http://real-success.ca/blog from Career Success Without a Real Job Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:47:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en    Photo of Istanbul    This started with an e-mail I received in April: Good morning, My client KalDer has asked about availability and fee for Ernie Zelinski to participate at their 17th Annual Congress in Istanbul, 24th - 26th November 2008. KalDer is the Turkish National Quality Organization. Their annual congress brings ... http://real-success.ca/blog/?p=62 For many baby boomers, a retirement job will be the perfect time to begin a second career. According to a recent survey titled the 2006 Merrill Lynch New Retirement Study, there are 10 retirement jobs that baby boomers look forward to having.  Here is a book to help you pursue your career ... http://real-success.ca/blog/?p=59 Apparently there is still too much negativity about retirement. The results of a recently published RBC Retiring Boomers Poll found that only 56 percent of baby boomers nearing retirement believe the quality of their lives will improve during their retirement years. Interestingly, however, the RBC researchers found that 79 percent ... http://real-success.ca/blog/?p=46 #1 of Two Career Change Inspirational Quotes for January 7 "A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself." — Abraham Maslow   #2 of Two Career Change Inspirational Quotes for January 7 "The difference between a job and a career ... http://real-success.ca/blog/?p=29 #1 of Two Career Change Inspirational Quotes for January 5 "It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action." — Al Batt   #2 of Two Career Change Inspirational Quotes for January 5   "I am writing a book. So far I have the pages numbered." — Steven Wright   NOTE: ... http://real-success.ca/blog/?p=28 #1 of Two Career Change Inspirational Quotes for January 4 "To be a success in business, be daring, be first, be different." — Marchant #2 of Two Career Change Inspirational Quotes for January 4 "Don't waste time learning the 'tricks of the trade. Instead learn the trade." — H. Jackson Brown, Jr. NOTE: Adapted from Ernie ... http://real-success.ca/blog/?p=27 Confucius, with much stronger credentials than I will ever have, shared his thoughts on the subject of making a career change to a dream job by remarking, "Find a calling you love and you will never work a day in your life." Unfortunately, few people ever find work that they ... http://real-success.ca/blog/?p=26 #1 of Two Career Change Inspirational Quotes for January 3 "Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas." — Paula Poundstone   #2 of Two Career Change Inspirational Quotes for January 3   "I joined the army, and I succeeded in killing about as ... http://real-success.ca/blog/?p=25 You can view career change to your dream job as a spiritual process. There will be work involved, however. In fact, a lot of it! "Pray, as though everything depended on God;" advises Richard Bolles, author of What Color is Your Parachute?, "then work, as though everything depended on you." Perhaps ... http://real-success.ca/blog/?p=24 #1 of Two Career Change Inspirational Quotes for January 2 "You are never given a wish without the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however." — Richard Bach   #2 of Two Career Change Inspirational Quotes for January 2 "Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill ... http://real-success.ca/blog/?p=23