Avil Beckford
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- Canadian Women In Communications, The International Alliance for Women, International Women's Writing Guild
A writer, and researcher with over 15 years experience, Avil is the published author of Tales of People Who Get It and the companion workbook Jou ey to Getting It. An avid reader, she discovered that she is mentored by the information that she hungrily consumes: books, interviews, speeches and other information products by and about accomplished people who "get it" and have much wisdom and knowledge to share. She uses the people who create these information products as her Invisible Mentors and learn from them. As a result, she has assumed the role of Chief Invisible Mentor to help others unleash their inner genius and develop a well-fed mind by systematic use books, interviews, speeches and so on.
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Three Things I Have Learned About Myself (That Would Benefit You)
I have always prided myself on being very aware and having excellent observation skills, but every so often something happens, which takes me down a notch or two and reminds me that there is always room for improvement. There are lessons to learn every day. In 2003, my niece and I travelled to Grenada for the Caribbean Gift and Craft Show held in late September. As is our practice when we travel, based on recommendations from the hotel where we were staying, we hired a local as our tour guide. We spent quite some time on a tour of a Nutmeg Factory.
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Mistakes I Made (that you can learn from)
Fooled again! Why do I keep on making the same mistakes over and over again? And each time the price I pay increases exponentially. You think I would have learned by now. In my defence, though the outcomes were the same, the situations which were presented to me appeared different at the outset. Yes I finally learned, but at a great personal costs. I decided that I had to change so I made deep seated changes for permanent change. Was it easy? No! I had to walk away from relationships that were destructive to me.
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Recession Proof Your Career With Training & Development on a Shoestring
Are you an asset or a cost to your employer? How valuable and indispensable are you? And, are you recession-proof? Professionals who expect to progress within corporate environments today have to be able to stand apart from their peers. One of the ways to stand apart from the crowd is to develop your mind by learning continuously, investing in professional development. Knowledge is indeed currency, only if you use it to make yourself invaluable.
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Jim Rohn, an Interview and Short Reflection
I got the opportunity to interview my hero and invisible mentor, Jim Rohn, a few years ago. On December 5, 2009, Jim Rohn a business philosopher and teacher, passed away from pulmonary fibrosis. I was very saddened by the news, but his words will live on, and I am grateful for the 30 minutes that he was in my life. How I Got to Interview Jim Rohn A few years ago I interviewed Jim Rohn for my newsletter Ambeck Edge, and my book Tales of People Who Get It.
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Secrets of People Who Get It: 13 ItnessPoints for Successful Living
A distillation of interview responses conducted for my book Tales of People Who Get It provides 13 clues that alert you when you are speaking to people who “get it.” These 13 ItnessPoints are critical to successful living for people who want to live a more fulfilled life. - Learn continuously/read voraciously: Learning is an endless process that continues throughout life. Invest in yourself by making personal and professional development a priority. Each year, decide on a learning theme.
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Beyond Regret: Letting Go, Stepping Up, Moving Onwards
If you could turn back the hands of time and make amends for an earlier mistake, a major one, would you? And, have you been fixated on this mistake, perhaps had many sleepless nights over it? Judging by the amount of research conducted on regret over the years, these questions should not be taken lightly. The ability to disengage from regrets, especially as we grow older, is paramount since research by Dr. Carsten Wrosch and Dr. Isabelle Bauer from Concordia University revealed that holding on to regrets can affect health. “Regrets are a double-edged sword,” says Wrosch.
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Do You Deprive Your Family by Not Being There?
Do you find competing work and non-work life responsibilities to be a major cause of stress in your life? In our current business world, professionals have the tendency to work harder and longer hours with the hope that they will miss the next layoff sweep. Considering the speed and scope of change, in any profession today, it is easy for individuals to become so consumed with their career that they quickly lose perspective of what is really important.
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Have You Mastered This Critical Workplace Skill?
Professionals skilled in problem solving stand apart from people who are less gifted because they boldly face daily problems and challenges. They are better able to adapt to rapidly changing environments and are therefore worth more to their employers.
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How to Carve Out the Time to Read
For people to start reading and make it a habit, they have to understand why reading is important to them. Reading has to be driven by a need, and then and only then will they make the time to do so. Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and other successful people understand this, and that is why they read with purpose, and read books that make them think. A study by the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy indicates that, “in 2007, CEOs in the United States took home an average of $10.5 million, 344 times the take-home for typical American workers .
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The Story of Success
Tales of successes are all around just waiting to be discovered.
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9 Great Quotes You Are Unlikely to Find Elsewhere
Everyone loves a good quote because they come in handy when we are communicating, whether it be orally or written. But many of us always stick to the same quotes. And, there are times when the popular quotes are the best ones, but as a practice, whenever you read, look out for phrases that resonate with you, record them for later use, and in no time you will have a list of quotes that are different. I conduct many interviews and I am often looking for phrases that strike a chord with me.
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Thinking Without Borders: Connecting the Dots When There are No Dots
We are socialized to think and act a certain way. And, we often put self-imposed barriers around ourselves, which constrains our thinking and how much we can achieve in life. We learn to travel the path of least resistance, instead of the road less travelled. Yet we wonder why our results in life are mediocre. To break free, we have to start making small changes, simple shifts in our mindset. We have to think without borders and make connections, even when there appears to be no connections. How to think without borders Let us take the following quote by Dr.
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