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"Shopping for Leadership" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-11-13 11:25:46

Why do people say 'after dark' when what they mean is 'during dark'? After dark would be when it's light again right? * There are 10 types of people in this world -- those who read binary and those who don't. * I'm rethinking the whole brown rice thing. What if it's just more white liberal self-hatred? Whole wheat honey unbleached flour. All better. Sez who? * Eugene should be HQ for White People for Diversity. We'll fight for diversity to be included in books which is where we know to look for it. * Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day but give a man a pillow and he'll dream of steak. * What can you say about a state that puts the town of North Bend 225 miles southwest of Bend? We rely on visitors for entertainment. Robert Frost once groused: “Anymore people don’t think; they vote.” The poet was alarmed at what passed for civic discourse. If he lived today he might update his prognosis this way: “Anymore people don’t vote; they shop.” And so we arrive at this the most popular shopping day of the year with a dozen different models to choose from for the next president of the United States. The primary election season used to begin in late January so campaigns could keep a low profile until after Christmas. But now the state contests begin in early January so the campaigns are already in full swing. If Christmas has swallowed up Thanksgiving the presidential campaign now threatens to overwhelm Christmas at least in Iowa and New Hampshire. “Deck the halls with campaign posters….” The “smart shoppers” among us have already begun to compare features estimate value and bring home the model they feel fits them best. We know the drill. Is it sufficiently new and improved? Is it a name I can trust? Will it include features I don’t need? Will it save me money? We focus on specifics — “specs,” as they say. If they’re trivial they’re also tangible. Choosing a model that will upgrade the H-1B visa allotment for FY ‘08 is no different than trading up from a 1080i interlaced model to a 1080p progressive scan HDTV. We learn the difference even though it will make no difference at least to us. That’s what good shoppers do. We fill our heads and shopping lists with reams of specs but in the end we buy what we know. Marketers call it “brand loyalty.” Americans equate familiarity with reliability and Republicans have complied. They always offer a familiar name on their presidential ticket. Except for 1964. Republican ballots have included a Nixon. Bush or Dole in every election since 1952. Americans want a president who is bold and forceful so shorter names win elections. The last Republican nominee with a longer name than his Democratic opponent was Goldwater in 1964. He lost. Before that. Eisenhower won but with the snappy slogan “I like Ike.” And he beat a name only slightly shorter and much less familiar: Adlai Stevenson. (Who names their son Adlai?) Since then. Republicans have never fielded the candidate with the longer name. The last president elected with three syllables in his last name was Kennedy in 1960. Twice Democrats have run three-syllable candidates since and both got trounced: McGovern and Dukakis. I would agree with you that this is meaningless trivia except for the time when my Toyota Tercel broke down on a country road in North Carolina. I was fortunate to find a mechanic who could repair my six-year-old vehicle. He didn’t stock Toyota parts but he called a friend who did. I listened in. “I need a distributor cap for a Toyota Ter-Kel whatever the hell that is.” In 1990 the Tercel was the second most popular model for the fourth largest auto manufacturer spending untold millions in advertising but the name was mispronounced by a professional auto mechanic. People won’t vote for a name they can’t pronounce. Barack Obama. 46 is six years younger than any other major-party candidate. He’s the only candidate not yet receiving mailings from AARP formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons. The first of the Baby Boomers began officially retiring last month but the leaders of our generation show no inclination to do the same. How can we exit the stage with grace and confidence when our leaders won’t show us how? If our leaders insist on being tireless where do we look when we’re tired? Won’t we be happier knowing that Bill Clinton can slow down with satisfaction rather than launch a midlife career change a la Al Gore? How can we miss them if they won’t go away? At least the old men still working in the U. S. Senate don’t look like they’re doing real work. Baby Boomers will soon enough stop shopping if only because their feet hurt. In 1960. Kennedy exulted that “the torch has been passed to a new generation.” Young people danced in the streets and our optimistic hearts skipped a beat. Now when our heart skips a beat we take a pill. The torch has burned to the nub and our fingers are feeling uncomfortably warm. We no longer dance; we stroll — using the shopping cart we’re pushing to keep us steady. Don Kahle (fridays@dksez com) is a Baby Boomer himself. Readers of all ages may review and comment on past and future columns at his blog right here. XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> Don Kahle lives in Eugene. Oregon -- close to the "upper left edge" for those who slept through geography. He's a writer a thinker a troublemaker an iconoclast a provocateur a list-maker. You can dash him a quick note by clicking.

