get the interview or job, you might want to show your claim. Keep reading for ourtips and ideas on how to construct a functional resume to create a winning resume which encompasses all your skills, achievements and experiences applicable to the work vacancy. With just a little practice, you are going to be writing effective resumes that is going to be getting you the interviews you require for the job which youve always desired. Editing is a huge portion of writing, and youll be able to discover new and better ways to inform your story if you review your resume and make changes on a standard basis. Skills-based resumes may also permit you to combine related work and other experience during the skills-based heading s. Soft abilities, on the flip side, arent simple to quantify. Key skills are work-related skills that you will need to do a job. Hard skills arent skills that are tough to learn. Soft skills arent that measurable. By paying attention to the particular phrasing employed in the work description, you will know precisely what to concentrate on in your skills section. If you dont have sufficient experience and expertise to fill up more than 1 page, it is reasonable to actively distill what you would like to say to meet that one-page cut-off. 3 First, you must select the best skills for your resume. Some grammar and spelling mistakes can be readily missed. Then make a list of your matching skills that youre able to incorporate in your resume. If youre asking for a job which has unique requirements, you might need another edition of your resume to completely demonstrate your qualifications. Your skills section stipulates a window into how much capability it is possible to br ing to the provider. Putting your skills section at the peak of your resume (below your intro and above your professional experience) distributions-mixs them in the spotlight in the place where they belong, and provides the hiring manager easy and quick accessibility to the information that theyre searching for.

4 Healthcare Careers That Dont Require Medical School

4 Healthcare Careers That Dont Require Medical School4 Healthcare Careers That Dont Require Medical SchoolAs the old saying goes, the only things certain in life are the need for medical care and taxes. While we may have paraphrased that popular axiom when it comes to reliable and lucrative career paths, the healthcare industry is a solid choice for long term stability and solid compensation packages.While it may be a lucrative area in which to stake your career-claim, jobs in the healthcare field tend to also require hefty education bills and a large investment of time to obtain the necessary certification. Medical school alone can cost you nearly $250,000 over the course of a four-year curriculum. This doesnt include your cost of living for the period of reduced earning capacity during your residency or other ancillary expenses.With a growing healthcare field, however, the types of positions in this lucrative market are expanding at an equally healthy pace. This brings opportunity in various offshoot fields in healthcare, including ones that dont require a degree from a costly medical school. Want to know mora? Here are four careers that you can snag without all the hassle of earning that tassel.Home Health AideHave a nurturing spirit? Like working with people one on one to help them heal and overcome injury and illness? Dont mind working out in the field or in a different location on a day to day basis? Then a job as a home health aide may be just what the doctor ordered. With out-of-institution care becoming the increasing norm for long term care, and insurance agencies realizing keeping patients at home keeps them healthier and reduces costs, this is a field thats experiencing monumental growth. Expect to perform basic medical tasks such as administering medicines and helping the ill, or impaired tend to personal needs. Stable, fulfilling work in a growing field sounds like a win-win to us.Ticket to Success?Licensing requirements will vary from state to st ate, but in most places, all that is needed is basic certification courses and a minimum education requirement. Online and in-person vocational schools will help get you out in front of other candidates.Home Health Aid JobsPharmacy TechnicianProfessionals in the pharmaceutical field play a vital role in weighing, preparing and dispensing vital medications to help keep those with medical needs healthy. Accuracy and professionalism are critical as well as an eye to detail. Legible handwriting and an ability to decipher doctors scrawl is also a huge plus. Customer service skills are also required but, in return, a healthy, stable income is nearly guaranteed.The Nitty Gritty RequirementsSome schooling and specialized certification will be required in order to dispense medications to those in need. Specialized pharmacy may also be required in some states so check your local licensing rules. While more than a basic high school ed, the long term prospects of the field will more than return any potential investment. Pharmacy Technician JobsMedical sekretariat AssistantFew careers in the healthcare field see as varied a set of daily duties as that of the medical office assistant. From scheduling to billing, office assistants in medical offices make sure the day to day practice keeps on running like a well oiled machine. Youre going to need solid customer service skills in order to interact with the varied patient personalities that walk through the door of a medical office. Having a solid understanding of billing terms and a good deal of patience to work with insurance companies and vendors will also go a long way to success and satisfaction.The Essential RequirementsCourses or training in medical billing may be required depending on the specific office duties. In many cases, no particular training or certification will be required. Vocational programs may give you the leg up in this competitive field, and some employers may even require special licensing. A far cry fr om medical school and well worth the effort in this high-return field.Medical Office Assistant JobsPhysical Therapy AideIf you have a passion for helping people in pain and a desire to be fulfilled with a hands on approach to healing, a career as a physical therapy aide might be in the cards for you. Rising medical costs mean that insurers and individual patients are seeking alternatives to surgery and costly procedures before resorting to more severe measures. Working with patients to adhere to strict physical regimens, filling out claims paperwork and the ability to lift both human and equipment weight on occasion will be a daily part of the job. If you have a sincere desire to make people whole and a knack for human anatomy, this may be just the career path for you.Just How to Get ThereWhile there wont be any specific licensing requirements, minimum education in physical anatomy will definitely be a plus. A hintergrund in physical education will be helpful and may give you a head s up on the best positions. The rest will come with on the job training, and lots of it, so be prepared for a fun and educating ride on the way to your new career.Physical Therapy Aide JobsThe Bottom LineWhether one of these lucrative careers in the healthcare field or a similar position, medical school isnt the only road on the path to helping those in need. A variety of positions offer the fulfillment and rewards of a career in health, without the need for costly medical degrees. Whichever your choice, choose a position you love, and as the accurately quoted real saying goes this time, youll never work a day in your life.

