Monday, 22 December 2008

Fundraiser

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http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/careers/2008/12/11/best-careers-2009-fundraiser.html

Best Careers 2009:

Fundraiser

Posted December 11, 2008

Overview. Whether it's for a political party or the Little League, many people like the idea of being a fundraiser, except for one thing: "I could never ask for money." Fact is, only a small percentage of a development (fundraising) professional's time is spent on "the ask."

In fact, the task is often easy if you've built a relationship with the donor and made the donor's involvement in the organization pleasant. Most of a development professional's time is spent recruiting, training, and motivating volunteers, developing a database of donors, conducting research on wealthy prospects to maximize the size of their donations, friendraising ("A Day in the Life," below), writing grant proposals, overseeing E-mail and phone campaigns, and/ or running fundraising events, like a splashy gala. The best development professionals naturally inspire trust. They're intelligent but low key and comfortable being self-effacing: That makes donors feel as though they're a cut above. Low-pressure, polished sales managers do well as fundraisers and fundraising managers.

The job market ? While the slowing economy portends lower donations, to date, hiring of fundraisers has continued to grow.

A Day in the Life. As a development director for a college, you probably have among the campus's most plush offices—the college wants its rainmakers and donors to be comfy. Your morning might start by reviewing prospect dossiers—corporate executives and other fat cats you'll visit in person. Each dossier, compiled by a staff researcher, identifies the prospect's hot buttons: Is he a sports nut? Then you can hit him up for money for the new football stadium. Is she passionate about the environment? Explain the dire need to expand the library's collection on environmental studies. After brushing up on wills and trusts, off you go to meet your prospects. Both say no, for now—but that's OK, because "friendraising" is often a necessary prerequisite for fundraising. Back at the office, you review the plan for the annual campaign, which includes telemarketing scripts, direct-mail pieces, and "Dinner With the Profs," a meeting between big donors and the school's best instructors. Finally, you review your website's traffic numbers and work on a plan to tweak the site so it generates more donations.

Salary Data

Median (with eight years in the field): $66,000

25th to 75th percentile (with eight or more years of experience): $54,900-$92,700

(Data provided by PayScale.com)

Training

Generally, fundraisers are trained on the job, although they may take training offered through such organizations as the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Foundation Center .

Smart Specialty

Fundraising for Green Organizations. With environmentalism the Green Giant of causes and America's fastest growing religion, this niche may offer one of the easier routes to landing a good development job and to raising money.

Fundraising for Arts Organizations. Working for a museum, symphony, or theater group allows you to have a life in the arts without becoming a starving artist.

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http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/best-careers/2008/12/11/best-kept-secret-career-prospect-researcher.html

Best-Kept-Secret Career: Prospect Researcher

Posted December 11, 2008

Snapshot: One of nonprofits' hidden heroes is the prospect researcher. They mainly use computers to identify target donors—for example, wealthy people who have donated to similar causes. A prospect researcher will also dig up more detailed information about a potential major donor to help the solicitor maximize the donation: For example, the prospect's hobbies, pet peeves, past donations, and emotional hot buttons. If you'd like to direct your detective and information junkie proclivities to nonprofit ends, prospect research might be on target for you.

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How to Enjoy Work Again

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How to Enjoy Work Again

December 18, 2008 10:48 AM ET Curt Rosengren
In my work helping people create careers (and lives) that light them up, one of the ideas I use is something I call "managing your Gain-to-Drain Ratio."

It's a simple idea. In a nutshell, managing your Gain-to-Drain Ratio means bringing more of what energizes you into your life and reducing or eliminating the things that drain your energy. The more Gain and the less Drain you have, the more energized and engaged you'll feel.

You can apply the idea to all parts of your life—work, relationships, health, finances, etc.

Take work, for example. You can start by making an inventory of both sides of the equation. For the Gain, start by asking, what do you love about the work you do ? What is most fun ? Most interesting ? When do you lose yourself in your work ? How about the people around you ? Who are the people you really enjoy ? Are there group interactions you find especially engaging ?

On the flip side, take a look at what drains your energy. What drives you nuts ? Are there elements of your work that you don't enjoy, or that don't come naturally ? Are there people who grate on you ? How about the time you have to spend commuting ?

Once you have a picture of what both the Gain and the Drain look like, you have a starting point to start managing the Gain-to-Drain Ratio. You can:

  1. Look at the existing Gains and ask, "How can I build more of these into the picture ?"
  2. Look at the existing Drains and ask, "How can I reduce or eliminate these ?"
  3. Look around and ask, "Are there other things I can incorporate that would result in more Gain ?"

The process takes it out of vague feelings about your situation and gives you concrete, tangible things to evaluate and take action on.

After years as a professional malcontent, Curt Rosengren discovered the power of passion. As a speaker, author, and coach, Rosengren helps people create careers that energize and inspire them. His book, 101 Ways to Get Wild About Work, and his E-book, The Occupational Adventure Guide, offer people tools for turning dreams into reality. Rosengren's blog, the M.A.P. Maker, explores how to craft a life of meaning, abundance, and passion.

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Recounting

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Why I’m Recounting the Kindness of Colleagues

December 19, 2008 11:08 AM ET Michael S. Wade

Too often we can readily recount those times when we encountered cruel or thoughtless behavior in the workplace. That is why a periodic review of the kindness that has shaped and boosted our careers is important.

