An Easy Way to 'Take Charge of Your Life'
A Chat With Lou Major,
President, Wick Communications
It's about time we take a look
at where we are and where we're going.
To that end, I read a really constructive book recently,
titled "Take Charge of Your Life."
The author is a woman who moved from Washington, D.C. to
do just that. And in spite of those who thought she was bonkers
to leave the big state and move to the bustling hotbed of the
nation's capital city, Jo Condrill did just that and has had a
super career as a result.
Her book virtually tells her story, or at least what she
did to make it work.
It's filled with some good, practical stuff about how to
virtually change the way you do things in order to move up in a
career or job. Even for the person who does not work or is
retired, the book has some valuable lessons. She writes in a
very simple to understand style and the book is even more useful
in that there are pages at the end of the various sections for
the reader to fill in.
Those pages also help you to establish goals, set a
timeline, keep score on yourself, figure out where the goal line
is and even how to celebrate your achievements.
There are hundreds of self-help books out there and they
keep on coming.
This is a little bit different because it actually allows
you to keep score on yourself.
It tells you about dreaming those dreams, but being
realistic about them. It tells you about when to hold and when
to fold.
It tells you about partnerships with others, asking for
help, forming teams.
Condrill has a great starting point for everybody:
The object is to move forward from that
baseline position. If something interrupts your progress, you
will need to evaluate what went wrong and perhaps make some
adjustments.
It is that type of approach that Condrill follows
throughout the book, almost holding your hand as you go from
page to page.
For anybody in any job or position anywhere, it is well
worth the time to seek out this new book from GoalMinds
publishers.
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