Cultivating Tomorrows Engineers

Cultivating Tomorrows Engineers Cultivating Tomorrows Engineers What does it take to change the worldor even your own community? A 21st century innovator needs creativity, communication skills, and a firm grasp of science, technology and engineering.Sadly, American students lag in technical knowledge. Only 32.4 percent of U.S. undergraduates earn science or engineering degrees. In Japan, Germany and China, over 56 percent of students receive them.Recently, out-of school programs have taken a major role in science literacy. The nations largest youth association, 4-H, reaching six million American children, is spurring passion for science, engineering, and technology.Best-known for agricultural science and nutrition projects, 4-Hs century-long history also includes engineering education. In the 1940s, rural electrical engineering committees raised awareness of circuitry and control systems. As farm equipment evolved, more Americans discovered small-engine design. In 4-H projects, kids explored electrical and mechanical engineering in everyday life.These students, participating in national and regional 4-H technology conferences, applied engineering and mathematics to design, program, and operate robots made from Legos.Richard Mahacek, county director and 4-H youth development advisor at the University of California, was a 1960s 4-Her. In electrical projects, we made toy buzzers and electromagnets. It was an opportunity to internalize and understand electricity, not from a textbook, but from hands-on activities that brought concepts to life, he remembers.Now a member of national science, engineering and technology (SET) programs, Mahacek teaches fifth through eighth graders about design, electricity, torque, gears, motion, and force via a robotics curriculum. With fewer vocational and industrial classes, kids have little hands-on opportunity. They may get the right answer on a test, but have no idea how something works in real-life.Five million 4-H science, engine ering and technology projects take place, annually, in Americas communities. We try to meld inquiry with experiential learning. They get a chance to explore, then apply their understanding to other applications, Mahacek said.Since 2008, 4-H National Youth Science Day has promoted scientific and technical careers. By 2013, an expanded SET program, One mio New Scientists. One Million New Ideas, will reach a broader audience. Now developing a range of SET programs that meet National Science Education Standards (NSES), 4-H constantly evaluates and revises new curricula.Some corporations provide national SET support. A 2008 Toyota grant provided nearly $1.5 million for 4-H2Online, an interactive learning experience involving water conservation issues and environmental engagement. The 3M Foundation funded The Power of the Wind, teaching how to use engineering principles to design and build alternative energy projects, with wind as the primary resource.As part of the U.S. Department of Agr icultures Cooperative Extension System, 4-H science and engineering programs, created by university researchers, are widely distributed, through school systems and partner youth groups. Instructors and community volunteers, at Cooperative Extension offices in every county, teach new curricula within months of approval.Rapid dissemination allows 4-H projects to incorporate cutting-edge technology. Aaron Schroeder, a project engineer, credits a 4-H robotics club with honing mechanical engineering and communication skills. We had to pay attention to detail and learn how to present our projects, said Schroeder. When I became a 4-H junior leader, I needed a good understanding of what I was talking about so I could effectively communicate those principles to other people.Some 4-H programs are rooted in its agricultural heritage. A Nebraska program uses robotics and geo-spatial principles to teach the science and engineering behind precision agriculture. Kids work in teams with a ton of co ol equipment, said Bradley Barker, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor who helped create that curriculum. In community mapping projects, kids take coordinates and build maps of their schools, so its personally relevant.Barker helps youngsters connect their 4-H activities to future possibilities, like careers in mechanical engineering, programming, or robotics. He visits middle schools to promote science-oriented courses.SET education stirs national debate. Educators, parents and politicians, agree that students should be encouraged and prepared for engineering and technical fields, but acknowledge that schools cant do enough. Extra-curricular programs, like 4-Hs, rich in hands-on projects and adult participation, are filling the gaps.Theyll strengthen Americas competitive position, by stimulating scientific and technical learning that young people need to become 21st century leaders and innovators.Adapted from Growing a New Crop of Engineers, by Kathleen Jamison, fo r Mechanical Engineering, December 2008.Best-known for agricultural science and nutrition projects, 4-Hs century-long history also includes engineering education.

Unhappy on the Job Here#8217;s What You Can Do

Unhappy on the Job Here8217s What You Can Do Unhappy on the Job Here8217s What You Can Do The survey also revealed that nearly two-thirds of participating workers have considered quitting their job. The reasons?-Dont receive enough compensation (51 %)-Lack of advancement opportunities (31 %)-Being unfilled (26 %)-Too stressful (24%)-Not using their education or skills (21 %)If youre dissatisfied with yur current working situation, youll inevitably slip into disengagement, which quickly leads to overall unhappiness. And what worker wants to commit 8+ hours each day to a role he or she doesnt enjoy? I cant think of anyone who fits that bill.So, if youre finding your job less than desirable, dont panic all hope is not lost. Margaret H. Greenberg and Senia Maymin, Ph.D., Live Happy columnists and authors of the business book Profit from the Positive Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity and Transform Your Business, have teamed up to help you and the myriad amount of people who have found themselves in similar circumstances.Below are four steps from (and written by) Greenberg and Maymin to help you identify and assess unhappiness on the job, and transform it into the oppositeWhat makes you stay? Is it really the job itself that you dislike, or is it something else? A toxic boss or colleagues who dont pull their weight? Maybe you dont feel valued or youre not being compensated fairly? Maybe your work schedule has become all-consuming? Make a list of whatever you dislike, and then make another list of what makes you stay. Ask yourself, What makes me stay in a job Im not happy with? Are there really compelling reasons for why you stay in a job you hate, or are you playing it safe? To bust through the inertia, identify just one small change you can make that will have the biggest, most positive impact on your work life.Play to your strengths.When we dont like our job, it is very likely that we are not playing to our strengths. Sometimes were not even awar e of our strengths or we take them for granted. A simple way to uncover your strengths is to ask yourself, What kinds of work really energize me? The flipside is to ask yourself, What kinds of work sap my energy?Now go ask three trusted colleagues, What do I do best? Whats a story of me at my best at work? Then try to use those strengths as much as possible in your current job. First of all, youll be happier. Secondly, youll be curating your resume more toward those things you enjoy doing when it comes to a next job.Dabble. Professor Herminia Ibarra of INSEAD Business School has found that people who dabble in other areas of work have an easier time making a transition to a new line of work. For example, if your company has employee resource groups (ERGs) related to an area you are passionate about, such as technology, women in leadership, diversity, community service, or wellness in the workplace, get involved. Not only will you get to do work in an area that interests you, but you ll expand your network. Youll be exposed to people in your company who can also provide career advice and support. No ERGs? No problem. Volunteer in a different area, department, or on a project. Get involved dont wait to be asked to the dance.Job craft. If you have a good relationship with your boss, have a talk with him or her. Talk about your strengths and ask what he/she sees as your strengths. Do what you see and what he/she sees align? Also talk about areas, projects, or work where you would like to gain more exposure. Work together to craft your job to fit closer to your strengths and professional goals.

