How well do you know yourself?

An adviser from the Career Services Department did a presentation for my class on job interviews. If you feel as I do, job interviews induce utmost internal anxiety and terror. The presenter shared with us that the biggest mistake usually made is inadequate preparation. Similar to studying for a test, before a interview you need introspect and study yourself.

Try this challenging introspection exercise we did in class, write:
Top 5 achievements of my life
Top 5 things I like to do
Top 5 things I hate to do

When choosing experiences ask yourself how did that experience make you a better person, professional, scholar, citizen?

Why We Are Here

"Why we are here: To tremble at the terrible beauty of the stars,
to shed a tear at the perfection of Beethoven's symphonies,
and to crack a cold one now and then."

-David Letterman

Conflict

“Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict – alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.”

Dorothy Thompson

Ready for a change of scene?

http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/weekend-getaways/best-places-to-live/adventure-towns-text

Cheers, Mik

E=mc²

"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." - Albert Einstein