Personal Development
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In the first-ever SUCCESS 25 list—which premiered in the January 2015 issue of SUCCESS— we salute 2014’s most influential leaders in personal growth. In this list, to kick off the celebration, we’ve chronicled the most successful achievement philosophers of all time. Dive into the words from these legends that will shape your life: Maya Angelou (1928–2014) Writer, singer, activist, philanthropist, filmmaker: Maya Angelou was many things to many people, and when she passed away this year, the public mourning was palpable. Her message of equality…
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What s The Matter with Personal Development Plans (PDP s)? Most organisations we work with have a PDP process in place. And most of the PDP templates we see are reasonable, sensible and basically helpful. So what s the problem? The problem is that often that many people s experience of PDP s is that it a dry process, remote from their day-to-day work, and that the documents they create don t actually help them to take action. (And if you don t believe us, just think how many times have you seen the same things on someone s PDP, year after year?)…
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Title: Computer Literacy Award Type: Minor Code: 3N0881 Level: 3 Credit Value: 10 Portfolio of Work: 60% Skills Demonstration: 40% Purpose: The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge skill and competence to describe the role of computers in everyday life and to operate a personal computer safely in a supervised environment. Students will also have to prove competency in using a computer application to create a file, enter data, use a keyboard and mouse, print a file and store the file appropriately. Portfolio of Work: Portfolio…
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Match customer needs with what your program has to offer when creating a marketing plan. Images Anticipating customer needs by identifying what the consumer wants in a product or service will help you to tailor both the services your organization offers as well as help you to tailor a marketing plan. A marketing plan and materials should highlight the benefits and qualities of your services. It is an essential part of the business plan, which helps you communicate the attributes of your program and establish distribution channels. People who are…
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Putting together a list of excellent books on any subject is always a highly subjective exercise. Nonetheless it is often useful to try to sort through the clutter and at least try to assemble some worthy nominations based on a book’s quality or popular appeal (and all the books on this list have regularly topped the best selling and popular lists internationally and all carry between 4 and 5 star ratings on Amazon.com). The list of Top 20 of the best books on Coaching and Mentoring below includes only those written in the last 5 years (2007-2012)…
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I sure you’ve heard this before, but a reminder is always good. Two critical success factors in personal and professional development are (1) choosing the right kind of people with whom to associate and (2) reading books that will stretch you personally and professionally. Regarding the people with whom we associate, Jim Rohn said it best: “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Additionally, Dan Miller writes: “Do you know that most people earn within 20 percent of the average income of their closet friends” ( No…
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It’s classic: We go about our lives, striving to achieve the next big thing, and the itch to be successful clouds the importance of taking care of our inner self, of nurturing our well-being. Sometimes we have to experience a traumatic event before the alarm bells start screaming in our minds. Five years ago I experienced that traumatic situation when I was sexually molested and exploited. I fell into a depression, crying myself to sleep every night, eating poorly and losing weight, and I had absolutely no sense of my reality. Up until that point…
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