3 leadership lessons from Googles terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week

3 leadership lessons from Google's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week 3 leadership lessons from Google's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week Google CEO Sundar Pichai is having a hard week.First, he had to return early from his family vacation to deal with the reaction to a  controversial internal memo on Google’s diversity initiatives. Then, Pichai was supposed to hold a town hall Thursday afternoon with employees to discuss the memo and the firing of its author, James Damore. But shortly before the town hall was set to be held, Pichai said the meeting had been  canceled due to threats to employees.“We had hoped to have a frank, open discussion today as we always do to bring us together and move forward,” Pichai wrote in a memo to employees. “But our Dory questions [an internal app for employees] appeared externally this afternoon, and on some websites Googlers are now being named personally. Googlers are writing in, concerned about their safety and worried they may be ‘outed’ publicly for asking a question in the Town Hall.”Earlier on Thursday, Milo Yiannopoulos, who  calls himself  a “virtuous troll” a nd has been banned on Twitter for harassment, had posted on his Facebook the social media profiles of Google employees who identified as gay or supportive of diversity efforts.Titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” the memo, which suggested women’s biological differences made them less fit to work in technology, sparked heated debate inside and outside of the company, as did Google firing its author on Monday.Although Google did not specifically comment on the firing, Damore told  news outlets that he had been fired for “perpetuating gender stereotypes.”Some Googlers sided with Damore, saying that his opinion should be protected under the First Amendment. Others supported his firing, saying that he had created a “textbook hostile environment” that would make collaboration with co-workers impossible.Amidst calls for Pichai to be fired, he and his executive leadership team have held firm about their decision. Here’s what we can learn from them on how to manage d uring a crisis.Communicate with transparencyLeaders in a crisis need to be as open as possible with employees about what they know. Nothing sows panic and confusion like gossip and rumors in an office. Stopping this misinformation flood means assessing the gravity of the situation and counteracting with information of your own.Transparent communication means engaging with all key stakeholders who are impacted by the decision. By holding an all-hands meeting to answer questions and concerns, Pichai signaled that he was going to do this.Signal your valuesWhatever Google’s executives decided about the memo, the result was guaranteed to alienate some population of their employees. Being a leader means learning to be unpopular.According to the Recode reporting about the meetings that led to Damore’s firing, top executives were initially split between fostering a safe environment for all employees and defending free speech. “Sundar had to make a call about what kind of Google he wan ted to stress and he did,” one anonymous top executive told Recode.“To suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not OK,” Pichai said in his internal memo about why Damore had violated the Google Code of Conduct.YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, who was reportedly in the meeting when the firing was decided, said that Damore’s statements about biology were what tipped Google into action.“While people may have a right to express their beliefs in public, that does not mean companies cannot take action when women are subjected to comments that perpetuate negative stereotypes about them based on their gender,” she wrote in an essay about the memo for Fortune. “Every day, companies take action against employees who make unlawful statements about coworkers, or create hostile work environments.”Commit to what you promiseAfter the town hall was canceled, Pichai still found a way to show a commitment to the co mpany’s values by speaking at a girls’ coding event happening that same day on Google’s California campus. The audience was filled with young women who were competing in an app-building competition. When Pichai addressed them, he championed these future women engineers and coders, publicly challenging any detractors about the value of diversity initiatives.“It’s really important that more women and girls have the opportunity to participate in technology, to learn how to code, create, and innovate,” Pichai said. “I want you to know that there’s a place for you in this industry, there’s a place for you at Google. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. You belong here and we need you.”

