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Posted Wed, 03/24/2010 - 07:48 by chuck

Positive Attitude

Posted Wed, 09/08/2010 - 07:55 by chuck

What good is a positive attitude, anyway?

When I was deep in the throes of depression wrought from joblessness, nobody could say anything that made me feel better. In fact, I resented it. It was especially galling when some lucky gainfully employed person would say something like, "Don't worry about it Chuck. You're a smart guy. You'll find something soon."

Yeah, well, I had been looking for many moons and nothing had presented itself. Those types of words rang hollow, and not in the good way that a drum rings hollow.

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One Day At A Time!

Posted Sat, 09/04/2010 - 23:40 by ajshirle

Sometimes it is very HARD to keep your eye on the prize, but we have to. Take it one day at a time, doing little things that will get you closer to your goals. Before you know it, you will have accomplished your goal.

Fear -- Master it or it will master you.

Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 07:53 by chuck

Unemployment may be the scariest experience of your life.

Conquer this, and you can conquer anything.

If you were reading this blog a couple of years ago, you have some inkling of how terrified I was at that time. First I was terrified that my wife would move out (she did... sort of, anyway, she stuck me with a bunch of bills and ran up her own). Then I was stricken by terror at the prospect of having all these bills and little/no money coming in. Many a night I tossed and turned, sweating the prospect of homelessness.

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The Only Moment that Matters

Posted Fri, 08/06/2010 - 07:47 by chuck

Warning: This little foray into Eastern Philosophy and pop psychology might get a little hokey!

But what the heck -- it works for me.

zen
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Unemployment Is Not a Death Sentence

Posted Wed, 07/07/2010 - 17:00 by chuck

It's not even life without parole.

In fact, the only prison is the one you may have created for yourself,

which is easy to do and totally understandable.

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Progress Is the Child of Struggle

Posted Thu, 11/12/2009 - 20:52 by chuck

Overcoming fear by doing things that make you uncomfortable is difficult but well worth it

A couple of days ago I disclosed my lifelong phone phobia. Even calling people I've known forever is challenging for me, but cold calling to drum up business? Forget it. I literally break into hives just thinking about it.

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Unemployed and Bored

Posted Fri, 10/02/2009 - 10:17 by chuck

Wow, have I ever been remiss!

This blog has been around for over a year now. That's like 30 in blog years. Most bloggers give up after a few months. It's understandable. You work your butt off for every pair of eyeballs in this business.

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