I recall:

  • One of my first supervisors, who patiently permitted me to redo a project that, because of a faulty assumption on my part, I'd thoroughly botched.
  • An associate who tolerated the inconvenience of my odd work hours so I could spend more time with my children.
  • A couple of colleagues who took the time to show me around and locate an apartment when I first arrived in Washington, D.C.
  • An adversary who chose to ignore an intemperate memo that I'd written.
  • An attorney who made an eloquent and completely unexpected job recommendation that opened a door that otherwise would have been nailed shut.
  • The highly ethical bosses who not only led by example but also talked about the values and ground rules they developed over the years.

I doubt if any of those people fully realize the beneficial impact they had on my thinking and my career.

How many acts of kindness can you recall ?

Michael Wade writes Execupundit.com, an eclectic combination of management advice, observations, and links. A partner with the Phoenix firm of Sanders Wade Rodarte Consulting Inc., he has advised privat e- and public-sector organizations for more than 30 years.

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Sunday, 21 December 2008

Part 8: Battle for Your Mind

http://www.sibyllineorder.org/psychology/psy_brain8.htm
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The Brain Phases
To understand brainwashing, we have to look to Pavlov, the Russian scientist, for a technical explanation. In the early 1900s, his work with animals opened the door to further investigations with humans. After the revolution in Russia, Lenin was quick to see the potential of applying Pavlov's research to his own ends. Pavlove identified three distinct and progressive states of trans-marginal inhibition were identified by Pavlov. The first is the Equivalent phase, in which the brain gives the same response to both strong and weak stimuli. The second is the Paradoxical phase, in which the brain responds more actively to weak stimuli than to strong. And the third is the Ultra-paradoxical phase, in which conditioned responses and behavior patterns turn from positive to negative or from negative to positive. With the progression through each phase, the degree of conversion becomes more effective and complete. The way to achieve conversion are many and varied, but the usual first step in religious or political brainwashing is to work on the emotions of an individual or group until they reach an abnormal level of anger, fear, excitement, or nervous tension.

The progressive result of this mental condition is to impair judgement and increase suggestibility. The more this condition can be maintained or intensified, the more it compounds. Once catharsis, or the first brain phase, is reached, the complete mental take overs becomes easier. Existing mental programming can be replaced with new patterns of thinking and behavior.

Other often-used physiological weapons to modify normal brain functions are fasting, radical or high sugar diets, physical discomforts, regulation of breathing, mantra chanting in meditation, the disclosure of awesome mysteries, special lighting and sound effects, programmed response to incense, or intoxicating drugs. The same results can be obtained in contemporary psychiatric treatment by electric shock treatments and even by purposely lowering a person's blood sugar level with insulin injections.

Before I talk about exactly how some of the techniques are applied, I want to point out that hypnosis and conversion tactics are two distinctly different things - and that conversion techniques are far more powerful. However, the two are often mixed . . . with powerful results.
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I have personally experienced sitting in a Los Angeles auditorium with over ten thousand people who were gathered to listen to a current charismatic figure. Twenty minutes after entering the auditorium, I became aware that I was going in and out of an altered state. Those accompanying me experienced the same thing. Since it is our business, we were aware of what was happening, but those around us were not. By careful observation, what appeared to be spontaneous demonstrations were, in fact, artful manipulations. The only way I could figure that the eyes; open trance had been induced was that a 6- to 7-cycle-per-second vibration was being piped into the room behind the air conditioner sound. That particular vibration generates alpha, which would render the audience highly susceptible. 10 to 25 percent of the population is capable of a somnambulistic level of altered states of consciousness; for these people, the suggestions of the speaker, if non-threatening, could potentially be accepted as "commands."

Vibrato
This leads to the mention of Vibrato. Vibrato is the tremulous effect imparted in some vocal or instrumental music, and the cycle-per-second range causes people to go into an altered state of consciousness. At one period of English history, singers whose voices contained pronounced vibrato were not allowed to perform publicly because listeners would go into an altered state and have fantasies, often sexual in nature. People who attend opera or enjoy listening to singers like Mario Lanza are familiar with this altered state induced by the performers.

ELFs
Now, let's carry this awareness a little farther. There are also Inaudible Elfs (Extra-low Frequency Waves). These are electromagnetic in nature. One of the primary uses of ELFs is to communicate with our submarines.

Dr. Andrija Puharich, a highly respected researcher, in an attempt to warn U.S. officials about Russian use of ELFs, set up an experiment. Volunteers were wired so their brain waves could be measured on an EEG. They were sealed in a metal room that could not be penetrated by a normal signal. Puharich then beamed ELF waves at the volunteers. ELFs go right through the earth and, of course, right through metal walls. Those inside couldn't know if the signal was or was not being sent. Puharich watched the reactions on the technical equipment: 30 percent of those inside the room were taken over by the ELF signal in 6 to 10 seconds.

The Neurophone
In the early 1960s, as a teenager, Dr. Patrick Flanagan was listed as one of the top scientists in the world by "Life" magazine. Among his many inventions was a device he called the Neurophone - an electronic instrument that can successfully program suggestions directly through contact with the skin. When he attempted to patent the device, the government demanded that he prove it worked. When he did, the National Security Agency confiscated the neurophone. It took Pat two years of legal battle to get his invention back. In using the device, you don't hear or see a thing; it is applied to the skin, which Pat claims is the source of special senses. The skin contains more sensors for heat, touch, pain, vibration, and electrical fields than any other part of the human anatomy.

In one of his recent tests, Pat conducted two identical seminars for a military audience, one seminar one night and one the next night, because the size of the room was not large enough to accommodate all of them at one time. When the first group proved to be very cool and unwilling to respond, Patrick spent the next day making a special tape to play at the second seminar. The tape instructed the audience to be extremely warm and responsive and for their hands to become "tingly." The tape was played through the neurophone, which was connected to a wire he placed along the ceiling of the room. There were no speakers, so no sound could be heard, yet the message was successfully transmitted from that wire directly into the brains of the audience. They were warm and receptive, their hands tingled and they responded, according to programming, in other ways that I cannot mention here. The more we find out about how human beings work through today's highly advanced technological research, the more we learn to control human beings.