Customize this Outstanding Property Manager Resume Sample

Customize this Outstanding Property Manager Resume Sample Customize this Outstanding Property Manager Resume Sample As a professional property manager, you have worked hard to build your understanding, expertise, and knowledge in this field. To differentiate yourself with hiring managers, it is important to demonstrate the unique strengths and experience you can contribute professionally. Referencing a property manager resume sample, such as the one below, can provide a starting point for displaying your value. Using this guide, you can ensure that you are representing the best qualifications, experience, and education to stand out. Showcase your talents, such as tenant relationships, general contracting, equipment maintenance, and formal education you have obtained to succeed in this role. If you still need additional help creating a stellar resume, try our helpful resume builder.Create Resume Stanley Kawsinski100 Broadway LaneNew Parkland, CA, 91010Cell: (555) 987-1234example-email@example.comProfessional SummaryResponsible Property Manager with comprehensive experience in property repair, land scaping and administration. Excellent skills in maintaining tenant records, responding to tenant requests for maintenance and adhering to local health, safety and fire codes. Always willing to work with good tenants and always able to take the proper actions with irresponsible tenants.Core QualificationsCertified General ContractorEquipment MaintenanceSoftware UtilizationTenant RelationsGrounds AdministrationPersonnel Responsibility AllocationExperienceProperty Manager, January 2010 May 2015Windsong Property Management New Cityland, CACoordinated three major remodeling projects for two properties.Monitored tenant rent status and made collections when necessary.Insured that the landscaping and grounds crews were properly staffed for all properties.Property Manager, June 1995 December 2003Mellon Management New Cityland, CACoordinated two major landscaping projects to improve property drainage.Scheduled annual energy audits and presented results to management.Maintained a large sta ff of part-time grounds crew members that saved money.Education1995 Bachelor of Science, Grounds ManagementTell Agricultural College New Cityland, CACustomize ResumeWhy Is This a Good Property Manager Resume Sample?The jobseeker designed this property manager resume sample in a specific manner for easy scanning and readability. Hiring managers are inundated with resumes daily, and this format demonstrates easily your qualifications at a glance. The professional summary section here does a good job providing a concise overview of the jobseekers career trajectory while serving as an opportunity to target areas that make him uniquely valuable. In a brief statement, this section demonstrates concrete experience and skill sets that you possess as a property manager. Additionally, you can share the strengths and specific talents that set you apart from the competition like this jobseeker does, showcasing administrative duties and knowledge of health, safety or fire codes. This section al so provides the opportunity to mention your soft skills, such as the ability to work well with tenants and take action when needed in unpredictable or undesirable situations. The core qualifications section further breaks down this expertise into easily identifiable bullet points.The experience section offers a consistent format, making the jobseekers work history easy to scan. In this section, focus on your primary achievements in each previous professional role. For maximum impact, include specific details about your duties and accomplishments. For example, you can mention the number of projects coordinated, tenants managed, or frequency of audits in order to add important details to your work history. Additionally, include the outcomes of your efforts to demonstrate the impact you can have in this role. In the property manager resume sample, you will see that this candidates ability to manage a large crew of part-time grounds crew members ultimately resulted in financial savings. What are the outcomes or impact of your past roles?Finally, in the education section, the jobseeker outlines his formal education to round out the concrete experience, soft skills, and strengths mentioned in the previous sections. If you have additional certifications, you can include them in this section as well.Why You Need a Strong Property Manager ResumeThe Bureau of Labor Statistics expects property manager employment to rise 8 percent from 2014 to 2024, resulting in significant opportunity in this field. The recruitment of qualified candidates for this position will therefore become increasingly important. Despite this growth in employment, property management candidates still face challenges in hiring. Employers spend approximately five to seven seconds skimming resumes before deciding to proceed with a candidate, according to several studies. This makes differentiating yourself as a highly qualified and capable candidate in your resume all the more important. Through refere ncing the property manager resume sample, you will have a strong start for a well-formatted document that focuses on critical information for easy scanning.Costly Property Manager Resume Mistakes To AvoidFormatting, spelling, and grammar are crucial for any strong resume, as is an easy-to-read format. Many candidates believe these components are enough for a standout resume. However, this is not the case. Hiring managers look for candidates who have proven success in many areas of the role, so demonstrating yourself to be a well-rounded candidate is critical.The role of property manager requires many skill sets, so it is important that you establish your diverse abilities. Beyond overseeing the operations of a property, exhibit your management capabilities in areas such construction, financial operations, maintenance, and tenant relations. Soft skills can also include negotiation, coordination, and active listening. As displayed in the property manager resume sample, this candidate outlines wide experience in the core qualifications section and specific examples to demonstrate a diverse work history in the experience section. Forgetting to include details like this can make you a weaker candidate.ConclusionThe field of property management is growing, opening up opportunities for experienced professionals to advance their careers. Using the property manager resume sample, you can showcase yourself as a well-rounded candidate in a format that is easy to scan for hiring managers. Demonstrate the outcomes of your professional experience, soft skills, and formal education to create a picture of the many talents you would bring to this position. Property Manager Resume Questions  1. What should you do to make sure your property manager resume makes it past an ATS?Employers who receive vast numbers of applications may use an Applicant Tracking System to scan resumes for key terms before a hiring manager begins reviewing them. A resume that does not contain these keyw ords drops out of the running, while documents with higher numbers of keywords may rise to the top of the pile. In addition to reviewing our property manager resume sample, consult the specific job posting for terms to include. Pulling your phrasing directly from the posting’s list of requirements and preferences can keep your resume from falling through the cracks during the ATS screening.2. How do you list education on a property manager resume?Most applicants should list education as the last section of their resume. In some cases, a new graduate with little experience but highly relevant and impressive educational credentials may choose to list it first. However, jobseekers should keep in mind that employers looking for property managers tend to value practical know-how over academic knowledge. For this reason, unless the job posting emphasizes education, you should keep the level of detail to a minimum. Our property manager resume sample demonstrates an appropriate format for your education section.3. What sections should you include in your property manager resume?If you take a look at our property manager resume sample, you will note it includes a professional summary statement, then sections covering core qualifications, experience, and education. If you have several pertinent professional certifications, you may also include them in a separate section. Even with an example at hand, many jobseekers find the resume-writing process difficult. You may have trouble seeing how your own information fits into the standard resume structure. With our helpful resume builder, you can create a resume in minutes.4. What’s an example of a great property manager resume?A stellar property manager resume tells employers why your qualifications make you a great candidate for the position. Understanding what makes our property manager resume sample a strong example of effective resume composition can help you incorporate some important principles as you work on your own document.A hiring manager turning to this resume will first notice the clean and readable format. White space, headers, and limited quantities of bullet points allow the eye to skim easily from section to section.5. How can you separate your property manager resume from other candidates’ resumes?Applicants in today’s competitive job markets understand the importance of differentiating oneself from the crowd. However, you should also avoid the mentality of standing out at all costs, as it can lead to some serious missteps.Emphasize your strengths and accomplishments. Read the job posting carefully and respond specifically to the employer’s values and priorities. As in the property manager resume sample, avoid complicated formatting, fancy fonts, and any other gimmicks that draw attention to appearance at the expense of substance.

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Networking Plays a Critical Role in Your Job Search

