"I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest."
~Muhammad Ali
Just returned from a week of vacation in beautiful Colorado where I saw some of the most beautiful roads, rivers and mountains! There's nothing like getting away to help clear your head, focus on the future, and affirm goals. During my week away, I read through Elizabeth Gilbert's book, Eat, Pray, Love. The story reminds me of the last BACTS Update I sent, where I asked that you keep "Believing" in yourself, your abilities, and affirm your success.
This week, I'd like to continue with the theme about how you must believe you will find work soon. Regardless of how long you have been off of work, you are either your own advocate or your worst enemy, by the words you choose to use to describe yourself. Affirmation is powerful, if used in the right direction! The choice is certainly yours, but as a job seeker, it would be best to be your own cheerleader and keep yourself pumped for the "marathon" of job searching.
There is a great quote in Eat, Pray, Love that describes how people repeat the same words over and over to themselves, and how these words so often have a negative affect. I have mentioned this before, about talking yourself up, not down, but I continue to speak with many unemployed who either are not getting interviews, or getting interviews but not getting offers. The conversation often leads to, "I guess I'm never going to get a job", or "I don't think anyone will hire me because....", "I can't take that job, it's too little pay", or "I won't apply for that position because it's a title I had 5 years ago"....
In the book, there is reference to how "All the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all the joy. We create words to define our experience and those words bring emotions that jerk us around like dogs on a leash. We get seduced by our own mantras (I'm a failure...I'm lonely...I'm not employable...(I added this last one to this quote), and we become monuments to them. To stop talking for a while, then, is to attempt to strip away the power of words, to stop choking ourselves with words, to liberate ourselves from our suffocating mantras."
It's important for all of you to stop beating yourself up for not yet finding work. It doesn't do you any good. Be quiet for a while. When you are ready to start talking to yourself, say only positive things, with affirmations that you will be successful. Try it, and you will find that without the little voice in your head telling you that you can't... you just might be able to do what you want to do!
I know week after week, without employment, the "mantras" get louder, but please, try to silence them. Each one of you has potential to find work. Don't accept that you will be unemployed forever, because you will not.
"Affirmations are like seeds planted in soil. Poor soil, poor growth. Rich soil, abundant growth. The more you choose to think thoughts that make you feel good, the quicker the affirmations work." ~Louise L. Hay
BACTS FACT: "A recruiter is looking for the most confident, talented, personable, capable, and experienced candidate. That's you, right?"
THAT'S IT: In the last BACTS Update, I shared a thought about volunteering in the field you have interest in for full time work. I heard back from Bill S. who wrote, "I'm one of those still unemployed, but a very slow process a getting a job is closer. In your updates, you have mentioned to volunteer in the area of work interest. My neighbor told me of an opportunity and I have been volunteering twice a month since October, 2009. The reward is great, as the 7-14 men look forward to myself and others who come to see them, as they sit in their jail cells. About 4 months ago, I was asked to be a volunteer chaplain in the jail, which has now turned in to a 20 hours a week paid position, as they found some funds. Sometimes we are given hurdles to overcome, but remember there is a plan, that we may not see right away and we need to wait for His time."
Just returned from a week of vacation in beautiful Colorado where I saw some of the most beautiful roads, rivers and mountains! There's nothing like getting away to help clear your head, focus on the future, and affirm goals. During my week away, I read through Elizabeth Gilbert's book, Eat, Pray, Love. The story reminds me of the last BACTS Update I sent, where I asked that you keep "Believing" in yourself, your abilities, and affirm your success.
This week, I'd like to continue with the theme about how you must believe you will find work soon. Regardless of how long you have been off of work, you are either your own advocate or your worst enemy, by the words you choose to use to describe yourself. Affirmation is powerful, if used in the right direction! The choice is certainly yours, but as a job seeker, it would be best to be your own cheerleader and keep yourself pumped for the "marathon" of job searching.
There is a great quote in Eat, Pray, Love that describes how people repeat the same words over and over to themselves, and how these words so often have a negative affect. I have mentioned this before, about talking yourself up, not down, but I continue to speak with many unemployed who either are not getting interviews, or getting interviews but not getting offers. The conversation often leads to, "I guess I'm never going to get a job", or "I don't think anyone will hire me because....", "I can't take that job, it's too little pay", or "I won't apply for that position because it's a title I had 5 years ago"....
In the book, there is reference to how "All the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all the joy. We create words to define our experience and those words bring emotions that jerk us around like dogs on a leash. We get seduced by our own mantras (I'm a failure...I'm lonely...I'm not employable...(I added this last one to this quote), and we become monuments to them. To stop talking for a while, then, is to attempt to strip away the power of words, to stop choking ourselves with words, to liberate ourselves from our suffocating mantras."
It's important for all of you to stop beating yourself up for not yet finding work. It doesn't do you any good. Be quiet for a while. When you are ready to start talking to yourself, say only positive things, with affirmations that you will be successful. Try it, and you will find that without the little voice in your head telling you that you can't... you just might be able to do what you want to do!
I know week after week, without employment, the "mantras" get louder, but please, try to silence them. Each one of you has potential to find work. Don't accept that you will be unemployed forever, because you will not.
"Affirmations are like seeds planted in soil. Poor soil, poor growth. Rich soil, abundant growth. The more you choose to think thoughts that make you feel good, the quicker the affirmations work." ~Louise L. Hay
BACTS FACT: "A recruiter is looking for the most confident, talented, personable, capable, and experienced candidate. That's you, right?"
THAT'S IT: In the last BACTS Update, I shared a thought about volunteering in the field you have interest in for full time work. I heard back from Bill S. who wrote, "I'm one of those still unemployed, but a very slow process a getting a job is closer. In your updates, you have mentioned to volunteer in the area of work interest. My neighbor told me of an opportunity and I have been volunteering twice a month since October, 2009. The reward is great, as the 7-14 men look forward to myself and others who come to see them, as they sit in their jail cells. About 4 months ago, I was asked to be a volunteer chaplain in the jail, which has now turned in to a 20 hours a week paid position, as they found some funds. Sometimes we are given hurdles to overcome, but remember there is a plan, that we may not see right away and we need to wait for His time."
Bill's story confirms my suggestion to not turn away an opportunity because it doesn't fit exactly what you had in mind, or what your MIND was telling you it HAD to be. Go after everything, with earnest, and hopefully, you'll be working soon.
“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." ~Napoleon Hill
Have a great week everyone,
Jan
Jan M. Smith
Inland Management Group
Human Resource Consulting & Support to the Service Industry
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