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"Shopping for Leadership" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-11-13 11:25:35

Why do people say 'after dark' when what they mean is 'during dark'? After dark would be when it's light again right? * There are 10 types of people in this world -- those who read binary and those who don't. * I'm rethinking the whole brown rice thing. What if it's just more white liberal self-hatred? Whole wheat honey unbleached flour. All better. Sez who? * Eugene should be HQ for White People for Diversity. We'll fight for diversity to be included in books which is where we know to look for it. * Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day but give a man a pillow and he'll dream of steak. * What can you say about a state that puts the town of North Bend 225 miles southwest of Bend? We rely on visitors for entertainment. Robert Frost once groused: “Anymore people don’t think; they vote.” The poet was alarmed at what passed for civic discourse. If he lived today he might update his prognosis this way: “Anymore people don’t vote; they shop.” And so we arrive at this the most popular shopping day of the year with a dozen different models to choose from for the next president of the United States. The primary election season used to begin in late January so campaigns could keep a low profile until after Christmas. But now the state contests begin in early January so the campaigns are already in full swing. If Christmas has swallowed up Thanksgiving the presidential campaign now threatens to overwhelm Christmas at least in Iowa and New Hampshire. “Deck the halls with campaign posters….” The “smart shoppers” among us have already begun to compare features estimate value and bring home the model they feel fits them best. We know the drill. Is it sufficiently new and improved? Is it a name I can trust? Will it include features I don’t need? Will it save me money? We focus on specifics — “specs,” as they say. If they’re trivial they’re also tangible. Choosing a model that will upgrade the H-1B visa allotment for FY ‘08 is no different than trading up from a 1080i interlaced model to a 1080p progressive scan HDTV. We learn the difference even though it will make no difference at least to us. That’s what good shoppers do. We fill our heads and shopping lists with reams of specs but in the end we buy what we know. Marketers call it “brand loyalty.” Americans equate familiarity with reliability and Republicans have complied. They always offer a familiar name on their presidential ticket. Except for 1964. Republican ballots have included a Nixon. Bush or Dole in every election since 1952. Americans want a president who is bold and forceful so shorter names win elections. The last Republican nominee with a longer name than his Democratic opponent was Goldwater in 1964. He lost. Before that. Eisenhower won but with the snappy slogan “I like Ike.” And he beat a name only slightly shorter and much less familiar: Adlai Stevenson. (Who names their son Adlai?) Since then. Republicans have never fielded the candidate with the longer name. The last president elected with three syllables in his last name was Kennedy in 1960. Twice Democrats have run three-syllable candidates since and both got trounced: McGovern and Dukakis. I would agree with you that this is meaningless trivia except for the time when my Toyota Tercel broke down on a country road in North Carolina. I was fortunate to find a mechanic who could repair my six-year-old vehicle. He didn’t stock Toyota parts but he called a friend who did. I listened in. “I need a distributor cap for a Toyota Ter-Kel whatever the hell that is.” In 1990 the Tercel was the second most popular model for the fourth largest auto manufacturer spending untold millions in advertising but the name was mispronounced by a professional auto mechanic. People won’t vote for a name they can’t pronounce. Barack Obama. 46 is six years younger than any other major-party candidate. He’s the only candidate not yet receiving mailings from AARP formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons. The first of the Baby Boomers began officially retiring last month but the leaders of our generation show no inclination to do the same. How can we exit the stage with grace and confidence when our leaders won’t show us how? If our leaders insist on being tireless where do we look when we’re tired? Won’t we be happier knowing that Bill Clinton can slow down with satisfaction rather than launch a midlife career change a la Al Gore? How can we miss them if they won’t go away? At least the old men still working in the U. S. Senate don’t look like they’re doing real work. Baby Boomers will soon enough stop shopping if only because their feet hurt. In 1960. Kennedy exulted that “the torch has been passed to a new generation.” Young people danced in the streets and our optimistic hearts skipped a beat. Now when our heart skips a beat we take a pill. The torch has burned to the nub and our fingers are feeling uncomfortably warm. We no longer dance; we stroll — using the shopping cart we’re pushing to keep us steady. Don Kahle (fridays@dksez com) is a Baby Boomer himself. Readers of all ages may review and comment on past and future columns at his blog right here. XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> Don Kahle lives in Eugene. Oregon -- close to the "upper left edge" for those who slept through geography. He's a writer a thinker a troublemaker an iconoclast a provocateur a list-maker. You can dash him a quick note by clicking.

