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5 Answers That Need to Be Questioned this Week!
In this weeks edition of Mind Your Own Monday, we are going to focus on answers. Ask yourself 5 questions with the intention of finding an answer for them in the next 7 days.
The criteria for creating the questions is that the answers have to inspire you, educate you on something very important to your future or be the catalyst to a dramatic positive change in your life.
By asking the questions,...
My Job is Too Stressful! – Data from U.S. CDC
Your job is not to fulfill the dreams of others at the expense of your own health! You have the right to make the necessary changes in your life to live a healthy, happy and optimal lifestyle no matter what your job title or income level.
In this article I will share the Top 6 job related stressors with you so you can recognize them if you are experiencing them.
If you are stressed, then accept...
This Monday It’s About You on Mind Your Own Monday’s
What choices can you make today that will dramatically improve the quality of your life? What if you asked for a promotion or just changed jobs all together?
How about if you plan that vacation you have been putting off for the past couple of years or start investing towards your retirement today?
Whatever it is that you can do, what is stopping you from making today the day you take action?
Alot of...
A GIANT Thanks to You!!!
I want to thank you for visiting my blog, reading the articles, watching the videos and passing them along to your friends.
Your time is very valuable and I make every effort to ensure the content that I deliver to you is going to add value in some way to you and you career.
Adding value to you matters to me so much because people like yourself have helped my blog become one of the most widely read...
Life Lessons from the Criminally Innovative
A dear friend of mine from a lifetime before now, invited me and my family out to dinner today. I got to meet her man who was one of the most interesting people I have met recently. He is a correctional officer in the county jail here in Houston, TX.
As we got to know one another, we got on the subject of how smart, enterprising and innovative criminals serving long sentences can be.
Today I am going...
Why I Hate What “Networking” Has Become and How it Should Be Done
You may have noticed that when you read my last blog post, “Something Stinks, Oh its a Counter-Offer” http://akajohnsanders.com/?p=752, that I am feeling very opinionated this year.
Is it possible that since I had my daughter a month ago, I have been getting less sleep so it could be making me an old curmudgeon?
Or is it simply that I HATE NETWORKING WHAT NETWORKING HAS BECOME and I really...
Hints of Progress – BLS Report
Today the US Bureau of Labor Statistic released its monthly report on the state of the labor market. Here are the main points of interest:
Non-farm payroll employment was little changed (-36,000) in February, and the
unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent.
Employment fell in construction and information, while tem-
porary help services added jobs.
What is the good news here? “Temporary help...
2010: A Loser Will Never Win, A Winner Will Always Lose
I pride myself on my tenacious ability to rise up every time I fall down. However, over the years I have noticed that I have learned how to either break my falls or simply avoid them all together.
This ability comes from my belief that at some point I am bound to fall again. So until that situation catches me from the blindside, I am going to do everything in my power to not only avoid a fall, but...
Inspired by Loss!
Today there are millions of people staring hard-times square in the eye because of the “great recession.”
In his latest movie ”Rocky Balboa”, Rocky tells his son, “It’s (the world) a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it.”
But our history has proven...
Agent Sanders @ Your Service
If you are revisiting my blog you will notice dramatic changes. After careful evaluation and feedback, I feel that this format is much better suited to address the needs of my associates. You can see improvement in the detailed categories that apply to specific sets of professionals who I interact with on a regular basis.
As time progresses, I will continue to populate these categories with the most...



