Lets talk career personal and extracurricular lives

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Lets talk career personal and extra-curricular
lives

• What do we want to get accomplished today?
• Your Life priorities (Begin with the end in
  mind! Covey)
• Your Life skills reading, listening,
  remembering, communicating, understanding,
  believing, building
• Your Social skills hearing, supporting,
  attitude, encouraging, participating, leading,
  family, friends
• Your Personal care (Sharpening the saw Covey)
  eating, sleeping, exercise
• Your Educational care work, career, network,
  support, mentor, sponsor

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Your Life Priorities

• Begin with the end in mind! Covey
• If you dont know where you are going, any road
  will get you there
• Planning is essential
• Spend time thinking about where you want to go
  and develop a detailed plan on how to get there
• Set and live by your priorities

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Your Life skills

• What do you need to have that will help you every
  day that is not taught in school?
• Speed reading
• Memory techniques
• Professional attitude
• Quality writing
• Techniques of building a life and career

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Your Social skills

• What makes you a better communicator and a better
  person?
• Listening and hearing
• Understanding and participating
• Encouraging and leading
• Leadership within family and among friends and
  associates

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Your Personal care

• What do you need to do to stay healthy and to
  keep your body in top shape?
• Get enough rest and recuperation
• Eat the right foods in the right quantities at
  the right times (including vitamins and
  supplements)
• Exercise your body and mind to keep them in top
  shape
• Physical, Mental and Spiritual

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translate this into work and extra curricular
activities?

• Time at the Gym
• Time at the Library
• Time with Family Friends
• Time learning more about your company and
  industry
• Time learning more about your profession
• Time learning more about yourself
• NO Time doing things that are unimportant

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Suggestions for your Time at SJSU

• Do an internship rather than just take a part
  time job
• Join a user group or the MIS Club to begin
  networking (with a purpose)
• Find, subscribe and read a free IT publication
• Develop a workout regimen
• Spend quality time with family, friends and
  church
• Volunteer your time to do worthwhile projects
• Make a plan and keep a journal

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Result

• A happy, healthy, productive you that employers
  want to hire
• sooooo, what do you want to do for yourself???
• well, sit down and put it in writing!!!
• Take control of your life
• See your future! Be your future!