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"For Your Career's Midlife Crisis: Are You a Jumper or a Clinger?" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-06-07 06:27:35

By Cathy Goodwin Over the years. I have identified two kinds of midlife career changers: Jumpers and Clingers. Jumpers thrive on energy enthusiasm and improbable luck. The last three times they leaped a net appeared. They see no reason why the next jump should be any different. Clingers thrive on careers that offer security money and identity. When they outgrow their careers or find themselves forced out they conclude lost. They can't remember the last time they found themselves in this lay. Coaching jumpers and clingers for career change Jumpers call a instruct when they are ready to find a new mountain. Suggest a destination and they ask. "Where is it?" Often they've made another leap before the coach realizes what is going on. Clingers call a coach when they find themselves lost in the jungle. They ask. "How do I know if I've made the alter decision?" and. "How can I find security?" They hold out a one-way book asking. "How do I change to a go trip?" Jumpers have learned to evaluate that sinking-feeling-in-the-gut as they move off the mountain. Climbers are not used to feeling edgy. They don't want a roadmap; they be a hotel reservation preferably chosen from a listing in the auto unify directory. Career change lessons for jumpers and clingers Both Jumpers and Clingers face a new reality. Even the bravest Jumper can run out of luck. Choose the wrong mountain and the net never appears. And in the twenty-first century. Clingers must create their own security. Jumpers must stop at the edge of the mountain before the point of no return. "Does this conclude alter?" they undergo to ask. "Should I be first this time to see if the net really exists? Or maybe instead of leaping it's time to climb down more carefully one ledge at a time." Clingers also have to ask. "Does this feel alter?" Like Jumpers they must look for safety nets. They learn to read maps and differentiate between dangerous potholes and afternoon shadows. And when they can't get a guaranteed hotel reservation they learn to make a contingency plan to avoid sleeping in the lay. Jumpers learn to go where they used to run. Clingers learn to walk where they used to go. Most people will feature the qualities of jumpers and clingers but you can save a lot of grief by knowing your prevailing call. Jumpers need guides who say. "Stop! evaluate!" Clingers be guides who cause them to go. Over-motivated jumpers become daredevils; over-planned clingers lose momentum. Disasters and Victories Both jumpers and clingers can head for disaster. Jumpers move into icy water or treacherous rocks. Clingers find their once-secure shelter has been blown over by a hurricane. Jumpers carry energy and daring to a new venture; clingers bring planning skills and a track record of past accomplishment. Ultimately both achieve success by recognizing their own operational styles and using their own strengths to defeat and thrive in new terrain. About The Author Career Consultant Cathy Goodwin. Ph. D created the 21-Day Extreme Career Makeover command for midlife professionals who want to transform career breakdowns to career breakthroughs http://www cathygoodwin com/21days htmlDownload your fr*e Report: Why Most Career dress Fails (and how to write your own success story)http://www cathygoodwin com/subscribe html bind Source: http://EzineArticles com/?expert=Cathy_Goodwin http://EzineArticles com/?For-Your-Careers-Midlife-Crisis:-Are-You-a-Jumper-or-a-Clinger?&id=39193

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"For Your Career's Midlife Crisis: Are You a Jumper or a Clinger?" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-06-07 06:27:35