What probably scares me the most is that the medium for take over is already in place! The television set in your living room and bedroom is doing a lot more than just entertaining you. Before I continue, let me point out something else about an altered state of consciousness. When you go into an altered state, you transfer into right brain, which results in the internal release of the body's own opiates: enkephalins and Beta - endorphins, chemically almost identical to opium. In other words, it feels good-and you want to come back for more.

Television
Recent tests by researcher Herbert Krugman showed that, while viewers were watching TV, right-brain activity outnumbered left-brain activity by a ratio of two to one. Put more simply, the viewers were in an altered state, in trance, more often than not. They were getting their Beta-endorphin "Fix." To measure attention spans, psycho - physiologist Thomas Mulholland of the Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts, attached young viewers to an EEG machine that was wired to shut the TV set off whenever the children's brains produced a majority of alpha waves. Although the children were told to concentrate, only a few could keep the set on for more than 30 seconds! Most viewers are already hypnotized.

To deepen the trance is easy. One simple way is to place a blank, black frame every 32 frames in the film that is being projected. This creates a 45 beat – per - minute pulsation perceived only by the subconscious mind, the ideal pace to generate deep hypnosis. The commercials or suggestions presented following this alpha-inducing broadcast are much more likely to be accepted by the viewer. The high percentage of the viewing audience that has somnambulistic-depth ability could very well accept the suggestions as commands, as long as those commands did not ask the viewer to do something contrary to his morals, religion, or self-preservation.

The medium for takeover is here. By the age of 16, children have spent 10,000 to 15,000 hours watching television, that is more time than they spend n school! In the average home, the TV set is on for 6 hours and 44 minutes per day, an increase of 9 minutes from last year and three times the average rate of increase during the 1970s. It obviously isn't getting better. We are rapidly moving into an alpha level world, very possibly the Orwellian world of "1984," placid, glassy eyed, and responding obediently to instructions.
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Overrated Career: Chiropractor

http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/best-careers/2008/12/11/overrated-career-chiropractor-2009.html

Overrated Career: Chiropractor
By Marty Nemko
Posted December 11, 2008


The Appeal: You can treat disease, even if you don't have the grades for a top medical school, and you can also set up shop as a solo operator. It's especially alluring to people with misgivings about mainstream medicine.

The Reality: Some chiropractors think their discipline can cure everything from headaches to sciatica, asthma to premenstrual syndrome. But efficacy is often less than many practitioners claim, even in curing chiropractic's meat and potatoes: low back pain. A 2007 report from the National Institutes of Health said, "For patients whose low back pain does not improve with conventional medications, education, and self-care, clinicians should consider adding one or more of seven alternative or complementary approaches" of which one is chiropractic. The report continues, "None of these are 'fabulous' or first-line treatments for LBP but [some] popular CAM therapies have a moderate effect on chronic low back pain."

Many chiropractors also devote considerable time to marketing—in part to pay back the cost of chiropractic school, usually well over $100,000. Yet according to payscale.com, as of Oct. 25, 2008, the average salary of a chiropractor with five to nine years of experience is $61,542.

On the downsides of this profession: chirobase.com. For a more positive view, see the American Chiropractic Association site, which represents chiropractors.
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Mitchell Davis of MO
Dec 21, 2008 12:06:27 PM

Chiropractic Career
The failure rate among chiropractors is very high. A large percentage of chiropractors are unable to earn a living in the profession. For proof of this one only has to study the default rate for H.E.A.L loans-Health Education Assistance Loans.

Jobs are almost nonexistant-usually chiropractors must start their own practice to have a chance of succeeding. In private practice it can be hard to get enough patients to earn a decent living. Dr. Nemko has done an excellent job of uncovering the "truth" about many over-rated careers. This information is often hard to come by because the professions are usually promoted and represented by trade groups. For example, most of the information about the chiropractic profession is obtained from the American Chiropractic Association whose function is to promote the chiropractic profession. I am a successful chiropractor but I also agree with much of what Dr. Nemko has to say. Dr. Nemko is warning people that for the time and expense involved, there may be better options than chiropractic.

Many chiropractic students are misled into thinking that they will become just like a regular doctors- except without the surgery or medication. Students don't realize that without the medication and surgeries, it is hard to be a "real doctor." Chiopractics often end becoming something more like a physical therapist. The insurance companies through their reimbursement policies also seem to view chiropractors along the line of a physical therapist.

Chiropractors, however, don't have the job opportunities that physical therapists have. Very few clinics or hospitals hire chiropractors. An advantage of chiropractic is that we have direct access to patients in all states. Physical therapists, however, are seeking direct access to patients and will likely succeed in this goal.

Chiropractic can be effective at helping people with neck and back problems but was founded on a false belief system that manipulating the spine can remove nerve interference and help with virtually every conceivable disease/ disorder. Too many chiropractors continue to perpetuate the fallacy that manipulation of the spine can help treat virtually every human disease. They argue that they don't treat the disease, only the spine. And they argue that, when the spine is in line and the nerve interference is gone, the body will heal itself. This is just a round about way of saying that they treat diseases that are beyond their scope of practice. This is dangerous thinking.

Chiropractic schools are tuition dependent and can't afford to turn down any student who meets the minum standard of a 2.5 G.P.A. The schools then take these academicallly mediocore students and brainwash them throughout the chiropractic program. Students receive little clinical experience treating sick patients prior to becoming licensed. Most of the training prior to graduatinog is treating uncomplicated neck and back pain. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.


