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Tag Archives: Motivation
Overcoming the Frustration of Job Search Rejection
We don’t intentionally set out on a mission, whatever it might be, with the intent of being rejected. Rejection doesn’t feel good. But for the unemployed, the sting of rejection is all too familiar. And when that sting is added to … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional Health, Stress Mastery, Work
Tagged advice, emotional health, Employment, fear of change, finding a job, finding employment, Interview Advice, Job hunting, job rejection, Job Search, Lynda Watts, making a change, managing your career, Motivation, networking, opportunities, professionals over 40, rejection, secrets to success, unemployment
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Layoffs, Injuries, Superheros and Autism: Facing Adversity
It’s All Good! You FINALLY get an offer for what promises to be a great job — and you accept! All there’s left to do is pack up, move out, and get settled in a new city. Penalties be damned, you cash … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional Health, Physical Health, Stress Mastery, Work
Tagged adversity, attitude, Autism, Autism spectrum, determination, Disability, Family, finding a job, finding employment, High-functioning autism, Lynda Watts, making a change, Motivation, Parent, reality, special-needs parent, strength of character, unemployment
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A Hiring Story with Update on Lynda C. Watts
To my regular readers, THANK YOU for your patience while I’ve made the transition back into the world of formal employment. That transition included a move from St. Louis, Mo. to Kansas City (Overland Park), KS — and all that comes with … Continue reading
Posted in Gossip, News, and Misc. Musings, Work
Tagged after 40, Business, Business and Economy, career change, career opportunity, Employment, finding a job, finding employment, Interview, Interview Advice, interviewer, Job hunting, Job Search, linkedin, Lynda Watts, managing your career, Masters Degree, middle age career change, Motivation, professionals over 40, secrets to success
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Seek & Find: Love & Labor — Get a Job, Find a Date
Seek & Find: Love & Labor We each spend a good deal of time in our respective life journeys simply seeking. We seek jobs. We seek love. We seek comfort, convenience, compassion, and culture. We seek happiness, contentment, and success. … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships, Work
Tagged advice, best way to find a job, best way to find love, career advice, career opportunity, Dating, eHarmony, finding a job, finding employment, finding love, Gym, Home Office, Job Search, life purpose, Lynda Watts, making an effort, Motivation, Online dating service, Personals, professionals over 40, Relationship, secrets to success, Skype
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Storms & Perspectives: The Value of Change in Hard Times
Countless motivational sites, free email subscriptions to daily motivational quotes, and well-intended “uplifting” rhetoric from every talking head on the tube, have combined to dilute the value of what we know as “motivation.” Like the calluses our hands develop from … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional Health, Work
Tagged after 40, after the storm, attitude, calm before the storm, career change, change, change in attitude, death of loved-one, divorce, fear of change, fighting depression, hard times, keeping your chin up, Lynda Watts, making a change, Mental Health, Mother Nature, Motivation, opportunities, personal crisis, perspective, Storm, Thunderstorm, unemployment, value in life
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Grown-up Living: Careers & More 