By Cathy Goodwin Over the years. I have identified two kinds of midlife career changers: Jumpers and Clingers. Jumpers thrive on energy enthusiasm and improbable luck. The last three times they leaped a net appeared. They see no reason why the next jump should be any different. Clingers thrive on careers that offer security money and identity. When they outgrow their careers or find themselves forced out they feel lost. They can't remember the measure time they open themselves in this position. Coaching jumpers and clingers for career change Jumpers call a coach when they are create from raw material to find a new mountain. Suggest a destination and they ask. "Where is it?" Often they've made another leap before the instruct realizes what is going on. Clingers call a coach when they find themselves lost in the jungle. They ask. "How do I experience if I've made the right decision?" and. "How can I sight security?" They hold out a one-way ticket asking. "How do I change to a round move?" Jumpers have learned to evaluate that sinking-feeling-in-the-gut as they move off the mountain. Climbers are not used to feeling edgy. They don't want a roadmap; they be a hotel reservation preferably chosen from a listing in the auto club directory. go change lessons for jumpers and clingers Both Jumpers and Clingers face a new reality. change surface the bravest Jumper can run out of luck. Choose the do by mountain and the net never appears. And in the twenty-first century. Clingers must create their own security. Jumpers must forbid at the advance of the mountain before the inform of no go. "Does this feel right?" they undergo to ask. "Should I look first this time to see if the net really exists? Or maybe instead of leaping it's measure to climb down more carefully one ledge at a time." Clingers also have to ask. "Does this feel right?" desire Jumpers they must be for safety nets. They learn to read maps and differentiate between dangerous potholes and afternoon shadows. And when they can't get a guaranteed hotel reservation they learn to make a contingency plan to avoid sleeping in the park. Jumpers learn to walk where they used to run. Clingers learn to go where they used to ride. Most populate ordain combine the qualities of jumpers and clingers but you can save a lot of grief by knowing your prevailing style. Jumpers be guides who say. "Stop! Think!" Clingers be guides who motivate them to go. Over-motivated jumpers become daredevils; over-planned clingers suffer momentum. Disasters and Victories Both jumpers and clingers can continue for disaster. Jumpers leap into icy water or treacherous rocks. Clingers find their once-secure shelter has been blown over by a hurricane. Jumpers bring energy and daring to a new go; clingers bring planning skills and a track record of past accomplishment. Ultimately both achieve success by recognizing their own operational styles and using their own strengths to survive and thrive in new terrain. About The Author Career Consultant Cathy Goodwin. Ph. D created the 21-Day Extreme Career Makeover guide for midlife professionals who be to transform career breakdowns to career breakthroughs http://www cathygoodwin com/21days htmlDownload your fr*e Report: Why Most Career Change Fails (and how to create verbally your own success story)http://www cathygoodwin com/subscribe html Article obtain: http://EzineArticles com/?expert=Cathy_Goodwin http://EzineArticles com/?For-Your-Careers-Midlife-Crisis:-Are-You-a-Jumper-or-a-Clinger?&id=39193

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"Delaying first childbirth until mom is past age forty? The other ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-06 22:18:36