DebtForLife of GA
Dec 21, 2008 03:12:32 AM

Chirotalk
Again Dr. Nemko…outstanding article!

As a former chiropractor with over 5 years of hands-on, clinical experience I am qualified and can unequivocally say “Chiropractic is dead!”
GO HERE: www.chirotalk.proboards3.com (Chirotalk)

It’s one of the few chiropractic discussion forums run by practicing and ex-chiropractors. It’s probably the only forum that tells the TRUTH regarding the profession with factual information backing it up. Once you begin to glance through the articles you will soon discover that many of threads in Chirotalk have been linked to news paper articles, magazine stories, and most importantly: chiropractic trade journals.

Here is a small sampling of problems:
• Insurance reimbursement for chiropractors has declined every year since 1992 making it nearly impossible to earn enough money to pay down the monstrous student loan debts and live with the essentials in an industrialized society.
• Cults continue to operate in the business aspect of practice (ie. Scientology).
• Worse: The schools are PUMPING OUT over 4,000 new graduates per year into an already oversaturated marketplace.
• Worser: Chiropractic schools are TRADE schools - just like auto mechanics, hair, nails and metal welding. It’s the most overpriced trade profession on earth and the credits DON’T transfer if you decide to get out. You must start over from scratch like a high school student while, at minimum, losing 3.5 YEARS of earning power.
• WORST: The average chiropractor makes around $30,000 per year AFTER getting into approximately $100,000+ in debt - plus 3.5 YEARS of lost wages while attending chiropractic school (4 years of undergraduate education NOT included). The total time wasted for most people: 7.5 years+ !!

In so many words without getting too emotional: I am bound to this unbelievable debt (over $150,000) for the next 30 years of my life. I haven’t dated in 4 years and can’t due to my embarrassing financial situation. I ‘break even’ at the end of every month. I’ve been holding on ‘loosely’ for the past 3 years. I get depressed about the thought of just ‘keeping my lips above water’ and existing for the next 30+ years on this earth.

After the five year graduation point ONLY ONE person is still in practice (out of 6 friends) because he took over his fathers practice. Thank you for the reality check – chiropractic is a dead career.

I only pray that other people will understand what has recently happened in the healthcare industry and choose not to acquire a ‘doctorate’ degree (D.C., M.D., D.O., etc.).


Joseph Busch of IN
Dec 11, 2008 20:58:22 PM

... that's irresponsible

This article seems to be incredibly biased, and although it does resemble a previous article published by US News and World Report, draws the offensive conclusion that those that become chiropractors did so as a consequence of low grades.

I find this as irresponsible journalism, and a direct attack on a profession that has helped many to attain an improved quality of life.

... Many D.C.'s do it for the purpose of helping people, and not necessarily the cash.
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The Best Jobs You've Never Heard Of

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Willing to travel the corners of the globe as a perk for your job ? How about turning your love for beer into bucks ? By combining your skill sets and work experience with some of the best jobs you've never heard of, you may be well on your way to fueling your passion into a unique career.

Global Mobility Consultant

These professionals work with employees transferred around the world to coordinate aspects of international assignments, including connecting them with movers, helping apply for visas, and providing cultural training.

According to Amy Meichner, senior vice president of global human resources at Cartus, a provider of global relocation and workforce development solutions, "We look for people with a global passion and great service skills. It's a very high-touch human role requiring good communication skills." Those new to the field often come from service-related industries, and are attracted by the chance to progress while traveling the world. "We're in a global marketplace and this requires people to be on the ground."
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Spokane, Wash.
Stafford, Texas
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How to Find a Low-Tax Place to Retire

Former auditor Eve Evans shares her tips

Posted November 25, 2008

Retiring in a town with low taxes can help retirees stretch their fixed income. But states with low income taxes often have higher sales or property taxes, and vice versa. U.S. News recently asked former auditor Eve Evans, currently a vice president of Vacation Publications and coauthor of America's Best Low-Tax Retirement Towns, how to weigh the different types of taxes and find a haven for retirement. Excerpts:

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prosperity

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Foundational Teachings
  1. How to Have a Harmonious Marriage
  2. How to Raise Godly Children
  3. On the Matter of a Mate
  4. Q&A--You Can Forgive!
  5. Turn Your Hurts Into Harvests
Understanding Relationships
  1. A Word About Your Children
  2. An Ambassador of Love
  3. Communication—A Loving Exchange
  4. Happy Marriage—Fact or Fiction
  5. Practicing the Principles of Discipline
  6. The Happy Marriage Formula
  7. Til Death Do You Part Is Long, Long Time.
  8. Training Children to Love God
  9. Your Father Loves You
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Understanding Prosperity
Throughout the Word, God plainly shows that His will is for His covenant people to have a surplus of prosperity. He promised to make Abraham rich, and the promise of Abraham is ours today (Galatians 3:13-14; Genesis 17:6). God’s will is prosperity for you—spirit, soul and body.

We want to share with you what true Bible prosperity is and how to apply it to your own life. We encourage you to look up each of the following scriptures as a basis for your own study.

What Is Prosperity ?
Matthew 6:33; James 2:14-17; John 14:21; 2 Corinthians 9:9

True prosperity is the ability to use God’s ability and power to meet the needs of mankind—regardless of what those needs may be.

Spiritual Prosperity
Romans 8:2; Luke 4:18, 6:27-38

Spiritual prosperity is freedom from the law of sin and death. To be born again and filled with the Holy Spirit puts you in the position to receive from God all the things promised in His word.