Networking Plays a Critical Role in Your Job Search Networking Plays a Critical Role in Your Job Search Networking Plays a Critical Role in Your Job Search I attended a conference years ago in which the presenter gave me an Aha! moment during a discussion about careers: You are no bigger in your field than your Rolodex. (Or, for today's younger workers, your connections and followers.) I have never forgotten that statement. As an avid user of LinkedIn and Twitter, I've noticed a phenomenon that involves a sudden boost in connecting daily with many people or posting a lot of new recommendations at once: either the person is anticipating becoming unemployed or is on the cusp of losing their job. But that's not the way to network. To land that next job, you must network every day, whether you're facing unemployment or not. Here are four ways you can do that: Seek out professionals in your career focus area or target industry. Reach out when you don't need them. Read a great article about your industry, then send a note to the author letting him or her know how much you appreciated their insight. Listen to a great speaker about a topic in your area of expertise, then try to meet and exchange business cards. Ask for a coffee date to get more information about an industry or career path you'd like to pursue. You'll be surprised how many people will want to give you career advice. Everyone within your network should know your career aspirations and that you're in the market. (Tip: Always carry a business card for in-person meetingseven if you're unemployedbecause you never know when you'll run into someone you want to connect with.) My Resume's GreatWhy Network? If your job search consists of just sending out your resume, your success rate will probably be about the same as putting a note in a bottle and throwing it out to sea. In my prior role as a vice-president of human resources at Martha Stewart Living, we could post a job online and have 500 resumes within a day. That number is probably higher now. This just gives you an idea of what kind of competition you're facing and why networking is so critical. Any time to meet people is a time to network. With the holiday season here, we all receive invitations for various get-togethers. Sometimes we don't feel like going, but you may be passing up an opportunity. A career coach once told me about a young woman looking for a job with a specific company. While she was home for the holidays, she discussed her plans with her elderly aunt, who replied that one of her weekly bridge partner's granddaughters was an executive at the company. Her aunt contacted her friend, who in turn called her granddaughter. Within a few weeks, the young woman was interviewed and ended up with her dream job. This proves that you must let everyone know when you're looking. Target the Places You Want to Work Another aspect of networking is creating a master list of companies you'd want to work for. This is another way sites such as LinkedIn come into play. Search for a company and find a list of people who work there. How many of them are in your network? You should also do this when the company posts a job online. If you don't have a 1st Level connection, find 2nd Level connections and send them a note. They just might know someone there who can forward your name. Another great resource to connect with others is the groups feature on LinkedIn. More recruiters are using LinkedIn; some have even told me that it's their primary source for talent. And more recruiters are using Twitter and Facebook. Which one would be better for you? The best time to network is when you're not looking for a job. Remember: You're no bigger in your field than your Rolodex, or your connections and followers. Has networking helped you land a job? Tell us in a comment below. About the Author Today's post is written by Ron Thomas (pictured), a human resources professional with more than 15 years of experience, including roles with Martha Stewart Living and IBM. He was recently named to the Expert Advisory Council on Talent Management Strategy at the Human Capital Institute in Washington, D.C. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Workforce Management, Chief Learning Officer magazine and Crain's New York Business.Recently, he was named to the HR Hall of Fame by HR Network of New York. Ron's blog, StrategyFocusedHR, focuses on human resources from a strategic perspective.