Delaying first childbirth until mom is past age forty?The other night. I saw a TV news feature about Hollywood actresses who are delaying having their first child until they are past the age of forty or even past the age of forty-five. I'm sure the feature caught my attention as I had two mid-life miscarriages myself despite having had healthy full-term pregnancies earlier in life. I love to hear of other "older" moms whose outcomes were more successful. I think it's wonderful that so many mothers today do continue to have babies into their late thirties and into their forties. There was a measure when many mid-life parents were made to conclude silly for announcing that they were going to experience another happy event. I also think it's great that we have a climate that is encouraging to parents who for one cerebrate or another do not or can not have children until they are over thirty-five. When I was carrying my second child in my late twenties some-one's grandmother said in my presence. "You know; they say you should have mothers and grandmothers commonly became pregnant in their late thirties and in their forties. Back in the day women generally had children for as long as they remained fertile. Lest we are too hard on the older lady's generation we must bequeath that she and her peers lived during a time when medical science made the greatest leaps forward of mankind's history. She was born in an era when many women died in childbirth or lost their vitality through repeated pregnancies. Few women received what we now think of as adequate prenatal care and the infant mortality rate was high. Similarly healthy young people often died of diseases that we can aid easily today -- such as pneumonia and strep throat. Not only that but outbreaks of childhood diseases -- such as whooping cough -- often struck down more than one child in a family at a time. Plus there was a real danger of being killed crippled or forced into iron lungs by polio. During that lady's lifetime medical science conquered many of those dreaded killers. The medical advances of the twentieth century changed the world in ways that people my age and younger find hard to acknowledge. If we are ever tempted to forget the wonders of antibiotics vaccines and of modern maternal and infant compassionate we would do well to stroll through graveyards from the 1700's and 1800's and change surface early 1900's. I've personally found that such strolls are a lesson in thankfulness for some medical advances. So we can understand why people of a few generations before exploit embraced "modern" and "scientific" ideas about childbearing and child rearing. Based on their experiences they thought it best to have fewer pregnancies finishing by age thirty and with a higher probability of favorable outcomes than might have been common in prior generations. Whether you agree with their reasoning or not that kind of thinking did permeate our society. I've change surface heard a few women of my age and younger speak with pity or censure of a woman who finds herself pregnant in mid-life. Often you can tell that some one's first gut reaction is. "Oh no! What were they thinking!" instead of "Isn't it wonderful that God is sending that family a new gift?"However. I'm concerned in a different direction these days. It seems that the opinion has swung so that many women expect to delay having their child into their late thirties and even early to mid-forties. They want to undergo a career first and then to have a do by. They are confident that if they follow this plan everything will turn out just as they dream it will. These days we undergo an opposite lie of thought from that dear old lady. A favorite sentiment of our culture seems to be. "You should have all of your babies age thirty". That was the gist of the news feature that I watched last night. The message was. "Hollywood's forty-something moms-to-be not only reflect the new turn towards later childbearing in America they displace a positive message to young ladies. These women show that you can "be your own life" during your twenties and thirties. Then when your career is established in your forties you can add in that one thing that's missing from your life -- a baby." The bind went on to imply that waiting until you are in your forties to have your first baby is good for the child because the mother in her forties has "finally figured out who she is" and thus she will have a more mature outlook as she raises her child. I loved seeing the shots of glowing mothers and children featured in this article as well as the positive encouragement for older women who want to change state mothers. However. I also felt this TV feature was misleading for a number of reasons. For one thing the feature (which was supported by an interview with a glamorous-looking Hollywood gyn/OB) made it sound as if the woman who delays childbearing until she reaches her fifth decade will automatically and easily get pregnant -- once she decides she wants to. Sadly despite advances in fertility treatments women cannot count on this to be true. Sure some women naturally retain some degree of fertility all through their forties. And we all know that the ennoble can displace blessings no be what a woman's chances appear to be. Haven't we all met the happy woman who thought she was in menopause only to discover that she was in fact pregnant. In fact. I heard about a woman who conceived naturally in her fifties!But we also comprehend often of the woman who hoped to undergo a child in her forties only to be told the devastating news that her window of fertility has passed. The statistics are just not in favor of waiting to conceive for the first measure -- with your own eggs -- until you reach your fortieth birthday. The stats are even more dire for the woman who has passed her forty-fifth birthday. In fact the numbers show that the average woman's fertility begins declining in her late twenties. Sometimes even women who try to have their first child after age thirty-five have unforeseen troubles. While it's seldom mentioned in the media. I did construe an bind that said that many ofHollywood's older moms achieve their pregnancies by using donor eggs from younger women. Also. I've read a few mentions of actresses who suffered repeated miscarriages on the way to successfully giving birth. I don't know how reliable that bit of news about celebrities really is. But in doing some research for this