Mental Prosperity
2 Corinthians 10:5; 3 John 2-4; Philippians 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:14

To prosper mentally (in your soul), you must be able to control your mind, your will and your emotions. Prosperity of the mind comes when you use the knowledge you have accumulated from the Word of God—when you are controlling your mind, instead of allowing your mind to control you.

Physical Prosperity
1 Peter 2:24; Mark 16:15-20; Luke 6:38; 2 Corinthians 9:8

Physical prosperity is twofold—health and wealth. Jesus redeemed us from the curse of the law—sickness, poverty and death (Deuteronomy 28:15-61). Health and wealth belong to the believer. Meditation on the Word and acting on the Word will bring results (Joshua 1:8). When you act on the Word, mix your faith with it and do not doubt in your heart, the Word will work for you.

What produces spiritual, mental and physical prosperity ? What brings all these areas together ? The Word of God.

Hebrews 4:12 says the Word is alive, powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword. It divides the soul and the spirit, the joints and the marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. When you are walking in the Word of God, you will prosper and be in health.

We cannot settle for prosperity in the physical or mental realm only, just as we cannot settle for spiritual prosperity alone. We can’t afford to be lazy and to discount physical and mental prosperity simply because we are saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. It is God’s will for us to be made whole—spirit, soul and body—and to be kept that way until the return of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

As you walk in the light of God’s Word, you will become prosperous in every area of your life.
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Saturday, 20 December 2008

Denmark

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Job hunting in Denmark

The Danish economy is primarily based upon services, manufacturing and trade. One of the most successful ways of finding work is through speculative applications. Even if the company has no vacancies at the moment of writing, they still might keep your CV in file, in case a suitable vacancy arises at a later stage. It is advised that you telephone in advance. This will allow you to find out to whom you should direct your application and enable you to introduce yourself and show your interest in the company. Useful in this respect are the international vacancy site ‘Monster’, the Ministry of Employment (www.bm.dk), the Danish Employment Services (www.af.dk) and the National Labour Market Authority (www.ams.dk). Of course, EURES (the European Employment Services) has to be mentioned as well. Useful information on speculative applications can be found in Directories such as 'Greens’ Index’, 'Kompass Danmark' and 'Danmarks største virksomheder'. Also the Danish employment service might be of help in finding a job in Denmark.
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Career values

http://www.labourmobility.com/organisations/tools_tests/self-assessment.php
Self Assessment
What Do I Really Want From Life ?

This career tool has been designed to establish what really makes you tick. From the value statements listed below, please place a check in the categories marked by level of importance High, Medium or Low.


Value Statements

The freedom to choose how and when I work
Having a close relationship with family and friends
Recognition for the work I do
Variety in tasks and assignments skills
Feeling productive in the work I do
Leading a team
Wealth and prestige
Being part of a team
Being the first to accomplish a task, an innovator
Stable employment
Worldwide recognition for achievements
Learning a new skill
Building personal networks
Setting challenging yet realistic goals
Living a balanced life inside/ outside of work
Financial Freedom
Being viewed as an expert in my field
Time for leisure activities
Change and personal development
Challenging work assignments


Of the values listed above, fill in your personal top three:
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When you possess the right skills all you need further is the right information to make that first successful step abroad.
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The Application Letter

http://www.eurograduate.com/planning_overview.asp?eid=1&id=21
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The Application Letter

A letter of application (personligt brev) should create enough interest to make the potential employer want to look at your application more detailed and hopefully invite you for an interview. Your application letter, however, should not provide too much information about experience and qualifications; this will be provided in your CV.

A standard format for the covering letter should cover one typed or handwritten sheet of A4 paper only, refers to which job you are responding to and where you found it and includes your signature. The style is short, formal and straightforward, although a personal tough is highly appreciated (conclude information on your private life, your family, leisure activities, etc.). The content and the way of writing are extremely important.

The cover letter has an introduction, main part and conclusion. The main part tells why you are eligible for the job. In ending the letter, it is common to say that you are willing to explain your application in more detail during a personal interview. Try to address your letter to a specific person and sign of with ‘Yours Sincerely’. In your covering letter you have to include your name, address and telephone number (including international access code). You also have to include your Swedish fiscal number. If you are not (yet) registered in Sweden, your date of birth is sufficient.

The Curriculum Vitae

A Swedish CV (meritförteckning) is rather short, maximum two pages. It can either be in chronological or reversed chronological order (most recent activities first). You start with your personal details (name, date of birth (note that you write densely together first the year, then the month and finally the day), address, phone number (including international access code) and your civil status (this is not obligatory).

Subsequently, you mention your education (including results), practical experience (mention apprenticeships, student jobs and holiday work too). It is common to mention in your CV whether you have a driving license or not.

Never attach copies of diploma’s and testimonials or photos, unless asked specifically !

The Application Procedure

Application interviews are a standard element of the selection procedure for jobs at all skill levels in Sweden. A recruiter wants to have a full picture of the person he or she is going to select. Be prepared for questions about yourself, your hobbies, membership of associations or sporting clubs, and on your strong points and your weaknesses.

Bring copies of diplomas and testimonials to the interview, if you have not already sent them with your application letter. Assessment centres are becoming more popular, especially when applying for higher positions. They cover interviews, aptitude tests and job simulation tests, which focus on teamwork and working under stress.

During public sector interviews a trade union representative, working within that particular organisation, is usually present to ensure that everything goes according to the rules. Furthermore, be prepared to ask him/ her some questions at the end of the job interview. The amount of times you will be interviewed depends largely on the function and the company or organisation.

