Mompreneur, dentist, franchisee, CEO, brick and mortar retailer, E-commerce Business Owner, Service Provider? How do you define yourself?

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an entrepreneur as “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” That’s true, of course, but this definition doesn’t tell the whole story—namely the entrepreneur characteristics that define their success and, more importantly, the intrinsic drive it takes to achieve that success.

There are 5 entrepreneur characteristics that are common among anyone who strives to start and run his or her own business. These characteristics are found in entrepreneurs at any age, in any industry, and at any socioeconomic level.

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Not very inspiring words. But doesn’t speaking the truth help sometimes? I’ve been talking to so many people who are feeling this way lately. Those of you who have been looking for work — I know it can be draining and truly it takes a lot of mental discipline to keep at it. And those who I talk to who are employed are feeling the anxiety of the ‘what if’…what if things change here and my job goes away? What if I don’t get all of this work done — which is so much more now because staff has gotten leaner. Lots of burn out brewing out there one way or another.

So what are we going to do? PRESS RESET.

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It’s easy to get down and depressed when it seems like so many things aren’t happening the way you want them to. I meet with men and women who are working hard to find the next right thing for them and they come in stooped and frustrated. But they do perk up and become inspired once we scratch the surface and find the quiet possibilities that lie, often, just below the surface. (more…)

Steve Nash has been an inspiration to me since the first time I saw him play, live, at the Staples Center years ago. I recently read a great article about him in Sports Illustrated. What struck me was Stoudemire’s statement here about how success on the court manifests — through creative vision and seeing. “When you have creative minds, you get involved in different sports, in different cultures, and it allows you to open up on the basketball court and just be yourself. Steve’s a heck of a soccer player. He’s one of those skateboard guys. For the most part, you want to be yourself. Being yourself allows you to play better, to have more fun. It opens up your spirit.”

Take a moment to assess how open you are to what’s going on around you. What energy are you leaving on the table? How engaged are you in a variety of activities that can lead to greater creativity right now? If you notice a bit of tunnel vision taking over, choose another path for a day or two each week. Opening up our spirit helps us to open up and see more opportunities to play in a bigger world.  Playing a targeted and competitive game results in a win, but diversifying yourself and expanding your skills and awareness ‘sharpens the saw’ and keeps our aliveness fresh.

How many times in the past year have you found yourself thinking ‘This isn’t the way it was supposed to go’? This unemployment thing has taken us by surprise. Not only the layoffs and cutbacks but also the length of time it’s taking to find that next job. And to make matters worse, the salaries out there have, in many, many cases been cut as well. So, no, this isn’t the way it was supposed to go. Especially if you’ve done everything you were supposed to do. Education, played well with others, learned the ins and outs of your industry.

For men this has been a particularly tough time. I work with a lot of men and for them it’s particularly difficult to talk with others about what they are looking for in this next go round. Forget about talking about the disappointment and resentment that this downturn has created, we know that’s rough to do. Reaching out to that network isn’t easy. Jeffrey Zaslow, in a recent Wall Street Journal article, wrote about the way men do friendship. They don’t sit around commiserating with their buds about their unemployment, issues at home, etc…they’ll quietly deal with their problems over sharing their pain.

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Life is not easy as many people around here say… many difficulties come when it’s time to think about a future job. Most of all, many young people have this fear to be inadequate and they feel very unsure about a job interview.

With this article we want to help you find your way to your own career. A few important tips will be given to suggest you the right attitude towards a first job interview.

1. Consider that making a career means much more than getting money to live. It means to choose your whole future life, so it’s important you feel really ready to make this decision. We do also know that young people are pressed and sometimes overpressed by their families to go and choice a career, this may lead to a wrong step in life.

2. keep an open minded attitude towards your chosen profession and take into consideration each chance you may get. For example, a good biologist should also think about taking a photography course to improve his skills in the observation of insects and flowers.

3. another thing you should consider is the stress from work. Each work causes some stress: sometimes more and sometimes less. So, choose a profession that doesn’t put you in the situation of not having enough time to reload your “batteries”. Consider that a too hard job will consume you very soon.