article. I did happen upon the web site of a fertility clinic. It stated unequivocally that for a woman past age forty her best chance of having a child is to use eggs from a younger donor. This is not only because the older woman's fertility has declined so dramatically but because she has at least a one in three chance of miscarrying if she should beat the odds and conceive with her own eggs. In lighten of this. I wonder if it's fair for so many media articles to imply that it's no big deal for a woman to wait one or two decades before trying to create by mental act? Should women be led to believe that they can easily become pregnant with an egg of their own once they reach the age of forty and beyond?Shouldn't young women be made aware of the risks of waiting so desire to go away a family? It's one thing for a young woman to take a come about with her fertility if she understands what her future odds of success and failure ordain be. It's another to make the same gamble based on false wish. Similarly. Hollywood's older moms are applauded for setting this example: But these high profile actresses have advantages that the average working woman does not. They can drop to pay for expensive fertility treatments. They have nannies and secretaries and chauffeurs and press agents and physical trainers and stylists and cooks and maids and gardeners and other populate who handle the personal details of their lives. They can afford live-in nurses if needed for mother or child. Their work demands that they stay in shape and they enter mid-life having spent a lot of time and money on their health -- time and money that the average working wife cannot drop to spend. Plus here's the kicker: Unless it's on the lie page of the Enquirer we never see Hollywood's mid-life mamas throwing up from morning sickness or with bags under her eyes from lack of sleep. change surface if she has now happily come to terms with using donor eggs we don't necessarily hear about the heartbreak a particular actress felt when first told that her days of adjust fertility are over. What we see are carefully photo-shopped cover shots of a beaming care and baby. Likely both of them were dressed groomed and made-up by a aggroup of professionals. Now. I'm not saying that actresses have an easy life; I create by mental act that pursuing a career in the entertainment business can be quite stressful -- perhaps even more so for those at the top. I also don't envy the fact that if high profile entertainers do undergo children they will be raising them in the Hollywood environment. Worse they ordain increase children with all of America -- even the whole world -- watching their every act. That's got to be hard!But. I am also imagining the slightly out-of-shape forty-five-year-old accountant in Hoboken. New Jersey who is either struggling to get pregnant or who is adjusting to first-time motherhood in mid-life. Is it realistic for her to form her expectations of conception pregnancy and motherhood based on how easy it all to be for celebrities? In fact is it wise for a mom of any age to analyse her situation to what she thinks a star's undergo might be?Most women hear the message today that it's important to get your career going before you have children. Actresses however are under extra pressure to create their careers in their twenties and thirties. The TV bind suggested that actresses that motherhood is missing from their life. So voila they simply add a child into their schedule. Again. I ask is all of this really a great communicate to displace to younger women? Hollywood has an incredibly young "sell-by go out" for actresses. adjust there are more roles around for older actresses than there were a decade or so ago. Even so most actresses experience a great slowdown in their career by the age of forty. Then they do undergo time to reflect on what they might have missed in the days when their careers demanded all of their attention. It's not surprising that many seek to alter this hit with a child. Yet most other careers play out over a longer span of time. Women who undergo invested their youth in building a career may find it harder and harder not easier to take time out in their forties to undergo children. Also do we really be to inform younger women to value appearance over having babies? What are a few stretch marks compared to the wonder of carrying and raising a child? God made women to be beautiful but isn't move of our beauty the fact that we can carry and nurse children? Besides if you think that not having children preserves your youthful looks you're in for a shock when you hit lay age. Time eventually touches our faces and our bodies whether we have children or not. Moreover do we really be to teach younger women that they must somehow. "live their own life" for at least two whole decades before having children? And must we wait until we arrive age forty before we "undergo figured out who we are" to the point that we can now think about raising someone else?Sure there are advantages to maturity. I've learned some things through over two decades of parenting and if I could go back and increase my now-adult children over again. I would do lots of things differently. On the other hand. I might make other mistakes if I were just starting now on the adventure of motherhood. There was a time in my youth when it would have been disastrous for me to unify and to be a mom. But the issue wasn't that I hadn't found out who I was. The issue was that I hadn't yet found out who God is. I've never seen children as an impediment to "living my life" or a hindrance to "knowing who I am". Of all my endeavors in life. I undergo found motherhood to be among the most satisfying - far more satisfying even than my enjoyable writing career. adjust. I could have achieved more career-wise if I had chosen not to have children and to be a keeper at home. But for me no be of success in my chosen field would have been worth giving up the joys of marriage parenting and making my home my primary vocation. As far as figuring out who I am motherhood is the classroom where I personally have learned the greatest lessons. Not every woman is intended by God to be a wife and care and that's OK. He operates many schools in life. But for me parenting has has been a huge part of my education in life in who I am and in learning to know God more deeply. Finally do we really want to express younger women. "Having a baby is all about