On-line applications are nowadays common. In fact, a lot of job agencies, but also employers who publish their vacancies on-line provide the opportunity to complete the job application form on-line.
If we got you started on Sweden – get the guide ''Looking for work in Sweden'' to help you secure that job.


http://www.labourmobility.com/organisations/recruiting_abroad/
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Recruiting in Finland
The importance Finns attach to interpersonal relations is reflected during the interview. Candidates will try to prove their social skills, communication skills and teamwork abilities. For Finns teamwork skills are more important than a candidate's technical competencies.
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Recruiting in Australia
In a country where class barriers are virtually non-existent, employers are more interested in whether a candidate is able to do the job, than to which school or university he or she went. Fake behaviour and bragging is not much appreciated in Australia - down-to-earth honesty and straightforwardness are preferred. Employers are more interested in 'the right attitude'. For candidates it is more important to demonstrate what they have done with their talents than showing what talents they might posses.
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Recruiting in Canada
The application procedure in Canada is more commercial than in most other Western countries. By consequence both the letter and the resume (Canadians speak about resumes instead of CVs) contain words that express accomplishment and action. This said, there are some differences within the country itself. In English-speaking Canada applying for a job is very much like in the US: You have to sell yourself. But in the French part of the country it is more formal and a little less direct.
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Recruiting in the United Kingdom
The British are focussed on results, competencies and competition. This is clearly displayed in the format of the British CV in which reached goals, achieved results and hobbies hold a prominent position.
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Recruiting in the United States of America
Americans use many ‘power words' in their resume (note they do not call it a CV) that show accomplishment and action. Bear in mind that looking for a job is much like selling a product. Accordingly American candidates might appear very forceful and strong in their quest for a job.
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Recruiting in Italy
To recuit the best graduates in Italy try to organise a dinner at the campus you want to recruit from and ask the professor to inform you which are the best students. Spend some time and money in making sure that the dinner is excellent. Invite a good guest speaker. Ensure you have your (local) recruiters seated at each of the tables. This will give you the excellent opportunity to select the best candidates, without having to go through all the reactions that a press advertisement will automatically lead to.
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Recruiting in Japan
Most Japanese candidates are not that familiar with writing CVs and resumes and might find it difficult to write a good CV. For them it is more common to complete a standard application form.
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Recruiting in Luxembourg
Please note that Luxembourg does not have a full university system.
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Recruiting in the Netherlands
Dutch candidates are rather direct in their approach of employers. Even with little or no experience they might respond to jobs that require management experience. The economic downturn in the Netherlands has brought the market slightly back into perspective: Candidates again need to be able to demonstrate that they are good at something.
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Recruiting in Romania
Please note that degree relevance is important in Romania, i.e. economics students become economists and language students become teachers.
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Friday, 19 December 2008

Sweden

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden#Education
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The school system is largely financed by taxes. The Swedish government treats public and independent schools equally [87] by introducing education vouchers in 1992 as one of the first countries in the world after The Netherlands. Anyone can establish a for-profit school and the municipality must pay new schools the same amount as municipal schools get. School lunch is free for all students in Sweden, which usually includes one or two different kinds of hot meals, a meal for vegetarians, salad bar, fruit, bread, and milk or water for drink. Some schools, especially kindergartens and middle schools, even serve breakfast for free to those who want to eat before school starts.

There are a number of different universities and colleges in Sweden, the oldest and largest of which are situated in Uppsala, Lund, Gothenburg and Stockholm. Only a few countries such as Canada, the United States and Japan have higher levels of tertiary education degree holders. Along with several other European countries, the government also subsidises tuition of international students pursuing a degree at Swedish institutions, although there has been talk of this being changed.[88]

http://www.studyinsweden.se/templates/cs/Article____12299.aspx

Advanced Vocational Education (AVE)

Advanced vocational education (“kvalificerad yrkesutbildning” in Swedish) is a relatively new form of post-secondary education, with a greater emphasis on learning in the workplace. Most AVE programs are in Swedish. One program, however, is in English, and actively seeks applications from foreign students: Globalverkstan


Globalverkstan (“the global workshop”) aims to teach students the skills needed to initiate and carry out projects in the non-governmental agency (NGO) sector. The three-semester program operates under the auspices of Göteborg University, and is located in Göteborg. The courses start in January each year.


Advanced vocational education leads to an AVE certificate. This form of education is administered by the Swedish Agency for Advanced Vocational Education (Myndigheten för kvalificerad yrkesutbildning).

http://www.studyinsweden.se/templates/cs/CommonPage____5093.aspx

Education links

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Sweden

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden#Public_policy

Sweden has always provided solid support for free trade (except agriculture), free immigration, and strong property rights. After World War II a succession of governments increased the welfare state and the tax burden, and Sweden's GDP per capita ranking fell from the 4th to 14th place in a few decades.[80]

Sweden started to move away from this model in the 1980s, and according to the OECD and to McKinsey, Sweden has recently been relatively fast in liberalization compared to countries such as France. Deregulation-induced competition helped Sweden to halt the economic decline and restore strong growth rates in the 2000s.[81][69] The current Swedish government is continuing the trend to pursue moderate reforms.[82][69] Growth has been higher than in many other EU-15 countries.

Since the late 1960s, Sweden has had the highest tax quota (as percentage of GDP) in the industrialized world, although today the gap has narrowed and Denmark has surpassed Sweden as the most heavily taxed country among developed countries. Sweden has a two step progressive tax scale with a municipal income tax of about 30% and an additional high-income state tax of 20–25% when a salary exceeds roughly 320,000 SEK per year. The employing company pays an additional 32% of an "employer's fee." In addition, a national VAT of 25% is added to many things bought by private citizens, with the exception of food (12% VAT), transportation, and books (6% VAT). Certain items are subject to additional taxes, e.g. electricity, petrol/diesel and alcoholic beverages. As of 2007, total tax revenue was 47.8% of GDP, the second highest tax burden among developed countries, down from 49.1% 2006.[83] Inverted tax wedge - the amount going to the service worker's wallet - is approximately 15% compared to 10% in Belgium, 30% in Ireland and 50% in United States.[80] Public sector spending amounts to 53% of the GDP. State and municipal employees total around a third of the workforce, much more than in most Western countries. Only Denmark has a larger bureaucracy (38% of Danish workforce). Spending on transfers is also high.

