Tag: Success
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16 essential life skills students should know before leaving high school
Here is my list of things that every able bodied student should know before leaving high school. Some of these are obvious and many of these life skills are being taught one way or another in most schools today. However, I occasionally hear or see examples of people who have slipped through the cracks and haven’t…
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Expanding my horizons with 31DBBB
Familiarity breeds contempt – an idiom that basically says, the better you know something, the less you respect it. A simple example is like when you first learn that knives are sharp, you’re very careful not to cut yourself. After using them for many years, you sometimes get careless and misuse or abuse them. The…
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Don’t forget to date it
Lately, I have been going through my filing cabinet and old boxes in storage. Inside are old paper documents from years ago; notes, pictures, diagrams, charts, etc. Some of these documents have dates in the header or footer or on the back, while others have no hint of a date. The challenging part is trying…
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Am I going down the right path?
How do you know you’re going down the right path? Here are some questions to ask yourself: What is my Life Vision? What is my Life Mission? Does my Life Mission fulfill my Life Vision? What is my Career Vision? What is my Career Mission? Does my Career Mission fulfill my Career Vision? If you…
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MrWes celebrates 100th blog
A few short months ago, I created my personal blog called Wes Johnson – MrWes Words of Wisdom. The blog theme has been based on my life experiences and wisdom gained along the way. In the spirit of the nature of this blog, I’m going to take a moment to reflect on where it’s been. My original…