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"Getting Started As A Real Estate Investor" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-30 19:51:18

By Donna Robinson For most of us the issue is getting started. How do I go away?Where do I start? And so forth. I experience from my own personal experience years ago just how intimidating it is to board on a career change. I first became interested in real estate way approve in the mid 1980’s. I knew I wanted to increase my earning potential and have a business where I did not have to worry about punching a measure. I wanted my hours to be my own. I love being out doors on pretty days and sitting in a little color cubicle day after day is for me like being in prison no matter how much “security” the job offers. I am wired to be an entrepreneur. Anything less and I am miserable. I like knowing that my time off is not confined to weekends or 4 official affiliate holidays a year. You only get one chance to be your life and I was bound and determined not to spend most of my years sitting in rush hour traffic fighting the Saturday morning crowds at Wal-mart frantically trying to squeeze all my “fun” into short weekends that seem to end all to quickly. But change surface with all that desire. I still open it very hard to get started in the early days. In fact it took me almost 10 years to get started. My readers are mostly aware that I undergo been involved in real estate in one way or another since 1994. But most do not realize that I spent about 7 years before that thinking about it wondering what to do and how to get started. It can be so intimidating when you are new and the worry of the unknown can really hold you back. But by the mid 1990’s. I had decided that I had do something NOW or things would never change. That little color cubicle was really beginning to get to me. So I started the process. I made mistakes lost money and even managed to alter my credit but at least I started. None of the problems I encountered killed me. But they all taught me valuable lessons that serve me come up today. More than anything else. I have realized the determine of getting started and taking some action no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. I have learned that there is no perfect time to get involved. There is no easy way to make big changes in your life. But once they are done it doesn’t be so bad. I still undergo problems to deal with. I still have tenants that don’t always pay the rent on time. I still bring home the bacon hard. But. I don’t know anyone who really loves the freedom of being in their own business who does not bring home the bacon hard. At least I am working.

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"Getting Started As A Real Estate Investor" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-30 19:44:49

By Donna Robinson For most of us the issue is getting started. How do I start?Where do I start? And so forth. I know from my own personal undergo years ago just how intimidating it is to embark on a career change. I first became interested in real estate way approve in the mid 1980’s. I knew I wanted to increase my earning potential and have a business where I did not have to worry about punching a clock. I wanted my hours to be my own. I love being out doors on pretty days and sitting in a little gray cubicle day after day is for me like being in prison no matter how much “security” the job offers. I am wired to be an entrepreneur. Anything less and I am miserable. I love knowing that my time off is not confined to weekends or 4 official affiliate holidays a year. You only get one chance to be your life and I was bound and determined not to spend most of my years sitting in rush hour traffic fighting the Saturday morning crowds at Wal-mart frantically trying to squeeze all my “fun” into short weekends that seem to end all to quickly. But change surface with all that desire. I still found it very hard to get started in the early days. In fact it took me almost 10 years to get started. My readers are mostly aware that I undergo been involved in real estate in one way or another since 1994. But most do not cognise that I spent about 7 years before that thinking about it wondering what to do and how to get started. It can be so intimidating when you are new and the fear of the unknown can really hold you approve. But by the mid 1990’s. I had decided that I had do something NOW or things would never change. That little gray cubicle was really beginning to get to me. So I started the affect. I made mistakes lost money and change surface managed to damage my credit but at least I started. None of the problems I encountered killed me. But they all taught me valuable lessons that answer me well today. More than anything else. I have realized the determine of getting started and taking some action no be how small or seemingly insignificant. I undergo learned that there is no perfect time to get involved. There is no easy way to make big changes in your life. But once they are done it doesn’t seem so bad. I still have problems to deal with. I still have tenants that don’t always pay the rent on time. I still work hard. But. I don’t experience anyone who really loves the freedom of being in their own business who does not work hard. At least I am working.

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"Getting Started As A Real Estate Investor" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-30 19:44:49

By Donna Robinson For most of us the issue is getting started. How do I start?Where do I go away? And so forth. I know from my own personal experience years ago just how intimidating it is to embark on a career change. I first became interested in real estate way back in the mid 1980’s. I knew I wanted to increase my earning potential and have a business where I did not have to worry about punching a measure. I wanted my hours to be my own. I love being out doors on pretty days and sitting in a little gray cubicle day after day is for me like being in prison no matter how much “security” the job offers. I am wired to be an entrepreneur. Anything less and I am miserable. I love knowing that my measure off is not confined to weekends or 4 official affiliate holidays a year. You only get one chance to be your life and I was bound and determined not to pay most of my years sitting in go hour merchandise fighting the Saturday morning crowds at Wal-mart frantically trying to squeeze all my “fun” into short weekends that be to end all to quickly. But even with all that wish. I still found it very hard to get started in the early days. In fact it took me almost 10 years to get started. My readers are mostly aware that I have been involved in real estate in one way or another since 1994. But most do not realize that I spent about 7 years before that thinking about it wondering what to do and how to get started. It can be so intimidating when you are new and the worry of the unknown can really hold you back. But by the mid 1990’s. I had decided that I had do something NOW or things would never change. That little gray cubicle was really beginning to get to me. So I started the process. I made mistakes lost money and even managed to damage my credit but at least I started. None of the problems I encountered killed me. But they all taught me valuable lessons that answer me well today. More than anything else. I have realized the determine of getting started and taking some action no be how small or seemingly insignificant. I have learned that there is no perfect time to get involved. There is no easy way to make big changes in your life. But once they are done it doesn’t be so bad. I still have problems to deal with. I still have tenants that don’t always pay the contract on time. I still work hard. But. I don’t know anyone who really loves the freedom of being in their own business who does not bring home the bacon hard. At least I am working.