Eighty percent of the workforce is organized through the trade-unions which have the right to elect two representatives to the board in all Swedish companies with more than 25 employees.[84] Sweden has by far the highest amount of sick leaves per worker: the average worker loses 24 days due to sickness.[71] Swedish unemployment figures are contested in politics. Unemployment is higher amongst younger people. Because of the contradiction — unemployment despite a growing commercial enterprise economy — politicians and analysts often speak of the "jobless growth".

According to Eurostat the unemployment rate in February 2007 was at 6.7% down from 7.4% from February 2006.[85]

No new net jobs have been produced in the Swedish private sector since 1950.

None of the top 50 companies on the Stockholm stock exchange has been started since 1970.[80]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model

The Nordic model refers to the economic and social models of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway). This particular adaptation of the mixed market economy is characterized by more generous welfare states (relative to other developed countries), which are aimed specifically at enhancing individual autonomy through providing public sector employment opportunities (especially to women), ensuring the universal provision of basic human rights and stabilizing the economy. It is distinguished from other welfare states with similar goals by its emphasis on maximizing labor force participation, promoting gender equality, egalitarian and extensive benefit levels, large magnitude of redistribution, and liberal use of expansionary fiscal policy.[1]

On the Index of Economic Freedom 2008, Denmark's rating is 11th highest of 162 countries (4th in Europe), Finland's 16th, and Sweden's 27th.[2]

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http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu.Xy3ktJ.oIAuXtXNyoA?p=Swedish+temporary+work&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-802&ei=UTF-8

Swedish temporary work

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    Temp work rev 5.doc. Temporary Work in Turbulent Times: The Swedish Experience. by ... the 1990s is a major factor behind the rise in temporary work in Sweden. ...
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  2. By Bertil Holmlund and Donald Storrie; Abstract: Sweden has experienced a substantial increase in temporary work over the 1990s, with most of the rise occurring during econpapers.repec.org/paper/cesceswps/_5f671.htm - Cached..

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http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=556142

Other Forms of Employment:

Temporary Employment Agencies and

Self-Employment

Pernilla Andersson

Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)

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http://expatsinsweden.com/

http://www.expatexchange.com/net.cfm?networkid=103

http://www.goinglobal.com/countries/sweden/sweden_work.asp

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http://www.eurograduate.com/planning_overview.asp?eid=1&id=21

... Job hunting in Sweden
For info on prospective employers you can use the Swedish yellow pages or the Swedish version of Kompass. Almost all the vacancies are registered with the Swedish employment service, therefore they can be of great help. The vacancies of the Swedish employment service are published on a special computer (‘platsautomat’), which is accessible in the job centres, public libraries and other public offices in Sweden, and a selection of the vacancies is published on the internet (www.amv.se). ...

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Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Newsmakers

http://www.sistersofmercy.org/index.php?option=com_jlibrary&task=viewDetails&id=159
Newsmakers
-- Sept.-Oct. 2008
Compiled by Sister Patricia Kenny
(Institute Communications Office)
¡Viva! Mercy
September 01, 2008, page(s) 16

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Sister Mariella Bradley (NyPPaW) was one of 10 educators chosen by the Diocese of Pittsburgh to receive the Golden Apple Award. She is principal of St. Alphonsus School in Wexford, Pennsylvania, and the first principal of this school to receive this honor in its 17 year history. Mariella also received a $5,000 grant.
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NGO

My first company was an joint venture, an limited company.

Later I found an NGO. Some of my reasons:
  • to work in team, rather as an independent professional;
  • to create something for all my working life, rather than shorter time jobs;
  • to be, for my future kids, an proper exemple, instead of heritage mindest role playing;
  • to give as I still live;
  • to delegate and divide tasks, respecting my fellow citizens;

Later, I've learned about micro and macroeconomy.

Than, in a dialog with an company manager (2002 december), in a moment of inspiration, I answered to the "why nonprofit ?" question:

- what is the purchase power score ?

- have your company made same profits, capital gains, interests, ..., something ?

- (to understand better, when I asked a public notary about NGO in 1996, he told me that I must have a huge wealth as an V.I.P., even that I had copies after incorporation documents from several romanian NGOs proving opposite; ... needless to say that to many romanians it seems the same today)

partida dubla, scontare, wealth (acumulated), profit as virament, scarcity economy mentality (worries about not having enough money, worries about how to keep the value of acumulated cash)

I can't see me as an patron, taxes collector from employees, investor ... Maybe because my education is christian. And "being rich is evil !" :)) .