Why the world needs more rebels

Why the world needs more rebels Why the world needs more rebels “So few want to be rebels anymore. And out of those few, most, like myself, scare easily.” ? Ray  Bradbury Where have all the rebels  gone?Think of any innovation that changed how any organization operates. I’m willing to bet the driving force behind it wasn’t conformity, but curiosity.Without rebellion, there’s no change. Curiosity is the spark behind the spark of a great idea. Ignorance starts all fires someone asks a questions no one else dared before.Follow Ladders on Flipboard!Follow Ladders’ magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and more!The companies that encourage rebel behaviors achieve  better outcomes. If conformity is the enemy of innovation, why are rebels so scarce then?Maybe leaders don’t know how to deal with troublemakers they feel threatened.Without Trouble, there’s No  Change“Originality is the best form of rebellion.” ? Mike  SassoCompanies are a living paradox. They want to be more innovative, yet expect their employees to conform to norms.Less than 10%  of employees think their employer regularly encourages nonconformity.Organizations are not designed for innovation but to reward conformity. The more people respect the rules and what’s expected of them, the better. The pressure to conform gets worse as we climb the corporate ladder.Half of employees feel the need to conform to their workplace norms, according to  research  by Francesca Gino, a professor at Harvard Business School. Even worse, more than half of interviewees think that  no one  in their organization questions the status quo.Conformity is a cultural thing it makes us feel accepted and part of the majority. It‘s’ nice to be agreeable too. However, what a vibrant, healthy world need is  trouble.Saying “no” when everyone else agrees, is not being a contrarian. It requires courage to speak against groupthink. Nonconformism tr iggers creativity.Troublemakers are rare and brave they make the world a better place. According to professor Charlan Nemeth, we all benefit when someone else presents a thoughtful contrarian view.Disagreement neutralizes groupthink.“It’s a benefit regardless of whether or not dissenters hold the truth,” Nemeth explains in her book  In Defense of Troublemakers.  â€œMost people are afraid and  they don’t speak up. The research really shows us that, even if it’s wrong, the fact that the majority or the consensus is challenged actually stimulates thinking.”Troublemakers are not rebels without a cause they want to liberate humanity from mediocrity and injustice. They create a generous, better space for everyone.Mahatma Gandhi led the Indian people toward independence through non-violent resistance. Abraham Lincoln fought to abolish slavery in the U.S. Martin Luther King Jr. inspired a movement to overcome racism and segregation. The Suffragettes fought for women’s right to vote.By trying not to offend others, we can cause more harm than good.  That’s what Nemeth uncovered by studying juries, airline crews, businesses, and teams in general. Dissent provides clarity we make better decisions.When we worry, we lose our ability to engage in an honest conversation. As Nemeth said, “We have to stop being polite if it means being dishonest about what we believe.”Nonconformism is painful but essential. It stimulates us to think more broadly, deeply, and honestly.Rebels Are Agents of  ChangeOrganizations misunderstand the power of rebellious people they see the trouble, not the possibilities.True rebels are not crazy or out of control. Their actions are not meant to defeat the current regime, but to improve it. They don’t break the rules because they want to, but because they have to. Rebels want to lead people to a better future.In her new book,  Rebel Talent, Francesca Gino shares the secrets of being a rebel in life and at work.Apple’s Steve Jobs, Pixar’s Ed Catmull, film director Ava Duvernay, magician Harry Houdini, and Walt Disney reminds us that rebels are all around us. As the behavioral scientist explains, you don’t have to be born a Rebel we can all become one.Rebels know how to break the habits that hold us back they fight groupthink and routines.Companies must reframe their relationships with rebels they are not a threat but the best ally  wise leaders  can have.As Francesca Gino said,  â€œTo be a rebel does not mean you have to be an outcast or a troublemaker. Effective rebels are people who break rules in ways that are positive and productive.”Rebels fight limits they break, transform, and create beyond the norm.Since childhood, we are taught to conform. At school, we learn to choose certainty over doubt. Organizations teach people to do things in a certain way, not to question.Rebels defy groupthink they share five traits: novelty, curiosity, perspective, diversity, and authenticity.Innovative companies enc ourage rebel talent. They continually challenge employees to do new tasks or find new ways to operate. Embracing rebels generates better business results.So, why do leaders still want to shoot the messenger?Don’t Kill the  Rebel“With rebellion, awareness is born” ? Albert  CamusNonconformity signals separate rebels from the rest.According to the  Red Sneaker Effect, observers judge nonconformists as having a higher status than those who abide by the norms.Whether it’s a CEO who makes the rounds of Wall Street in a hoodie and jeans, a presenter who creates her own PowerPoint template rather than using her company’s, or a keynote speaker who wears red sneakers nonconformists are considered superior.Why is it that only a few leaders encourage deviant behaviors?Research shows that just a few weeks of acting against the norms can boost our self-esteem. People who were encouraged to speak up, to be themselves, and express their own opinions feel more confident.When facilitating a  team offsite, I witness this transformation directly. When people feel free from limitations, they not only liberate their true selves they become unstoppable. Performance, collaboration, and innovation boost when people don’t feel the pressure to conform.Organizati ons silence troublemakers they see rebellions as a  coup d’etat, not as the path toward betterment.Don’t confuse behavior with intention. Resistance and unhappiness are a signal. Disengaged employees are not a disease, but a symptom.Complainers are not necessarily trying to boycott your company they speak  on behalf of the group.Don’t kill the rebels find out what’s the message they are  trying to tell you.Being rebellious is not an attitude but a habit. It requires courage to speak up when everyone else stays silent. Troublemakers have grown their confidence muscles by standing up against conformity.However, being a rebel is exhausting. Your team cannot rely on just a few voices. It’s not fair to leave that responsibility to the usual troublemakers.Purposeful revolutions are contagious.Rebels have a strong reputation people respect their authenticity and passion. It’s not easy to stand up against criticism. Generous troublemakers inspire others to speak up too. They tur n conformity into the new normal.How to Liberate the Rebel within Your  Team1. Make it safe to be a non-conformistChallenging the status-quo requires more than drive. Organizations must provide a safe space for people to speak up.Southwest Airlines created a safe, high-engagement workplace by respecting human nature. It allowed employees to speak up and decide how to best do their work. They just had to follow one rule: be aligned with the company’s purpose safety for everyone.A  Fearless Culture  is the foundation for dissent, honesty, and transparency. Remove the fear of retaliation make it okay to be a rebel.2. Allow people to be themselvesMost people are quite capable of creative thinking and  problem-solving.The Chicago Public Library wanted to become more innovative. Working with them, we noticed that the team lacked creative talent. But, when coaching them, we realized many of the staff were writers, painters, inventors but outside work.The organization didn’t need to hir e creative talent they just needed to let people bring their rebel spirit to work.3. Encourage people to break the  rulesRules are meant to bring clarity and enable people. Unfortunately, most of them focus on telling people what they can’t do, rather than liberating their best self.Hannah Vaughn Setzer was born with a  rare cyst condition. Experts advised her parents that she wouldn’t survive birth. She defied the doctor’s prognosis the 28-year-old woman has become a disability rights advocate and health blogger.Rebels don’t let others define their limits they break the rules with intentionality and purpose, as  I wrote here.4. Fail  SmartMistakes don’t just welcome breakthrough they are a necessary path toward innovation. You can’t discover a new solution without failing. You must first find 10,000 ways that something won’t work, as Thomas A. Edison allegedly said.Foster happy accidents. Mistakes are lessons  in disguise.  Rebels welcome all the ideas that flow from a mistake-friendly culture.Don’t fail fast, but  fail smart. The point is not making mistakes out of stupidity or being in a rush but out of purpose.5. Turn Constraints into a SuperpowerLimitations  drive innovation a tight budget makes some teams complain but gets others excited and focused. It was precisely a constraint what helped the U.S. Navy become an innovation hub in no time.It all started with a young aviator named  Ben Kohlmann everyone described him as a troublemaker, disrupter, heretic, among other things. The key to his success? He recruited the black sheep.One man had been fired from a nuclear submarine for disobedience. Another refused to attend basic training. Others had yelled at their senior officers. They all had a track record of insubordination. But, the aviator saw their potential, not their flawsKohlmann succeeded because he built a nonconformist culture he brought the misfits and ‘rank-and-file’ together. The  sailors who had never shown  a desire to ch allenge the status-quo were exposed to new ways of thinking. Collaborating with the rebels turned this hybrid team into a success.6. Encourage positive  conflictDisagreement is uncomfortable. However, it’s the most effective way to drive alignment. Rather than forcing people to be on the same page, let them write that page.Nonconformism stimulates us to think it leads to better ideas and solutions. As Google CEO Eric Schmidt said, “We run this company on questions, not answers.”Rebels thrive in organizations that are  lead with questions. Instead of seeing things as they are, they ask “What if?” or “How might we?”7. Innovate from the  fringesEveryone has the responsibility and  ability to lead. People don’t need a title to drive change they thrive in a culture that encourages positive rebellions.Innovation requires safe places in which to break the rules, make mistakes, and recoverâ€"and then try it again, and again. Groups of rebels challenging common sense are not that bad. Make room for the fringes.Swedish Greta Thunberg was just 15-year old when she decided to cut class to fight the climate crisis. Her age didn’t stop her from going  on school strike  at the parliament to get politicians to act.Rebels-at-heart enjoy navigating uncharted territory. Set your troublemakers free.Conformity drives repetition which promotes boredom, and disengagement. That’s why the world needs more rebels.The good news? You don’t need to hire additional people. Liberate the troublemaker within your team. Start your innovation revolt design and build a rebel culture.Gustavo Razzetti is a change instigator who helps people and organizations create  positive change. He advises, writes, and speaks on team development and culture transformation. Receive his  weekly insights  or follow him on  LinkedIn.  This article first appeared on Medium.  You might also enjoy… New neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happy Strangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds 10 lessons from Benjamin Franklin’s daily schedule that will double your productivity The worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs 10 habits of mentally strong people