4. most people wonder how to choose a profession, how to understand what job is the right one. This is a good question. We have a tip: to better understand if the job of your dream really is the right one for you, try a volunteer experience in that field. If you like that profession even without getting paid, then you will like it more if you choose it as your career!

5. What do people who work in the same field think about their job? do they still like it? ask something like this to the people who already work in the same field of your favorite job. From their answers you will get a better idea.

6. Listen all the advices you might get from people or family. But always remember that after all it’s your life, so put your voice among the other ones. Consider the pros and cons.

Also people who decide to play at the winner casino have to well consider if playing gambling could really help them to make some money. The games are surely interesting and the casino bonus are really helpful.

New opportunities continue to appear.  How is your work changing? Let me know if you see trends in your work.

10 Careers That Didn’t Exist 10 Years Ago

BY RACHEL ZUPEK

Every so often, you meet someone with a job title that makes you go, “Huh?” Either it’s too technical to understand, too hard to describe or in some cases, people just may not have heard of it. But, why would someone not have heard about a job’s existence?

Simple: All the changes that have come about in the past 10 years, from environmental policy to emerging technologies to the recession, have contributed to the creation of careers that never could have existed before.

Dom Sagolla, co-creator of Twitter, for example, recently made the switch from working in research and development at Adobe to creating iPhone applications with his company, DollarApp. Sagolla is also authoring a book, “140 Characters,” which demonstrates the effect of hypertext on literature by redefining the concept of “the book” using Twitter and iPhone to start, he says. Could he have done this 10 years ago? Doubtful.

“I’ve noticed that the best-of-breed iPhone apps incorporate Twitter and social networks, and the best Twitter apps seem to be on iPhone,” Sagolla says. “That is no coincidence: The two came to prominence at roughly the same time. I’ve worked hard to position myself at intersection of those two industries, which form a vortex of attention and zeal that is unmatched.”

Here is a little information about 10 careers that didn’t exist a decade ago:

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Some people are natural born winners; others need help to discover their combat spirit and learn how to not to go through life while into a trance. Self improvement is essential for the changing process leading to a winners’ attitude. The same goes for finding a clear path in life, staying away from distractions, and not negative thinking affect your reaching of your goals. And probably some of the best examples of people adopting winners’ attitudes are professional poker players making millions. Since playing poker is not a regular 9 to 5 type of a job you can apply for, but rather an independent profession you will need to ace if you want to make a living off of it, winners’ attitudes are a must. Here are a few inspiring tips for those of you who are sincerely interested in leaving their humdrum existence behind only to adopt an exciting life of winnings.  

How Do Poker Players Develop Their Winners’ Attitude?

The power of positive example is crucial in their case. According to the Global Poker Index list of the best 300 tournament poker players in the world, Jason Mercier, Anthony Zinno, and Dan Smith are the top three professional players whose example you could follow at the moment. They are the absolute best on the planet right now and their GPI scores have been calculated according to their finishing percentage factor, as well as the buy-in and aging factors. If you are not yet familiar with the poker scene on the web, you can try this online poker site poker.ladbrokes.com and get the feel of it. As a newcomer, you will be welcomed with a 200% match bonus for your first deposit; high rollers will get to collect up to €1,200 in their account since day one, and play more while making a smaller investment. Given the large number of poker variants to start testing there, as well as the numerous other poker rooms you can find online, smart budgeting and saving alternatives are sure steps toward success.

Stay focused and adopt a positive mental attitude; use the “Games – How To Play Poker” options on the site and read an insightful introduction to the game of poker and the detailed rules for Texas Hold’em Poker, Omaha Poker, Omaha Hi Lo Poker, Seven Card Stud Poker, Razz Seven Card Stud Poker, and Five Card Stud Poker. Dispel all of your doubts and put your trust into your own learning abilities; then practice as much as you can, whenever you can. Use the “Fake it, until you make it” motto as your guide and let your subconscious mind visualize you as a winner until it turns into vivid reality. Many professional poker players still practice their skills and play thousands of hands a day on sites like Ladbrokes Poker as they ensure a secure, trustworthy, and advantageous room to wager in. They use their loyalty player advantages to collect numerous loyalty bonuses. And they never say no to a chance to participate in progressive jackpot sit ‘n’ go tournaments where the big money is.