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Tuesday, 16 December 2008

cele 3 bloguri si specializarile lor

sa mut articolele pe blogul de specialitate
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sport
marketing = PR + financiar si fiscal (+ ONG)
entrepreneuriat = + cariera + adm publ
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Amatori, asociati, filantropisti, profesionisti, investitori

cadranul banilor



amatori = hobby/ probono (voluntar)/ practica/ testarea ocupatiei

asociat = a doua ocupatie

antreprenor = nu primeste bani pentru ce profeseaza, "are" o persoana juridica, persoana juridica are mai multi "angajati"

filantropist = antreprenor "social", competente fiscale si de administratie publica; unii profesionisti si unii investitori fac si actiuni filantropice.



http://www.linkedin.com/directory/companies/fundraising/rochester-new-york.html
http://www.linkedin.com/companies/telecomp
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/b65/1b9
http://www.explorefreedom.com/roywalker/
Presenting "What the Wealthy Buy on Pay Day (English)"
Presenting "Brilliant Compensation (English)"
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Saturday, 1 November 2008

Marital relational disorders

,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_disorder#Kinds_of_relational_disorder

[edit] Kinds of relational disorder
The majority of research on relational disorders concerns three relationship systems: adult children and their parents, minor children and their parents, and the marital relationship. There is also an increasing body of research on problems in dyadic gay relationships and on problematic sibling relationships.[9]
Marital relational disorders
Marital disorders are divided into Marital Conflict Disorder Without Violence and Marital Abuse Disorder (Marital Conflict Disorder With Violence).[10] Couples with marital disorders sometimes come to clinical attention because the couple recognize long-standing dissatisfaction with their marriage and come to the clinician on their own initiative or are referred by an astute health care professional. Secondly, there is serious violence in the marriage which is -"usually the husband battering the wife" .[11] In these cases the emergency room or a legal authority often is the first to notify the clinician. Most importantly, marital violence "is a major risk factor for serious injury and even death and women in violent marriages are at much greater risk of being seriously injured or killed (National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women 2000)."[12] The authors of this study add that "There is current considerable controversy over whether male-to-female marital violence is best regarded as a reflection of male psychopathology and control or whether there is an empirical base and clinical utility for conceptualizing these patterns as relational."[13]
Recommendations for clinicians making a diagnosis of Marital Relational Disorder should include the assessment of actual or "potential" male violence as regularly as they assess the potential for suicide in depressed patients. Further, "clinicians should not relax their vigilance after a battered wife leaves her husband, because some data suggest that the period immediately following a marital separation is the period of greatest risk for the women. Many men will stalk and batter their wives in an effort to get them to return or punish them for leaving. Initial assessments of the potential for violence in a marriage can be supplimented by standardized interviews and questionnaires, which have been reliable and valid aids in exploring marital violence more systematically."[14]
The authors conclude with what they call "very recent information"[15] on the course of violent marriages which suggests that "over time a husband's battering may abate somewhat, but perhaps because he has successfully intimidated his wife. The risk of violence remains strong in a marriage in which it has been a feature in the past. Thus, treatment is essential here; the clinician cannot just wait and watch."[16] The most urgent clinical priority is the protection of the wife because she is the one most frequently at risk, and clinicians must be aware that supporting assertiveness by a battered wife may lead to more beatings or even death.[17]
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2007 International Photography Contest

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/2007-winners

Animal Winner - China

Caged monkeys await their fate at a medical laboratory in Hubei Province, China. The judges liked that this image subverts the usual romanticized approach to wildlife photography and more accurately reflects the fate of many of the world’s animals. The sneaker at the top provides scale and injects a human being into the scene; the anonymity of the wearer suggests concealment and complicity. The structure of the cages, the horror of the captivity, the crowded composition, and the claustrophobic tension all add up to a sad and compelling photo.
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Friday, 3 October 2008

The ups and downs of running an aikido dojo.

http://www.stenudd.com/aikido/aikido-dojo.htm

Running an aikido dojo
The ups and downs of running an aikido dojo.
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Of course, the major aspect of aikido is the training of it on tatami, the mat. That can only be done in a dojo, so there just has to be one for aikido to be explored at all. We were all lucky to find one, when we started training aikido, or we would have gone bowling instead.
As time goes by, for some of us it becomes necessary to take over the responsibility for that dojo. For others there is no other way to continue training aikido than to form a dojo of their own. Don’t hesitate to do it, when the necessity arrives !
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Learning aikido, from the very first awkward ukemi and onwards, is a mighty struggle. So is running a dojo. There is no shortcut, and if there were, it would be just as bland and boring as seeing Paris only on postcards. You have to do it for real, or it has not been done at all.
I have started a couple of dojos, and I have witnessed the making and development of a few others. Here are some things that these experiences have taught me. Maybe they are of use to you, if you’re in the same process.
You want training partners
You know why you need a dojo: you simply want training partners. Maybe you took over a dojo when its former teacher left, or you star a brand new dojo because you moved to another town, or you needed a change because you wanted to pursue aikido in another direction than that of your old dojo – whatever the case, you need a dojo because you need training buddies for your continued aikido practice.
Don’t forget that. It is reason enough to go ahead and start a dojo, no matter how much trouble that will bring. It also gives you a compass that helps you in all the choices you need to make during the forming and the governing of the dojo. Choices that work well with your own training at the dojo are good, and other choices are bad. Of course, you must have a broader perspective than just the next class, but at the bottom line: you must want to train in the dojo, and long for the next class, or something is wrong.
So, don’t hesitate to form the dojo and its training in accordance with your own preferences in aikido. If you prefer a certain style of aikido, allow the dojo to be devoted to it. If you like a small club with just a few members who are close friends and equals, then stick to that and don’t bother about trying to make the dojo grow. The more the dojo agrees with you, the more you agree with it, and you will be an inspired leader of it.
Consequently, if for some reason the dojo develops into something that doesn’t suit you that well, don’t hesitate to leave it. You can find another dojo to your liking elsewhere, or start a new one. It might not be the dojo changing, but you. Change is a basic force in the world. Don’t expect things to be the same year after year, but expect things to change. That’s the only way you can adapt.
Still, until the day arrives when you feel like leaving the dojo, as long as you lead it: let it be governed by your personal preferences.
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