This is how competition in life affects your brain

This is how competition in life affects your brain This is how competition in life affects your brain Ashley Merryman  is the co-author of the two  New York Times  bestsellers  NurtureShock, one of the most influential books about children ever published, and  Top Dog, which blends science and storytelling to examine elite performance across business, sports, and academia.  Michael Gervais  recently hosted her on the  Finding Mastery podcast  to discuss the surprising neuroscience and psychology behind competition, cooperation, and conquering challenges head-on.Michael: Do you value risk-taking?Ashley: Absolutely. I’m in awe of people who are better at it than I am, which isn’t too hard. People who really take risks all the time I think are awesome.Michael: It is wonderful, isn’t it? There’s a balance between neurochemistry and genetic coding, as well as a skill.Ashley: And gender.Michael: It’s wild that there’s a gender difference. When I first came across that, I was like, “You’ve got to be kidding me.”Ashley: Po Bronson and I were going to write this book about c ompetition and he asked, “Hey, do you think we should write about gender differences?” I immediately said, “No.” I didn’t want people to hold up [Top Dog] and say, “The reason more women aren’t in office is because they can’t compete.”When we were writing NutureShock, we came across gender differences pretty regularly in the data, but they were just such small differences that I thought they’d be a distraction. [But then] we found the research of Muriel Niederle at Stanford, who asked men and women in the lab, “Do you want to compete or not?” 70% of the guys said “Game on.” 30% of the women said yes.That’s a 40% [difference]. That’s not just some random deviation. People talked about her work before, but I think they got it wrong because they said, “Well, women can’t compete. Women don’t want to compete.” What we realized from her work is that women are really good at calculating their odds of success, and men are really good at ignoring them. Women just refuse to participate if they don’t think they’re going to win. Guys just go, “Yeah, I think I got this,” and they jump in. For me personally, I’ve been trying to be less concerned with the outcome, more willing to take risks and think, “What am I going to learn from this experience?” If I’m going to learn something, the fact that I’m not actually successful in the task can be irrelevant. I’ve just got to  focus on what I can learn.Michael: There’s an entire social construct around the word “competition.” The American idea is to compete against, to work against another unit. [But] if we look at the original definition of “competition,” it’s about cooperation. “Let’s thrive together. Let’s figure something out together. Let’s embrace and love the people on the other side.” I wonder if you can bounce off that a little bit.Ashley: It’s a false choice between competition and cooperation. You and I can work together on a project, but want to beat the other guys who are working on their project. If you and I are competing against each other, but we’ve agreed on a forum and a conduct of behavior, we’ve still cooperated because we’re laying out those ground rules. I just think it’s false when people talk about, “It’s a dog eat dog world,” or “We’re all singing Kumbaya.” Neither of those is true.Michael: If we go down into the game theory and the logic around that, most competitions are zero-sum games, meaning the winner takes all. War is the ultimate winner-take-all, because it’s land and life that are on the line. But for games like football, basketball, and baseball, where we’re agreeing on the construct, it’s not winner-take-all.Ashley: Yeah, the benefit of competition isn’t the win. The benefit of competition is improvement.We opened Top Dog with this description of Jason Lezak in the Beijing Olympics, and his famous come-from-behind victory so that the Americans could win the relay , and Michael Phelps beating Mark Spitz’s record. All of that is awesome and Jason is amazing, but five of the eight teams beat the world record that day.They didn’t all go home with a [new] world record, but they all did something no one in the world had done before. The fact that other people were doing it at the same time doesn’t take away from their achievement. If anything, the next time they get in the pool, their expectation of what is possible has changed.In the moment, competition improves your performance because if you see what someone else does, it’s not about tearing them down, it’s about saying, “Is there more I can do that I didn’t even realize?”Then competition improves over time, because with practice you start realizing, “Oh, I get tired at this point,” or “This kind of thing frustrates me,” or “I’m better in this kind of circumstance, and how do I prepare for it?” It’s both in the moment, and competing over time. They both give you that improvement.My favorite example of that is Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. When Phelps announced his retirement, people asked Ryan, “What do you think?” I guess they were expecting, “Well, more medals for me!” But instead he was like, “I don’t buy it. He’s going to come back. He makes me swim better.” Phelps came back, and at the first competition, one of them won. They were both like, “What’s this rivalry? He makes me swim better.”If you’re getting a team of stars together though, that’s a different challenge. Putting a bunch of experts in a room, they’re going to start throwing knives at each other pretty quickly. But if you give them a purpose, if you give them a structure and a mission, then they end up doing spectacular things.  They need that guidance and that singular vision, especially if you’ve got really talented people, because they already have a vision that they’re bringing in.Michael: When people can hook into something that’s big ger, it gives them a reason to rely on and trust other people to do something together.Ashley: Right. Because if you’re an elite athlete, if you’re terrific at throwing the football, you could throw it down the field as far as you can, but there’s no one to catch it. You can do more on a team. If you want to throw things by yourself, there’s this sport called javelin throwing, and no one needs you to catch it. If you want to do more, then  the team environment is where you need to go. You have to explain to people that that context and the communal effort is going to get them more than they would get on their own.Michael: Yeah, there you go.Why compete? Why is competition important?Ashley: We’re social animals. That’s what we do. We think about, “How am I doing compared to my sister, or my friend?” The best competitors pick and choose when they’re going to compete. The best Olympian goes in and says, “I am going to work really hard to be successful, and I will cr ush my opponents.” But he doesn’t have that same approach to getting a parking space at the mall.Michael: They have control. They can toggle it up and down when they need to.Ashley: Great competitors understand when it’s not important. Another part is that a great competitor understands it can take a really long time to get good at something.Michael: A very long time. This is why I think it’s hard for the talented to stay the journey, because it was easy for them. They’re always the tallest, the strongest, the biggest at a young age. It’s really difficult for them to stay the path of mastery. Sometimes they don’t have that fire and that competitive drive to get better.Can you explain some of the neurotransmitters that are important for competition?Ashley: Yes. I was having a conversation with UC Berkeley neuroscientist Silvia Bunge. She was saying that motivation is expressed in the brain with the transmission of dopamine. I was confused because my understanding was th at you get dopamine when you achieve your goal, that dopamine was the reward, but Sylvia was saying that dopamine is what you get in motivation. Then I realized that motivation is the goal.When I’m planning something, even when it comes off the way I wanted it to, there’s normally a letdown. What was missing? What I realized from talking to Sylvia was that the dopamine from getting the success pales in comparison to the dopamine I had during the process, during the motivation to do it.Humans are not built to do something and then say, “We’re done.” The point of our physiology is to literally give us the physical and mental capability, once we do one goal, to achieve the next goal. Your hit of dopamine from being successful is not your victory lap, it’s to help you find the next goal.You can say that dopamine is the neurotransmitter version of motivation, and that testosterone is the hormonal version of it. You get a boost of testosterone when you win not because, “I’ m awesome,” but because you’re getting ready to do the next challenge. You get a bigger testosterone boost from a near win, because it’s the guy who just lost who said, “No, no. Rematch.” It’s that biochemical preparation to get us to continue on.  