Accept Yourself as You Are, Even When Others Don’t
“What other people think of me is none of my business.” ~Wayne Dyer “You’re too quiet.” This comment and others like it have plagued me almost all my life. As a child and teenager, I allowed these remarks to hurt me deeply. When I did, the response was often, “Wow! This would make me just want to crawl back into my shell and hide. The older I got, the angrier I became. If only it were that simple, I thought. At 17, I thought I’d found the perfect solution: alcohol. When I was drunk, everyone seemed to like me. Another strategy was to attach myself to a more outgoing friend. Although I didn’t do it consciously, wherever I went I would make friends with someone much louder than me. Sometimes I just tried faking it. When I was 24, I began teaching English as a Foreign Language, and a month into my first contract in Japan, I was told my students found me difficult to talk to. It seemed that I was doomed. Or maybe not. What really matters is: do you think you need to change? And you know what?
Ten Tips for the Shy Job Seeker
In my previous post , I discussed the challenges for shy (or introverted ) people in the job market. I offered some general advice, but in this post I'd like to highlight ten things you can do (or think about) that might give you the edge in the very situations you prefer to avoid. 1. First, stop apologizing for being who you are. 2. So after an interview, networking event, or any other extraverted activity don't be too hard on yourself. 3. At the same time, it's OK to mention that you tend to have an understated style -- in fact that can be a great response to the typical "what is your weakness?" 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Finally, while introversion may be an innate trait , social skills and appropriate networking and interviewing behavior can be learned by anyone.
Create the perfect design portfolio: 30 pro tips | Portfolios
How much time do you spend improving your portfolio? Be honest - does it showcase your best stuff? Whether your design portfolio is physical or digital, read on to discover how to create the perfect portfolio today! There's nothing more important to your career than presenting your best work in an attractive, professional and accessible way. We've divided the tips into physical and online portfolios - let's start with the physical... Physical portfolios Physical design portfolios are one-off paper creations, so they can be tailored to the job you are applying for. 01. How many examples should a design portfolio include? 02. Only include design portfolio examples for a full-time position that are appropriate to the role. 03. Illustrators and designers aren't just employed for their style but also for the clarity with which they interpret a creative brief. 04. That doesn't mean, of course, that your design portfolio must only include client work. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. Online porfolios 11.
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Thriving with FAST MINDS > CHADD - Nationally recognized authority on ADHD
by Craig Surman, MD, and Tim Bilkey, MD, with Karen Weintraub OFTEN WHEN CLINICIANS DIAGNOSE ADHD, they look for obvious signs of impairment such as being dismissed from jobs or poor grades at school. But this focus on external consequences misses what it’s like to live with these characteristics every day. People with FAST MINDS may be living with the constant stress of being reactive rather than proactive—handling demands at the last minute, under stress, rather than being prepared and feeling confident. FAST MINDS explained FAST MINDS is an acronym for the challenges of living with ADHD. When reading the following traits, see if they reflect your experience (or those of someone you care about). FORGETFUL: Do you forget what people have told you? Know how you function best We like to ask people to tell us about moments of success, when their interests and actions are aligned and they feel like they’re firing on all cylinders. How did you make it happen?
How to Expand Your Vocabulary: 4 Steps (with Pictures
User Reviewed Three Parts:Learning New WordsUsing New WordsBuilding VocabularyCommunity Q&A Learning is ceaseless. Ad Steps Part 1 Learning New Words <img alt="Image titled Build Your Vocabulary Step 1" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn" onload="WH.performance.clearMarks('image1_rendered'); WH.performance.mark('image1_rendered');">1Read voraciously. <img alt="Image titled Build Your Vocabulary Step 6" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">6Read the thesaurus. Part 2 Using New Words Part 3 Building Vocabulary Community Q&A Add New Question Is there any easier way to understand American people? Ask a Question Can you answer these readers' questions? Can I register a company if I am a civil servant?
Maya mythology
Maya mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the heroes interacting with these play the main roles. Other parts of Maya oral tradition (such as animal tales and many moralising stories) do not properly belong to the domain of mythology, but rather to legend and folk tale. Sources[edit] The oldest written myths date from the 16th century and are found in historical sources from the Guatemalan Highlands The most important of these documents is the Popol Vuh or 'Book of the Council'which contains Quichean creation stories and some of the adventures of the Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque Yucatán is an equally important region. In the 19th and 20th centuries, anthropologists and local folklorists have committed many stories to paper. Main gods[edit] Important mythical themes[edit] Creation and end of the world[edit] Creation of mankind[edit] Actions of the heroes: Arranging the world[edit] Notes[edit]
The Mayan Pantheon: The many gods of the Maya
The pantheon of the Maya is a vast collection of deities who were worshipped throughout the region which, today, comprises Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas in Mexico and southward through Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. Not all of the gods were venerated in all of the city-states of the Maya (at least, not by the same name) but the type of god, and what that god symbolized to the people, seems to have been universally recognized. An example of this can be seen in the different names given to the underworld by the Yucatec Maya of the north and the Quiche Maya of the south. The gods were involved in every aspect of the life of the Maya. There were over 250 deities in the pantheon of the Maya and, owing to the mass burning of their books by Bishop Diego de Landa in 1562, much information about the gods (and Maya culture) was irretrievably lost. `A' A Maya god of death whose name is not yet known. Ah-Cancum A god of hunting. Ah-Cuxtal The god of birth.