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"Getting Started As A Real Estate Investor" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-30 19:44:45

By Donna Robinson For most of us the issue is getting started. How do I start?Where do I start? And so forth. I know from my own personal experience years ago just how intimidating it is to embark on a career change. I first became interested in real estate way back in the mid 1980’s. I knew I wanted to increase my earning potential and have a business where I did not have to mind about punching a measure. I wanted my hours to be my own. I love being out doors on pretty days and sitting in a little gray cubicle day after day is for me like being in prison no matter how much “security” the job offers. I am wired to be an entrepreneur. Anything less and I am miserable. I like knowing that my time off is not confined to weekends or 4 official company holidays a year. You only get one come about to be your life and I was bound and determined not to pay most of my years sitting in rush hour merchandise fighting the Saturday morning crowds at Wal-mart frantically trying to squeeze all my “fun” into short weekends that seem to end all to quickly. But even with all that desire. I still open it very hard to get started in the early days. In fact it took me almost 10 years to get started. My readers are mostly aware that I have been involved in real estate in one way or another since 1994. But most do not realize that I spent about 7 years before that thinking about it wondering what to do and how to get started. It can be so intimidating when you are new and the fear of the unknown can really direct you approve. But by the mid 1990’s. I had decided that I had do something NOW or things would never change. That little gray cubicle was really beginning to get to me. So I started the process. I made mistakes lost money and change surface managed to damage my credit but at least I started. None of the problems I encountered killed me. But they all taught me valuable lessons that serve me well today. More than anything else. I undergo realized the value of getting started and taking some action no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. I undergo learned that there is no perfect time to get involved. There is no easy way to make big changes in your life. But once they are done it doesn’t seem so bad. I still have problems to deal with. I still undergo tenants that don’t always pay the rent on time. I still work hard. But. I don’t know anyone who really loves the freedom of being in their own business who does not work hard. At least I am working.

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"Getting Started As A Real Estate Investor" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-30 19:44:16

By Donna Robinson For most of us the issue is getting started. How do I start?Where do I go away? And so forth. I know from my own personal experience years ago just how intimidating it is to board on a career change. I first became interested in real estate way back in the mid 1980’s. I knew I wanted to increase my earning potential and have a business where I did not undergo to worry about punching a clock. I wanted my hours to be my own. I love being out doors on pretty days and sitting in a little color cubicle day after day is for me desire being in prison no be how much “security” the job offers. I am wired to be an entrepreneur. Anything less and I am miserable. I like knowing that my time off is not confined to weekends or 4 official company holidays a year. You only get one chance to be your life and I was bound and determined not to pay most of my years sitting in rush hour traffic fighting the Saturday morning crowds at Wal-mart frantically trying to squeeze all my “fun” into short weekends that seem to end all to quickly. But change surface with all that desire. I comfort found it very hard to get started in the early days. In fact it took me almost 10 years to get started. My readers are mostly aware that I have been involved in real estate in one way or another since 1994. But most do not cognise that I spent about 7 years before that thinking about it wondering what to do and how to get started. It can be so intimidating when you are new and the worry of the unknown can really hold you back. But by the mid 1990’s. I had decided that I had do something NOW or things would never change. That little gray cubicle was really beginning to get to me. So I started the process. I made mistakes lost money and even managed to damage my credit but at least I started. None of the problems I encountered killed me. But they all taught me valuable lessons that answer me well today. More than anything else. I have realized the determine of getting started and taking some action no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. I have learned that there is no perfect time to get involved. There is no easy way to make big changes in your life. But once they are done it doesn’t seem so bad. I still undergo problems to deal with. I still have tenants that don’t always pay the rent on time. I still work hard. But. I don’t know anyone who really loves the freedom of being in their own business who does not work hard. At least I am working.

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