Motivation really is the goal.Michael:  I love it. Because the path, in and of itself, is the virtue. The path of growing is the path worth going on.I think the challenge and threat piece is so good. Let’s dive into that.Ashley:  A challenge is when you have the resources, skills, and ability to succeed. That doesn’t mean that success is guaranteed. It could work, it might not, but you have a meaningful chance. A threat is when you don’t have the resources, skills, and ability to succeed and the main question is, “How badly is this going to go?”What’s amazing is these two different perspectives, the psychology of challenge and threat, trigger different physiological responses. I can’t overestimate how significant they are. Jeremy Jamieson did an experiment with chronically anxious people. They were asked to give a speech about their lives, dreams, and hopes, and people were insulting them.The difference between going into that speech feeling excited and feeling nervous, a challenge or a threat, was an additional two liters of blood pumping out of their hearts above baseline per minute. Two liters.In a challenge state, your heart rate variability improves. Your blood vessels all dilate, you burn stored glucose, you get an increase in testosterone, you get a depression in cortisol, you get increases in adrenaline versus noradrenaline.In a threat state, your heart rate variability drops. Your heart rate goes up, but you have vasoconstriction, so you’ve got all this blood rushing out of your heart, but it doesn’t have anywhere to go. Your fingers start getting tingly and numb. You get a burst of energy because you burn circulating glucose, not stored glucose.Researchers at the University of Washington did a great study asking the question, “What stuff makes the elite?” They do a shooting simulation with professional police officers who have had at least 10 years on the force. They know how guns work, they know how shooting simulations work. In theory, they should be at [max performance levels].[But some were] thinking, “Are you scoring me based on how many targets I hit or how many targets I missed? Are you scoring me based on what I did compared to someone else?” Those kinds of questions, and the psychological and physiological triggering, accounted for 73% of the variance between the two performances.Michael:  My thoughts impact my physiology, and my physiology impacts my psychology. It’s that interaction between both that’s really important, and the mentally disciplined can do some sort of intervention [if necessary]. Breathing happens to be one of the more potent ones to do.Ashley:  My favorite example of that is a study of  special forces  and elite a thletes. The comparison group were people prone to panic attacks. I call them panickers. All of them are naturally sensitive to changes in their heart rate. The special forces and the elite athletes said, “My heart rate is going up. Is that appropriate given what I’m about to do? Is there something in my environment that I need to change?” The panickers went, “My heart is going up. I’m going to have a panic attack.” Then they do.The elite athletes and special forces guys are saying the physiology is a diagnostic tool, showing me there’s something I need to address. Whereas for the panickers, it was the diagnosis. Once their heart rate goes up, they’re on that train, and they can’t stop it.I now try and look at them both ways. I understand that if I’m nervous about something, I’m stressed and I’m feeling those physiological symptoms. Metabolically, it’s going to take about 45 minutes for my testosterone and cortisol levels to get regulated anyway, so I just have to realize this is how I’m going to feel. I’m going to be nervous, I’m going to be shaking. How am I going to best perform under these situations? How do I power through this?That’s the worst case scenario. Ideally though, I think in advance, “This is going to be stressful. I’m going to think of this as a challenge.” And what is a challenge? It’s not whether or not I’m going to be successful at the task. It’s “Can I learn from this?” That way I can look forward to it, but I can also use the physiology as cues. You can use the physiology to help you identify the psychology, but you can also use the psychology to prevent the physiology from going badly.If you think of everything as an opportunity for growth and a learning experience, then that is a challenge, and as long as you learn from it, then you know going in that you’re going to be successful.My best example of that- a young woman I mentor was really nervous. She had just gotten her  first job int erview, and she had worked really hard on her résumé. She called me and said, “Help me figure out.” I said, “I’m not going to tell you you’re going to get the job, because who knows? What I can promise is that by the end of this, you will never have to have another first job interview of your life ever again. When you go in, mentally prepare for how you can learn from this as much as you possibly can.” She said, “Yeah, I can do that.”She called me the week afterward and she said, “I wasn’t nervous, and I learned from it. I didn’t get the job, but I’m totally fine.” A week after that, she had her second interview, and she got the offer.If we’re really focused on the value of improvement and believe in the value of learning and growth, I think you’re good, whether you’re talking about a three-year-old on a soccer pitch or some player in the World Cup.Michael:  Is there a single ideal competitive mindset that you’ve come across?Ashley:  I don’t thi nk there’s one [ideal mindset]. The best competitors know what those things and situations are that make them do their best, and use that to their advantage.Some people do best playing not to lose, and some people do best feeling anxious, and feeling like they don’t want to let the country down. Some people do best calm. Some people do best playing happy. Some people do best playing angry. Some people do their best fired up, and to tell everyone “You need to be calm” is a big disservice.If people are stressed, the advice is “You’re not stressed, you’re excited.” You’ve just got to change it to a positive understanding. “This is important to me, and that’s a good thing. We’re going to use that to our benefit.” Rather than, “This is so important, I’m going to implode.”Michael:  I like it. I do talk about the value of calm, but I make sure that there’s some sort of fire. It’s not relaxed and mellow.Ashley:  Pure rage and chronic anger is a problem, b ut there’s been research that people who get angry in appropriate circumstances have higher mental well-being than those who are just happy all the time. I think anger is the agent of change. Happy people are happy, so there is no reason to change. An angry person says, “No, I need to do something.” The catalyst for anger is perceiving an obstacle in your way, but believing [there’s] something you can do to change it. If you have an obstacle but no power to change it, that doesn’t lead to anger, that leads to despair.I think anger can be very productive, and we’re told, “Don’t be angry.” I think that’s wrong. It’s about always making sure that you’re moving forward.This conversation has been edited and condensed.This article was originally published on Heleo.