Overcoming all the odds, coming up with winning play strategies, working hard and having the desire, will power, and passion to win  will eventually turn you into a winner whether your goal is to become a professional poker player or something else.

Since internet was invented, so much changed in our daily life. First off, our way to get info or to pay for a purchase: how many online banks are there today? Probably, even more than we think to know!

And how many video tutorials are out there? Hundreds or maybe even thousands. We can easily learn from watching a video tutorial rather than reading long explanation without to directly see “how-to-do”.

Probably, you have already experienced how easy and free to access the web is and this is exactly the reasons why the e-learning is increasing more and more.

A new way to learn things

When we talk about e-learning, we basically means a sort of electronic approach to the subjects to learn. In short, e-learning means to learn something via internet through a computer.

This kind of learning is particularly helpful for university and other academy courses. And it’s not a case if today we can sign up for an online study course and follow online lessons. The e-learning makes possible to get business training or a full distance learning course. You can decide to learn whatever you like: how to prepare recipes, how to repair broken things, how to speak a foreign language or how to play bingo games.

Actually, for bingo players learning how to play from an online tutorial is the best choice: it helps saving time and cost and you can learn 24 / 7 anywhere and whenever you like.

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Bingo: a successful e-learning game

First off, playing bingo is really easy: this is the strongest point which explains why so many persons like to play this kind of game.

In fact, with bingo you don’t have to learn complicated rules (such as for poker or any card games), it’s just a matter of luck. There are many kinds of game, each featuring a particular theme.

Here is a short overview of the main bingo themed games at Lucky Touch Bingo:

“Lucky Devil”, “King of Slots”, “Mystic Wilds”, “ Wizard’s Castle”, “Honey Bees”, “Fish Toons”, “The Hunt”, “Five Pirates”, “Wild Vegas”, “Queen of Legends”, “ Treasures of King Arthur”, “Plushie Pleasure”, Rubies and Sapphires”, “Vegas Vegas”, “Cupid’s Arrow”, “ Kitten Ball”, “Monkey Business”, “Farm Run”, “Rolling in the Dough”, “Painted Elephant”, “Hot Habanero”, “Big Ben”, “Dragon Fire”, “Carnival Clowns”, “Chasin’ Treasure”, “Coffee House”, “The Lost Treasure”, “Tutti Frutti”, “Lucky Clover”, “Old Mac Donald’s Farm”, “Snake Charmer”, “Top Speed”, “Treasure of Egypt”, “Arabian Nights”, “Brittonaire”, “Beticus Maximus” and many more.

Bingo contributes to keep your brain active because it helps the development of the prediction skills and of memory skills. Check out the website of Lucky Touch Bingo for more info and game conditions. Moreover, there are a few interesting promotions you might want to get: promotions consist of rewards and prizes that you can get for free or if you play a particular game on a particular day or week.

I hope you’ll be as intrigued as I am by this article. The changes we’ll see in work in the next decade will be exciting and expanding. Here’s a taste.

Matching Life Experience With New Careers

By ELIZABETH POPE

HEALTH navigator? Conflict coach? Pollution mitigation outreach worker? These emerging jobs aren’t household terms yet, but they are a natural fit for older people looking for new career opportunities, said Phyllis Segal, vice president at Civic Ventures, a nonprofit research group based in San Francisco.

“Many of today’s new encore careers build on multiple work and life experiences, so they are a good match for older adults who’ve spent decades in the workplace,” Ms. Segal said. To help older workers upgrade skills for such jobs, she added, community colleges, online degree programs and intensive workshops are expanding training and fast-track certification programs.

Jobs in health care, education, government and nonprofit organizations are likely to grow in coming years because of an aging population, pending retirements and demographic changes, said Barry Bluestone, a labor economist at Northeastern University.

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